TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gradstein, Stephan Robbert
A1  - Salazar Allen, Noris
T1  - Bryophyte diversity along an altitudinal gradient in Darién National Park, Panama
T2  - Tropical bryology
N2  - A bryophyte inventory along an altitudinal gradient on Cerro Pirre (1200 m), Darién National Park, Panama, demonstrates that the different rain forest types along the gradient (inundatedlowland, hillside-lowland, submontane, montane elfin forest) have very different species assemblages. The montane forest has the largest number of exclusive species and the largest bryophyte biomass. Species richness is greatest in the submontane forest. The bryophyte flora of Cerro Pirre is not exceedingly rich in species owing to the rather low elevation of the mountain and the seasonal climate in the adjacent coastal plain. Nevertheless, the distinct altitudinal diversification and the occurrence of a considerable number of rare hepatic taxa, demonstrate the importance of Darién National Park as an area of plant conservation. Forty hepatic species are reported as new to Panama.
Y1  - 1992
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/30208
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-302089
SN  - 0935-5626
N1  - The layout of the electronic version of this contribution differs from the layout of the original version published in the printed volume.
IS  - 5
SP  - 61
EP  - 71
PB  - D. Quandt, Univ. Bonn, Nees Inst. für Biodiversität d. Pflanzen
CY  - Bonn
ER  -