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DISTRIBUTION OF FOUR TILLANDSIOID BROMELIADS, GUZMANIA MONOSTACHIA, CATOPSIS BERTERONIANA, C. FLORIBUNDA AND C. NUTANS, IN THE FAKAHATCHEE STRAND STATE PRESERVE, FLORIDA

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1982
Summary:
Populations of Guzmania monostachia, Catopsis berteroniana, C. floribunda and C. nutans were studied in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, located in southwestern Florida in Collier County. The habitat preference, within habitat distributions and quantitative estimates of rarity were determined for each of the bromeliads. Catopsis and Guzmania are found primarily in swamp communities, especially in Fraxinus caroliniana-Annona glabra sloughs. Fraxinus carolihiana is the most comroon host for these bromeliads. On a host, these species are distributed along a vertical gradient probably in relationship to light intensities. Guzmania monostachia is found at the lowest height (Y = 2.5 +- 0.5 m) while Catopsis berteroniana is found at the greatest height (Y = 5.2 +- 0.2 m). Catopsis berteroniana occurs in the lowest densities and Guzmania in the highest. Specific ecological requirements, habitat destruction and the existence at the extremes of their ranges are responsible for the rarity of Catopsis and Guzmania in Florida.
Title: THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOUR TILLANDSIOID BROMELIADS, GUZMANIA MONOSTACHIA, CATOPSIS BERTERONIANA, C. FLORIBUNDA AND C. NUTANS, IN THE FAKAHATCHEE STRAND STATE PRESERVE, FLORIDA.
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Name(s): BENNETT, BRADLEY CHARLTON., Degree grantor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Austin, Daniel F., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1982
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 80 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Populations of Guzmania monostachia, Catopsis berteroniana, C. floribunda and C. nutans were studied in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, located in southwestern Florida in Collier County. The habitat preference, within habitat distributions and quantitative estimates of rarity were determined for each of the bromeliads. Catopsis and Guzmania are found primarily in swamp communities, especially in Fraxinus caroliniana-Annona glabra sloughs. Fraxinus carolihiana is the most comroon host for these bromeliads. On a host, these species are distributed along a vertical gradient probably in relationship to light intensities. Guzmania monostachia is found at the lowest height (Y = 2.5 +- 0.5 m) while Catopsis berteroniana is found at the greatest height (Y = 5.2 +- 0.2 m). Catopsis berteroniana occurs in the lowest densities and Guzmania in the highest. Specific ecological requirements, habitat destruction and the existence at the extremes of their ranges are responsible for the rarity of Catopsis and Guzmania in Florida.
Identifier: 14122 (digitool), FADT14122 (IID), fau:10936 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Bromeliaceae
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve (Fla )
Botany--Florida--Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve
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