[HTML][HTML] Impact of climate change-induced alterations in peatland vegetation phenology and composition on carbon balance

M Antala, R Juszczak, C van der Tol… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global climate is changing faster than humankind has ever experienced. Model-based
predictions of future climate are becoming more complex and precise, but they still lack …

A review of open top chamber (OTC) performance across the ITEX Network

RD Hollister, C Elphinstone, GHR Henry… - Arctic …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Open top chambers (OTCs) were adopted as the recommended warming mechanism by the
International Tundra Experiment network in the early 1990s. Since then, OTCs have been …

Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology

TWN Walker, JM Alexander, PM Allard… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A major aim of ecology is to upscale attributes of individuals to understand processes at
population, community and ecosystem scales. Such attributes are typically described using …

Will climate change cause the global peatland to expand or contract? Evidence from the habitat shift pattern of Sphagnum mosses

XY Ma, H Xu, ZY Cao, L Shu, RL Zhu - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle. Sphagnum mosses (peat mosses)
are considered to be the peatland ecosystem engineers and contribute to the carbon …

Effects of water level alteration on carbon cycling in peatlands

Y Zhong, M Jiang, BA Middleton - Ecosystem Health and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, peatlands play an important role in the carbon (C) cycle. High water level is a key
factor in maintaining C storage in peatlands, but water levels are vulnerable to climate …

Climate drivers alter nitrogen availability in surface peat and decouple N2 fixation from CH4 oxidation in the Sphagnum moss microbiome

C Petro, AA Carrell, RM Wilson… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peat mosses (Sphagnum spp.) are keystone species in boreal peatlands, where they
dominate net primary productivity and facilitate the accumulation of carbon in thick peat …

Effect of drainage on microbial enzyme activities and communities dependent on depth in peatland soil

Z Xu, S Wang, Z Wang, Y Dong, Y Zhang, S Liu, J Li - Biogeochemistry, 2021 - Springer
Water tables in high-latitude peatlands are expected to fall because of climate change, with
significant consequences for carbon cycling in these ecosystems. At present, the …

High‐resolution minirhizotrons advance our understanding of root‐fungal dynamics in an experimentally warmed peatland

CE Defrenne, J Childs, CW Fernandez… - Plants, People …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Mycorrhizal fungi enable plants to thrive in the cold, waterlogged,
organic soils of boreal peatlands and, with saprotrophic fungi, largely contribute to the …

Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region

F Bengtsson, H Rydin, JL Baltzer, L Bragazza… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The relative importance of global versus local environmental factors for growth and thus
carbon uptake of the bryophyte genus Sphagnum—the main peat‐former and ecosystem …

Assessing leached TOC, nutrients and phenols from peatland soils after lab-simulated wildfires: Implications to source water protection

Y Wu, X Xu, CPR McCarter, N Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pollutant leaching from wildfire-impacted peatland soils (peat) is well-known, but often
underestimated when considering boreal ecosystem source water protection and when …