Community ecology has experienced a major transition, from a focus on patterns in
taxonomic composition, to revealing the processes underlying community assembly through …

Water and energy scarcity are the challenges for humankind in the coming years. Sun is the
largest source of energy available on the planet. Also, brackish seawater covers more than …

This study investigates the potential of moss species for extensive green roofs to achieve
very shallow substrate, low maintenance and low cost green roofs. The performance of four …

The increasing desire for urban development has led to numerous environmental problems.
Environmentally friendly design of building components is one of the most appropriate …

In the last decade, several works showed that even bryophytes from aquatic environments, if
slowly dehydrated, can cope with desiccation in a response like the one from desert …

During primary succession, the abundance of different species and their associated plant
traits change over time. Understanding how plant traits linked to colonising and competitive …

Green roofs are a novel ecosystem incorporated into the urban landscape to increase green
space and provide ecosystem services. Different plant traits excel at providing different …

Mosses are rarely explicitly included in urban green infrastructure projects in much of North
America. Nevertheless, their opportunistic colonization of impervious surfaces in the …

Extensive green roofs are well known to improve the urban environment, but in the
Mediterranean regions, dry climatic conditions pose the problem of their sustainability when …

The increased number of buildings in urban areas limits the creation of vegetated areas,
leading to the search for alternatives to create spaces to promote contact with nature. In this …