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Changes in the distribution of mechanically dependent plants along a gradient of past hurricane impact

S. Batke,D. Kelly

Published 2015 in AoB Plants

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Past hurricane events have negatively affected the current diversity and composition of canopy dependent plant communities, researchers report. Using advanced climbing techniques, the team studied the distribution and composition of mechanically dependent plants (e.g. epiphytes, climbers etc.) on +45 m tall forest canopy trees in Honduras, and found that their diversity was significantly decreased on sites that had been more impacted by hurricanes. It was also found that the degree of their response varied at different scales (i.e. the plot, tree and branch level). These results are of great importance to understand the imminent and past impacts of hurricane storms on canopy communities in hurricane prone regions.

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