Impacts of warming and grazing on decomposition : are changes modulated by plant community traits and soil characteristics?

• Main Author: Fagerholm, Freja
• Other Authors: Helsingin yliopisto, Bio- ja ympäristötieteellinen tiedekunta, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Helsingfors universitet, Bio- och miljövetenskapliga fakulteten
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2021
• Subjects: climate change; tundra; reindeer; muskoxen; temperature; carbon cycling; nutrient cycling; microbes; open top chambers; litter quality; community weighted means; Ekologian ja evoluutiobiologian maisteriohjelma; Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Magisterprogrammet i ekologi och evolutionsbiologi; ei opintosuuntaa; no specialization; ingen studieinriktning; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333887

In the process of decomposition soil carbon is transformed into CO2 by microbial respiration, which makes decomposition a key process for understanding carbon cycling an releases of CO2. Since the northern permafrost regions contain half of all belowground carbon and the tundra regions are expected...