Soil microbial communities follow distinct seasonal cycles which result in drastic changes in
processes involving soil nutrient availability. The biomass of fungi has been reported to be …

Active microbial biomass beneath seasonal snowpacks may influence biogeochemical
processes in mountain soils. Here we show that soil microbial biomass in temperate forest …

The northern regions are experiencing considerable changes in winter climate leading to
more frequent warm periods, rain-on-snow events and reduced snow pack diminishing the …

The knowledge on dynamics of soil microbial activity and its correlation to climate and
vegetation is still poor but essential for predicting climatic changes scenarios. Seasonal …

Previous work in an alpine dry meadow in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains has
shown that microbial biomass is high during winter and declines rapidly as snow melts in the …

This study evaluates the role of snow as a specific ecological niche and a vector in fungal
spreading with particular emphasis on potential pathogens in seasonally and daily changing …

Recent work has shown that plant litter inputs fuel microbial growth in autumn and winter
resulting in a large increase of microbial biomass under the snow pack in tundra soils. This …

Background Climate models predict substantial changes in temperature and precipitation
patterns across Arctic regions, including increased winter precipitation as snow in the near …

The freeze–thaw process alters microbial communities in alpine soils. However, soil
microbial responses to seasonal freeze–thaw processes have been overlooked under …

In Colorado alpine dry meadow soils, microbial biomass has been observed to increase
during fall and winter and to rapidly decline after snowmelt in the spring. It has been shown …