Vegetation type influences particulate organic matter storage along a low Arctic vegetation gradient
Lewis Sauerland, Rica Wegner, Andrei Moise, Lukas Kohl, Jenie Gil, Birgit Wild · 2025
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Six researchers study how Arctic vegetation shapes soil carbon storage in a paper from 2025. Permafrost soils hold a large share of the world's soil carbon. Warming is pushing shrubs and trees into tundra, which may change how that carbon cycles. The team compared soils under four plant types, from grassy tussocks to spruce trees. They separated loose plant debris from mineral-bound matter and measured carbon and nitrogen in each.
Debris held a large share of the soil's wood-like carbon. Soils under alder shrubs stored the most debris carbon at all depths. Grass soils kept less degraded debris in deep, wet layers. The authors say which plants spread will steer future carbon storage.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lewis Sauerland, Rica Wegner, Andrei Moise, Lukas Kohl, Jenie Gil, Birgit Wild |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |