Table of Contents

1 Quantitative Approaches in Bryophyte Ecology.- 2 Life-forms of Bryophytes.- 3 Tropical Forest Bryophytes.- 4 Desert Bryophytes.- 5 Bryophyte Vegetation in Polar Regions.- 6 Alpine Communities.- 7 Epiphytes and Epiliths.- 8 The Ecology of Sphagnum.- 9 Bryophytes and Invertebrates.- 10 Physiological Ecology: Water Relations, Light and Temperature Responses, Carbon Balance.- 11 Mineral Nutrition.- 12 Responses of Bryophytes to Air Pollution.- 13 Quaternary Bryophyte Palaeo-ecology.- Author Index.