1. ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest.
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Ramos FN, Mortara SR, Monalisa-Francisco N, Elias JPC, Neto LM, Freitas L, Kersten R, Amorim AM, Matos FB, Nunes-Freitas AF, Alcantara S, Alexandre MHN, de Almeida-Scabbia RJ, de Almeida OJG, Alves FE, de Oliveira Alves RM, Alvim FS, de Andrade ACS, de Andrade S, Aona LYS, Araujo AC, de Araújo KCT, Ariati V, Assis JC, de Azevedo CO, Barbosa BF, Barbosa DEF, Barbosa FDR, de Barros F, Basilio GA, Bataghin FA, Bered F, Bianchi JS, Blum CT, Boelter CR, Bonnet A, Brancalion PHS, Breier TB, Brion CT, Buzatto CR, Cabral A, Cadorin TJ, Caglioni E, Canêz L, Cardoso PH, de Carvalho FS, Carvalho RG, Catharino ELM, Ceballos SJ, Cerezini MT, César RG, Cestari C, Chaves CJN, Citadini-Zanette V, Coelho LFM, Coffani-Nunes JV, Colares R, Colletta GD, Corrêa NM, da Costa AF, da Costa GM, Costa LMS, Costa NGS, Couto DR, Cristofolini C, da Cruz ACR, Del Neri LA, di Pasquo M, Dos Santos Dias A, Dias LDCD, Dislich R, Duarte MC, Fabricante JR, Farache FHA, de Faria APG, Faxina C, Ferreira MTM, Fischer E, Fonseca CR, Fontoura T, Francisco TM, Furtado SG, Galetti M, Garbin ML, de Gasper AL, Goetze M, Gomes-da-Silva J, Gonçalves MFA, Gonzaga DR, Silva ACGE, Guaraldo AC, Guarino ESG, Guislon AV, Hudson LB, Jardim JG, Jungbluth P, Kaeser SDS, Kessous IM, Koch NM, Kuniyoshi YS, Labiak PH, Lapate ME, Santos ACL, Leal RLB, Leite FS, Leitman P, Liboni AP, Liebsch D, Lingner DV, Lombardi JA, Lucas E, Luzzi JDR, Mai P, Mania LF, Mantovani W, Maragni AG, Marques MCM, Marquez G, Martins C, Martins LDN, Martins PLSS, Mazziero FFF, Melo CA, de Melo MMF, Mendes AF, Mesacasa L, Morellato LPC, Moreno VS, Muller A, Murakami MMDS, Cecconello E, Nardy C, Nervo MH, Neves B, Nogueira MGC, Nonato FR, de Oliveira-Filho AT, de Oliveira CPL, Overbeck GE, Marcusso GM, Paciencia MLB, Padilha P, Padilha PT, Pereira ACA, Pereira LC, Pereira RAS, Pincheira-Ulbrich J, Pires JSR, Pizo MA, Pôrto KC, Rattis L, Reis JRM, Reis SGD, da Rocha-Pessôa TC, Rocha CFD, Rocha FS, Rodrigues ARP, Rodrigues RR, Rogalski JM, Rosanelli RL, Rossado A, Rossatto DR, Rother DC, Ruiz-Miranda CR, Saiter FZ, Sampaio MB, Santana LD, Santos JSD, Sartorello R, Sazima M, Schmitt JL, Schneider G, Schroeder BG, Sevegnani L, Júnior VOS, da Silva FR, da Silva MJ, Silva MPP, Silva RG, Silva SM, Singer RB, Siqueira G, Soares LE, de Sousa HC, Spielmann A, Tonetti VR, Toniato MTZ, Ulguim PSB, van den Berg C, van den Berg E, Varassin IG, da Silva IBV, Vibrans AC, Waechter JL, Weissenberg EW, Windisch PG, Wolowski M, Yañez A, Yoshikawa VN, Zandoná LR, Zanella CM, Zanin EM, Zappi DC, Zipparro VB, Zorzanelli JPF, and Ribeiro MC
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Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events., (© 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of America.)
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- 2019
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