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Spatial organization of a bromeliad community in the Atlantic rainforest, south-eastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Erich A. Fischer  and
Andrea C. Araujo
Erich A. Fischer
Affiliation:
PG-Ecologia, Departamento de Botânica, Caixa Postal 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13081–970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
Andrea C. Araujo
Affiliation:
PG-Ecologia, Departamento de Botânica, Caixa Postal 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13081–970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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Abstract

The habit, shade-tolerance and dispersal agent of 19 bromeliad species were studied in a rainforest community in order to relate specific traits to the spatial occurrence of the species. Highest density was found in riparian forest (RF), followed by restinga scrub (RE), rocky shore (RS) and dense canopy forest (DF). Terrestrial bromeliads occurred in open sites (RE and RS), epiphytes were absent in RS and facultative species occupied all four habitats. Bird-dispersed bromeliads occurred in the upper canopy, whereas those dispersed by mammals were low in the forest profile. Bromeliads which are dispersed by similar fauna fruit sequentially through the year. Differences in traits may allow the sharing of habitats and strata among species.

Keywords

Bromeliaceaecommunitydispersal agentepiphytesfruiting seasonhabitrainforestresource partitioningspatial distribution

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Research Article
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 559 - 567
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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