A review of stemflow generation dynamics and stemflow‐environment interactions in forests and shrublands

DF Levia, S Germer - Reviews of Geophysics, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many geoscientists now recognize stemflow as an important phenomenon which can exert
considerable effects on the hydrology, biogeochemistry, and ecology of wooded ecosystems …

A review and evaluation of forest canopy epiphyte roles in the partitioning and chemical alteration of precipitation

JT Van Stan II, TG Pypker - Science of the Total Environment, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Interactions between precipitation and forest canopy elements (bark, leaves, and epiphytes)
control the quantity, spatiotemporal patterning, and the chemical concentration, character …

[كتاب][B] Introduction to bryophytes

A Vanderpoorten, B Goffinet - 2009‏ - books.google.com
Bryophytes were a pivotal step in land plant evolution, and their significance in the
regulation of ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity is becoming increasingly …

Epiphytic plants in a changing world-global: change effects on vascular and non-vascular epiphytes

G Zotz, MY Bader - Progress in botany, 2009‏ - Springer
Epiphytes have been called particularly vulnerable to climate change because of their
existence at the interface of vegetation and atmosphere. We review the available evidence …

The role of vegetation in regulating stormwater runoff from green roofs in a winter rainfall climate

E Schroll, J Lambrinos, T Righetti, D Sandrock - Ecological engineering, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Extensive green roofs composed of a thin layer of growing medium topped with vegetation
can significantly reduce both the timing and magnitude of stormwater runoff relative to a …

Throughfall and stemflow in wooded ecosystems

DF Levia, RF Keim, DE Carlyle-Moses… - Forest hydrology and …, 2011‏ - Springer
Incident precipitation is routed to the subcanopy by throughfall and stemflow. Throughfall is
defined as the precipitation that passes directly through a canopy or is initially intercepted by …

The functional roles of epiphytes and arboreal soils in tropical montane cloud forests

SG Gotsch, N Nadkarni, A Amici - Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2016‏ - cambridge.org
Epiphytes and their associated decomposing litter and arboreal soils (herein, epiphytic
material, EM) are ubiquitous features of tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF) and play …

Rainfall and cloud water interception in mature and secondary lower montane cloud forests of central Veracruz, Mexico

F Holwerda, LA Bruijnzeel, LE Muñoz-Villers… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Rainfall and cloud water interception (CWI) were determined for a mature and a 19-year old
secondary lower montane cloud forest in central Veracruz, Mexico. Cloud water was …

Patterns and drivers of species composition of epiphytic bryophytes and lichens in managed temperate forests

P Ódor, I Király, F Tinya, F Bortignon… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Epiphytic bryophytes and lichens are an important component of the endangered forest
biota in temperate forests, their diversity and composition patterns being regulated by tree …

The role of the residential urban forest in regulating throughfall: A case study in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

ENM Inkiläinen, MR McHale, GB Blank… - Landscape and urban …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Overwhelming stormwater volumes, associated with deteriorating water quality and severe
flooding in urbanizing cities, have become a great environmental and financial concern …