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Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath

TitleTwo decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsWubs E.RJ, Woodin S.J, Stutter M.I, Wipf S., Sommerkorn M., van der Wal R.
JournalSoil Biology and Biochemistry
Volume124
Pagination101-104
Date PublishedSep
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0038-0717
Accession NumberWOS:000444358200011
KeywordsAgriculture, Alpine moss heath, Carbon cycling, Carry-over effects, Climate change, communities, diversity, dynamics, ecosystems, growing-season, Hardwood forests, manipulation, microbial community, patterns, Soil legacy, tundra soils, winter
Abstract

Snow strongly affects ecosystem functioning in alpine environments with potential carry-over effects outside of snow periods. However, it is unclear whether changes in snow cover affect microbial community functioning in summer. In a field experiment, we tested whether manipulation of snow cover affected the functional capabilities of the microbial community either directly, or indirectly through concomitant changes in the vegetation. While 23 years of differential snow depth and persistence fundamentally changed the vegetation composition, the microbial community's ability to catabolize a range of carbon compounds was not altered. Instead, soil moisture content was the key driver of carbon catabolism by the microbial community.
Short TitleSoil Biol. Biochem.Soil Biol. Biochem.
Alternate JournalSoil Biol. Biochem. 
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Wubs, E. R. Jasper Woodin, Sarah J. Stutter, Marc I. Wipf, Sonja Sommerkorn, Martin van der Wal, Rene
Wubs, Jasper/E-8102-2010; Wipf, Sonja/A-5075-2010; KNAW, NIOO-KNAW/A-4320-2012
Wubs, Jasper/0000-0002-2925-9222; Wipf, Sonja/0000-0002-3492-1399; KNAW, NIOO-KNAW/0000-0002-3835-159X
ERASMUS exchange scholarship (European Union) [UU-ER/2008/006730]; James Hutton Institute; University of Aberdeen; Swiss National Science FoundationSwiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [PBZHA-117043]; de Giacomi foundation; HH Schaefer foundation
We are grateful to Christian Rixen for his help in the field and Clare Cameron, Yvonne Cook and Roxane Andersen for their help in the lab. ERJW was supported by an ERASMUS exchange scholarship (European Union, UU-ER/2008/006730) and analyses were funded by the James Hutton Institute and the University of Aberdeen. SW was funded by Swiss National Science Foundation grant PBZHA-117043 and the de Giacomi and HH Schaefer foundations. The data are available from the Dryad Digital Repository: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.85hg502.
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