Discussion on the preceding papers
P. D. Brown. In Spitzbergen Polytrichum alpestre and P. alpinum both fruit freely, but the climate is warmer there owing to the influence of the Gulf Stream. M. W. Holdgate. How much decomposition occurs in Antarctic bryophyte communities? We have heard average annual growth rates of 3 to 5 mm sugge...
Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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1967
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1967.0023 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1967.0023 |
Summary: | P. D. Brown. In Spitzbergen Polytrichum alpestre and P. alpinum both fruit freely, but the climate is warmer there owing to the influence of the Gulf Stream. M. W. Holdgate. How much decomposition occurs in Antarctic bryophyte communities? We have heard average annual growth rates of 3 to 5 mm suggested, yet radiocarbon data suggest a mean accumulation of only about 1 mm per annum in peat banks which, admittedly, are compacted. |
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