The effects of the moss layer on the decomposition of intercepted vascular plant litter across a post-fire boreal forest chronosequence

Abstract

Our findings identify a clear role of the moss layer in boreal forests in promoting the decomposition of intercepted leaf litter, and highlight that this role is relatively consistent across chronosequence stages that vary greatly in productivity and moss depth.

Keywords

Feather mosses; Understory; Litter decomposition; Moss removal; Litter interception; Boreal forest; Post-fire chronosequence

Published in

Plant and Soil
2013, volume: 367, number: 1-2, pages: 199-214
Publisher: SPRINGER

SLU Authors

• Jackson, Benjamin

  • Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Nilsson Hegethorn, Marie-Charlotte

  • Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Wardle, David

  • Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1549-0

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/52609