The resilience and functional role of moss in boreal and arctic ecosystems

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-67

  Turetsky, M R ^a   Bond Lamberty, B ^b   Euskirchen, E ^c   Talbot, J ^d,e   Frolking, S ^d   McGuire, A D ^c   Tuittila, E S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Disturbance; Dynamic vegetation model; Ecosystem function; Plant functional type; Stability; Warming; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DECOMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MOSS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERMAFROST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; WARMING; WILDFIRE;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ARCTIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPHYTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84865531865     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04254.x     Document Type: Review

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