1. On the diversity and richness of understory bryophytes at Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
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Theresa A. Clark, Frida Rosengren, Michael Tessler, Evelyne T. Lennette, Nonkululo Phephu, Diane H. Lucas, Daniel H. Norris, Allen C. Risk, Ekaphan Kraichak, Nicole J. Fenton, and Dorothy J. Allard
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0106 biological sciences ,Cloud forest ,Costa Rica ,Ecology ,biology ,bryophyte surveys ,Understory ,Tropical bryophytes ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,liverworts ,Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve ,mosses ,Geography ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,premontane cloud forest ,Bryophyte ,Species richness ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Nectandra ,Research Article - 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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- 2017