funded by Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja(UTPL-PROY_INV_CCBIO_2020_2773 and research scholarship Ⅰ-Ⅱ-Ⅲ CONV).
Background: The deforestation caused by road construction is one of the main drivers for both biodiversity and function loss in tropical ecosystems. Terricolous cryptogams are pioneers in colonizing roadside and they ...