• Impacts of Vegetation and Temperature Changes on Carbon Cycling Microbial Communities in Arctic Wetlands 

      Bender, Kathrin Marina (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2023-11-20)
      Climate change causes disturbances to soil environments. Such disturbances include shifts in vegetation composition and rising temperatures, which can impact the microbial communities involved in soil carbon cycling. In this thesis, my emphasis was centered on two main aspects: the effects of vegetation changes, caused by herbivory, and the effects of temperature changes on the soil organic matter ...
    • Microbial responses to herbivory-induced vegetation changes in a high-Arctic peatland 

      Bender, Kathrin Marina; Svenning, Mette Marianne; Hu, Yuntao; Richter, Andreas; Schückel, Julia; Jørgensen, Bodil; Liebner, Susanne; Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-30)
      Herbivory by barnacle geese (<i>Branta leucopsis</i>) alters the vegetation cover and reduces ecosystem productivity in high-Arctic peatlands, limiting the carbon sink strength of these ecosystems. Here we investigate how herbivory-induced vegetation changes affect the activities of peat soil microbiota using metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and targeted metabolomics in a comparison of fenced ...