Boreal peatlands play a crucial role in global carbon cycling, acting as an important carbon
reservoir. However, little information is available on how peatland microbial communities are …

Wood ash contains all the essential plant nutrients except nitrogen, and thus supports tree
growth especially on peatlands where mineral nutrients often are in short supply. Here we …

Fungi play a pivotal role in the carbon sequestration potential of boreal peatlands through
the process of decomposition. As such, climate-driven changes in the diversity and …

Peatlands are major carbon sinks globally, but it is still unclear what drives their shift from
functioning as carbon sink to a source. Fungi rely on soil carbon inputs and play an active …

Peatland vegetation is composed mostly of mosses, graminoids and ericoid shrubs, and
these have a distinct impact on peat biogeochemistry. We studied variation in soil microbial …

Soil fungi play a major role in ecological and biogeochemical processes in forests. Little is
known, however, about the structure and richness of different fungal communities and the …

Forests on steep slopes constitute a significant proportion of European mountain areas and
are important as production and protection forests. This study describes the soil fungal …

Climate warming is leading to the water table drawdown in peatlands, and a shift in the
structure and productivity of vegetation communities. These events may alter the availability …

Understanding of factors that shape diversity patterns in forest ecosystems is a main
challenge in forest ecology and management practices. Although herbaceous plants are …

The boreal forest environment plays an important role in the global C cycle due to its high
carbon storage capacity. However, relatively little is known about the forest fungal …