Jackson, Benjamin
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2013Peer reviewed
The effects of the moss layer on the decomposition of intercepted vascular plant litter across a post-fire boreal forest chronosequence
Jackson, Benjamin; Nilsson Hegethorn, Marie-Charlotte; Wardle, David
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
Nilsson Hegethorn, Marie-Charlotte
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wardle, David
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
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