Species composition and diversity of ground bryophytes across a forest edge-to-interior gradient.

ABSTRACT: Understanding diversity patterns and community structure of bryophytes will help integrate nature conservation at multiple biotic-group levels. We conducted a survey of ground bryophytes in a subtropical forest along an edge-to-interior gradient in South China. We recorded 11 liverwort species from 10 genera of seven families, and 26 moss species from 23 genera of 16 families in three transects. A two-way cluster analysis detected the environmental gradient between the forest edge and forest interior for bryophytes with habitat specificity. Functional diversity of bryophytes differed significantly across an edge-to-interior gradient. The range and median in both structural and functional diversity decreased remarkably from the forest edge to the interior. Multi-response permutation procedu

SUBMITTER: Jiang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082881 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature