Forest Composition Drives Bryophyte Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen Storage in the Boreal‐Temperate Ecotone

Climate change and forest management have profoundly altered forest ecosystem dynamics, with impacts on canopy composition and understory vegetation. Forest type affects bryophyte ecosystem processes, particularly related to carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling. Within the boreal‐temperate ecotone, the Wabanaki‐Acadian Forest harbors a diverse canopy composition with many species at their distributional limit, making it sensitive to climate change and human alterations, with unknown impacts on bryophytes and their functions.

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  2025

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  Journal of Vegetation Science

• Publication date

  2025-11-01

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  DOI 10.1111/jvs.70088
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