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Peer-reviewed publications

Claudia Guidi, Frank Hagedorn, Gesche Blume-Werry, Eveline J. Krab, Signe Lett, Sylvain Monteux, Emily P. Pedersen, Maria Väisänen & Konstantin Gavazov (2026). Disentangling organic matter inputs and outputs during litter decomposition using C4-plant teabags. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2026.110151

Leah Kirchhoff, Konstantin Gavazov, Gesche Blume-Werry, Eveline J. Krab, Signe Lett, Emily P. Pedersen, Martina Peter, Stefanie Pfister, Maria Väisänen & Sylvain Monteux (2024). Microbial community composition unaffected by mycorrhizal plant removal in sub-arctic tundra, Fungal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101342

Sylvain Monteux, Gesche Blume-Werry, Konstantin Gavazov, Leah Kirchhoff, Eveline J. Krab, Signe Lett, Emily P. Pedersen & Maria Väisänen (2023).  Controlling biases in targeted plant removal experiments, New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19386

Master and Bachelor Theses

Juliana Almeida "Plant communities change above- and belowground based on mycorrhizal associations in subarctic tundra" Master Thesis 2026, Umeå University, https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-251592

Clara Meis "Effects of Plant Removal on Plant Performance and Community Composition in Subarctic Heath Vegetation" Bachelor Thesis 2024, University of Greifswald

Luca Dettmers "Effects of mycorrhizal type on decomposition and root growth in the Subarctic" Bachelor Thesis 2023, University of Greifswald

Janne Welling "Effects of plant removal experiments on nutrient and isotope composition of plants of different mycorrhizal association in subarctic tundra" Master Thesis 2023, University of Oulu

Patrick Schmitt "Effect of mycorrhizal composition on carbon fluxes in a subarctic tundra ecosystem” Bachelor Thesis 2022, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Henrike Lange "The effect of mycorrhizal associations and vegetation cover on litter decomposition in subarctic tundra" Bachelor Thesis 2022, University of Greifswald

Anika Mayr "Plant-plant interactions and the influence of mycorrhiza in a subarctic tundra heath - a neighbour removal study" Bachelor Thesis 2022, University of Greifswald

Leah Kirchhoff "Impact of vegetation mycorrhizal type on fungal community composition in arctic tundra." Master Thesis 2021, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU

Paul Schulz "Influence of Vegetation Cover and Mycorrhizal Types on Litter Decomposition in Arctic Heath Vegetation Soil. A Tea Bag Study." Bachelor Thesis 2021, University of Greifswald

Funding

The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography 2026
Synthesizing data to unravel belowground changes in a shrubifying Arctic
Awarded to Eveline Krab

Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne 2026

Kan svampar påverka klimatet genom kolinlagring i arktisk tundra?
Awarded to Eveline Krab

Magnus  Bergvalls stiftelse 2026

Kan svampar påverka klimatet genom kolinlagring i arktisk tundra?
Awarded to Eveline Krab

Göran Gustafssons stiftelse för natur och miljö i Lappland 2026

Säkring av långsiktig experimentell tundraforskning i Abisko: kontinuitet, innovation och samverkan
Awarded to Eveline Krab

Göran Gustafssons stiftelse för natur och miljö i Lappland 2025

Växternas svar på tundrans förändringar: från rot till skott
Awarded to Eveline Krab

Göran Gustafssons stiftelse för natur och miljö i Lappland 2024

Hur pågående förändringar i tundravegetationen påverkar markens mikroorganismer och deras funktion
Awarded to Eveline Krab

Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse 2024

Plant-soil microbiome structure and function in the changing Arctic
Awarded to Emily Pickering Pedersen

Göran Gustafssons stiftelse för natur och miljö i Lappland 2023
Awarded to Eveline Krab

Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse 2022
The spore who came in from the cold: how fungal symbionts shape Arctic tundra plant-soil carbon cycling
Awarded to Sylvain Monteux

Bolin Centre for Climate Research - Research Theme 2 program call 2022
Assessing the role of arctic greening on the tundra carbon balance
Awarded to Sylvain Monteux

Oulu University - Arctic Interactions Research Opportunities High Risk High Reward program 2022
Revolutionary tools for revealing the impacts of climate change in Arctic tundra
Awarded to Maria Väisänen

Swiss Polar Institute Exploratory Grant 2021
Arctic greening and its climate change feedback: cascading long-term effects of above- and belowground linkages
Awarded to Konstantin Gavazov

The Osk. Huttunen Foundation postdoctoral fellowship 2020
Suntanned fungi the guardians of atmospheric greenhouse gases
Awarded to Maria Väisänen

Oskar Öflund 2019
Mykorritsasienet ja maaperän alkuainekierto tundralla
Awarded to Maria Väisänen

Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse 2019
Kan svampar påverka klimatet genom kolinlagring i arktisk tundra?
Awarded to Maria Väisänen

ARCUM strategic resource fund for affiliated researchers at Umeå University 2018
Awarded to Sylvain Monteux

WSL Innovative Project 2018
Seeing the wood for the trees: the elusive function of dark spetate root endophytes in carbon-rich polar and alpine ecosystems
Awarded to Konstantin Gavazov
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