Outcomes
Publications
| 2023 | |
| 1 | Pärn, J., Espenberg, M., Soosaar, K., Kasak, K., Thayamkottu, S., Schindler, T., Ranniku, R., Sohar, K., Fachín Malaverri, L., Melling, L., and Mander, Ü., 2024. Nitrous oxide as second most important greenhouse gas in tropical peatlands, EGUsphere [preprint]. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-24 |
| 2 | Jauhiainen, J., Heikkinen, J., Clarke, N., He, H.X., Dalsgaard, L., Minkkinen, K., Ojanen, P., Vesterdal, L., Alm, J., Butlers, A., Callesen, I., Jordan, S., Lohila, A., Mander, Ü., Óskarsson, H., Sigurdsson, B.D., Søgaard, G., Soosaar, K., Kasimir, Å., Bjarnadottir, B., Lazdins, A., Laiho, R., 2023. Greenhouse gas emissions from drained organic forest soils – synthesizing data for site-specific emission factors for boreal and cool temperate regions. Biogeosciences 20, 4819–4839. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4819-2023 |
| 2024 | |
| 3 | Mander, Ü., Espenberg, M., Melling, L., Kull. A., 2023. Peatland restoration pathways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and retain peat carbon. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01103-1 |
| 4 | Kazmi, F.A., Espenberg, M., Pärn, J., Masta, M., Ranniku, R., Thayamkottu, S., Mander, Ü. 2024. Meltwater of freeze-thaw cycles drives N2O-governing microbial communities in a drained peatland forest soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-023-01790-w |
| 5 | Espenberg, M., Pille, K., Yang, B, Maddison, M., Abdalla, M., Smith, P., Li, X., Chan, P-L., Mander, Ü., 2024. Towards an integrated view on microbial CH4, N2O and N2 cycles in brackish coastal marsh soils: A comparative analysis of two sites, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170641 |
| 6 | Ranniku, R., Mander, Ü., Escuer-Gatius, J., Schindler, T., Kupper, P., Sellin, A., Soosaar, K. 2024. Dry and wet periods determine stem and soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a northern drained peatland forest. Science of the Total Environment. 928, 172452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172452 |
| 7 | Ranniku, R., Kazmi, F.A., Espenberg, M., Truupõld, J., Escuer-Gatius, J., Mander, Ü., Soosaar, K. 2024. Spring-time soil and tree stem greenhouse gas fluxes and the related soil microbiome pattern in a drained peatland forest. Submitted. |
| 8 | Ranniku, R., 2024. Impact of environmental conditions and soil microbiome on greenhouse gas fluxes from soil and tree stems in hemiboreal drained peatland forest. PhD Thesis. https://hdl.handle.net/10062/101982 |
| 9 | Gios, E., Verbruggen, E., Audet, J., Rachel Burns, R., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Espenberg, M., Fritz, C., Glatzel, S., Jurasinski, G., Larmola, T., Mander, Ü., Nielsen, C., Rodriguez, A.F., Scheer, C., Zak, D. and Silvennoinen, H.M., 2024. Unravelling microbial processes involved in carbon and nitrogen cycling and greenhouse gas emissions in rewetted peatlands by molecular biology. Biogeochemistry 167, 609–629 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01122-6 |
| 10 | Thayamkottu, S., Smallman, T. L., Pärn, J., Mander, U., Euskirchen, E., Kane, E. S., 2024. Greening of a boreal rich fen driven by CO2 fertilisation Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 359, ARTN 110261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110261 |
| 11 | Reiss, K., Mander, Ü., Öpik, M., Soosaar, K., Espenberg, M., 2024. Lühiajalise üleujutuse mõju mulla mikrobioloogilisele süsiniku- ja lämmastikuringele kaldaäärses lepikus. Publicationes Instituti Geographici Universitatis Tartuensis: Uurimusi eestikeelse geograafia 105. aastapäeval. (168−186). Pae, T., Pärn, J. (Edit.), Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus. |
| 12 | Espenberg, M., Pille, K., Yang, B., Maddison, M., Abdalla, M., Smith, P., Li, X., Chan, P.-L., Mander, Ü., 2024. Towards an integrated view on microbial CH4, N2O and N2 cycles in brackish coastal marsh soils: A comparative analysis of two sites. Science of the Total Environment, 918, 170641. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170641. |
| 2025 | |
| 13 | Thayamkottu, S., Masta, M., Skeeter, J., Pärn, J., Knox, S. H., Smallman, T. L., Mander, Ü., 2025. Dual controls of vapour pressure deficit and soil moisture on photosynthesis in a restored temperate bog. The Science of The Total Environment, 963 (178366), 178366. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178366 |
| 14 | Wong, G.X., Hirata, R., Hirano, T., Kiew, F., Waili, J.W., Mander, Ü., Soosaar, K., Melling, L., 2025. Impact of land conversion on environmental conditions and methane emissions from a tropical peatland. The Science of The Total Environment, 962, 178466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178466 |
| 15 | Midot F.,Goh K. M., Liew K. J., Lau Sharon Y. L., Espenberg M., Mander Ü., Melling L., 2025. Temporal dynamics of soil microbial C and N cycles with GHG fluxes in the transition from tropical peatland forest to oil palm plantation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 91, e01986-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01986-24 |
| 16 | Kuusemets, L.; Mander, Ü.; Escuer-Gatius, J.; Astover, A.; Kauer, K.; Soosaar, K.; Espenberg, M., 2025. Interactions of fertilisation and crop productivity in soil nitrogen cycle microbiome and gas emissions. Soil, 11 (1), 1−15. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-1-2025 |
| 17 | Mander, Ü., Öpik, M., Espenberg, M., 2025. Global peatland greenhouse gas dynamics: state of the art, processes, and perspectives. New Phytologist, 246 (1), 94−102. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20436 |
| 18 | Pärn, J., Thayamkottu, S., Öpik, M., Bahram, M., Tedersoo, L., Espenberg, M., Davison, J.A., Kasak, K., Maddison, M., Niinemets, Ü., Ostonen, I., Soosaar, K., Sohar, K., Zobel, M., Mander, Ü., 2025. Soil moisture and microbiome explain greenhouse gas exchange in global peatlands. Scientific Reports 15, 10153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92891-z |
| 19 | Pärn, J., Espenberg, M., Soosaar, K., Kasak, K., Thayamkottu, S., Schindler, T., Ranniku, R., Sohar, K., Fachin, L., Melling, L., Mander, Ü., 2025. Importance of N2O in greenhouse gas budgets of tropical peatlands. Frontiers in Environmental Science. Biogeochemical Dynamics Volume 13|, 1585537. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1585537 |
| 20 | Mander, Ü., Pärn, J., Espenberg, M., Peñuelas, J. 2025. Human-impacted natural ecosystems drive climate warming. Global Change Biology 31, 8, e70449. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70449 |
| 21 | Kazmi, F.A., Mander, Ü., Ranniku, R., Öpik, M., Püssa, K., Soosaar, K., Kasak, K., Masta, M., Ah-Peng, C., Espenberg, M., 2025. Nitrogen cycling genes abundance in soil and aboveground compartments of tropical peatland cloud forests and a wetland on Réunion Island. Scientific Reports 15, 27155. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12367-y |
| 22 | Deb, S., Espenberg, M., Well, R., Bucha, M., Jakubiak, M., Mander, Ü., Lewicka-Szczebak, D., 2025. N-transformations in nitrate-rich groundwaters: combined isotope and microbial approach. Biogeosciences 22, 5535–5556. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5535-2025 |
| 23 | Krasnova, A., Soosaar, K., Rogozin, S., Krasnov, D., Mander, Ü., 2025. Mature riparian alder forest acts as a strong and consistent carbon sink. . Biogeosciences, 22, 7089–7116. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-7089-2025 |
| 24 | Kasak, K., Dronova, I., Soosaar, K., Melling, L., Wong, X., Sangok, F., Ranniku, R., Villa, J., Bansal, S., Peac21ock, M., Mander, Ü. 2025. Greenhouse gas emissions from ditches in oil palm plantations on tropical peatlands in Malaysia. Scientific Reports 15, 37126. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-21094-3 |
| 25 | Krishnankutty, N., Gelbrecht, J., Petersen, R.J., Rayner, D., Lau, M.P., Frank, S., Andersen, R., Pärn, J., Mander, Ü., Kotowski, W., Liu, H., Iversen, B.V., Heckrath, G., Hansen, H.C.B., Hoffmann, C.C., Mäenpää, M.I., Goldhammer, T., Kull, A., Florea, A.F., Zak, D. 2025. A comprehensive porewater survey of European peatlands reveals sustained elevated phosphorus levels after 10–20 years of rewetting. Geoderma 463, 117554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117554 |
| 26 | Kuusemets, L., Mander, Ü., Escuer-Gatius, J., Astover, A., Kauer, K., Soosaar, K., Espenberg, M. 2025. Interactions of fertilisation and crop productivity in soil nitrogen cycle microbiome and gas emissions. SOIL 11, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-1-2025 |
| 2026 | |
| 27 | Kiew, F., Hirata, R., Hirano, T., Xhuan, W.G., Wenceslaus, J., San, L.K., Soosaar, K., Kasak, K., Mander, Ü., Melling, L. 2026. Carbon dioxide dynamics across three stages of tropical peatland conversion to oil palm plantations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 378, 110956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110956 |
| 28 | Rogozin, S., Krasnova, A., Mander, Ü., Uri, V., Soosaar, K. 2026. Long-term carbon sequestration and heatwave resilience in an old hemiboreal upland coniferous forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 376, 110895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110895 |
| 29 | Kamil-Sardar, M., Laiho, R., Jauhiainen, J., Butlers, A., Schindler, T., Vahter, H., Čiuldienė, D., Vigricas, E., Teemusk, A., Kull, A., Lazdiņš, A., Haberl, A., Bārdule, A., Līcīte, I., Samariks, V., Mander, Ü., Soosaar, K. 2026. Impact of drainage on soil CH4 and N2O fluxes in nutrient-rich hemiboreal peatland forests of Europe. Plant and Soil 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08920-x |
| 30 | Masta, M., Kazmi, F.A., Espenberg, M., Visnapuu, T., Sennett, L.B., Eving, L., Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Deb, S., Khanongnuch, R., Kuusemets, L., Kupper, P., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Mander, Ü. 2026. Transitional hypoxia during peatland water table fluctuations drives high N2O fluxes via shifting microbial pathways, Environmental Research 350, 124922 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2026.124922 |
| 31 | Thiyagarasaiyar, K., Paul, D., Kerttula, J., Keski-Karhu, M., Soosaar, K., Mander, Ü., Hallin, S., Machacova, K., Pumpanen, J., Siljanen, H.M.P. 2026. Genetic potential for N₂O metabolism in tree tissues: Insights into nitrogen cycling gene abundance and nosZ diversity across trees. Microbial Ecology 89, 116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-026-02773-8. |
| 32 | Uuemaa, E., Kmoch, A., Kull, A., Mõisja, K., Tominga, H.-I., Guamán-Pintado, P., Mander, Ü. 2026. National-scale geospatial modelling of recommended riparian buffer widths. Ecological Engineering 230, 108040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2026.108040 |
| 33 | Wangari, E.G., Teo, K.Y., Mwanake, R.M., Sangok, F.E., Lindang, H.U., Chaddy, A., Lau, S.Y.L., Khan, F., Busman, N.A., Lo, K.S., Vahter, H., Sardar, M.K., Kanger, K., Willibald, G., Ambus, P., Pihlatie, M., Soosaar, K., Espenberg, M., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Kiese, R., Mander, Ü., Melling, L. 2026. Linking nitrogen transformations and soil δ15N to assess drivers of nitrogen losses across a tropical peat swamp forest and an oil palm plantation. Journal of Environmental Managemen 413, 130427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.130427 |
