Epiphytic bryophyte communities of Prunus lusitanica Iberian forests : Biogeographic islands shaped by regional climates
Calleja, Juan Antonio (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Mingorance Galán, Lídia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Lara, Francisco (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Date:	2016
Abstract:	Epiphytic communities of Iberian forests remain partly unknown and most studies have focused on the dominant oak forests. We provide a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the epiphytic bryophyte communities of forests dominated by the Tertiary relict evergreen cherry Prunus lusitanica. This type of forest, scattered in the western and northern half of the Iberian Peninsula, harbours a noticeable richness of epiphytic bryophytes, including an outstanding number of liverwort species. Their floristic composition varies markedly across the Peninsula yet is driven by the main climate patterns prevailing in the area. Multivariate analyses (TWINSPAN, CCA) render two main groups of epiphytic communities with their respective indicator species. Both groups share a high proportion of non-Mediterranean species, a circumstance that is most remarkable in the forests that fall within the Mediterranean Region, which could be considered as ecological refuges or biogeographic islands.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014/SGR-514 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CGL2011-28857 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2013-43246-P
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Bryoflora
Published in:	Cryptogamie, Bryologie, Vol. 37, Issue 1 (January 2016) , p. 53-85, ISSN 1290-0796

DOI: 10.7872/cryb/v37.iss1.2016.53

Postprint 42 p, 2.9 MB

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