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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

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

Rosalina Gabriel, Leila Nunes Morgado, Silvia Poponessi, Débora S G Henriques, Márcia C M Coelho, Gabriela M Silveira, Paulo A V Borges

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Rosalina GabrielUniversity of the Azores, CE3C-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3550-8010
Leila Nunes MorgadoUniversity of the Azores, CE3C-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0561-1666
Silvia PoponessiInstitute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5196-9730
Débora S G HenriquesBanco Genético Vegetal Autóctone, Empresa Municipal Cascais Ambiente, Estrada de Vale de Cavalos, 2645-138 Cascais, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2529-6720
Márcia C M CoelhoUniversity of the Azores, CE3C-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5829-6073
Gabriela M SilveiraUniversity of the Azores, Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, Pico da Urze, São Pedro, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0002-8684-7204
Paulo A V BorgesUniversity of the Azores, CE3C-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8448-7623

Funding

Direção Regional da Ciência, Inovação e Desenvolvimento (DRCID) M1.1. A/FUNC.UI&D/021/2025ERA-NET - BIOME MOVECLIM M2.1.2/F/04/2011/NETFCT-NETBIOME 0003/2011Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UID/00329/2025Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT) M3.1.2/F/007/2012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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

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altitudebryofloraelevational gradientendemic speciesGIMSliverwortsMacaronesiamossessubstrate specificityWallacean shortfall

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PMID41470649
PMCPMC12736622

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