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 2. — Environmental variables and lichen species richness by locality in the Chocó region of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

Parameters	Chucheros	Pericos	El Queremal	Cerro El Inglés	Alto Pance
Elevation (m)	36.8	650	1573	2300	3650
Average annual temperature (°C)	25.9	24.6	20.2	17.8	12.3
Standard Temperature Deviation	307	281	313	235	175
Average annual precipitation (mm)	7.41	3423	1621	2479	2214
Standard deviation of average annual	33	28	33	27	36
precipitation
Cloud forest Pred (CFP)	0.01	0.03	1.22	1.99	1.24
Mean Annual cloud (MACC)	77.2	91.7	96.5	95	89.7
IAV	8	6	3	4	7
Spatial variation cloud (SV)	8	8	10	10	11
Plant richness	201	154	98	99	27
Number of trees/0.1ha	472	345	329	371	312
Basal area (m2)	5.98	5.03	3.70	8.90	0.93
Tree height (m)	9.5	7.6	10.3	11.1	3.1
Standard deviation of tree height	5.5	6.1	6.8	6.6	1
Lichen samples	737	364	345	502	784
Rarefied lichen richness	155	136	177	152	100
Observed lichen richness	231	139	154	183	144
Estimated lichen Richness (Jackknife)	282	174	196	229	171
Sampling efficiency (%)	82	80	79	80	84
Number of families	25	22	31	28	26