Ecological Archives E084-019-A1

Zartman, C. E. 2003. Habitat fragmentation impacts on epiphyllous bryophyte communities in central Amazonia. Ecology 84:948–954.

Appendix A. Abundances of selected epiphyll taxa with chi-square results comparing differences between small (1 and 10-ha) and large (100-ha and continuous forest) fragments.

Taxa
1 ha
10 ha
100 ha
Continuous
Chi-sqr.
Direction
P
Radula flaccida 38 54 54 208 53.7 + ***
Cololejeunea surinamensis 25 41 31 197 60.9 + ***
Cyclolejeunea convexistipa 2 7 24 190 170.7 + ***
Ceratolejeunea coarina 0 2 23 162 156.6 + ***
Aphanolejeunea camillii 6 10 28 142 100.6 + ***
Diplasiolejeunea brunnea 7 11 24 110 61.9 + ***
Rhapidolejeunea polyrhiza 0 0 7 132 112.8 + ***
Aphanolejeunea gracilis 3 10 22 96 58.8 + ***
Leptolejeunea tridentata 1 3 20 80 64.8 + ***
Leptolejeunea elliptica 13 12 16 59 10.3 + ***
Ceratolejeunea cubensis 1 2 18 75 61.5 + ***
Cololejeunea theirsana 1 1 16 47 39.8 + ***
Lejeunea cf. flava 1 1 7 56 39.8 + ***
Cyclolejeunea cf. peruviana 0 4 6 54 32.6 + ***
Drepanolejeunea crucianella 0 1 2 58 40.1 + ***
Rectolejeunea berteroana 9 5 8 37 6.7 + **
Aphanolejeunea sicaefolia 2 8 10 34 10.8 + ***
Odontolejeunea lunulata 3 1 5 28 13.5 + ***
Colura spA 0 3 8 20 12.1 + ***
Drepanolejeunea palmifolia 0 0 0 29 19.7 + ***
Colura grieg-smithii 1 1 2 23 12.1 + ***
Cheilolejeunea rigidula 1 5 2 18 3.1 + *
Drepanolejeunea spA 0 0 5 18 15.5 + ***
Aphanolejeunea winkerli 0 2 2 15 6.9 + **
Aphanolejeunea spA 4 9 1 4 8.2 - ***
Cololejeunea spA 5 1 3 8 0.1 + ns
Harpalejeunea tenuicuspis 0 0 1 15 10.7 + ***
Drepanolejeunea spB 0 0 11 2 8.6 + ***
Microlejeunea ulicina 4 4 1 4 2.7 - ns
Archilejeunea fuscescens 0 4 1 6 0.1 + ns
Diplasiolejeunea pellucida 0 4 0 7 0.1 + ns
Rectolejeunea brittoniae 1 6 1 3 2.7 - ns
Symbiezidium transversale 0 1 8 0 6.0 + *
Caudalejeunea lehmanniana 4 1 2 1 1.8 - ns
Otolejeunea schnelli 1 4 0 2 3.0 - ns
Leptolejeunea obovata 2 1 1 3 0.1 + ns
Syrrhopodon spA 0 0 3 4 4.6 + *
Cheilolejeunea spA 0 1 0 5 1.3 + ns
Leptolejeunea mexicana 0 1 1 4 1.3 + ns
Pycnolejeunea spruceana 1 0 1 4 1.3 + ns
Lejeunea spA 0 0 0 5 3.3 + ns
Leptolejeunea spA 0 0 0 5 3.3 + ns

   Notes: Positive values indicate greater abundances in the large fragments, and negative values indicate greater abundance in the small fragments. Species in boldface represent taxa encountered in all eight continuous forest plots. Species encountered more than five times are listed in this table. * P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; and ***P < 0.001.



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