Warming effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands are modulated by vegetation composition

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 16; no. 10; pp. 1285 - 1293
• Main Authors: Ward, Susan E, Ostle, Nicholas J, Oakley, Simon, Quirk, Helen, Henrys, Peter A, Bardgett, Richard D, Putten, Wim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2013; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; botanical composition; Carbon cycle; carbon dioxide; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; Carbon Sequestration; carbon sinks; CH 4; CH4; Climate change; CO 2; CO2; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Global Warming; greenhouse gas; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Methane - metabolism; N2O; peatland; Peatlands; plant communities; plant community composition; plant functional group; Plants - metabolism; Poaceae; Soil; Vegetation; warming; Warming; Floristic composition; Plant community; CH; plant community composition; Carbon dioxide; peatland; CO; Peat bog; N; O; Carbon cycle; Greenhouse gas; plant functional group; Nitrogen protoxide; Functional group; CO 2; CH 4; warming; N2O; greenhouse gas

Understanding the effects of warming on greenhouse gas feedbacks to climate change represents a major global challenge. Most research has focused on direct effects of warming, without considering how concurrent changes in plant communities may alter such effects. Here, we combined vegetation manipul...