Adaptive capacity (AC)—the ability of a species to cope with or accommodate climate change—is a critical determinant of species vulnerability. Using information on species’ AC in conservation planning is key to ensuring successful outcomes. We identified connections between a list of species’ attributes (e.g., traits, population metrics, and behaviors) that were recently proposed for assessing species’ AC and management action...

The threat status of New Zealand's bryophytes (currently 13 hornwort species, 608 liverwort species and 520 moss species) has been re‐evaluated, using revised New Zealand Threat Classification System criteria. Threatened or uncommon status has been applied to 269 taxa (c. 24% of the total number of species) and to 25 entities that are either described but disputed or are undescribed. No taxa are known to be extinct. Forty‐one...

A review of bryophyte records from New Zealand lakes showed a “deep‐water” assemblage occurred at ≥ 10 m depths within 16 lakes all of which possessed high water clarity (1/ K d >3). Bryophyte depth limits ranged from 12 to 70 m. Depth limit was significantly related to water clarity and extended to where the level of irradiance was 0.2–1% of light incident on the lake surface. Deep‐water bryophytes were generally absent from...