8/17/2019 Resumo ECOEVOL PRONTO Traduzido

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The abundance of the epiphyte, Old Man`s Beard \textit{Tillandsia usneoides}, and

its effect on the \textit{Myrtus} tree

Vanessa P. G. Lopes (1); Gustavo H. de Melo (2); Raphael M. Siqueira (3)

(1) niversidade !ederal de Vi"osa; (2) Portland State niversit#

e$%ail& vanessap'lhot%ail.o% 

*eause o+ it,s 're# olor a lon' leaves- the ro%eliaeae /te0titillandsia usneoides

is %ove o%%onl# 4no5n as 6ld Man,s *eard. 7t,s roots don,t have na asorant

+untion ut help +i0 the plant to the host tree- thus ein' lassi+ied eolo'iall# as

epiph#te. his speies is studied +or the io%onitorin' o+ the qualit# o+ the air- ut little

is 4no5n aout its eolo'#. 8ith the o9etive o+ understandin' the eolo'# o+ the

epiph#te /te0tit. usneoides and understand the e++ets o+ their aundane in the host

speies- 5e tested the h#pothesis that there is a orrelation et5een the aundane o+ the /te0tit. sneoides and dead o+ ranhes o+ the host tree. his reasearh 5as done

at the !ederal niversit# o+ Vi"osa- ount# o+ Vi"osa- MG. en trees the 'enus

/te0titM#rtus 5ere anali:ed- all o+ 5hih 5ere oloni:ed # ro%eliad /te0tit.

sneoides. !or eah host tree /te0titM#rtus 5as evaluated # the aundane o+ 

/te0tit. sneoides in health# and dead ranhes. he data 5as lo'ariti%i:ados +or 

statisti anal#sis and the nu%er o+ on /te0tit. usneoides the ranhes 5as 'reater on

the dead ranhes- 5ith ! > and P ?-?