On the diversity and richness of understory bryophytes at Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Abstract. BACKGROUND: A survey of the understory bryophytes in the Nectandra Cloud Forest Preserve yielded 1083 specimens distributed among 55 families, represented by 74 genera of mosses, 75 genera of liverworts and 3 of hornworts. We studied and analyzed the bryophytic distribution on six types of...

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Autores principales: Norris, Daniel H, Kraichak, Ekaphan, Risk, Allen C, Lucas, Diane, Allard, Dorothy J, Rosengren, Frida, Clark, Theresa A, Fenton, Nicole, Tessler, Michael, Phephu, Nonkululo, Lennette, Evelyne T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28765721
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11778
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Sumario:Abstract. BACKGROUND: A survey of the understory bryophytes in the Nectandra Cloud Forest Preserve yielded 1083 specimens distributed among 55 families, represented by 74 genera of mosses, 75 genera of liverworts and 3 of hornworts. We studied and analyzed the bryophytic distribution on six types of substrates: 1) corticolous, 2) epiphyllous, 3) saxicolous, 4) terricolous, 5) aquatic and 6) lignicolous. The richness and composition of bryophyte genera are compared to those of other previous bryophyte surveys from 4 other sites with different oceanic exposures, climatic and geographic conditions in Costa Rica. NEW INFORMATION: This is a report of the first extensive general survey of bryophytes at the Nectandra Reserve, a premontane cloud forest located on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica, an area much less studied compared to the Monteverde cloud forest on the Pacific slope.

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