Taxonomic Results of the BRYOTROP Expedition to Zaire and Rwanda I. Introduction

Abstract

The Bryotrop project was planned in 1981 by several bryologists from Germany. Aim of this project was a comparative study of the bryoflora and -vegetation of rain forest areas in different parts of the tropics. In contrast to other bryological research in the tropics, this project should not be limited to pure floristic studies at various collecting sites but consist of interdisciplinary work of researchers from different fields together in a small region, an attempt which was not made before in bryology. For the field studies, the transect method was chosen. By this way a survey should be given of