E. Hernández-Rodríguez, E. Mendoza, N. Fenton, Paola Peña-Retes
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The pine-oak forests of Mexico are reservoirs of high biological diversity, largely due to their high richness of vascular flora. However, mosses have received little attention. We studied the floristic composition, diversity, and species richness of the moss community in the pine-oak forests of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico. A comprehensive list of the species occurring in the region was made by reviewing herbarium databases and conducting fieldwork. We analyzed alpha and beta diversity, as well as community structure, based on 60 sampling sites. Our results show the occurrence of 339 species of mosses in the study area, distributed in 168 genera and 52 families. We found high α and β diversity values compared with other vegetation types in Mexico. Our study provides a more detailed portrait of the high moss diversity occurring in the region.
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Cryptogamie is a fully electronic journal, with a continuous
publication stream, devoted to a wide diversity of cryptogamic
topics, mainly in the taxonomic-phylogenetic field.
Cryptogamie, Bryologie accepts articles on systematics as
well as ecology and evolution of all of bryophytes.
Thematic issues may also be published under the responsibility of a guest editor.
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