An overview on epiphytism as a direct mechanism of facilitation in tropical forests

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volumev. 59
dc.contributor.authorFrancisco, Talitha Mayumi
dc.contributor.authorGarbin, Mario Luis
dc.contributor.authorCastanho, Camila de Toledo [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Miranda, Carlos Ramon
dc.coverageVaranasi
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-20T16:31:03Z
dc.date.available2020-07-20T16:31:03Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractDirect facilitation is characterized by the positive effect of one individual on the other through changes in abiotic conditions and the creation of novel habitats. We aimed to present a systematic review of the literature about direct facilitation in tropical forests, emphasizing knowledge gaps and suggesting future lines of inquiry. We asked: (1) What is the existing literature about direct facilitation in tropical forests? (2) What kind of methodological approach (experimental or observational) has been more used? (3) What kind of study, pairwise species or community level, are more common? (4) What vegetative habits are more common between facilitators and facilitated species? (5) What hypotheses are more commonly tested? (6) How often epiphytism has been approached as facilitation? Based on literature search, we found thirty-five studies examining direct facilitation in plants mainly in the Neotropics (69%). The number of observational and experimental studies was similar. Most studies were based on pairwise comparisons of species. Trees were the most common nurse plants representing 51% of the studies, followed by shrubs (20%). This was the same for facilitated plants: trees corresponded to 48% and shrubs to 21%. The most common facilitation mechanism in tropical forest was the improvement of aboveground microclimate conditions (43%). Epiphytism is still marginally explored (11%, only 4 out of 35 studies) as a direct mechanism of facilitation. Given that about nine per cent of the world vascular flora are epiphytes that demand facilitators to survive, it is timely to widen the scope of field studies about facilitation towards such direct mechanisms.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Norte Fluminense, Programa Posgrad Ecol & Recursos Nat, Lab Ciencias Ambientais, Ave Alberto Lamego 2000,Parque Calif, BR-28035200 Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Vila Velha, Programa Posgrad Ecol Ecossistemas, Lab Ecol Vegetal, Rua Comissario Jose Dantas de Melo S-N, BR-29102770 Vila Velha, ES, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Ciencias Ambientais, Rua Prof Artur Riedel 275, BR-09972270 Diadema, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Ciencias Ambientais, Rua Prof Artur Riedel 275, BR-09972270 Diadema, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
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dc.identifierhttp://tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_59_1/1/1%20Francisco%20et%20al.pdf
dc.identifier.citationTropical Ecology. Varanasi, v. 59, n. 1, 2018.
dc.identifier.issn0564-3295
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/55661
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000432607300001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInt Soc Tropical Ecology
dc.relation.ispartofTropical Ecology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCommensalismen
dc.subjectNeotropicalen
dc.subjectplant communityen
dc.subjectplant-plant interactionen
dc.subjectpositive interactionen
dc.subjectsystematic reviewen
dc.titleAn overview on epiphytism as a direct mechanism of facilitation in tropical forestsen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/review
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