Figure 1.

Configuration of an experimental moss landscape. A circular moss patch (‘mainland’) was taken directly from the field and placed in the centre of each landscape. Smaller circular patches (‘satellites’) were placed at three different distances from the mainland: 0 cm (‘d1’), 1 cm (‘d2’) and 15 cm (‘d3’). All satellite patches were subjected to an extreme high temperature event (24 h Tullgren-funnel extraction) before being placed in the set-up. A total of seven landscapes were constructed.