Gustaf Granath
Researcher at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Plant Ecology and Evolution
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 203 21 76
- E-mail:
- gustaf.granath@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-3632-9102
Short presentation
I am a plant and ecosystem ecologist that try to understand how the boreal forests and wetlands respond to global change (climate change, fire, pollution such as N deposition, and management).My research includes genetics, plant community and biodiversity, ecosystem functions (e.g. plant production, decomposition, N fixation), and ecosystem flows (carbon flux, nitrogen cycling). My main study system is peatlands, i.e. wetlands dominated by peat mosses (Sphagnum).
Research
I work across scales: from genes and microbes to whole ecosystems and I try to close the gap between biogeochemistry and ecological/evolutionary processes when predicting ecosystem responses. Hence my research includes genetics, plant community and biodiversity, ecosystem functions (e.g. plant production, decomposition, N fixation), and ecosystem flows (carbon flux, nitrogen cycling). My main study system is peatlands, i.e. wetlands dominated by peat mosses (Sphagnum). I am involved in both applied (e.g. management and restoration) and more curiosity-driven research. Current main research topics are:
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impact of global change on peat moss growth and their microbiome (e.g. N fixation)
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local adaptation in peat mosses
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ecosystem and community responses to boreal fires: peatlands and forests (wildfires, and prescribed fires for conservation)
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forest management and carbon sequestration

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Biogeosciences, p. 3491-3506, 2019
- DOI for Assessing the peatland hummock-hollow classification framework using high-resolution elevation models: implications for appropriate complexity ecosystem modeling
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 3089-3100, 2019
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Scaling functional traits to ecosystem processes: Towards a mechanistic understanding in peat mosses
Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 843-859, 2019
- DOI for Scaling functional traits to ecosystem processes: Towards a mechanistic understanding in peat mosses
- Download full text (pdf) of Scaling functional traits to ecosystem processes: Towards a mechanistic understanding in peat mosses
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 16-25, 2018
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Part of Biogeosciences, p. 5189-5202, 2018
- DOI for Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges
- Download full text (pdf) of Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges
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Part of Ambio, p. 298-306, 2018
- DOI for Coordination through databases can improve prescribed burning as a conservation tool to promote forest biodiversity
- Download full text (pdf) of Coordination through databases can improve prescribed burning as a conservation tool to promote forest biodiversity
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Evolution of niche preference in Sphagnum peat mosses
Part of Evolution, p. 90-103, 2015
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Part of Ecosphere, p. 133, 2014
- DOI for Fine-scale dynamics and community stability in boreal peatlands: revisiting a fen and a bog in Sweden after 50 years
- Download full text (pdf) of Fine-scale dynamics and community stability in boreal peatlands: revisiting a fen and a bog in Sweden after 50 years
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Rapid ecosystem shifts in peatlands: Linking plant physiology and succession
Part of Ecology, p. 3047-3056, 2010
Recent publications
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Fostering Peat Moss Feedbacks to Accelerate Peatland Restoration
Part of Global Change Biology, 2026
- DOI for Fostering Peat Moss Feedbacks to Accelerate Peatland Restoration
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Part of Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2026
- DOI for WaterLANDS: A Database of Carbon Stocks, GHG Fluxes and Biodiversity Indicators in Restored European Wetlands
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Part of Forest Ecology and Management, 2026
- DOI for Disrupting tree continuity through clearcut forestry can alter the climate sensitivity of future tree growth in northern Sweden
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Wildfire, salvage logging and warming: Their interactive effects on boreal conifer reforestation
Part of Journal of Applied Ecology, p. 2657-2675, 2025
- DOI for Wildfire, salvage logging and warming: Their interactive effects on boreal conifer reforestation
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Part of Biogeosciences, p. 6427-6443, 2025
- DOI for Unpacking climate effects on boreal tree growth: an analysis of tree-ring widths across temperature and soil moisture gradients
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2026
- DOI for WaterLANDS: A Database of Carbon Stocks, GHG Fluxes and Biodiversity Indicators in Restored European Wetlands
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Part of Forest Ecology and Management, 2026
- DOI for Disrupting tree continuity through clearcut forestry can alter the climate sensitivity of future tree growth in northern Sweden
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Wildfire, salvage logging and warming: Their interactive effects on boreal conifer reforestation
Part of Journal of Applied Ecology, p. 2657-2675, 2025
- DOI for Wildfire, salvage logging and warming: Their interactive effects on boreal conifer reforestation
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Part of Biogeosciences, p. 6427-6443, 2025
- DOI for Unpacking climate effects on boreal tree growth: an analysis of tree-ring widths across temperature and soil moisture gradients
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The PeatPic project: predicting plot-scale green leaf phenology across peatlands
Part of Environmental Research Letters, 2025
- DOI for The PeatPic project: predicting plot-scale green leaf phenology across peatlands
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Genetic structure of the Sphagnum magellanicum (Sphagnaceae) complex in Europe
Part of The Bryologist, p. 474-486, 2025
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Best practices in European wetland restoration: a review of manuals and guidelines
Part of Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2025
- DOI for Best practices in European wetland restoration: a review of manuals and guidelines
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Host Species-Microbiome Interactions Contribute to Sphagnum Moss Growth Acclimation to Warming
Part of Global Change Biology, 2025
- DOI for Host Species-Microbiome Interactions Contribute to Sphagnum Moss Growth Acclimation to Warming
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Fertilizer-induced soil carbon rapidly disappears after clearcutting in boreal production forests
Part of Journal of Applied Ecology, p. 1202-1215, 2025
- DOI for Fertilizer-induced soil carbon rapidly disappears after clearcutting in boreal production forests
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Part of Journal of Environmental Management, 2025
- DOI for How does forest fertilization influence tree productivity of boreal forests?: An analysis of data from commercial forestry across Sweden
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Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog
Part of Ecosystems, p. 278-294, 2024
- DOI for Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog
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Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
Part of Urban Ecosystems, p. 1027-1039, 2024
- DOI for Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
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Variations in water economy traits in two Sphagnum species across their distribution boundaries
Part of American Journal of Botany, 2024
- DOI for Variations in water economy traits in two Sphagnum species across their distribution boundaries
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Part of Ecological Engineering, 2024
- DOI for Assessing moss transplant methods to enhance Sphagnum moss recovery in post-wildfire hydrophobic peat
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Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release
Part of Nature Climate Change, p. 456-461, 2023
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Wild boar (Sus scrofa) has minor effects on soil nutrient and carbon dynamics
Part of Ecoscience, p. 84-96, 2023
- DOI for Wild boar (Sus scrofa) has minor effects on soil nutrient and carbon dynamics
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2023
- DOI for Fire severity as a key determinant of aboveground and belowground biological community recovery in managed even-aged boreal forests
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Remaining forests on the Central Highlands of Madagascar: Endemic and endangered aquatic beetle fauna uncovered
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Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
Part of Science, 2022
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Part of Functional Ecology, p. 392-405, 2022
- DOI for Links between boreal forest management, soil fungal communities and below-ground carbon sequestration
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Part of Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
- DOI for Draft Metagenome Sequences of the Sphagnum (Peat Moss) Microbiome from Ambient and Warmed Environments across Europe
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Part of Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.), 2022
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The impact of wildfire on biogeochemical fluxes and water quality in boreal catchments
Part of Biogeosciences, p. 3243-3261, 2021
- DOI for The impact of wildfire on biogeochemical fluxes and water quality in boreal catchments
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Forest management to increase carbon sequestration in boreal Pinus sylvestris forests
Part of Plant and Soil, p. 165-178, 2021
- DOI for Forest management to increase carbon sequestration in boreal Pinus sylvestris forests
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 2021
- DOI for Significant Emissions From Forest Drainage Ditches: An Unaccounted Term in Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Inventories?
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Disturbance interval modulates the starting point for vegetation succession
Part of Ecology, 2021
- DOI for Disturbance interval modulates the starting point for vegetation succession
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Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 504-518, 2021
- DOI for Crown-fire severity is more important than ground-fire severity in determining soil fungal community development in the boreal forest
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Part of Journal of Vegetation Science, 2021
- DOI for Burn severity and soil chemistry are weak drivers of early vegetation succession following a boreal mega-fire in a production forest landscape
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Climatic drivers of Sphagnum species distributions
Part of Frontiers of Biogeography, 2021
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Mechanisms behind species-specific water economy responses to water level drawdown in peat mosses
Part of Annals of Botany, p. 219-230, 2020
- DOI for Mechanisms behind species-specific water economy responses to water level drawdown in peat mosses
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A meta-analysis of crop response patterns to nitrogen limitation for improved model representation
Part of PLOS ONE, 2019
- DOI for A meta-analysis of crop response patterns to nitrogen limitation for improved model representation
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Part of Biogeosciences, p. 3491-3506, 2019
- DOI for Assessing the peatland hummock-hollow classification framework using high-resolution elevation models: implications for appropriate complexity ecosystem modeling
- Download full text (pdf) of Assessing the peatland hummock-hollow classification framework using high-resolution elevation models: implications for appropriate complexity ecosystem modeling
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 3089-3100, 2019
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Scaling functional traits to ecosystem processes: Towards a mechanistic understanding in peat mosses
Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 843-859, 2019
- DOI for Scaling functional traits to ecosystem processes: Towards a mechanistic understanding in peat mosses
- Download full text (pdf) of Scaling functional traits to ecosystem processes: Towards a mechanistic understanding in peat mosses
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Part of Journal of Applied Ecology, p. 1658-1667, 2018
- DOI for Trade-offs in berry production and biodiversity under prescribed burning and retention regimes in boreal forests
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 16-25, 2018
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Part of Biogeosciences, p. 5189-5202, 2018
- DOI for Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges
- Download full text (pdf) of Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges
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Part of The Science of Nature, 2018
- DOI for Unpacking multi-trophic herbivore-grass-endophyte interactions: feedbacks across different scales in vegetation responses to Soay sheep herbivory
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Part of Ambio, p. 298-306, 2018
- DOI for Coordination through databases can improve prescribed burning as a conservation tool to promote forest biodiversity
- Download full text (pdf) of Coordination through databases can improve prescribed burning as a conservation tool to promote forest biodiversity
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Similarity in G matrix structure among natural populations of Arabidopsis lyrata
Part of Evolution, p. 2370-2386, 2016
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Evolution of niche preference in Sphagnum peat mosses
Part of Evolution, p. 90-103, 2015
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Part of Ecosphere, p. 133, 2014
- DOI for Fine-scale dynamics and community stability in boreal peatlands: revisiting a fen and a bog in Sweden after 50 years
- Download full text (pdf) of Fine-scale dynamics and community stability in boreal peatlands: revisiting a fen and a bog in Sweden after 50 years
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 408-418, 2012
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Direct physiological effects of nitrogen on Sphagnum: a greenhouse experiment
Part of Functional Ecology, p. 353-364, 2012
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 496-507, 2011
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Rapid ecosystem shifts in peatlands: Linking plant physiology and succession
Part of Ecology, p. 3047-3056, 2010
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Photosynthetic performance in Sphagnum transplanted along a latitudinal nitrogen deposition gradient
Part of Oecologia, p. 705-715, 2009
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Physiological responses to nitrogen and sulphur addition and raised temperature in Sphagnum balticum
Part of Oecologia, p. 481-490, 2009
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Part of Ecography, p. 422-430, 2007