Understanding how plant species respond to climate change is one of the great challenges
in biodiversity conservation and sustainable ecosystem planning. Current studies of the …

Greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands are significantly promoted by global nitrogen
input for changing the rate of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling, and are substantially affected …

Soil microbes make up a significant portion of the genetic diversity and play a critical role in
belowground carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbial diversity and …

The carbon balance of peatlands is predicted to shift from a sink to a source this century.
However, peatland ecosystems are still omitted from the main Earth system models that are …

Soil microbial diversity is one of the key factors affecting the structure and function of the
belowground ecosystem; yet, little is known about the response of microbial diversity to …

Aim Experimental nitrogen (N) addition (fertilization) studies are commonly used to quantify
the impacts of increased N inputs on plant biodiversity. However, given that plant community …

The topics assessed in this chapter were last assessed by the IPCC in 2007, principally in
WGII AR4 Chapters 3 (Kundzewicz et al., 2007) and 4 (Fischlin et al., 2007), but also in WGII …

Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play significant
roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance. This new edition has been fully revised and …

Elevated nitrogen (N) deposition alters the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle, which is likely to feed
back to further climate change. However, how the overall terrestrial ecosystem C pools and …

Climate warming increases nitrogen (N) mineralization in superficial soil layers (the
dominant rooting zone) of subarctic peatlands. Thawing and subsequent mineralization of …