Bryophyte diversity along an altitudinal gradient in Darién National Park, Panama
- 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.
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| Author: | Stephan Robbert GradsteinORCiDGND, Noris Salazar AllenORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-302089 |
| ISSN: | 0935-5626 |
| Parent Title (English): | Tropical bryology |
| Publisher: | D. Quandt, Univ. Bonn, Nees Inst. für Biodiversität d. Pflanzen |
| Place of publication: | Bonn |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 1992 |
| Year of first Publication: | 1992 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2013/07/11 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Page Number: | 11 |
| First Page: | 61 |
| Last Page: | 71 |
| Note: | The layout of the electronic version of this contribution differs from the layout of the original version published in the printed volume. |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 348837364 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Tropical Bryology / Tropical Bryology, Volume 5 (1992) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-301389 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
