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MARC recordHerbivore impact on moss depth, soil temperature and arctic plant growth / René Van der Wal, Suzan M.J. Lieshout, Maarten J.J.E. Loonen.
| Title: | Herbivore impact on moss depth, soil temperature and arctic plant growth / René Van der Wal, Suzan M.J. Lieshout, Maarten J.J.E. Loonen. |
| Author(s): | Van der Wal, René. Lieshout, Suzan M. J. Loonen, Maarten J. J. E. |
| Date: | 2001. |
| In: | Polar Biology. (2001.), Vol. 24(1) (2001) |
| Abstract: | Authors suggest mechanism by which herbivores may influence plant abundance in arctic ecosystems: These are dominated by mosses, whose thickness insulates soil. Herbivores trample moss. Grass Poa arctica and dicot Cardamine nymanii (polar cress) suffered 50% reduction in biomass when grown in chilled soil, while moss was not affected. Excluding barnacle geese and reindeer over 7 years at Ny-Ålesund caused increase in thickness of moss layer and reduction in soil temperature of 0.9 deg.C. |
| Notes: | Polar Biology. Vol. 24(1) :29-32 (2001). |
| Keywords: | 574.2.045 -- Organisms, influence of temperature. 574.2.047 -- Organisms, influence of biotic environment. 574.4 -- Ecology, terrestrial. 582.34 -- Musci. 582.542.1 -- Gramineae. F -- Biological sciences. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*32) -- Svalbard. |
| SPRI record no.: | 157317 |
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