Bryophytes distribution along an altitudinal gradient of native forest in Pico ...

• Author(s): Coelho, Márcia Catarina Mendes ; Gabriel, Rosalina ; Henriques, Débora ; Ah-Peng, Claudine
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3070
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Briófitos; Bryophytes; Pico Island (Azores)
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

MOVECLIM, Mid Course Meeting, 2-6 September 2013, Réunion (Mascarenes). The evergreen forests of the Azores offer a great variety of habitats for bryophytes, owing to the diversity of microhabitats and available substrata, and to the hyper-humid conditions they provide. Bryophytes play a vital role in such ecosystems (Homem & Gabriel, 2009). The understanding of species rarity is important in ecological and conservational research.