Elements of disturbance that affect epiphyte vitality in a temperate rainforest: an experimental approach |
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Authors: | Nalini M. Nadkarni and Kevin D. Kohl |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA;2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 403B Clapp Hall, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 115260, USA;*Correspondence address. Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Tel: +1-360-870-6632; Fax: +1-801-581-4668; E-mail: nalini.nadkarni@utah.edu; |
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Abstract: | AimsEpiphytes are an abundant and diverse component of many wet temperate forests and have significant roles in ecosystem processes. Little is known about the processes and rates of their death and decomposition when they fall from the canopy, which limits our understanding of their role in forest carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling. In the temperate rainforest of the Quinault River Valley, Washington State, our aim was to test hypotheses regarding four elements of disturbance that might contribute to their decline. |
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Keywords: | disturbance epiphytes forest canopy forest dynamics moss Olympic rainforest |
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