Bryophyte communities of restingas in Northeastern Brazil and their similarity to those of other restingas in the country

Abstract

Restingas are a coastal component of the Atlantic Forest. Th ey experience high temperatures and possess soils with a low capacity to retain water, low nutrient content and high salt concentrations. Studies on bryophytes of restingas have been mostly conducted in Southeastern Brazil, and so we aimed to characterize the bryophyte fl ora of seven areas of restinga in the Northeastern Region and to establish their fl oristic affi nities with other restingas in Brazil. Fifty-fi ve species were found in the studied restingas, the vast majority of which are generalist species with life forms of intermediate tolerance to desiccation and of corticicolous and terrestrial habitat. Th e number of species per area is low compared to the species richness of other restingas in Brazil. A cluster analysis, although based on low similarity, showed that the bryofl ora from the surveyed areas is distinct from those of restingas from Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, which all form a group, and those of the coast of São Paulo, which also comprised a cluster. Th e heterogeneous climate, soils and vegetation structure of the studied restingas, in comparison those of the Southeast, act as selective fi lters for the species, thereby contributing to the distinction observed in those communities.

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