The freezer defrosting: global warming and litter decomposition rates in cold biomes

By Rien Aerts. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Microclimate impacts of passive warming methods in Antarctica: implications for climate change studies (2011, background): “being the most limiting factor for many Antarctic species (Kennedy 1993), increases or decreases could negate possible positive effects of warming, a proposition also supported by studies in the Arctic (Aerts 2006).”
Increased plant productivity in Alaskan tundra as a result of experimental warming of soil and permafrost (2012, background): “On the one hand, warming may increase microbial decomposition rates and organic substrate availability as previously frozen soil organic matter warms and thaws (Aerts 2006; Davidson & Janssens 2006; Grogan & Jonasson 2006; Larsen et al. 2007; Natali et al. 2011).”
Tree species identity alters forest litter decomposition through long‐term plant and soil interactions in Patagonia, Argentina (2008, background): “2000), there is increasing recognition that the relative importance of these controls varies across ecosystem type (Aerts 2006; Austin & Vivanco 2006).”
Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change (2009, background): “The rate and pathway of litter decomposition is controlled by a hierarchy of factors, with climate (temperature and moisture), litter quality, and the soil food web being the most important (Swift et al., 1979; Lavelle et al., 1993; Aerts, 2006).”
Drought‐resistant fungi control soil organic matter decomposition and its response to temperature (2011, background): “…or specific) of the soil microbial community may positively affect SOM decomposition (Deacon, 1985; Robinson, 1993; Wall, 1999; Hulot, 2000; Aerts, 2006; Strickland et al., 2009) or the activity of the microflora (Degens, 1998; Griffiths et al., 2000), the relation between the diversity…”
Long‐term experimental manipulation of climate alters the ectomycorrhizal community of Betula nana in Arctic tundra (2011, background): “…warming is associated with marked changes in terrestrial ecosystems, including increased microbial activity leading to increased plant N availability (Chapin, 1983; Nadelhoffer et al., 1992; Aerts, 2006) and faster carbon (C) turnover in Arctic soils (Hobbie & Chapin, 1998; Shaver et al., 2006).”
Turning northern peatlands upside down: disentangling microclimate and substrate quality effects on vertical distribution of Collembola (2010, background): “, Aerts, R., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Callaghan, T.V. & Van Logtestijn, R.S.P. (2004) Summer warming and increased winter snow cover affect Sphagnum fuscum growth, structure and production in a sub-arctic bog.”