Transpiration and microclimate of a tropical montane rain forest, southern Ecuador

Influence of light conditions on the allometry and growth of the understory palm Geonoma undata subsp. edulis (Arecaceae) of neotropical cloud forests

“…We documented higher light transmission values relative to those reported for other neotropical cloud forest understories (i.e., forests in southern Ecuador received 5.5–10.5% of the incident radiation above the canopy, Motzer et al, 2010), whereas we found that total transmitted light ranged from 11.5 to 28.7%. The LAI values we documented were consistently lower relative to values reported in the literature for other tropical montane cloud forests (i.e., LAI of 5.1 in primary cloud forest reported by Lawton and Putz, 1988).…”

“…First, we characterized the light regime of the cloud forest understory where Geonoma undata subsp. edulis is found, a light environment that is poorly understood (Clark et al, 2000; Motzer et al, 2010). Second, we examined how light changes influenced the allometry and growth increments of the understory palm G. undata subsp.…”

Does canopy wetness matter? Evapotranspiration from a subtropical montane cloud forest in Taiwan

“…Published tropical rain forest data are also shown and classified according to Bruijnzeel et al . (), including a lowland evergreen rain forest (LRF, closed triangles) (Shuttleworth, ; Kumagai et al ., ), lower montane rain forest (LMRF, open square) (Fleischbein et al ., ), lower montane cloud forest (LMCF, open triangles) (Hutley et al ., ; McJannet et al ., ; Giambelluca et al ., ; Gomez‐Cárdenas, ; Holwerda et al ., ; Motzer et al ., ; Oesker et al ., ; Tanaka et al ., ), upper montane cloud forest (UMCF, open circles) (Ataroff and Rada, ; McJannet et al ., ), and elfin cloud forest (ECF, crosses) (Holwerda, ; García‐Santos, ; García‐Santos and Bruijnzeel, ). A reference line ( ET = P ), as documented in Sun et al .…”

Impacts of forests and forestation on hydrological services in the Andes: A systematic review

“…In the reviewed studies using appropriate techniques, annual cloudwater interception was reportedly low in native cloud montane forest (less than 2% of vertical rainfall and with a maximum of 7.9%) (Gonzalez, 2011 except for a study in Peru where cloud-water interception reached 22% of the annual rainfall (Gomez-Peralta et al, 2008). Repetitive fog immersion reduced the evaporative potential (Catchpole, 2012, Table SM4) which likely explained the low transpiration observed in native montane cloud forests (Ataroff and Rada, 2000, Fleischbein et al, 2006, Motzer et al, 2011.…”