Linking soil microbial communities to vascular plant abundance along a climate gradient

L Bragazza, RD Bardgett, EAD Mitchell… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing expansion of shrub cover in response to climate change represents a unique
opportunity to explore the link between soil microbial communities and vegetation changes …

Shifts in methanogenic community composition and methane fluxes along the degradation of discontinuous permafrost

S Liebner, L Ganzert, A Kiss, S Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The response of methanogens to thawing permafrost is an important factor for the global
greenhouse gas budget. We tracked methanogenic community structure, activity, and …

The role of oxygen in stimulating methane production in wetlands

JL Wilmoth, JK Schaefer, DR Schlesinger… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas, is the second most important
greenhouse gas contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide (CO2). The biological …

[图书][B] The biology of peatlands, 2e

H Rydin, JK Jeglum, KD Bennett - 2013 - books.google.com
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 …

Experimental warming alters the community composition, diversity, and N2 fixation activity of peat moss (Sphagnum fallax) microbiomes

AA Carrell, M Kolton, JB Glass… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sphagnum‐dominated peatlands comprise a globally important pool of soil carbon (C) and
are vulnerable to climate change. While peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum are known to …

Diversity and function of fungi in peatlands: a carbon cycling perspective

MN Thormann - Canadian journal of soil science, 2006 - cdnsciencepub.com
Peatlands are a dominant landform in the northern hemisphere, accumulating carbon in the
form of peat due to an imbalance between decomposition and plant production rates …

Fungal diversity in peatlands and its contribution to carbon cycling

R Juan-Ovejero, MJI Briones, M Öpik - Applied Soil Ecology, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon …

M Kolton, DJ Weston, X Mayali, PK Weber… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum are ecosystem engineers that frequently predominate
over photosynthetic production in boreal peatlands. Sphagnum spp. host diverse microbial …

Patterns in wetland microbial community composition and functional gene repertoire associated with methane emissions

S He, SA Malfatti, JW McFarland, FE Anderson, A Pati… - MBio, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wetland restoration on peat islands previously drained for agriculture has potential to
reverse land subsidence and sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide as peat accretes …

Microbial diversity in Sphagnum peatlands

D Gilbert, EAD Mitchell - Developments in earth surface processes, 2006 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Peat accumulates because the net production of organic matter
exceeds its decomposition by microorganisms. Peatlands, and especially Sphagnum …