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Funaria hygrometrica Hedwig (Bryophyta, Funariaceae), a cosmopolitan moss, sporulates in most of its habitats. Its ecological variation in different phytogeographic territories of Egypt was studied as a selected case study. Statistical tests and the maximum entropy algorithm were used to achieve this aim. Moderate temperature and low precipitation were favourable conditions for the newly collected F. hygrometrica samples. The results of MaxEnt showed that the temperature of the coldest months and period of drought were the most affecting variables on the distribution of the species. The obtained distribution model of F. hygrometrica was accurate and informative. It showed the expansion of presently studied sampling areas as well as a probability for the presence of mosses in Wadi El-Gemmal in the southeast of Egypt.
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10.21608/eajbsh.2022.213322
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Mosses, Maxent, Biogeography, Moss Niches
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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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mohamed_farag@sci.asu.edu.eg
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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, H. Botany
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