caa a22 4500 475751876 CHVBK 20180406123526.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1026533418357 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1026533418357 Bryophyte biomass and species richness on the Park Grass Experiment, Rothamsted, UK [Elektronische Daten] [R. Virtanen, A.E. Johnston, M.J. Crawley, G.R. Edwards] The relationships between bryophyte biomass and species richness and soil pH, nutrient applications and vascular plant biomass and species richness were analyzed for the Park Grass Experiment (Rothamsted, UK). The study examined the abundance of bryophytes in relation to long-term fertilizer and lime application and to fertilizer treatments recently being ceased on some plots. The probability of bryophytes being present on a plot increased with increasing soil pH, and on plots at soil pH3.3-4.5, the lowest values in this experiment, there were virtually no mosses present. Total bryophyte biomass decreased with increasing vascular plant biomass and vascular plant richness. Both bryophyte biomass and species richness showed a curvilinear response to soil pH. Bryophyte biomass was markedly increased on plots where nitrogen (N) fertilization had recently been ceased. The abundance of the common bryophyte species showed individualistic responses to treatments. N had a negative effect on the abundance of Brachythecium rutabulum. Increasing soil pH, and the application of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilizer together, had a positive effect on Eurhynchium praelongum. This species was also negatively affected by N, but tolerated larger amounts of it (100-150kgha−1 N) than B. rutabulum. An ephemeral moss, Bryum subapiculatum, had a unimodal response to soil pH but showed no response to N, P, K or other explanatory variables. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 pH nationallicence Acidity nationallicence Community nationallicence Diversity nationallicence Grassland nationallicence Long-term effect nationallicence Nutrients nationallicence Transient dynamics nationallicence Virtanen R. E-mail: rvirtane@cc.oulu.fi aut Johnston A.E. aut Crawley M.J. aut Edwards G.R. aut Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 151/2(2000-12-01), 129-141 1385-0237 151:2<129 2000 151 11258 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026533418357 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026533418357 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Virtanen R. E-mail: rvirtane@cc.oulu.fi aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johnston A.E. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Crawley M.J. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Edwards G.R. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 151/2(2000-12-01), 129-141 1385-0237 151:2<129 2000 151 11258 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer