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Epiphytic bryophyte biomass estimation on tree trunks and upscaling in tropical montane cloud forests.

Guan-Yu Lai, Hung-Chi Liu, Ariel J Kuo, Cho-Ying Huang

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Guan-Yu LaiDepartment of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hung-Chi LiuDepartment of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ariel J KuoDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Cho-Ying HuangDepartment of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9174-7542
National Taiwan University · TWUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epiphytic bryophytes (EB) are some of the most commonly found plant species in tropical montane cloud forests, and they play a disproportionate role in influencing the terrestrial hydrological and nutrient cycles. However, it is difficult to estimate the abundance of EB due to the nature of their "epiphytic" habitat. This study proposes an allometric scaling approach implemented in twenty-one 30 × 30 m plots across an elevation range in 16,773 ha tropical montane cloud forests of northeastern Taiwan to measure EB biomass, a primary metric for indicating plant abundance and productivity. A general allometry was developed to estimate EB biomass of 100 cm

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