Abstract Information on the degree of host specificity is fundamental for an understanding of
the ecology of structurally dependent plants such as vascular epiphytes. Starting with the …

Kauri (Agathis australis), which is one of the world's largest and longest‐living conifer
species, is under threat from a root and collar dieback disease caused by the oomycete …

The Cretaceous period saw dramatic shifts in the functional plant biology of the Earth's flora.
This was an episode of explosive plant radiations that produced our modern angiosperm …

In a living tree crown, the surface expands from year to year and the limbs of the tree thicken,
as a consequence of primary and secondary growth. An epiphytic plant fixed on a bark …

By definition fire prone ecosystems have highly combustible plants, leading to the
hypothesis, first formally stated by Mutch in 1970, that community flammability is the product …

Plant tissues host complex fungal and bacterial communities, and their composition is
determined by host traits such as tissue age, plant genotype and environmental conditions …

Vascular epiphytes represent c. 10% of all vascular plant species. In epiphytes, attachment
is essential for survival throughout consecutive ontogenetic stages of their life, starting …

The conifer A gathis australis (N ew Z ealand kauri; A raucariaceae) has a significant
influence on soil processes beneath its canopies, reducing soil pH, stalling nitrogen cycling …

New Zealand forests have been and are shaped by a suite of disturbance types that vary in
both their spatial extent and frequency of recurrence. Post-disturbance forest dynamics can …

The forest canopy is home to a rich biota. One salient feature are the dynamics of the habitat‐
building trees, which are growing and eventually vanishing. Tree species strongly differ in …