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List of contributors | p. xi |
Preface | p. xvii |
Introductory Chapters | |
The Ecological Value of Bryophytes as Indicators of Climate Change | p. 3 |
Bryophyte Physiological Processes in a Changing Climate: an Overview | p. 13 |
Ecophysiology | |
Climatic Responses and Limits of Bryophytes: Comparisons and Contrasts with Vascular Plants | p. 35 |
Effects of Elevated Air CO2 Concentration on Bryophytes: a Review | p. 55 |
Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Light and UV Acclimation in Mosses | p. 71 |
Aquatic Bryophytes | |
Ecological and Physiological Effects of Changing Climate on Aquatic Bryophytes | p. 93 |
Aquatic Bryophytes under Ultraviolet Radiation | p. 115 |
Desert and Tropical Ecosystems | |
Responses of a Biological Crust Moss to Increased Monsoon Precipitation and Nitrogen Deposition in the Mojave Desert | p. 149 |
Ecology of Bryophytes in Mojave Desert Biological Soil Crusts: Effects of Elevated Co2 on Sex Expression, Stress Tolerance, and Productivity in the Moss Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. | p. 169 |
Responses of Epiphytic Bryophyte Communities to Simulated Climate Change in the Tropics | p. 191 |
Alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic Ecosystems | |
Effects of Climate Change on Tundra Bryophytes | p. 211 |
Alpine Bryophytes as Indicators for Climate Change: a Case Study from the Austrian Alps | p. 237 |
Bryophytes and Lichens in a Changing Climate: An Antarctic Perspective | p. 251 |
Sphagnum and Peatlands | |
Living on the Edge: The Effects of Drought on Canada's Western Boreal Peatlands | p. 277 |
The Structure and Functional Features of Sphagnum Cover of the Northern West Siberian Mires in Connection with Forecasting Global Environmental and Climatic Changes | p. 299 |
The Southernmost Sphagnum-dominate Mires on the Plains of Europe: Formation, Secondary Succession, Degradation, and Protection | p. 317 |
Changes in Bryophyte Distribution with Climate Change: Data and Models | |
The Role of Bryophyte Paleoecology in Quaternary Climate Reconstructions | p. 335 |
Signs of Climate Change in the Bryoflora of Hungary | p. 359 |
Can the Effects of Climate Change on British Bryophytes be Distinguished from those Resulting from Other Environmental Changes? | p. 371 |
Climate Change and Protected Areas: How well do British Rare Bryophytes Fare? | p. 409 |
Modeling the Distribution of Sematophyllum substrumulosum (Hampe) E. Britton as a Signal of Climatic Changes in Europe | p. 427 |
Modeling Bryophyte Productivity Across Gradients of Water Availability Using Canopy Form-Function Relationships | p. 441 |
Conclusions | |
Bryophytes as Predictors of Climate Change | p. 461 |
Conclusions and Future Research | p. 483 |
Index | p. 491 |
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