Vertebrate florivory of vascular epiphytes: the case of a bromeliad
Braz. j. biol; 79 (2), 2019
Abstract The avoidance of vertebrate herbivory is thought to be one of the possible drivers for the evolution of epiphytism. Scarce literature suggests that epiphyte herbivory is mainly related to insect attack on reproductive structures. In a pine-oak forest we observed almost all inflorescences of an ...