Does elevation influence the distributional patterns of tropical myxomycetes? A case study in Costa Rica
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2016Autor
Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso
Valverde González, Randall
Calvo, Erick
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In order to test the hypothesis that elevation may be an important factor accounting for the
distribution of myxomycetes in tropical forests, this project was designed and conducted in Costa
Rica. Two lower elevational belts were selected for this work due to their floristic and structural
resemblance. Using the moist chamber technique, 40 different sites located in four different
transects in two different macroclimatic regions were surveyed using three substrates during the
rainy and the dry periods of 2014 and 2015. The results showed a lack of differences in diversitybased
estimators according to elevation using different approaches and taxonomic differences
were found across transects, collecting periods and substrates but not in relation with elevation
either. Our results suggest that when increased spatial sampling resolution is implemented and
floristic elements are common, elevation may not be as important of a factor in shaping the
distribution of myxomycetes in tropical forests as commonly believed.
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