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.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e11778 |
Journal | Biodiversity Data Journal |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Botany
Free keywords
- Bryophyte surveys
- Costa Rica
- Liverworts
- Mosses
- Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve
- Premontane cloud forest
- Tropical bryophytes