BRYOPHYTES DU PARC NATIONAL DU MERCANTOUR : METHODES ET RESULTATS DE LA CAMPAGNE D'INVENTAIRES 2010 ATBI+M

During the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory + Monitoring programme (ATBI+M) in the Mercantour and Alpi Marittime National Parks, our inventories of bryophytes identified 234 taxa (mosses and liverworts). This work completes the previous field campaigns, notably those of Jean-Pierre Hebrard (I MEP, Marseille) since 1965, and the ATBI bryophyte inventories in 2007. This number is based on four days of inventories in the central and peripheric territory of both National Parks, in four days in July and August 2010, together with previous data the 565 taxa known from the area still underestimate the number of species actually present. Our observations in 2010 added several new species for this area, including several rare and remarkable species such as Haplomitrium hookeri or species listed under the Habitats Directive as Buxbaumia viridis and Orthotrichum rogeri. Given the rarity of their habitats species from snow beds, large block boulders and high altitude wetlands are most remarkable.