Métodos de muestreo y colección de briofitos y líquenes en bosques neotropicales-Ecuador

Ángel Benítez; Alina Freire-Fierro

doi:10.54753/blc.v15i1.2299

Authors

Ángel Benítez a:1:{s:5:"es_ES";s:39:"Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja";}
Alina Freire-Fierro Investigadora Asociada del Herbario UTCEC, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, y Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Tena,Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-4346

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54753/blc.v15i1.2299

Keywords:

Collection, sampling, diversity, ecology, bryophytes, lichens

Abstract

Bryophytes and lichens have a high diversity at a global level, with approximately 20000 species, and for Ecuador, with 1700 and 2500 species, respectively. These two groups are known as bioindicators of environmental changes, as they are poikilohydric organisms that depend on external conditions such as humidity and temperature. Bryophytes and lichens can grow in different ecosystems such as montane forests, dry forests, Amazonian forests, scrublands and páramos on tree bark, soil, rocks and leaves. Therefore, a sampling protocol for diversity and ecological studies is presented, as well as the process from collection to deposite of specimens in herbarium. These standardised protocols and applied sampling methods presented here are those adopted by researchers at the HUTPL Herbarium and can serve as a guide for local and regional studies in different forest types.

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