ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks to all the people that helped collecting data in the
field and in the lab: Rafael Lara, Sandra Estrada, Felipe Avila,
Alejandra Ayarza, Andrea Rojas and to Indira Leon for drawing the
different growth forms presented in all figures and for helping in the
field. We would like to thank the Sabogal family for allowing the
collection of samples in paramo el Verjon and the ”Parque Ecológico
Matarredonda”. Additionally, we would like to thank Adolfo Amézquita for
his guidance during data analysis, James Dalling for reviewing and
editing the last version of this manuscript and Fermín Rada, Barbara
Scott M, Gordon Murdock, Rebecca Montgomery who made valuable
suggestions that further improved this manuscript.
This research was funded by Colciencias Patrimonio autónomo fondo
nacional de financiamiento para la ciencia, la tecnología y la
innovación Francisco José de Caldas”, grant number 120471451294,also by the following grants from University of los Andes: “Fondo de
Investigaciones para apoyar programas de profesores de la Facultad de
Ciencias de la Universidad de los Andes, grant number INV-2019-84-1805
and “Fondo semilla” grant INV-2017-26-1118 and INV-2019-86-1807.