Moss cover and rainfall interception in frequently burned sites in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Moul ET and Buell MF. 1955. Moss cover and rainfall interception in frequently burned sites in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 82(no. 3):155-162
Prescribed burning, while removing the litter layer, favors the development of a bryophyte-lichen layer. Lichens cover nearly as much area as bryophytes. Lichens may intercept about half as much throughfall as mosses. As an interceptor of precipitation, the bryophyte layer, even at its maximum, is, on an area basis, probably never as important as the thick, continuous litter layer of areas not subjected to prescribed burning
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Moul, E.; Buell, Murray
- Units
- PINE
- Keywords
- Bryophytes (Bryophyta), Ecology, Environmental Impact, Lichen, Plant Studies, Prescribed Burning, Rainfall, Research Article