Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der BRYOTROP-Expedition nach Zaire und Rwanda 5. Höhengliederung epiphytischer Moose im östlichen Kongobecken und den angrenzenden Gebirgsstöcken (Parc National de Kahuzi-Biega/Zaire, Forêt de Nyungwe/Rwanda).

Abstract

By mean of a line-taxation (ordination), the floristic discontinuities of epiphytic bryophytes were shown within an altitudinal gradient from the eastern Congo basin to the mountains of the Riftvalley (Mt. Kahuzi) (BRYOTROP III-transect). By this ordination, the epiphytic vegetation can be grouped into four ecological groups, indicating the climatic factors. They show a strong correlation to the known altitudinal zonation, the different forest zones, and the plantsociological classification. These groups consist of taxa of different relationships which grow and evolve under similar environmental conditions.