Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 20, 2026

BtM, a Low-cost Open-source Datalogger to Estimate the Water Content of Nonvascular Cryptogams
Published on: March 25, 2019
[Species diversity of floor bryophyte communities in Bogda Mountains, Xinjiang]
Yuanming Zhang1, Tong Cao, Borong Pan
1Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China. zhang-y-m@263.net
Abstract:
By means of species similarity coefficient and species diversity index, the characteristics of species diversity of floor bryophyte communities in Bogda Mountain, Xinjiang were studied. The results showed that the bryoflora of Bogda Mountain had the characteristics of richness and complexion. There were 186 floor species (including infraspecies taxa) belonging to 73 genera of 32 families. The species similarity between mountain desert and mountain grassland belt was the highest (0.6809), while that between mountain forest and alpine cushion belt was the lowest (0.1342). The bryophyte community in mountain forest was the ominant one among the floor bryophyte communities. The bryophyte community in mountain forest had the richest species diversity, and the mountain forest was the distribution center of bryophyte diversity and the key area for bryophyte diversity conservation in Bogda Mountain area.
Related Concept Videos
What is Biodiversity?
Microbial Mats
What is an Ecosystem?
Non-vascular Seedless Plants
Threats to Biodiversity
Freshwater Microbial Ecology
