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EpIG‐DB: A database of vascular epiphyte assemblages in the Neotropics
2020; Wiley; Volume: 31; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/jvs.12867
ISSN1654-1103
AutoresGlenda Mendieta‐Leiva, Flávio Nunes Ramos, João Pedro Costa Elias, Gerhard Zotz, Margoth Acuña‐Tarazona, Francine Seehaber Alvim, Daniel Elias Ferreira Barbosa, Geicilaine Alves Basílio, Sven P. Batke, Ana María Benavides, Christopher Thomas Blum, Carlos Renato Boelter, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, María Judith Carmona, Luciana P. Carvalho, Edilia de la Rosa‐Manzano, Helena J. R. Einzmann, Manuel Fernández, Samyra Gomes Furtado, André Luís de Gasper, Valeria Guzmán‐Jacob, Peter Hietz, Mariana Victória Irume, Derio Antonio Jiménez‐López, Michael Kessler, Holger Kreft, Thorsten Krömer, Giesta Maria Olmedo Machado, Nayely Martínez‐Meléndez, Pedro Luiz Sanglard Silva Martins, Rodrigo de Macêdo Mello, Alex Mendes, Luiz Menini Neto, Sara Ribeiro Mortara, Camila Nardy, Rodolfo de Paula Oliveira, Ana Clara Alves Pereira, Luis Pillaca, Adriano Costa Quaresma, Calixto Rodríguez Quiel, Edier Soto Medina, Amanda Taylor, Michael S. Vega, Katrin Wagner, Márcio S. Werneck, Florian Werner, Jan Wolf, Charles E. Zartman, Daniel Zuleta, Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro,
Tópico(s)Lichen and fungal ecology
ResumoAbstract Vascular epiphytes are a diverse and conspicuous component of biodiversity in tropical and subtropical forests. Yet, the patterns and drivers of epiphyte assemblages are poorly studied in comparison with soil‐rooted plants. Current knowledge about diversity patterns of epiphytes mainly stems from local studies or floristic inventories, but this information has not yet been integrated to allow a better understanding of large‐scale distribution patterns. EpIG‐DB, the first database on epiphyte assemblages at the continental scale, resulted from an exhaustive compilation of published and unpublished inventory data from the Neotropics. The current version of EpIG‐DB consists of 463,196 individual epiphytes from 3,005 species, which were collected from a total of 18,148 relevés (host trees and ‘understory’ plots). EpIG‐DB reports the occurrence of ‘true’ epiphytes, hemiepiphytes and nomadic vines, including information on their cover, abundance, frequency and biomass. Most records (97%) correspond to sampled host trees, 76% of them aggregated in forest plots. The data is stored in a TURBOVEG database using the most up‐to‐date checklist of vascular epiphytes. A total of 18 additional fields were created for the standardization of associated data commonly used in epiphyte ecology (e.g. by considering different sampling methods). EpIG‐DB currently covers six major biomes across the whole latitudinal range of epiphytes in the Neotropics but welcomes data globally. This novel database provides, for the first time, unique biodiversity data on epiphytes for the Neotropics and unified guidelines for future collection of epiphyte data. EpIG‐DB will allow exploration of new ways to study the community ecology and biogeography of vascular epiphytes.
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