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Diversity and Distribution of Bryophytes Along an Altitudinal Gradient on Flores Island (Azores, Portugal)

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências Biológicas
datacite.subject.sdg15:Proteger a Vida Terrestre
dc.contributor.authorGabriel, Rosalina
dc.contributor.authorNunes Morgado, Leila
dc.contributor.authorPoponessi, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorHenriques, Debora
dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Márcia
dc.contributor.authorSilveira, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorBorges, P.A.V.
dc.contributor.editorZechmeister, Harald
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-26T11:21:47Z
dc.date.available2026-01-26T11:21:47Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-10
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT: Altitudinal gradients offer powerful natural frameworks to investigate how environmental factors shape biodiversity, especially on young oceanic volcanic islands where short spatial distances encompass sharp climatic transitions. This study documents bryophyte diversity and examines how elevation, substrate, and environmental variables influence the structure of bryophyte communities on Flores Island (Azores). Across five sites and 385 microplots, 89 species from 37 families were recorded, with liverworts predominating (liverwort-to-moss ratio of 1.41). Species richness and abundance followed a unimodal pattern, peaking at mid-elevations (400–600 m a.s.l.), where humid and thermally stable conditions favor the coexistence of lowland and montane taxa. Even modest altitudinal shifts corresponded to pronounced turnover in community composition, revealing strong ecological filtering along the gradient. Substrate type further influenced diversity patterns, with liverworts dominating epiphytic and lignicolous habitats, while mosses were more diverse on terricolous and rupicolous substrates. The presence of several Azorean and Macaronesian endemics, including threatened taxa, highlights the conservation importance of mid-elevation habitats. Overall, these results show that fine-scale altitudinal variation generates substantial ecological differentiation, underscoring the role of montane forests as refugia for hygrophilous and endemic bryophytes and as sensitive indicators of environmental change in island ecosystems.eng
dc.identifier.citationGabriel, R., Morgado, L. N., Poponessi, S., Henriques, D. S. G., Coelho, M. C. M., Silveira, G. M. & Borges, P. A. V. (2025). Diversity and Distribution of Bryophytes Along an Altitudinal Gradient on Flores Island (Azores, Portugal). Plants 14, 24, 3766. DOI: 10.3390/plants14243766
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/plants14243766
dc.identifier.eissn2223-7747
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/8813
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relationERA-NET-BIOME MOVECLIM—“Montane vegetation as listening posts for climate change” - M2.1.2/F/04/2011/NET
dc.relationFundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT) - M3.1.2/F/007/2012
dc.relationFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) - UID/00329/2025—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C)
dc.relationProject BioMonI, funded by EU BIODIVERSA + through FCT, Bio-divMon/0003/2022
dc.relationDireção Regional da Ciência, Inovação e Desenvolvimento (DRCID), through the PROSCIENTIA Incentive System, grant number M1.1. A/FUNC.UI&D/021/2025
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/24/3766
dc.relation.ispartofseries25
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectaltitude
dc.subjectbryoflora
dc.subjectelevational gradient
dc.subjectendemic species
dc.subjectGIMS
dc.subjectliverworts
dc.subjectMacaronesia
dc.subjectmosses
dc.subjectsubstrate specificity
dc.subjectWallacean shortfall
dc.titleDiversity and Distribution of Bryophytes Along an Altitudinal Gradient on Flores Island (Azores, Portugal)eng
dc.typeresearch article
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oaire.citation.endPage25
oaire.citation.issue24
oaire.citation.startPage1
oaire.citation.titlePlants
oaire.citation.volume14
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