Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

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Persistent high temperature and low precipitation reduce peat carbon accumulation

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Constant Signarbieux, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek, Remy Jean Henry Albrecht

Extreme climate events are predicted to become more frequent and intense. Their ecological impacts, particularly on carbon cycling, can differ in relation to ecosystem sensitivity. Peatlands, being characterized by peat accumulation under waterlogged condi ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Peatland vascular plant functional types affect dissolved organic matter chemistry

Alexandre Buttler, Adrian Pulgarin, Luca Bragazza, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek, Remy Jean Henry Albrecht, Samuel Thomas Gabriel Hamard

Northern peatlands are large repositories of carbon. Peatland vascular plant community composition has been functionally associated to a set of biogeochemical processes such as carbon cycling. Yet, we do not fully understand to what extent vascular plant f ...

Springer2016

Experimental warming interacts with soil moisture to discriminate plant responses in an ombrotrophic peatland

Alexandre Buttler, Edward Mitchell, Cédric Pochelon, Luca Bragazza, Pierre Rémi Mariotte, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

QuestionA better understanding of the response of Sphagnum mosses and associated vascular plants to climate warming is relevant for predicting the carbon balance of peatlands in a warmer world. Open-top chambers (OTCs) have been used to investigate the eff ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Nitrogen and methanogen community composition within and among three Sphagnum dominated peatlands in Scandinavia

Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

2015

Peatland vascular plant functional types affect methane dynamics by altering microbial community structure

Robert Thomas Edmund Mills, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Peatlands are natural sources of atmospheric methane (CH4), an important greenhouse gas. It is established that peatland methane dynamics are controlled by both biotic and abiotic conditions, yet the interactive effect of these drivers is less studied and ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Seasonal influence of climate manipulation on microbial community structure and function in mountain soils

Alexandre Buttler, Thomas Spiegelberger, Konstantin Svetlozarov Gavazov, Robert Thomas Edmund Mills, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Microbial communities drive soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition through the production of a variety of extracellular enzymes. Climate change impact on soil microbial communities and soil enzymatic activities can therefore strongly affect SOM turnover, ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015

Subordinate plants mitigate drought effects on soil ecosystem processes by stimulating fungi

Alexandre Buttler, Pierre Rémi Mariotte, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

The subordinate insurance hypothesis suggests that highly diverse communities contain greater numbers of subordinate species than less diverse communities. It has previously been reported that subordinate species can improve grassland productivity durin ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

An unexpected role for mixotrophs in the response of peatland carbon cycling to climate warming

Alexandre Buttler, Enrique Lara, Edward Mitchell, Bertrand Fournier, Luca Bragazza, Robert Thomas Edmund Mills, Constant Signarbieux, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Mixotrophic protists are increasingly recognized for their significant contribution to carbon (C) cycling. As phototrophs they contribute to photosynthetic C fixation, whilst as predators of decomposers, they indirectly influence organic matter decompositi ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

Plant functional diversity drives niche-size-structure of dominant microbial consumers along a poor to extremely rich fen gradient

Mariusz Lamentowicz, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Plant community composition is recognized more and more for playing an important role in ecosystem processes, such as C cycling. In particular, plant functional type (PFT) composition seems to have a key regulatory role, yet the underlying mechanisms in ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Plant functional types define magnitude of drought response in peatland CO2 exchange

Luca Bragazza, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Peatlands are important sinks for atmospheric carbon (C), yet the role of plant functional types (PFTs) for C sequestration under climatic perturbations is still unclear. A plant-removal experiment was used to study the importance of vascular PFTs for the ...

Ecological Soc Amer2014

Microclimatological consequences for plant and microbial composition in Sphagnum-dominated peatlands

Luca Bragazza, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

In three Scandinavian peatlands we studied to what extent plant and microbial community compositions are governed by local-scale microhabitat, with a special interest in the effect of aspect (i.e. exposition of slopes). Despite differences in solar irradia ...

Finnish Environment Inst2014

Snow cover manipulation effects on microbial community structure and soil chemistry in a mountain bog

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Alterations in snow cover driven by climate change may impact ecosystem functioning, including biogeochemistry and soil (microbial) processes. We elucidated the effects of snow cover manipulation (SCM) on above-and belowground processes in a temperate peat ...

Springer Netherlands2013

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