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Tropical Montane Cloud Forests pp 38–78Cite as

Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: What Do We Really Know?

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 110))

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Arguably, montane “cloud forests” (MCFs) are among the least understood of humid tropical forest ecosystems as far as their water and nutrient dynamics are concerned (Whitmore 1990). This is in spite of the fact that TMCF is often found in important headwater areas that, although scattered, together occupied about 500,000 km2 in the 1970s (Persson 1974). There is a growing recognition of the role of TMCF in supplying water to downstream areas during rainless periods (Zadroga 1981; Hamilton with King 1983; Stadtmüller and Agudelo 1990) and of their high degree of faunal and floristic endemism (La Bastille and Pool 1978; cf. Leo, this volume).

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Bruijnzeel, L.A., Proctor, J. (1995). Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: What Do We Really Know?. In: Hamilton, L.S., Juvik, J.O., Scatena, F.N. (eds) Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 110. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2500-3_3

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