Habitat and species controls on Sphagnum production and decomposition in a mountain raised bog

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/09:00340125

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Habitat and species controls on Sphagnum production and decomposition in a mountain raised bog

Original language description

I evaluated production and decomposition characteristics of six dominant Sphagnum species in their natural microhabitats distributed along the gradient of water table in an open ombrotrophic bog. The growth in length was much higher in pools and hollowsthan in hummocks but the resulting annual production was roughly similar in the microhabitats due to a greater shoot density and consequently higher bulk density in hummocks. Although hummocks provided much higher potential for decomposition than hollows, the Sphagnum litter decomposed more slowly in hummocks due to much lower litter quality of the hummock sphagna. Thus the hummock Sphagnum species possess both principal mechanisms participating in maintaining hummocks above hollows - a sufficient production rate and limited decomposition rate. These mechanisms emphasize the role of Sphagnum mosses as autogenic ecosystem engineers controlling also the microhabitat diversification in patterned mires.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/KJB600050503" target="_blank" >KJB600050503: Mineral nutrient economy in Sphagnum mosses</a><br>

Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2009

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Boreal Environment Research

ISSN

1239-6095

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

FI - FINLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000273108200004

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