The importance of colony structure versus shoot morphology for the water balance of 22 subarctic bryophyte species

• Published in: Journal of Vegetation Science
• Main Authors: Elumeeva, Tatiana G., Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., During, Heinjo J., Cornelissen, Johannes H.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Cell wall; Colony; Desiccation rate; Growth form; Moss; Water economy; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/clean_water_and_sanitation; name=SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation; Abisko; North Sweden; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/ae356cc3-fc2a-4da0-b7b3-feef1d279722; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01237.x; https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/ae356cc3-fc2a-4da0-b7b3-feef1d279722; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78651374874&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=78651374874&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Questions: What are the water economy strategies of the dominant subarctic bryophytes in terms of colony and shoot traits? Can colony water retention capacity be predicted from morphological traits of both colonies and separate shoots? Are suites of water retention traits consistently related to bry...