Data from: Trait patterns of epiphytes compared to other plant life forms along a tropical elevation gradient

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Hymenophyllum capillare;Peperomia tetraphylla;Huperzia ophioglossoides;Canthium oligocarpum;Heinsenia diervilleoides;Peperomia fernandopoiana;Isachne mauritiana;Psychotria cyathicalyx;Schefflera volkensii;trees;Achyranthes aspera;Celtis durandii;Syzygium guineense;Parochetus communis;Diaphananthe lorifolia;Festuca obturbans;Asplenium aethiopicum;Myrsine africana;Asplenium smedsii;Pavetta abyssinica;Umbilicus botryoides;Plectranthus alboviolaceus;Asplenium megalura;Strombosia scheffleri;Agauria salicifolia;Psychotria petiginosa;Galiniera saxifraga;Mitragyna rubrostipulata;Stenogrammitis paucipinnata;Huperzia;Selaginella kraussiana;Disperis kilimanjarica;Clausena anisata;Elaphoglossum deckenii;Holocene;Cyperus derreilema;Loxogramme abyssinica;Helichrysum;Asplenium friesiorum;Myrica salicifolia;Culcasia falcifolia;Ilex mitis;Polystachya confusa;Elaphoglossum hybridum;Bulbophyllum stolzii;Pycnostachys meyeri;Helichrysum forskahlii;Casearia battiscombei;Ferns;Hymenophyllum kuhnii;elevation gradient;Asplenium theciferum;Isoglossa laxa;Lasianthus kilimandscharicus;Pittosporum;Bersama abyssinica;Polystachya;Vittaria volkensii;Garcinia tanzaniensis;Agrostis kilimandscharica;Drynaria volkensii;Macaranga kilimandscharica;Lepidotrichilia volkensii;Psychotria fractinervata;Elaphoglossum acrostichoides;Disperis dicerochila;Hymenophyllum splendidum;Elaphoglossum lastii;Pauridiantha paucinervis;Asplenium uhligii;Leptonychia usambarensis;Pleopeltis macrocarpa;Embelia schimperi;Pteris catoptera;Cornus volkensii;Polyscias fulva;Ekebergia capensis;Entandrophragma excelsum;terrestrial herbs;Mimulopsis kilimandscharica;Ficus sur;Blechnum attenuatum;Dryopteris kilemensis;Senecio maranguensis;Olinia rochetiana;Asplenium hypomelas;Piper capense;Xymalos monospora;Geranium kilimandscharicum;Xiphopteris flabelliformis;Asplenium sandersonii;Hagenia abyssinica;Helichrysum odoratissimum;Newtonia buchananii;epiphytes;Dracaena afromontana;Schefflera myriantha;Asplenium loxoscaphoides;Cyathea manniana;Polyscias albersiana;Huperzia dacrydioides;Oleandra distenta;Tabernaemontana stapfiana;Podocarpus latifolius;Pilea usambarensis;Elaphoglossum angulatum;Plectranthus sylvestris;Streptocarpus montanus;Maytenus acuminata;Erica rossii;Cynorkis pleistadenia;Hypericum revolutum;Polystachya simplex;Rapanea melanophloeos;Aningeria adolfi-friedericii;Orchidaceae;Lycopodium clavatum;Garcinia volkensii;Allophylus ferrugineus;Rubus steudneri;Erythrococca polyandra;Aphloia theiformis;Lepisorus excavatus;Plectranthus autranii;Asplenium elliottii;Asplenium stuhlmannii;Polystachya transvaalensis;plant functional traits;Triceratorhynchus viridiflorus;Alchemilla volkensii;Ocotea usambarensis;Peddiea fischeri;Polystachya eurygnatha;Asplenium praegracile;Begonia meyeri-johannis;Dracaena fragrans;Prunus africana;Rawsonia lucida

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doi:10.5061/dryad.qr2677n

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owed linear changes with elevation, but no response and unimodal patterns were also frequent. This was best explained by temperature, or a combination