Borrero, H., Oviedo-Prieto, R., Alvarez, J.C., Ticktin, T., Cisneros, M., & Liu, H. 2023 Populations of a tropical epiphytic orchid are destabilized in its peripheral range by hurricane and an exotic herbivore. Ecosphere DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4355

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Notes: We conducted repeated census across the core and peripheral range of Trichocentrum undulatum, a threatened orchid that is found throughout the island of Cuba (species core range) and southern Florida (the northern peripheral range). The peripheral population experienced higher herbivory damage than did the core populations, by a native inflorescence-crippling fly, Melanagromyza miamensis, and an invasive, mortality-triggered scale, Diaspis boisduvalii. The latter was found in the Florida population only.