The epiphyte vegetation of the palm Socratea exorrhiza - correlations with tree size, tree age and bryophyte cover

By G. Zotz, B. Vollrath. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2003

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Niche assembly of epiphytic bryophyte communities in the Guianas: a regional approach (2009, background): “Similar vertical zonation is found in vascular epiphytes (Johansson, 1974; ter Steege & Cornelissen, 1989; Zotz & Vollrath, 2003 ).”
The vascular epiphytes of a lowland forest in Panama—species composition and spatial structure (2008, background): “Almost invariably tree size is reported to affect both species richness and abundance (FloresPalacios and Garcı́a-Franco 2006; Zotz and Vollrath 2003), but it remains unclear whether size is not simply a proxy for the time available for colonization.”
The relationship between tree size and epiphyte species richness: testing four different hypotheses (2006, methodology): “(Arecaceae), a positive TS–ER relationship was found (Zotz & Vollrath, 2003).”
Plants on Plants – The Biology of Vascular Epiphytes (2016, background): “In fact, the mere existence of that label has lured many researchers (including the author of this book, e.g., Zotz and Vollrath 2003) into categorizing plants without appropriate scrutiny.”
Microhabitat associations of vascular epiphytes in a wet tropical forest canopy (2015, methodology): “There is a well-established, positive relationship between epiphyte diversity and tree size (e.g., Zotz & Vollrath 2003).”