Canopy structure affects temperature distributions and free convection in moss shoot systems.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1145
Abstract: PREMISE OF THE STUDY Nonvascular plants play important roles in exchange of water and heat at the soil-atmosphere interface. Differential evaporative cooling may cause temperature gradients within bryophyte canopies, influencing convective heat and mass transport.… read more here.
Keywords: free convection; temperature; canopy structure; moss ... See more keywords
Chiral events in developing gametophores of Physcomitrella patens and other moss species are driven by an unknown, universal direction-sensing mechanism.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1200
Abstract: PREMISE OF THE STUDY We used the model species Physcomitrella patens to examine chirality in moss gametophores. Chirality is manifested in the direction of consecutive apical cell divisions, cell plate configurations, and deviations of leaf… read more here.
Keywords: physcomitrella patens; moss; direction sensing; sensing mechanism ... See more keywords
The ecological importance of moss ground cover in dry shrubland restoration within an irrigated agricultural landscape matrix
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8843
Abstract: Abstract Kānuka (Kunzea serotina, Myrtaceae) dryland shrubland communities of the lowland plains of South Island (Te Wai Pounamu), New Zealand (Aoteoroa), contain a ground cover largely consisting of mosses, predominantly Hypnum cupressiforme. There has been… read more here.
Keywords: importance; moss ground; ground cover; moss ... See more keywords
Intraspecific variation influences performance of moss transplants along microclimate gradients
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2999
Abstract: Abstract Identifying the environmental drivers of population dynamics is crucial to predict changes in species abundances and distributions under climate change. Populations of the same species might differ in their responses as a result of… read more here.
Keywords: intraspecific variation; along microclimate; variation; microclimate gradients ... See more keywords
The Effect of Heavy Industry on Air Pollution Studied by Active Moss Biomonitoring in Donetsk Region (Ukraine)
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DOI: 10.1007/s00244-021-00834-2
Abstract: The active moss biomonitoring technique was applied to assess the environmental pollution in the Donetsk region and to compare the biomonitoring capacity of acrocarpous (Ceratodon purpureus) and pleurocarpous (Brachythecium campestre) moss transplants. Moss bags were… read more here.
Keywords: donetsk region; pollution; active moss; moss biomonitoring ... See more keywords
Rolling stones gather moss: movement and longevity of moss balls on an Alaskan glacier
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DOI: 10.1007/s00300-020-02675-6
Abstract: Glaciers support diverse ecosystems that are largely comprised of microbial life. However, at larger, macroscopic scales, glacier moss balls (sometimes called “glacier mice”) can develop from impurities on ice surfaces and represent a relatively rare biological… read more here.
Keywords: movement; rolling stones; glacier moss; moss ... See more keywords
Summer activity patterns for a moss and lichen in the maritime Antarctic with respect to altitude
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DOI: 10.1007/s00300-021-02939-9
Abstract: There is considerable scientific interest as to how terrestrial biodiversity in Antarctica might respond, or be expected to respond, to climate change. The two species of vascular plant confined to the Antarctic Peninsula have shown… read more here.
Keywords: lichen; water; change; summer activity ... See more keywords
Thirty-year invasion of the alien moss Campylopus introflexus (Hedw.) Brid. in Poland (East-Central Europe)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1818-9
Abstract: Campylopus introflexus is the only invasive moss listed among the 100 most prominent alien invaders in Europe. The present study shows dot distribution maps (at 10-years intervals from its introduction in 1986 to the present)… read more here.
Keywords: poland; alien moss; campylopus introflexus; moss ... See more keywords
High heavy metal load does not inhibit nitrogen fixation in moss-cyanobacteria associations
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DOI: 10.1007/s10646-019-02127-w
Abstract: Nitrogen (N2) fixation by moss-associated cyanobacteria is one of the main sources of new N input in pristine ecosystems such as boreal forests and arctic tundra. Given the non-vascular physiology of mosses, they are especially… read more here.
Keywords: nitrogen fixation; fixation; moss; metal ... See more keywords
Brachythecium rutabulum, A Neglected Medicinal Moss
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DOI: 10.1007/s10745-017-9961-y
Abstract: The search for new pharmaceuticals from naturally occurring biological materials has been guided by ethnobiological data. The investigation of folk medicine is a valuable tool in bioprospecting for pharmaceutical compounds (Costa-Neto 2002), and natural product… read more here.
Keywords: drobnik stebel; medicine; century; medicinal plants ... See more keywords
Is moss stoichiometry influenced by microtopography in a boreal peatland of Northeast China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11769-018-1000-4
Abstract: To examine the effects of microtopography on the stoichiometry of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in mosses along the hummock-hollow gradient in boreal peatlands, we investigated species-level C׃N, C׃P and N׃P ratios of… read more here.
Keywords: moss stoichiometry; peatland; boreal; stoichiometry ... See more keywords