Species richness–standing crop relationship in stream bryophyte communities: patterns across multiple scales

• Published in: Journal of Ecology
• Main Authors: Virtanen, Risto, Muotka, Timo, Saksa, Marita
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: The Hump; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00513.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2745.2001.00513.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00513.x

Summary We tested for a unimodal (‘hump‐backed’) relationship between species richness and standing crop at various spatial scales in stream bryophyte communities. Bryophyte species and their biomasses were determined from 20 to 25 quadrats in eight river and six stream sites in northern Finland. Re...