Epiphyll specialization for leaf and forest successional stages in a tropical lowland rainforest

Questions The importance of tropical rainforest gap dynamics in biodiversity maintenance is not fully understood, in particular for taxa other than trees and lianas. We used epiphylls on rainforest leaves to study the importance of leaf‐ and forest‐scale succession in determining biodiversity patterns by characterizing community change with leaf age in gaps and closed‐forest habitats. We asked: (1) Do epiphylls show specialization for leaf and...