Food webs and ecosystems: Linking species interactions to the carbon cycle

OJ Schmitz, SJ Leroux - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
All species within ecosystems contribute to regulating carbon cycling because of their
functional integration into food webs. Yet carbon modeling and accounting still assumes that …

Practical guide to measuring wetland carbon pools and fluxes

S Bansal, IF Creed, BA Tangen, SD Bridgham… - Wetlands, 2023 - Springer
Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global
carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes …

The missing angle: ecosystem consequences of phenological mismatch

KH Beard, KC Kelsey, AJ Leffler, JM Welker - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2019 - cell.com
Climate change leads to unequal shifts in the phenology of interacting species, such as
consumers and their resources, leading to potential phenological mismatches. While studies …

Herbivores in Arctic ecosystems: Effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling

AM Koltz, L Gough, JR McLaren - … of the New York Academy of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic terrestrial herbivores influence tundra carbon and nutrient dynamics through their
consumption of resources, waste production, and habitat‐modifying behaviors. The strength …

Long‐term herbivore removal experiments reveal how geese and reindeer shape vegetation and ecosystem CO2‐fluxes in high‐Arctic tundra

M Petit Bon, BB Hansen, MJJE Loonen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Given the current rates of climate change, with associated shifts in herbivore population
densities, understanding the role of different herbivores in ecosystem functioning is critical …

Physiology of Leymus chinensis under seasonal grazing: Implications for the development of sustainable grazing in a temperate grassland of Inner Mongolia

L Song, Y Pan, J Gong, X Li, M Liu, B Yang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Plants have different physiological characteristics as the season changes, grazing
management in compliance with plant growth and development characteristics may provide …

Insect herbivory dampens Subarctic birch forest C sink response to warming

T Silfver, L Heiskanen, M Aurela, K Myller… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Climate warming is anticipated to make high latitude ecosystems stronger C sinks through
increasing plant production. This effect might, however, be dampened by insect herbivores …

Snowier winters extend autumn availability of high‐quality forage for caribou in Arctic Alaska

JC Richert, AJ Leffler, DE Spalinger, JM Welker - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) rely on the short Arctic growing season to restore body
condition, support the demands of lactation, and prepare for the long arctic winter, making …

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 …

Unraveling changes in deltas: Exploring drivers and consequences through the Lens of the IPBES conceptual framework

M Nantavisai, S Hashimoto, G Meraj - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Deltas have a remarkable capacity to sustain human populations, owing to their productivity
and biodiversity. The increasing demand for fertile land and valuable resources in deltas …