Global climate is changing faster than humankind has ever experienced. Model-based
predictions of future climate are becoming more complex and precise, but they still lack …

Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play significant
roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance. This new edition has been fully revised and …

Peatlands harbour more than one‐third of terrestrial carbon leading to the argument that the
bryophytes, as major components of peatland ecosystems, store more organic carbon in …

Sphagnum mosses are keystone components of peatland ecosystems. They facilitate the
accumulation of carbon in peat deposits, but climate change is predicted to expose peatland …

Peat mosses (Sphagnum) largely govern carbon sequestration in Northern Hemisphere
peatlands. We investigated functional traits related to growth and decomposition in …

Climate change will influence plant photosynthesis by altering patterns of temperature and
precipitation, including their variability and seasonality. Both effects may be important for …

Globally, peatlands play an important role in the carbon (C) cycle. High water level is a key
factor in maintaining C storage in peatlands, but water levels are vulnerable to climate …

Maintaining sufficiently high surface (capitula) soil‐water pressures to avoid the draining of
hyaline cells (desiccation) is paramount to hummock‐forming Sphagnum species' survival; …

Stratigraphic records from peatlands suggest that the shift from a rich fen (calcareous fen) to
an ombrotrophic bog can occur rapidly. This shift constitutes a switch from a species‐rich …

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 …