| vertebrate florivory of vascular epiphytes: the case of a bromeliad. | the avoidance of vertebrate herbivory is thought to be one of the possible drivers for the evolution of epiphytism. scarce literature suggests that epiphyte herbivory is mainly related to insect attack on reproductive structures. in a pine-oak forest we observed almost all inflorescences of an epiphytic bromeliad (tillandsia carlos-hankii) with signs of florivory; the degree of damage suggested that vertebrate herbivores could be involved. to assess the intensity of vertebrate florivory damage w ... | 2019 | 30066733 |