Selecting Potential Moss Species for Green Roofs in the Mediterranean Basin

Carvalho, Ricardo Cruz de; Varela, Z.; Paço, Teresa A.; Branquinho, Cristina

doi:10.3390/urbansci3020057

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“…Therefore, bryophytes need time to be prepared or induce some molecular synthesis in order to develop DT, which colony size and life form and shoot morphology have a very important role in controlling dehydration rate and inducing DT mechanisms. This knowledge will be of critical importance for the success in such scientific areas ranging from the ecological and landscape restoration using bryophyte-dominated biological soil crusts (Antoninka et al, 2015; Condon and David, 2016; Antoninka et al, 2018; Cruz de Carvalho et al, 2018) to the selection of bryophytes for green roofs (Brandão et al, 2017; Cruz de Carvalho et al, 2019; Paço et al, 2019).…”

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All for One: The Role of Colony Morphology in Bryophyte Desiccation Tolerance

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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 bryophytes. This led to the hypothesis that, if bryophytes from contrasting habitats can have similar responses, desiccation tolerance (DT) is partially inductive and not only constitutive as previously proposed and, therefore, colony morphology might be the key trait responsible for controlling dehydration rate essential for DT induction. Morphology and life form may be determinant traits in the adaptation of bryophytes to habitats with different water availabilities and corresponding predicted levels in the DT inducibility spectrum. Bryophytes from habitats with different water availabilities were dried as individual shoots and as a colony. The bryophyte Fontinalis antipyretica is fully aquatic presenting a streamer life form, while the three terrestrial species present turf life form with different sizes and degrees of space between individuals in the colony. Two species were collected under trees with moist soil presenting short turf (Tortella tortuosa) and long turf (Campylopus pyriformis) life forms. Another species was completely exposed to sun light with no surrounding trees and a tall turf life form (Pleurochaete squarrosa). We used chlorophyll a fluorescence parameter Fv/Fm (maximum potential quantum efficiency of Photosystem II) as a proxy to photosynthetic fitness throughout the contrasting dehydration rates (fast and slow). These bryophytes with different life forms were submitted to an X-ray computed microtomography (µ-XCT) to assess the three-dimensional inner structure and visualize locations for water storage. Shoots dried slow or fast according to the dehydration they were exposed to, as expected, but they presented similar dehydration rates across different species. However, the aquatic moss F. antipyretica, was unable to recover from fast drying, and after 24 h the recovery following slow drying was lower than the other species. The other three species presented full recovery after 24 h, either at the individual or colony level, and either from slow or fast drying. The only exception was the colonies of Campylopus pyriformis following fast drying that presented a slightly lower recovery, probably due to a looser colony structure.

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“…However, when multiple thalli of the same species coexist as a population, then shared morphological complexity can lead to an extended phenotype [151], pointing to the need for a more aggregated, higher-level analysis of traits. As a caveat, other poikilohydric organisms, such as some aquatic bryophytes, including Fontinalis antipyretica, have been wrongly classified as desiccation intolerant based on experiments applied to single shoots [152]. Although the level of relative humidity at which these experiments were performed was realistic, the rate of water loss was unrepresentative of natural conditions, because tests were performed on isolated leaves or shoots.…”

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Functional Traits in Lichen Ecology: A Review of Challenge and Opportunity

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Community ecology has experienced a major transition, from a focus on patterns in taxonomic composition, to revealing the processes underlying community assembly through the analysis of species functional traits. The power of the functional trait approach is its generality, predictive capacity such as with respect to environmental change, and, through linkage of response and effect traits, the synthesis of community assembly with ecosystem function and services. Lichens are a potentially rich source of information about how traits govern community structure and function, thereby creating opportunity to better integrate lichens into ‘mainstream’ ecological studies, while lichen ecology and conservation can also benefit from using the trait approach as an investigative tool. This paper brings together a range of author perspectives to review the use of traits in lichenology, particularly with respect to European ecosystems from the Mediterranean to the Arctic-Alpine. It emphasizes the types of traits that lichenologists have used in their studies, both response and effect, the bundling of traits towards the evolution of life-history strategies, and the critical importance of scale (both spatial and temporal) in functional trait ecology.

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“…Cruz de Carvalho et al [36] conceptualize the use of selecting potential moss species for green roofs in the Mediterranean Basin. This socio-urban study examines green roof infrastructure by addressing the effects of climate change in urban areas.…”

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Exploring Social Sustainability and Economic Practices: Multi-Journal Compendium

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In consideration of the three pillars of sustainability, alongside the environment, social and economic dimensions interplay valuable insight into how society is molded and what key components should be considered. In terms of social sustainability, there are processes and framework objectives that promote wellbeing integral to the balance of people, planet, and profit. Economic practices consider the system of production, resource allocation, and distribution of goods and services with respect to demand and supply between economic agents. As a result, an economic system is a variant of the social system in which it exists. At present, the forefront of social sustainability research partially encompasses the impact economic practices have on people and society—with notable emphasis centered on the urban environment. Specific interdisciplinary analyses within the scope of sustainability, social development, competitiveness, and motivational management as well as decision making within the urban landscape are considered. This book contains nine thoroughly refereed contributions that interconnect detailed research into the two pillars reviewed.

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Selecting Potential Moss Species for Green Roofs in the Mediterranean Basin

Cited by 14 publications

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All for One: The Role of Colony Morphology in Bryophyte Desiccation Tolerance

All for One: The Role of Colony Morphology in Bryophyte Desiccation Tolerance

Functional Traits in Lichen Ecology: A Review of Challenge and Opportunity

Exploring Social Sustainability and Economic Practices: Multi-Journal Compendium

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