Highlighting the role of biota in feedback loops from tundra ecosystems to the atmosphere

NM Schmidt, IC Barrio, JA Kristensen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The rapid climatic and environmental changes observed in the Arctic and across the globe
in general call for reliable model projections. In recent years our understanding of ongoing …

Herbivores influence biogeochemical processes by altering litter quality and quantity in a subarctic wetland

T Saunders, J Adkins, KH Beard, TB Atwood… - Biogeochemistry, 2023 - Springer
Global change drivers that modify the quality and quantity of litter inputs to soil affect
greenhouse gas fluxes, and thereby constitute a feedback to climate change. Carbon cycling …

The Effects of Temperature, Flooding, and Goose Feces Addition on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ammonification in Four High-Latitude Soils From Western Alaska

JM Ross - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The large carbon (C) stock of wetlands is vulnerable to climate change, especially in high
latitudes that are warming at a disproportional rate. Likewise, low-elevation Arctic coastal …

The impact of spatio-temporal shifts in vertebrate herbivore communities on the functioning the Icelandic tundra

M Defourneaux - 2024 - opinvisindi.is
Rapid environmental changes in the Arctic tundra are driving shifts in herbivore populations,
distribution, and phenology, affecting the structure of herbivore community. These changes …

The Effects of Aboveground Herbivory on Root Traits and Root Decomposition

EA Chavez - 2024 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
Soil holds more carbon (C) than the Earth's atmosphere and vegetation combined. Soil
loses carbon through soil respiration and releases CO 2 from the soil. The soil respiration …

Annual and Seasonal Variability in Tundra Vole (Microtus oeconomus) Diet

MK Lisi - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Within arctic ecosystems, small mammals (voles and lemmings) influence plant community
composition, soil nutrient availability, and carbon cycling through foraging and the …