Feathermoss seedbeds facilitate black spruce seedling recruitment in the forest–tundra ecotone (Labrador, Canada)

• Published in: Oikos
• Main Authors: Wheeler, Julia A., Hermanutz, Luise, Marino, Paul M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18966.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0706.2010.18966.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18966.x

As climate warms, conifers are expected to expand their ranges into alpine tundra where ecological factors such as seedbed availability, and post‐dispersal seed and seedling predation may control local recruitment. Seedbed composition may influence microhabitat, nutrients, physical structure, and pr...