Unveiling the nature of a miniature world: a horizon scan of fundamental questions in bryology

Patiño, Jairo; Bisang, Irene; Goffinet, Bernard; Hedenäs, Lars; McDaniel, Stuart F.; Pressel, Silvia; Stech, Michael; Ah‐Peng, Claudine; Bergamini, Ariel; Caners, Richard T.; Cargill, D. Christine; Cronberg, Nils; Duckett, Jeffrey G.; Eppley, Sarah M.; Fenton, Nicole J.; Fisher, Kirsten M.; González‐Mancebo, Juana María; Hasebe, Mitsuyasu; Heinrichs, Jochen; Hylander, Kristoffer; Ignatov, Michael S.; Medina, Nagore G.; Quandt, Dietmar; Rensing, Stefan A.; Renzaglia, Karen S.; Renner, Matt A. M.; Ros, Rosa M.; Schäfer‐Verwimp, Alfons; Villarreal, Juan Carlos; Vanderpoorten, Alain

doi:10.1080/03736687.2022.2054615

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“…The data set is meant to stimulate and facilitate research on bryophyte biology, ecology, and conservation. Potential applications could be in finding answers to several of the fundamental questions in bryology, as highlighted by Patiño et al (2022). Although the data set is limited to species occurring in Europe, it may be useful also for other regions of the northern hemisphere, since, for example, the majority of the North American bryophyte flora is identical to the European one (Frahm & Vitt, 1993; Ignatov, 2001).…”

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“…Although global plant trait databases such as TRY (Kattge et al, 2020) and Tundra Trait Team (Bjorkman et al, 2018) have increased the accessibility to trait data substantially, these databases consist largely of trait values for vascular plants, and bryophytes are severely underrepresented. Yet, a comprehensive compilation of bryophyte traits would enable tackling a range of important questions as a recent horizon‐scan of fundamental questions in bryology has pointed out (Patiño et al, 2022).…”

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Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) data set: A fundamental tool for ecological studies

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Nobis

Hedenäs

et al. 2023

J Vegetation Science

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Bryophytes are a diverse group of organisms with unique properties, yet they are severely underrepresented in plant trait databases. Building on the recently published European Red List of bryophytes and previous trait compilations, we present the Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) data set, including biological traits such as those related to life history, growth habit, sexual and vegetative reproduction; ecological traits such as indicator values, substrate and habitat; and bioclimatic variables based on the species' European range. The data set includes values for 65 traits and 25 bioclimatic variables, containing more than 135,000 trait values with a completeness of 82.7% on average. The data set will enable future studies in bryophyte biology, ecology and conservation, and may help to answer fundamental questions in bryology.

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Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) data set: A fundamental tool for ecological studies

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Nobis

Hedenäs

et al. 2023

J Vegetation Science

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“…The population of Marsupella lusitanica in southern Portugal occurs within the 76,000 ha Monchique Natura 2000 Special Area of Conservation (SAC), yet it is debatable just how effective this designation is in protecting the biodiversity and natural communities and indeed the bryophytes, an issue highlighted in a recent horizon-scanning study to address fundamental questions in bryology [ 40 ]. The SAC has been extensively planted with Eucalyptus and pine and more ominously, wildfires are an ever-increasing threat compounded by rapid climate change and global warming [ 41 ].…”

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Marsupella lusitanica (Gymnomitriaceae, Marchantiophyta), a New Species of Sect. Ustulatae from Mountain Ranges of Portugal

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Kučera

2023

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A new species of Marsupella sect. Ustulatae Müll. Frib. ex R.M. Schust. is described following an integrated morphological and molecular–phylogenetic study which examined the recently found dioicous plants growing epilithically on acidic substrates in several mountain ranges of Portugal between Peneda-Gerês in the north and Serra da Monchique in the extreme south. Employed molecular markers (plastid trnF–trnT region and nuclear ribosomal ITS) confirmed the distinctness of the lineage from other currently recognized species in the section, and furthermore, previously neglected diversity within M. sprucei (Limpr.) Bernet was signaled. Although not yet confirmed outside Portugal, the newly reported species is probably not rare in the region and has likely been overlooked as M. funckii (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Dumort. or M. profunda Lindb. in the past.

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“…BIO12, BIO15, BIO18) and relative humidity (i.e. TWI, northerness, easterness) is supported by the importance of water availability for bryophytes due to their poikilohydric condition (Patiño et al, 2022; Patiño & Vanderpoorten, 2018) and, in particular, for the bryophyte flora endemic to Macaronesia due to its overall affinity for montane cloud forests (Patiño et al, 2014; Vanderpoorten et al, 2011). BIO1 and BIO2 can further contribute to control for the relevance of high temperatures on mortality rates in temperate and subtropical bryophytes (He et al, 2016; Patiño et al, 2016; Patiño & Vanderpoorten, 2018).…”

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“…Bryophytes are spore‐producing land plants, whose distinctive ecophysiological traits make them ideal candidates for exploring the impact of climate change (Patiño et al, 2022). First, bryophytes are poikilohydric, which means that their water content is directly regulated by environmental humidity and precipitation.…”

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Spatial resolution impacts projected plant responses to climate change on topographically complex islands

Patiño,

Collart,

Vanderpoorten

et al. 2023

Diversity and Distributions

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AimUnderstanding how grain size affects our ability to characterize species responses to ongoing climate change is of crucial importance in the context of an increasing awareness for the substantial difference that exists between coarse spatial resolution macroclimatic data sets and the microclimate actually experienced by organisms. Climate change impacts on biodiversity are expected to peak in mountain areas, wherein the differences between macro and microclimates are precisely the largest. Based on a newly generated fine‐scale environmental data for the Canary Islands, we assessed whether data at 100 m resolution is able to provide more accurate predictions than available data at 1 km resolution. We also analysed how future climate suitability predictions of island endemic bryophytes differ depending on the grain size of grids.LocationCanary Islands.Time periodPresent (1979–2013) and late‐century (2071–2100).TaxaBryophytes.MethodsWe compared the accuracy and spatial predictions using ensemble of small models for 14 Macaronesian endemic bryophyte species. We used two climate data sets: CHELSA v1.2 (~1 km) and CanaryClim v1.0 (100 m), a downscaled version of the latter utilizing data from local weather stations. CanaryClim also encompasses future climate data from five individual model intercomparison projects for three warming shared socio‐economic pathways.ResultsSpecies distribution models generated from CHELSA and CanaryClim exhibited a similar accuracy, but CanaryClim predicted buffered warming trends in mid‐elevation ridges. CanaryClim consistently returned higher proportions of newly suitable pixels (8%–28%) than CHELSA models (0%–3%). Consequently, the proportion of species predicted to occupy pixels of uncertain suitability was higher with CHELSA (3–8 species) than with CanaryClim (0–2 species).Main conclusionsThe resolution of climate data impacted the predictions rather than the performance of species distribution models. Our results highlight the crucial role that fine‐resolution climate data sets can play in predicting the potential distribution of both microrefugia and new suitable range under warming climate.

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Unveiling the nature of a miniature world: a horizon scan of fundamental questions in bryology

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Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) data set: A fundamental tool for ecological studies

Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) data set: A fundamental tool for ecological studies

Marsupella lusitanica (Gymnomitriaceae, Marchantiophyta), a New Species of Sect. Ustulatae from Mountain Ranges of Portugal

Spatial resolution impacts projected plant responses to climate change on topographically complex islands

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