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

Authors

D H. Norris, University of California
E Kraichak, Kasetsart University
A C. Risk, Morehead State University
D Lucas, Kent University
D J. Allard, University of Vermont
F Rosengren, Lund University
T A. Clark, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
N Fenton, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
M Tessler, American Museum of Natural History
N Phephu, Tshwane University of Technology
E T. Lennette, Nectandra Institute

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Biodiversity Data Journal

Volume

5

Issue

1

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. © Norris D et al.

Language

english

Repository Citation

Norris, D. H., Kraichak, E., Risk, A. C., Lucas, D., Allard, D. J., Rosengren, F., Clark, T. A., Fenton, N., Tessler, M., Phephu, N., Lennette, E. T. (2017). On the diversity and richness of understory bryophytes at Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal, 5(1),
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11778