Reindeer control over subarctic treeline alters soil fungal communities with potential consequences for soil carbon storage

A tipping point in carbon storage when forest expands into tundra is related to mycorrhizal recycling of nitrogen

(2021) Karina Engelbrecht Clemmensen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Pathways of tundra encroachment by trees and tall shrubs in the western Brooks Range of Alaska

(2020) Anna Terskaia et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Rhizosphere allocation by canopy‐forming species dominates soil CO 2 efflux in a subarctic landscape

(2020) Thomas C. Parker et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Optimized metabarcoding with Pacific biosciences enables semi‐quantitative analysis of fungal communities

(2020) Carles Castaño et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Interaction between tannins and fungal necromass stabilizes fungal residues in boreal forest soils

(2019) Bartosz Adamczyk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Eighteen years of ecological monitoring reveals multiple lines of evidence for tundra vegetation change

(2019) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Status and trends in Arctic vegetation: Evidence from experimental warming and long-term monitoring

(2019) Anne D. Bjorkman et al.   AMBIO

Experimental evidence of the long‐term effects of reindeer on Arctic vegetation greenness and species richness at a larger landscape scale

(2019) Maja K Sundqvist et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Hiding in the background: community-level patterns in invertebrate herbivory across the tundra biome

(2019) Sarah I. Rheubottom et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Global mycorrhizal plant distribution linked to terrestrial carbon stocks

(2019) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   Nature Communications

Removal of grazers alters the response of tundra soil carbon to warming and enhanced nitrogen availability

(2019) Henni Ylänne et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Exploring drivers of litter decomposition in a greening Arctic: Results from a transplant experiment across a tree-line

(2018) Thomas C. Parker et al.   ECOLOGY

Multiple Feedbacks Contribute to a Centennial Legacy of Reindeer on Tundra Vegetation

(2018) Dagmar Egelkraut et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Contrasting effects of ectomycorrhizal fungi on early and late stage decomposition in a boreal forest

(2018) Erica Sterkenburg et al.   ISME Journal

Melanization of mycorrhizal fungal necromass structures microbial decomposer communities

(2018) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Reindeer grazing alter soil fungal community structure and litter decomposition related enzyme activities in boreal coniferous forests in Finnish Lapland

(2018) Minna Santalahti et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Protax -fungi: a web-based tool for probabilistic taxonomic placement of fungal internal transcribed spacer sequences

(2018) Kessy Abarenkov et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Implications of evergreen shrub expansion in the Arctic

(2018) Tage Vowles et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil fertility in boreal forest relates to root-driven nitrogen retention and carbon sequestration in the mor layer

(2018) Julia Kyaschenko et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of large herbivores on tundra vegetation in a changing climate, and implications for rewilding

(2018) Johan Olofsson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle

(2018) Oswald J. Schmitz et al.   SCIENCE

Circumpolar arctic tundra biomass and productivity dynamics in response to projected climate change and herbivory

(2017) Qin Yu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Shift in fungal communities and associated enzyme activities along an age gradient of managed Pinus sylvestris stands

(2017) Julia Kyaschenko et al.   ISME Journal

Expansion of deciduous tall shrubs but not evergreen dwarf shrubs inhibited by reindeer in Scandes mountain range

(2017) Tage Vowles et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

PacBio metabarcoding of Fungi and other eukaryotes: errors, biases and perspectives

(2017) Leho Tedersoo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Complex effects of mammalian grazing on extramatrical mycelial biomass in the Scandes forest-tundra ecotone

(2017) Tage Vowles et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Biotic interactions mediate patterns of herbivore diversity in the Arctic

(2016) I. C. Barrio et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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(2016) Russell V. Lenth   Journal of Statistical Software

Dead fungal mycelium in forest soil represents a decomposition hotspot and a habitat for a specific microbial community

(2016) Vendula Brabcová et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant production and nitrogen accumulation above- and belowground in low and tall birch tundra communities: the influence of snow and litter

(2016) Mathew R. Vankoughnett et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Mammalian herbivores confer resilience of Arctic shrub-dominated ecosystems to changing climate

(2015) Elina Kaarlejärvi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rapid carbon turnover beneath shrub and tree vegetation is associated with low soil carbon stocks at a subarctic treeline

(2015) Thomas C. Parker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Vegetation shift from deciduous to evergreen dwarf shrubs in response to selective herbivory offsets carbon losses: evidence from 19 years of warming and simulated herbivory in the subarctic tundra

(2015) Henni Ylänne et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Insensitivity of Soil Microbial Activity to Temporal Variation in Soil N in Subarctic Tundra: Evidence from Responses to Large Migratory Grazers

(2014) Sari Stark et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Long-term Impacts of Contrasting Management of Large Ungulates in the Arctic Tundra-Forest Ecotone: Ecosystem Structure and Climate Feedback

(2014) Martin Biuw et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

EctomycorrhizalCortinariusspecies participate in enzymatic oxidation of humus in northern forest ecosystems

(2014) Inga T. M. Bödeker et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon sequestration is related to mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during long-term succession in boreal forests

(2014) Karina E. Clemmensen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Caribou exclusion during a population low increases deciduous and evergreen shrub species biomass and nitrogen pools in low Arctic tundra

(2013) Tara J. Zamin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fungal community analysis by high-throughput sequencing of amplified markers - a user's guide

(2013) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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(2013) Paul J. McMurdie et al.   PLoS One

Effect of reindeer grazing on snowmelt, albedo and energy balance based on satellite data analyses

(2013) Juval Cohen et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

Ecosystem Impacts of a Range Expanding Forest Defoliator at the Forest-Tundra Ecotone

(2012) Jane U. Jepsen et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Landscape Heterogeneity of Shrub Expansion in Arctic Alaska

(2012) Ken D. Tape et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

New primers to amplify the fungal ITS2 region - evaluation by 454-sequencing of artificial and natural communities

(2012) Katarina Ihrmark et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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(2012) Yi Wang et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A potential loss of carbon associated with greater plant growth in the European Arctic

(2012) Iain P. Hartley et al.   Nature Climate Change

A century of tree line changes in sub-Arctic Sweden shows local and regional variability and only a minor influence of 20th century climate warming

(2011) Rik Van Bogaert et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Carbon balance of Arctic tundra under increased snow cover mediated by a plant pathogen

(2011) Johan Olofsson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST

(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

Disruption of root carbon transport into forest humus stimulates fungal opportunists at the expense of mycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Björn D Lindahl et al.   ISME Journal

The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi - recent updates and future perspectives

(2010) Kessy Abarenkov et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Seasonal grazing effects by semi-domesticated reindeer on subarctic mountain birch forests

(2010) Jouko Kumpula et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

An experimental comparison of chemical traits and litter decomposition rates in a diverse range of subarctic bryophyte, lichen and vascular plant species

(2009) Simone I. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Long- and short-term effects of reindeer grazing on tundra wetland vegetation

(2008) Heidi Kitti et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Opposing plant community responses to warming with and without herbivores

(2008) E. Post et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA