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Cloud forests are ecosystems characterized by frequent cloud cover and high humidity, located in mountainous tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. These forests host a remarkable array of flora and fauna specially adapted to this unique environment. Beyond their rich biodiversity, cloud forests are also important in global climate regulation by sequestering carbon and influencing water cycles. However, they face significant threats from deforestation and the impacts of climate change.
To learn more about these unique ecosystems, we speak to Associate Professor David Zeleny from the National Taiwan University, in Taipei. David’s research is focusing on understanding what makes these forests ecologically so unique by studying plant communities and their functional characteristics in the cloud forests of Taiwan.
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Selected publications:
Helsen K., Shen Y.-C., Lin T.-Y., Chen C.-F., Huang C.-M., Li C.-F. & Zelený D. (2022): Climate and soil differentially affect species, trait and diversity patterns of woody overstory and fern understory in a subtropical forest along an elevation gradient in Taiwan. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33:e13130. doi.org/10.111...
Stadtmüller, T. (1987). Cloud forests in the humid tropics: a bibliographic review. The United Nationes University, Tokyo, Japan.
Homepage of David Zeleny: www.davidzelen...
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Credits: Cloud distribution map: Greenmind1980 (en.wikipedia.o... Karger, D.N., Kessler, M., Lehnert, M. et al. Limited protection and ongoing loss of tropical cloud forest biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5, 854-862 (2021).
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