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1st pub.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011

xxi, 506 s. : il., mapy ; 25 cm

ISBN 978-0-521-75777-5 (brož.)

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List of contributors xi // Preface xvii // I Introductory Chapters // 1 The Ecological Value of Bryophytes as Indicators of Climate Change 3 // NANCY G. SLACK // 2 Bryophyte Physiological Processes in a Changing Climate: an Overview 13 // Zoltán Tuba // II Ecophysiology // 3 Climatic Responses and Limits of Bryophytes: Comparisons and Contrasts with Vascular Plants 35 // MICHAEL C. F. PROCTOR // 4 Effects of Elevated Air CO2 Concentration on Bryophytes: a Review 55 // Zoltan Tuba, Edit Otvos, and Ildiko Jocsak // 5 Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Light and UV Acclimation in Mosses 71 // NIINA M. Lappalainen, Anna Hyyrylainen, and Satu Huttunen // III Aquatic Bryophytes // 6 Ecological and Physiological Effects of Changing Climate on Aquatic Bryophytes 93 // JANICE M. GLIME // 7 Aquatic Bryophytes under Ultraviolet Radiation 115 // JAVIER Martinez-Abaigar and Encarnacion Nunez-Olivera // IV Desert and Tropical Ecosystems // 8 Responses of a Biological Crust Moss to Increased Monsoon Precipitation and Nitrogen Deposition in the Mojave Desert 149 // LLOYD R. Stark, D. Nicholas McLetchie, Stanley D. SMITH, AND MELVIN J. OLIVER // 9 Ecology of Bryophytes in Mojave Desert Biological Soil Crusts: Effects of Elevated CO2 on Sex Expression, Stress Tolerance, and Productivity in the Moss Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. 169 // JOHN C. Brinda, Catherine Fernando, and Lloyd R. Stark //

10 Responses of Epiphytic Bryophyte Communities to Simulated Climate Change in the Tropics 191 // Jorge Jacome, S. Robbert Gradstein, and MICHAEL Kessler // V Alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic Ecosystems // 11 Effects of Climate Change on Tundra Bryophytes 211 // ANNIKA K. JAgerbrand, ROBERT G. Björk, TERRY Callaghan, AND RODNEY D. Seppelt // 12 Alpine Bryophytes as Indicators for Climate Change: a Case Study from the Austrian Alps 237 // DANIELA Hohenwallner, Harold Gustav Zechmeister, DIETMAR MOSER, Harald Pauli, Michael Gottfried, Karl Reiter, and GEORG Grabherr // 13 Bryophytes and Lichens in a Changing Climate: An Antarctic Perspective 251 // RODNEY D. SEPPELT // VI Sphagnum and Peatlands // 14 Living on the Edge: The Effects of Drought on Canada’s Western Boreal Peatlands 277 // MELANIE A. VILE, KIMBERLI D. Scott, Erin Brault, R. Kelman WIEDER, and Dale H. VITT // 15 The Structure and Functional Features of Sphagnum Cover of the Northern West Siberian Mires in Connection with Forecasting Global Environmental and Climatic Changes 299 // Aleksei V. Naumov and NATALIA P. KOSYKH // 16 The Southernmost Sphagnum-dominated Mires on the Plains of Europe: Formation, Secondary Succession, Degradation, and Protection 317 // JÁNOS NAGY // VII Changes in Bryophyte Distribution with Climate Change: Data and Models // 17 The Role of Bryophyte Paleoecology in Quaternary Climate Reconstructions 335 // Gusztav JAKAB AND PAL Sumegi // 18 Signs of Climate Change in the Bryoflora of Hungary 359 // TAMAS Pocs //

19 Can the Effects of Climate Change on British Bryophytes be Distinguished from those Resulting from Other Environmental Changes? 371 // Jeffrey W. Bates and Christopher D. PRESTON // 20 Climate Change and Protected Areas: How well do British Rare Bryophytes Fare? 409 // Barbara J. Anderson and Ralf Ohlemuller // 21 Modeling the Distribution of Sematophyllum substrumulosum (Hampe) E. Britton as a Signal of Climatic Changes in Europe 427 // Cecilia Sergio, Rui Figueira, and RUI MENEZES // 22 Modeling Bryophyte Productivity Across Gradients of Water Availability Using Canopy Form-Function Relationships 441 // STEVEN K. Rice, Nathali Neal, Jesse Mango, and Kelly Black // VIII Conclusions // 23 Bryophytes as Predictors of Climate Change 461 // L. DENNIS Gignac // 24 Conclusions and Future Research 483 // NANCY G. Slack and Lloyd R. Stark // Index 491