Journal
JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 149-158Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03736687.2018.1446484
Keywords
Bryophyte ecology; Ecological niche; Fountains; Liverworts; Mosses; Tolerance ranges
Categories
Funding
- University of Antwerp
- Institucio Catalana d'Historia Natural (ICHN)
- Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC)
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Bryophytes are some of the most sensitive biological indicators of environmental change. Springs have a significant presence of bryophytes and so are ideal habitats for studying their relationship with the environment. We tested whether bryophyte assemblages can be explained with macro-, meso- and micro-ecological variables (i.e. seasonal climate, altitude, water pH and conductivity) sampling bryophytes from 198 semi-natural springs distributed along montane regions in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula. We tested the influence of environmental variables on bryophyte assemblages in springs using sparse Partial Least Squares. Our results show that variability in bryophyte assemblages is explained by seasonal climate (temperature and precipitation from winter, spring, summer and autumn and temperature and precipitation seasonality), altitude and water conductivity. The results obtained by the present study will be useful for predicting bryophyte diversity in springs using simple and easy to obtain variables such as climate, water pH and conductivity.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available