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ArticleBiodiversity data journal2021

Biovera-Epi: A new database on species diversity, community composition and leaf functional traits of vascular epiphytes along gradients of elevation and forest-use intensity in Mexico.

Valeria Guzmán-Jacob, Patrick Weigelt, Dylan Craven, Gerhard Zotz, Thorsten Krömer, Holger Kreft

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Article in Biodiversity data journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Valeria Guzmán-JacobBiodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6239-4541
Patrick WeigeltBiodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany.
Dylan CravenUniversidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile Universidad Mayor Santiago Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3940-833X
Gerhard ZotzUniversität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany Universität Oldenburg Oldenburg Germany.
Thorsten KrömerCentro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana. Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-8172
Holger KreftBiodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis data paper describes a new, comprehensive database (BIOVERA-Epi) on species distributions and leaf functional traits of vascular epiphytes, a poorly studied plant group, along gradients of elevation and forest-use intensity in the central part of Veracruz State, Mexico. The distribution data include frequencies of 271 vascular epiphyte species belonging to 92 genera and 23 families across 120 20 m × 20 m forest plots at eight study sites along an elevational gradient from sea level to 3500 m a.s.l. In addition, BIOVERA-Epi provides information on 1595 measurements of nine morphological and chemical leaf traits from 474 individuals and 102 species. For morphological leaf traits, we provide data on each sampled leaf. For chemical leaf traits, we provide data at the species level per site and land-use type. We also provide complementary information for each of the sampled plots and host trees. BIOVERA-Epi contributes to an emerging body of synthetic epiphytes studies combining functional traits and community composition. NEW INFORMATION: BIOVERA-Epi includes data on species frequency and leaf traits from 120 forest plots distributed along an elevational gradient, including six different forest types and three levels of forest-use intensity. It will expand the breadth of studies on epiphyte diversity, conservation and functional plant ecology in the Neotropics and will contribute to future synthetic studies on the ecology and diversity of tropical epiphyte assemblages.

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carbon isotope ratioelevational gradientforest-use intensityfunctional traitsnitrogen isotope ratio.vascular epiphytes

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