Facilitation of vascular plants by cushion mosses in high-Andean communities

• Published in: Alpine Botany
• Main Authors: Gavini, Sabrina, Suarez, Guillermo Martin, Ezcurra, Cecilia, Aizen, Marcelo Adrian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature
• Subjects: ALPINE; BRYOPHYTES; CUSHIONS; FACILITATION; PLANT–MOSS INTERACTIONS; SOUTHERN ANDES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Arctic; Patagonia; Argentina; Tucumán; Suarez
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/145378

Mosses are a dominant ground cover in a wide array of ecosystems, especially in those developing under cold-stressed environments such as arctic and alpine ice-melting glacial forelands. Consequently, mosses may influence the performance and distribution of other plants. Here, we assessed the nature...