Bryophytes In A Changing Landscape Diversity Use And Response To Different Land Management Systems In Tulu Korma In Central-west Ethiopia

771t! sludy lI'al' cOl/ducled 01 lalldholdings of Ihe Cellier for Indigenous Trees Propagalionrnand Biodiversity Developmelll of Elhiopia (Restoring) and ils sIIrrollnding area af TIIIII·rnKorma, in cemral·lI'eJI Elhiopia. In all Ethiopian contexl, there are largely limited slue/ieJrn011 the !nyophyte,' 0,' all inlegra/ part of the lIalllrnl vegewtioll lind key componem ofrnecosyslem function Allhough the jlorislic sllldieJ of Tlilu Korma were carried OUirnpreviollsly. blyophyres and their ecolyslem .~e rllices were 1101 ineluded The currenl sludyrnlI'aJ focllj' 011 the waler imerception capacity of Jelected lata of lhis group, To measurernspecies riclllleJ,' and dominallce in b,yophyle COllllllllllilies, we haw: IIsed 24 qlladrall', eachrnhaving a size of 10,,/ To illveJ/jgare water interceplioll capacily. we selecledfollr ULta. Allrnstatistical allalyses lI'ere carried 0111 by R·2.15 lVindoll' and il/bllill Ms Excel. A 10lal of 56rntaxa of bryophyles were recordedfrom the stlldy area, IVhile Ihe proportioll of mOl'ses is 44.rn111(1{ of livenl'ort is II and hornworl I, Epiphylic bryophytes are Ihe 1II0st microhabital ofrnbryophyles in Ihe study area. The bryophy/e COIIIIllI",ity of the study area is grouped il/lornfi t'(! typeJ. From Jelected fO llr mOJJ specieJ, Leptodontill'" lati/alill'" showed Ihe higheJtrnwaler holding capacity over a period of 4 weeks, To have a high nllmber of bryophyternl'jJecieJ. reJlOrillg areal' need to halle key phYJical featllreJ such as 1II0ist ground. refugiarnwilh distinct microclilllale, different Jllbslrata. It is ollly a slllall part of Ihe Tlliu Kormarnshrubland which is resloring leavillg Ihe larger area to disturballces l'lICh as cut/jng Ireel'.rnellcroachmelll of agricultural fields alld heavy grazing by livestock. If the currelll Irendrncontinues, Ihe micro·refugia of bryophYles imide Ihe Caril'.m spinanl alld Maylenllsrnarblllijolia thickets will be lost with Iheir associated b,yophyte l'jJecies (lnd Iheir ecologicalrnfunctions. Therefore, Ihe Restoring area should also inelude the remaining area alldrnrestoralion efforl should also expand to Ihis IlnreslOred portion ofthil' shrub/olld.

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