Soil organic matter, rather than temperature, determines the structure and functioning of subarctic decomposer communities

The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and functioning are likely to be strongest at high latitudes due to the adaptation of biota to relatively low temperatures and nutrient levels. Soil warming is widely predicted to alter microbial, invertebrate, and plant communities, with cascadin...

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Published in:Global Change Biology
Main Authors: Robinson, Sinikka, O'Gorman, Eoin J., Frey, Beat, Hagner, Marleena, Mikola, Juha
Other Authors: Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Fifth Dimension - Vegetated roofs and walls in urban areas, Urban Ecosystems
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022
Subjects:
climate change
decomposition
ecosystem functioning
N mineralization
natural experiment
plant biomass
soil organic matter
structural equation model
CLIMATE-CHANGE
LONG-TERM
LITTER DECOMPOSITION
NITROGEN MINERALIZATION
GEOTHERMAL ECOSYSTEMS
MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
CARBON LOSS
RESPONSES
SENSITIVITY
PLANTS
1181 Ecology
evolutionary biology
1172 Environmental sciences
Subarctic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10138/343987
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Summary:The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and functioning are likely to be strongest at high latitudes due to the adaptation of biota to relatively low temperatures and nutrient levels. Soil warming is widely predicted to alter microbial, invertebrate, and plant communities, with cascading effects on ecosystem functioning, but this has largely been demonstrated over short-term ( Peer reviewed

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