Estimating cryptogam biomass using taxonomic and life-form models for accurate assessment
Study locations Cryptogam samples were collected from 18 sites in Japan covering the predominant vegetation types such as alpine, subalpine-subarctic, montane temperate, and premontane warm temperate, based on the vegetation maps of the Biodiversity Center of Japan.26 (Fig. 3, Supplementary Table S1). These sites meet the following criteria: development of typical plant communities and location […]