Table 1. Sampling sites and ecological parameters of the habitats.
| Bog | Moss species | Sample numbera |
Geographical parameters |
Abiotic parametersc |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinates | Altitude (m) | Soil reaction value | Nutrient value | Light value | Moisture value | Temperature value | |||
| Rotmoos (Styria) | S. magellanicum | RM1 | N47 41.030 E15 09.276 | 699 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 3.4 |
| RM2 | N47 41.021 E15 09.245 | 699 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| RM3 | N47 40.971 E15 09.270 | 698 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| RM4 | N47 41.017 E15 09.319 | 693 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| S. fallax | RF1 | N47 40.908 E15 09.244 | 693 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 3.9 | |
| RF2 | N47 40.958 E15 09.175 | 691 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| RF3, RFSb | N47 41.041 E15 09.232 | 690 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| RF4 | N47 41.055 E15 09.264 | 689 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Wasenmoos (Salzburg) | S. magellanicum | WM1 | N47 18.373 E12 24.927 | 1216 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 3.2 |
| WM2 | N47 18.363 E12 24.944 | 1216 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WM3 | N47 18.337 E12 25.119 | 1214 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WM4 | N47 18.315 E12 25.126 | 1208 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| S. fallax | WF1 | N47 18.387 E12 24.871 | 1211 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 3.6 | |
| WF2 | N47 18.391 E12 24.866 | 1215 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WF3 | N47 18.385 E12 24.882 | 1217 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WF4 | N47 18.347 E12 24.980 | 1213 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pürgschachen Moor (Styria) | S. magellanicum | PM1 | N47 34.905 E14 20.402 | 637 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 3.6 |
| PM2 | N47 34.910 E14 20.454 | 639 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PM3 | N47 34.839 E14 20.497 | 640 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PM4 | N47 34.805 E14 20.493 | 639 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| S. fallax | PF1 | N47 34.789 E14 20.398 | 638 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 3.8 | |
| PF2 | N47 34.814 E14 20.356 | 636 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PF3 | N47 34.824 E14 20.346 | 635 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PF4 | N47 34.848 E14 20.344 | 634 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Abbreviations: F, Sphagnum fallax; M, Sphagnum magellanicum; P, Pürgschachen Moor; R, Rotmoos; RFS, sporophyte sample of S. fallax; S, sporophyte sample of S.fallax; W, Wasenmoos.
Letters indicate bogs and Sphagnum species: R, W, P, F, M and S. Arabic numerals specify replicates.
RFS was collected at the same sampling point as sample RF3.
Abiotic parameters were expressed by average Ellenberg's indicator values for vascular plant and bryophyte species. Numbers indicate properties of the habitat along ther ecological gradients (soil reaction: 1=extremely acidic, 9=calcareous; nutrient richness: 1=extremely nutrient poor, 9=extremely nutrient rich; light exposure: 1=deep shadowed, 9=full light exposed; moisture: 1=extremely dry, 9=extremely wet; temperature: 1=extremely cold, 9=extremely warm).