Summer litter decomposition is moderated by scale‐dependent microenvironmental variation in tundra ecosystems

• Published in: Oikos
• Main Authors: Gallois, Elise C., Myers‐Smith, Isla H., Daskalova, Gergana N., Kerby, Jeffrey T., Thomas, Haydn J. D., Cunliffe, Andrew M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Herschel Island; Yukon; Active layer thickness; Herschel; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.10261; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/oik.10261

Tundra soils are one of the world's largest organic carbon stores, yet this carbon is vulnerable to accelerated decomposition as climate warming progresses. The landscape‐scale controls of litter decomposition are poorly understood in tundra ecosystems, which hinders our understanding of the gl...