Coupling plant litter quantity to a novel metric for litter quality explains C storage changes in a thawing permafrost peatland

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Hough, Moira, McCabe, Samantha, Vining, S. Rose, Pickering Pedersen, Emily, Wilson, Rachel M., Lawrence, Ryan, Chang, Kuang-Yu, Bohrer, Gil, Riley, William J., Crill, Patrick M., Varner, Ruth K., Blazewicz, Steven J., Dorrepaal, Ellen, Tfaily, Malak M., Saleska, Scott R., Rich, Virginia, I
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2022
• Subjects: C storage; decomposition; litter chemistry; NOSC; peat; permafrost thaw; plant community change; Stordalen Mire; Climate Research; Klimatforskning; Ecology; Ekologi; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Stordalen; Climate change; Global warming; permafrost
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-191612; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15970

Permafrost thaw is a major potential feedback source to climate change as it can drive the increased release of greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). This carbon release from the decomposition of thawing soil organic material can be mitigated by increased net primary productivity...