Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF) are among the most threatened ecosystems globally
in spite of their high strategic value for sustainable development due to the key role played …

As indicated in the introductory chapter to this book, knowledge of tropical montane cloud
forest (TMCF) occurrence, biodiversity, hydrology, and ecological functioning has increased …

While tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF) provide critical hydrological services to
downstream regions throughout much of the humid tropics, catchment hydrology and …

Landscape ecology focuses on the analysis of spatial pattern and its relationship to
ecological processes. As a scientific discipline, landscape ecology has grown rapidly in …

Summary 1 Loss in forest cover associated with human activities leads to forest islands
within a fragmented landscape. Anthropogenic disturbance may also directly alter tree …

Aim To quantify the consequences of major threats to biodiversity, such as climate and land‐
use change, it is important to use explicit measures of species persistence, such as …

Stream water mean transit time (MTT) is a fundamental hydrologic parameter that integrates
the distribution of sources, flow paths, and storages present in catchments. However, in the …

Montane cloud forests are highly threatened ecosystems that are vulnerable to climate
change. These complex habitats harbor many species that suffer the negative …

Interactions between host tree species and ectomycorrhizal fungi are important in structuring
ectomycorrhizal communities, but there are only a few studies on host influence of …

Aim To assess the changes in the elevational distribution of 151 butterfly species over a
period of 22 years (1988–2011) and investigate whether these changes are related to …