| Title | Embracing epiphytes in sustainable forest management: a pilot study from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico |
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| Published in | Tropical montane cloud forests: science for conservation and management, p.652-658. ISBN 9780521760355. |
| Author | J.H.D. Wolf |
| Date | 2010 |
| Type | book part |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Abstract | Vascular epiphyte biomass and species richness were investigated in 16 anthropogenically disturbed pine–oak forests within an area of ~400 km2 in the Highlands of Chiapas, southern Mexico. Epiphyte biomass on 35 host oak trees in six diameter classes varied from 0.8 to 243 kg dry-weight and comprised 13–34 species. The observed variation in epiphytes could be attributed to type and intensity of past forest disturbance as it affects present-day stand structure, as well as to site position within the landscape. To help preserve the diverse regional epiphyte vegetation it is recommended to abstain from cyclic clear-cutting, to spare a sufficient number of large “rescue” trees, and to consider epiphyte conservation at a large spatial scale. As an alternative to logging, various prerequisites are proposed for the sustainable harvesting of bromeliads from natural populations. |
| Publication | http://dare.uva.nl/record/374562 |
| OpenURL | Search this publication in (your) library |
| Persistent Identifier | urn:nbn:nl:ui:29-374562 |
| Metadata | XML |
| Repository | University of Amsterdam |
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