Impact of changing climate on bryophyte contributions to terrestrial water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New phytologist. - 1979. - 242(2024), 6 vom: 24. Juni, Seite 2411-2429
1. Verfasser:	Slate, Mandy L (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Antoninka, Anita, Bailey, Lydia, Berdugo, Monica B, Callaghan, Des A, Cárdenas, Mariana, Chmielewski, Matthew W, Fenton, Nicole J, Holland-Moritz, Hannah, Hopkins, Samantha, Jean, Mélanie, Kraichak, Bier Ekaphan, Lindo, Zoë, Merced, Amelia, Oke, Tobi, Stanton, Daniel, Stuart, Julia, Tucker, Daniel, Coe, Kirsten K
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	The New phytologist
Schlagworte:	Journal Article Review C cycling N fixation conservation ecosystem function global change mosses nutrient cycles water dynamics mehr... Water 059QF0KO0R Carbon 7440-44-0 Nitrogen N762921K75

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Zusammenfassung:	© 2024 The Authors New Phytologist © 2024 New Phytologist Foundation. Bryophytes, including the lineages of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, are the second-largest photoautotroph group on Earth. Recent work across terrestrial ecosystems has highlighted how bryophytes retain and control water, fix substantial amounts of carbon (C), and contribute to nitrogen (N) cycles in forests (boreal, temperate, and tropical), tundra, peatlands, grasslands, and deserts. Understanding how changing climate affects bryophyte contributions to global cycles in different ecosystems is of primary importance. However, because of their small physical size, bryophytes have been largely ignored in research on water, C, and N cycles at global scales. Here, we review the literature on how bryophytes influence global biogeochemical cycles, and we highlight that while some aspects of global change represent critical tipping points for survival, bryophytes may also buffer many ecosystems from change due to their capacity for water, C, and N uptake and storage. However, as the thresholds of resistance of bryophytes to temperature and precipitation regime changes are mostly unknown, it is challenging to predict how long this buffering capacity will remain functional. Furthermore, as ecosystems shift their global distribution in response to changing climate, the size of different bryophyte-influenced biomes will change, resulting in shifts in the magnitude of bryophyte impacts on global ecosystem functions
Beschreibung:	Date Completed 23.05.2024 Date Revised 06.06.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:	1469-8137
DOI:	10.1111/nph.19772