ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

• Main Author: Ramos, Flavio Nunes
• Publication Date: 2019
• Other Authors: Mortara, Sara Ribeiro, Monalisa-Francisco, Nathalia, Elias, João Pedro Costa, Neto, Luiz Menini, Freitas, Leandro, Kersten, Rodrigo, Amorim, André Márcio, Matos, Fernando Bittencourt, Nunes-Freitas, André Felippe, Alcantara, Suzana, Alexandre, Marcia Helena Nagahama [UNESP], de Almeida-Scabbia, Renata Jimenez, de Almeida, Odair José Garcia [UNESP], Alves, Fernanda Eliane, de Oliveira Alves, Rogério Marcos, Alvim, Francine Seehaber, de Andrade, Antônio Carlos Silva, de Andrade, Simone, Aona, Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme, Araujo, Andréa Cardoso, de Araújo, Kelianne Carolina Targino, Ariati, Vanessa, Assis, Julia Camara [UNESP], de Azevedo, Cecília Oliveira, Barbosa, Bruno Ferreira, Barbosa, Daniel Elias Ferreira, Barbosa, Fernando dos Reis, de Barros, Fabio, Basilio, Geicilaine Alves, Bataghin, Fernando Antonio, Bered, Fernanda, Bianchi, Juliana Santos, Blum, Christopher Thomas, Boelter, Carlos Renato, Bonnet, Annete, Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin, Breier, Tiago Bӧer, Brion, Caio de Toledo, Buzatto, Cristiano Roberto, Cabral, Andressa, Cadorin, Tiago João, Caglioni, Eder, Canêz, Luciana, Cardoso, Pedro Henrique, de Carvalho, Fábia Silva, Carvalho, Renan Gonçalves, Catharino, Eduardo Luis Martins, Ceballos, Sergio Javier, Cerezini, Monise Terra, César, Ricardo Gomes, Cestari, Cesar [UNESP], Chaves, Cleber Juliano Neves [UNESP], Citadini-Zanette, Vanilde, Coelho, Luiz Francisco Mello, Coffani-Nunes, João Vicente [UNESP], Colares, Renato, Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Corrêa, Nadjara de Medeiros, da Costa, Andrea Ferreira, da Costa, Grênivel Mota, Costa, Laís Mara Santana, Costa, Natália Gabriela Souza, Couto, Dayvid Rodrigues, Cristofolini, Caroline, da Cruz, Ana Carolina Rodrigues, Del Neri, Leopoldo Angelo [UNESP], di Pasquo, Mercedes, dos Santos Dias, Aline, Dias, Letícia do Carmo Dutra, Dislich, Ricardo, Duarte, Marília Cristina, Fabricante, Juliano Ricardo, Farache, Fernando Henrique Antoniolli, de Faria, Ana Paula Gelli, Faxina, Claudenice, Ferreira, Mariana Terrola Martins, Fischer, Erich, Fonseca, Carlos Roberto, Fontoura, Talita, Francisco, Talitha Mayumi, Furtado, Samyra Gomes, Galetti, Mauro [UNESP], Garbin, Mário Luís, de Gasper, André Luís, Goetze, Márcia, Gomes-da-Silva, Janaína, Gonçalves, Mateus Felipe Araujo, Gonzaga, Diego Rafael, Silva, Ana Carolina Granero e, Guaraldo, André de Camargo, Guarino, Ernestino de Souza Gomes, Guislon, Aline Votri, Hudson, Luigy Bitencourt, Jardim, Jomar Gomes, Jungbluth, Patricia, Kaeser, Selma dos Santos, Kessous, Igor Musauer, Koch, Natália Mossmann, Kuniyoshi, Yoshiko Saito, Labiak, Paulo Henrique, Lapate, Maria Esther, Santos, Ana Carolina Laurenti, Leal, Roberta Luísa Barbosa, Leite, Felipe Silveira, Leitman, Paula, Liboni, Ana Paula, Liebsch, Dieter, Lingner, Débora Vanessa, Lombardi, Julio Antonio [UNESP], Lucas, Eve, Luzzi, Jhonny dos Reis, Mai, Patricia, Mania, Luiz Felipe, Mantovani, Waldir, Maragni, Angelica Guidoni, Marques, Marcia Cristina Mendes, Marquez, Gonzalo, Martins, Cristiane, Martins, Laura do Nascimento, Martins, Pedro Luiz Sanglard Silva, Mazziero, Frederico Fregolente Faracco, Melo, Camila de Aguiar, de Melo, Maria Margarida Fiuza, Mendes, Alex Fernando, Mesacasa, Letícia, Morellato, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira [UNESP], Moreno, Vanessa de Souza, Muller, Adelcio, Murakami, Mariana Moreira da Silva, Cecconello, Edinete, Nardy, Camila, Nervo, Michelle Helena, Neves, Beatriz, Nogueira, Matheus Guimarães Cardoso, Nonato, Fabiana Regina, de Oliveira-Filho, Ary Teixeira, de Oliveira, César Pedro Lopes, Overbeck, Gerhard Ernst, Marcusso, Gabriel Mendes [UNESP], Paciencia, Mateus Luís Barradas, Padilha, Patricia, Padilha, Peterson Teodoro, Pereira, Ana Clara Alves, Pereira, Luciana Carvalho, Pereira, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo, Pincheira-Ulbrich, Jimmy, Pires, José Salatiel Rodrigues, Pizo, Marco Aurélio [UNESP], Pôrto, Kátia Cavalcanti, Rattis, Ludmila, Reis, Joice Rodrigues de Mendonça, Reis, Simone Gonçalves dos, da Rocha-Pessôa, Thereza Christina, Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte, Rocha, Fernando Souza, Rodrigues, Alba Regina Pereira, Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Rogalski, Juliana Marcia, Rosanelli, Roberta Luiza, Rossado, Andrés, Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo [UNESP], Rother, Débora Cristina, Ruiz-Miranda, Carlos Ramon, Saiter, Felipe Zamborlini, Sampaio, Mauricio Bonesso, Santana, Lucas Deziderio, Santos, Juliana Silveira dos [UNESP], Sartorello, Ricardo, Sazima, Marlies, Schmitt, Juliane Luzía, Schneider, Geniane, Schroeder, Bruna Grosch, Sevegnani, Lucia, Júnior, Vasconcelos Oliveira Silva, da Silva, Fernando Rodrigues, da Silva, Maria Juliana, Silva, Mércia Patrícia Pereira, Silva, Rafaela Guimarães, Silva, Sandro Menezes, Singer, Rodrigo Bustos, Siqueira, Geovane, Soares, Luis Eduardo, de Sousa, Hildeberto Caldas, Spielmann, Adriano, Tonetti, Vinicius Rodrigues [UNESP], Toniato, Maria Teresa Zugliani, Ulguim, Paulo Sérgio Bordoni, van den Berg, Cássio, van den Berg, Eduardo, Varassin, Isabela Galarda, da Silva, Izabela Bitencourt Veloso, Vibrans, Alexander Christian, Waechter, Jorge Luiz, Weissenberg, Erick Willy [UNESP], Windisch, Paulo Günter, Wolowski, Marina, Yañez, Agustina, Yoshikawa, Vania Nobuko, Zandoná, Luciano Ramos, Zanella, Camila Martini, Zanin, Elisabete Maria, Zappi, Daniela Cristina, Zipparro, Valesca Bononi [UNESP], Zorzanelli, João Paulo Fernandes, Ribeiro, Milton Cezar [UNESP]
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Download full: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2541; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/188689
• topic: abundance; Atlantic Forest; biodiversity data set; biodiversity hotspot; epiphyte; phorophyte; presence/absence; tropical forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events.