• Assessing the responses of Sphagnum micro-eukaryotes to climate changes using high throughput sequencing 

      Reczuga, Monika Katarzyna; Seppey, Victor William Christophe; Mulot, Matthieu; Jassey, Vincent E.J.; Buttler, Alexandre; Slowinska, Sandra; Slowinski, Michal; Lara, Enrique; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Mitchell, Edward A.D. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-18)
      Current projections suggest that climate warming will be accompanied by more frequent and severe drought events. Peatlands store ca. one third of the world’s soil organic carbon. Warming and drought may cause peatlands to become carbon sources through stimulation of microbial activity increasing ecosystem respiration, with positive feedback effect on global warming. Micro-eukaryotes play a key role ...
    • Tipping point in plant-fungal interactions under severe drought causes abrupt rise in peatland ecosystem respiration 

      Jassey, Vincent E.J.; Reczuga, Monika Katarzyna; Zielinska, Malgorzata; Slowinska, Sandra; Robroek, Bjorn J M; Mariotte, Pierre; Seppey, Christophe Victor W.; Lara, Enrique; Barabach, Jan; Slowinski, Michal; Bragazza, Luca; Chojnicki, Bogdan H.; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Mitchell, Edward A.D.; Buttler, Alexandre (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-09)
      Ecosystems are increasingly prone to climate extremes, such as drought, with long‐lasting effects on both plant and soil communities and, subsequently, on carbon (C) cycling. However, recent studies underlined the strong variability in ecosystem's response to droughts, raising the issue of nonlinear responses in plant and soil communities. The conundrum is what causes ecosystems to shift in response ...