The current state of bryophyte investigation in the Mediterranean area
The current state of bryophyte investigation in the Mediterranean area
A concise survey of publications on bryophytes in the European part of the Mediterranean area, plus Turkey and Cyprus, is presented, and recent progress in this field is reported for Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Greece. Albania remains more or less unknown to date. Difficulties affecting the study of bryophytes in the Mediterranean countries are highlighted, and proposals to overcome them are mad