Bryophytes as small-sized plants are usually neglected by conservation efforts. The number of regional IUCN Red lists for bryophytes is also low compared to vascular plants. There is an increasing awareness that the vast majority of extinctions go unnoticed because they occur within small, highly neglected organisms despite representing the highest proportion of currently described species (Cardoso et al., 2011).
In her recent paper, Juana González-Mancebo (Moveclim Partner) and co-authors discussed the application of IUCN criteria to bryophytes in small and highly...