TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of epiphytes to total rainfall interception by a tropical montane rain forest in Costa Rica.
AU - Hoelscher, D.
AU - Koehler, L.
AU - van Dijk, A.I.J.M.
AU - Bruijnzeel, L.A.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The abundant epiphyte vegetation of upper montane tropical rain forests, which in terms of biomass is mainly composed of non-vascular plants (mosses, liverworts and lichens), can be expected to influence the magnitude of canopy water fluxes such as rainfall interception. The objects of this study were to: (i) estimate stand canopy water storage characteristics, (ii) determine rainfall interception by the canopy as a whole, and (iii) adapt an analytical model of rainfall interception, to enable the quantification of the contribution by non-vascular epiphytes to total interception. The studied old-growth forest in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, was 35 m tall, dominated by oaks, and little affected by fog. The estimated leaf area index of the trees was 7.7 m
AB - The abundant epiphyte vegetation of upper montane tropical rain forests, which in terms of biomass is mainly composed of non-vascular plants (mosses, liverworts and lichens), can be expected to influence the magnitude of canopy water fluxes such as rainfall interception. The objects of this study were to: (i) estimate stand canopy water storage characteristics, (ii) determine rainfall interception by the canopy as a whole, and (iii) adapt an analytical model of rainfall interception, to enable the quantification of the contribution by non-vascular epiphytes to total interception. The studied old-growth forest in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, was 35 m tall, dominated by oaks, and little affected by fog. The estimated leaf area index of the trees was 7.7 m
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.01.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.01.015
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-1694
VL - 292
SP - 308
EP - 322
JO - Journal of Hydrology
JF - Journal of Hydrology
ER -