Interactions between precipitation and forest canopy elements (bark, leaves, and epiphytes)
control the quantity, spatiotemporal patterning, and the chemical concentration, character …

Plants growing under conditions of frequent and severe water stress may survive by drought
evasion, drought avoidance or resistance (reduced water loss or increased water …

The response of photosynthetic CO2 exchange to tissue water content in five spp. of
Sphagnum from contrasting microhabitats (S. fuscum (Schimp.) Klinggr., S. papillosum H …

Desiccation–rehydration experiments have been employed over the years to evaluate
desiccation tolerance of bryophytes (Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta, and Anthocerotophyta) …

Productivity and geographical distribution of plant species are limited as much, if not more,
by water stress than by any other environmental factor. Fully one-third of the exposed land …

The leakage of solutes from foliar tissue is utilized as a dynamic measure of apparent
changes in membrane integrity in response to desiccation. It is found that rehydrating leaf …

A new expression for ion leakage from plant tissue, the tissue ionic conductance (g Ti), is
compared with electrical conductivity (EC) and a commonly used damage index (I d) to test …

Research into the effects of physical factors such as temperature, light intensity and relative
humidity on bryophyte growth has achieved much success in explaining the distribution and …

With the aim of selecting physiological tests for the screening of drought tolerant species, we
have studied the behaviour of bean leaf discs treated with PEG 600 (− 1.13 MPa) for 4 h …

Question: What is the effect of leaf litter on growth and mortality of feather mosses. Three
experiments were conducted to isolate the shading effect from the effect of leaching of …