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Spatial variability of organic matter properties determines methane fluxes in a tropical forested peatland (2018)
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Girkin, N. T., Vane, C. H., Cooper, H. V., Moss-Hayes, V., Craigon, J., Turner, B. L., …Sjögersten, S. (2019). Spatial variability of organic matter properties determines methane fluxes in a tropical forested peatland. Biogeochemistry, 142(2), 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0531-1

Tropical peatland ecosystems are a significant component of the global carbon cycle and feature a range of distinct vegetation types, but the extent of links between contrasting plant species, peat biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas fluxes remains un... Read More about Spatial variability of organic matter properties determines methane fluxes in a tropical forested peatland.

Composition and concentration of root exudate analogues regulate greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peat (2018)
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Girkin, N., Turner, B., Ostle, N., & Sjögersten, S. (2018). Composition and concentration of root exudate analogues regulate greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peat. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 127, 280-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.09.033

Tropical peatlands are a significant carbon store and source of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) to the atmosphere. Plants can contribute to these gas emissions through the release of root exudates, including sugars and organic acids amongst ot... Read More about Composition and concentration of root exudate analogues regulate greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peat.

Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (2018)
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Marshall, C., Large, D. J., Athab, A., Evers, S. L., Sowter, A., Marsh, S., & Sjögersten, S. (2018). Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Engineering Geology, 244, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.07.015

Rapid population growth in South-East Asia has placed immense pressure upon lowland regions both to supply food and employment and space for residential, commercial and infrastructure development. This pressure has led to sites on tropical peatland p... Read More about Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Root-derived CO2 flux from a tropical peatland (2018)
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Girkin, N., Turner, B., Ostle, N., & Sjögersten, S. (2018). Root-derived CO2 flux from a tropical peatland. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 26(5), 985-991. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-018-9617-8

Tropical peatlands release significant quantities of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, yet the relative contributions of heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration to net CO2 fluxes remains sparsely quantified. We used a combination of in situ trenc... Read More about Root-derived CO2 flux from a tropical peatland.

Exploring drivers of litter decomposition in a greening Arctic: results from a transplant experiment across a tree-line (2018)
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Parker, T. C., Sanderman, J., Holden, R. D., Blume-Werry, G., Sjögersten, S., Large, D., …Wookey, P. A. (2018). Exploring drivers of litter decomposition in a greening Arctic: results from a transplant experiment across a tree-line. Ecology, 99(10), 2284-2294. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2442

Decomposition of plant litter is a key control over carbon (C) storage in the soil. The biochemistry of the litter being produced, the environment in which the decomposition is taking place, and the community composition and metabolism of the decompo... Read More about Exploring drivers of litter decomposition in a greening Arctic: results from a transplant experiment across a tree-line.

Does litter input determine carbon storage and peat organic chemistry in tropical peatlands? (2018)
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Upton, A., Vane, C. H., Girkin, N., Turner, B. L., & Sjögersten, S. (2018). Does litter input determine carbon storage and peat organic chemistry in tropical peatlands?. Geoderma, 326, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.03.030

Tropical peatlands hold large amounts of carbon but the influence of litter inputs and variation in peat properties with depth on carbon storage are poorly understood. Here we present a stratigraphy of peatland carbon stocks and accumulation through... Read More about Does litter input determine carbon storage and peat organic chemistry in tropical peatlands?.

Tropical peatland vegetation structure and biomass: optimal exploitation of airborne laser scanning (2018)
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Brown, C., Boyd, D., Sjögersten, S., Clewley, D., Evers, S., & Aplin, P. (2018). Tropical peatland vegetation structure and biomass: optimal exploitation of airborne laser scanning. Remote Sensing, 10(5), Article 671. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10050671

Accurate estimation of above ground biomass (AGB) is required to better understand the variability and dynamics of tropical peat swamp forest (PSF) ecosystem function and resilience to disturbance events. The objective of this work is to examine the... Read More about Tropical peatland vegetation structure and biomass: optimal exploitation of airborne laser scanning.

Temperature response of ex-situ greenhouse gas emissions from tropical peatlands: interactions between forest type and peat moisture conditions (2018)
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Sjögersten, S., Aplin, P., Gauci, V., Peacock, M., Siegenthaler, A., & Turner, B. (2018). Temperature response of ex-situ greenhouse gas emissions from tropical peatlands: interactions between forest type and peat moisture conditions. Geoderma, 324, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.02.029

Climate warming is likely to increase carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions from tropical wetlands by stimulating microbial activity, but the magnitude of temperature response of these CO2 and CH4 emissions, as well as variation in tempera... Read More about Temperature response of ex-situ greenhouse gas emissions from tropical peatlands: interactions between forest type and peat moisture conditions.

Nutrient limitation or home field advantage: does microbial community adaptation overcome nutrient limitation of litter decomposition in a tropical peatland? (2018)
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Hoyos-Santillan, J., Lomax, B. H., Turner, B. L., & Sjögersten, S. (in press). Nutrient limitation or home field advantage: does microbial community adaptation overcome nutrient limitation of litter decomposition in a tropical peatland?. Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12923

Litter decomposition is an important control on carbon accumulation in tropical peatlands. Stoichiometric theory suggests that decomposition is regulated by elemental ratios in litter while the home field advantage (HFA) hypothesis predicts that deco... Read More about Nutrient limitation or home field advantage: does microbial community adaptation overcome nutrient limitation of litter decomposition in a tropical peatland?.