title: The Methuselah of plant diaspores: Sphagnum spores can survive in nature for centuries.
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute for Peat and Mire Research, Northeast Normal University, Renmin 5268, Changchun, 130024, China.|Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecological Processes and Environmental Change in the Changbai Mountains, Renmin 5268, Changchun, 130024, China.
authors.forename: Zhao-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala, SE-752 36, Sweden.|Swedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7007, Uppsala, SE-750 07, Sweden.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundberg
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute for Peat and Mire Research, Northeast Normal University, Renmin 5268, Changchun, 130024, China.|Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute for Peat and Mire Research, Northeast Normal University, Renmin 5268, Changchun, 130024, China.|Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecological Processes and Environmental Change in the Changbai Mountains, Renmin 5268, Changchun, 130024, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Kai
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute for Peat and Mire Research, Northeast Normal University, Renmin 5268, Changchun, 130024, China.|Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecological Processes and Environmental Change in the Changbai Mountains, Renmin 5268, Changchun, 130024, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute for Peat and Mire Research, Northeast Normal University, Renmin 5268, Changchun, 130024, China.|Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Chinese Taipei.
authors.forename: Hong-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D055110:Radiometric Dating; D044003:Sphagnopsida / Q000502:physiology*; D013170:Spores / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: 
  Sphagnum
  ; bryophyte; diaspore; longevity; peatland; spore bank