Living, dead, and absent trees-How do moth outbreaks shape small-scale patterns of soil organic matter stocks and dynamics at the Subarctic mountain birch treeline?

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Xu Yi, Biasi Christina, Karjalainen Katri, Adamczyk Sylwia, Myller Kristiina, Meyer Nele, Karhu Kristiina, Sietiö Outi-Maaria, Mganga Kevin, Suominen Otso, van Delden Lona, Martin Angela
• Other Authors: ympäristömuutokset, Ympäristömuutokset, 2606018
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Deadwood; Northern Finland; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/171732; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15951

Mountain birch forests ( Betula pubescen s Ehrh. ssp. czerepanovii ) at the subarctic treeline not only benefit from global warming, but are also increasingly affected by caterpillar outbreaks from foliage-feeding geometrid moths. Both of these factors have unknown consequences on soil organic carbo...