Droughts strongly affect carbon and nitrogen cycling in grasslands, with consequences for
ecosystem productivity. Therefore, we investigated how experimental grassland …

Mountain grasslands have recently been exposed to substantial changes in land use and
climate and in the near future will likely face an increased frequency of extreme droughts. To …

Changing precipitation regimes could have profound influences on carbon (C) cycle in the
biosphere. However, how soil C release from terrestrial ecosystems responds to changing …

Climate extremes and land-use changes can have major impacts on the carbon cycle of
ecosystems. Their combined effects have rarely been tested. We studied whether and how …

Climate change can alter peatland plant community composition by promoting the growth of
vascular plants. How such vegetation change affects peatland carbon dynamics remains …

Soil CO 2 emission is a key part of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Grazing exclusion by fencing
is often considered a beneficial grassland management option to restore degraded …

Soil respiration (R s) plays a key role in the carbon balance of forest ecosystems. There is
growing evidence that R s is strongly correlated with canopy photosynthesis; however, how …

We followed soil C fluxes in a subalpine grassland system exposed to experimentally
increased atmospheric N deposition for 7 years. Earlier we found that, different from the …

Grasslands cover more than one fifth of total land area in Europe and contribute significantly
to the total greenhouse gas budget. The impact of management and land use on the carbon …

Soil respiration plays a crucial role in global carbon cycling. While the response of soil
respiration to abiotic drivers like soil temperature and moisture is fairly well understood, less …