Bryophytes were traditionally ignored in most studies of forest ecosystem processes, or they
were included with litter or soil. In the last few decades we have begun to understand their …

Core Ideas To determine the water retention curve from inverse modeling, θ and ψ need to
be monitored. δ18O ratios contained information to inversely estimate soil hydraulic …

Moss-associated N 2 fixation provides a substantial but heterogeneous input of new N to
nutrient-limited ecosystems at high latitudes. In spite of the broad diversity of mosses found …

Forest litter plays an important role in the hydrological process of an ecosystem, but the
mechanism of interception is not well understood and has not been fully evaluated. We …

Abstract Changes in fire regimes are driving the carbon balance of much of the North
American boreal forest, but few studies have examined fire‐driven changes in …

As climate warms, conifers are expected to expand their ranges into alpine tundra where
ecological factors such as seedbed availability, and post‐dispersal seed and seedling …

Although it is well known that evapotranspiration (ET) represents an important water flux at
local to global scales, few studies have quantified the magnitude and relative importance of …

Litter layers develop across a diverse array of vegetated ecosystems and undergo
significant temporal compositional changes due to canopy phenological phases and …

The effects of changing climate and disturbance on forest water cycling are not well
understood. In particular, bryophytes contribute significantly to forest evapotranspiration in …

Forest background reflectivities with seasonal and spatial variations are critically important
in the estimation of canopy biophysical parameters of the forest canopy. In this paper …