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Bryophytes on tree trunks in natural forests, selectively logged forests and cacao agroforests in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia |
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| Authors: | Nunik S Ariyanti Sri S Tjitrosoedirdjo S Robbert Gradstein |
| Institution: | a Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia b State Museum of Natural History, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany c Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesian Institute of Science, Bogor, Indonesia d Botany Department, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA e Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany |
| Abstract: | Forest disturbance and transformations into agricultural land alter tropical landscapes at drastic rates. Here, we investigate bryophyte assemblages on trunk bases in natural forest, selectively logged forest and cacao agroforests that are shaded by remnants of natural forest in Central Sulawesi. Overall, bryophyte richness per site did not differ between forest types. However, mosses and liverworts reacted differently in that moss richness was lowest in cacao agroforests, whereas liverwort communities were equally rich in all forest types. In terms of cover, mosses remained unaffected while liverwort cover decreased significantly in disturbed forest. Species composition of bryophytes clearly changed in cacao agroforests as compared to natural forests and selectively logged forests. In particular some drought-sensitive species were rare or absent in cacao agroforests and were replaced by drought-tolerant ones, thus underlining the importance of microclimatic changes. Moreover, differences in bryophyte species composition between large and small trees were only pronounced in cacao agroforests, presumably due to concomitant changes in stemflow of precipitation water. In conclusion, the bryophyte assemblages of selectively logged forests and cacao agroforests were as rich as in natural forest, but species turn-over was particularly high towards cacao agroforests probably due to microclimatic changes. Maintenance of shade cover is crucial to the conservation of the drought-sensitive forest species. |
| Keywords: | Bryophyte diversity Drought tolerance Canopy cover Habitat change Liverworts Mosses Tropical forest |
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