Changes in functional and taxonomic diversity and composition of corticolous lichens in an altitudinal gradient in Colombia Author Soto-Medina, Edier Grupo de ecología y diversidad vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle, Cali (Colombia) Author Lücking, Robert Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, KÖnigin-Luise-Strasse 6 - 8, 14195, Berlin (Germany) Author Silverstone-Sopkin, Philip A. Author Torres, Alba Marina Grupo de ecología y diversidad vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle, Cali (Colombia) text Cryptogamie, Mycologie 2019 2019-10-07 20 6 97 115 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2019v40a6 journal article 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2019v40a6 1776-100X 7814952

TABLE 5. — Spearman correlations for lichen traits, diversity (functional and taxonomic) and climatic parameters in the Chocó region of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Significant correlations and highly significant correlations are marked respectively * and **.

				Standard
Average		Temper-	Average	deviation
	annual	ature	annual	of			Cloud	Mean
	temper-	Season-	precip-	precip-	Plant		forest	Annual		Spatial
	ature	ality	itation	itation richness		Rao	Pred	cloud	IAV	variation	Altitud
Plant	0.90*	0.40	1.00*	–0.46	0.00	0.78**	–0.70	–0.40	0.40	–0.95	–0.90
Richness
Rao	0.20	0.70	0.10	–0.41	0.10	0.00	0.10	0.70	–0.70	–0.11	–0.20
Crustose	1.00*	0.70	0.90*	–0.21	0.90*	0.20	–0.90	–0.30	0.30	–0.95	–1.00
Dimorphic	–0.35	0.00	–0.35	0.36	–0.35	0.35	0.35	0.00	0.00	0.56	0.35
Squamulose	0.00	0.53	–0.16	–0.46	–0.16	0.74**	0.21	0.95	–0.95	–0.03	0.00
Filamentose	0.46	0.82*	0.21	–0.34	0.21	0.67	–0.31	0.67	–0.67	–0.43	–0.46
Foliose	–0.60	–0.10	–0.50	–0.21	–0.50	0.60	0.80	0.60	–0.60	0.63	0.60
Fruticose	–0.80*	–0.30	–0.90*	0.62	–0.90*	0.00	0.60	0.20	–0.20	0.95	0.80
Gelatinous	–0.22	0.45	–0.34	–0.29	–0.34	0.89*	0.45	0.89	–0.89	0.29	0.22
Rhizines	–1.00*	–0.70**	–0.90*	0.21	–0.90*	–0.20	0.90	0.30	–0.30	0.95	1.00
Soredia	–0.67	–0.15	–0.56	–0.29	–0.56	0.56	0.87	0.72	–0.72	0.65	0.67
Isidia	0.05	0.21	–0.21	0.08	–0.21	–0.15	–0.21	0.36	–0.36	–0.11	–0.05
Apothecia	0.10	0.40	0.20	–0.67	0.20	0.90*	0.30	0.60	–0.60	–0.11	–0.10
Lirelae	0.21	0.74**	0.05	–0.14	0.05	0.95*	0.00	0.53	–0.53	–0.03	–0.21
Perithecia	0.70**	1.00*	0.40	–0.05	0.40	0.70**	–0.60	0.30	–0.30	–0.53	–0.70
Light	1.00*	0.70**	0.90*	–0.21	0.90*	0.20	–0.90	–0.30	0.30	–0.95	–1.00
ascomata
Dark	–0.20	0.20	–0.10	–0.36	–0.10	0.80	0.50	0.50	–0.50	0.26	0.20
ascomata
Hyaline	0.60	0.50	0.70**	–0.41	0.70**	0.60	–0.30	–0.10	0.10	–0.53	–0.60
ascospores
Dark	–0.10	0.50	–0.20	–0.10	–0.20	0.90*	0.30	0.60	–0.60	0.26	0.10
ascospores
Thin	0.10	0.40	0.20	–0.67	0.20	0.90	0.30	0.60	–0.60	–0.11	–0.10
ascoposres
wall
Thick	0.90*	0.90*	0.70**	–0.05	0.70**	0.50	–0.80	–0.10	0.10	–0.74	–0.90
ascoposres
wall
Muriform	0.10	0.60	0.00	–0.56	0.00	0.90	0.20	0.90	–0.90	–0.11	–0.10
ascospores
Septade	0.67	0.67	0.67	–0.29	0.67	0.67	–0.41	–0.05	0.05	–0.54	–0.67
ascospores
Simple	0.00	0.10	0.20	–0.36	0.20	0.60	0.30	0.10	–0.10	0.05	0.00
ascospores
Small	0.70**	1.00*	0.40	–0.05	0.40	0.70*	–0.60	0.30	–0.30	–0.53	–0.70
ascospores
Longer	–0.10	0.50	–0.20	–0.10	–0.20	0.90*	0.30	0.60	–0.60	0.26	0.10
ascospores
Cyanobacteria –0.67		–0.15	–0.56	–0.29	–0.56	0.56	0.87	0.72	–0.72	0.65	0.67
Chlophyta	0.70*	0.20	0.60	0.36	0.60	–0.50	–0.90	–0.80	0.80	–0.63	–0.70
Rarefied	0.50	0.90*	0.30	–0.15	0.30	0.90*	–0.30	0.40	–0.40	–0.32	–0.50
lichen
richness