Granath lab

Plant and ecosystem ecology

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:

impact of global change on peat moss growth and their microbiome (e.g. N fixation)
local adaptation in peat mosses
ecosystem and community responses to boreal fires: peatlands and forests (wildfires, and prescribed fires for conservation)
forest management and carbon sequestration

Group members

Research leader: Gustaf Granath

Group members: Sahra Gibson, Julia Kyaschenko

Publications

Assessing moss transplant methods to enhance Sphagnum moss recovery in post-wildfire hydrophobic peat

Gage, H. J. M.; Moore, P. A.; Mackinnon, B.; Granath, Gustaf et al.

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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Fire severity as a key determinant of aboveground and belowground biological community recovery in managed even-aged boreal forests

Perez-Izquierdo, Leticia; Bengtsson, Jan; Clemmensen, Karina E.; Granath, Gustaf et al.

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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Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release

Wilkinson, S. L.; Andersen, R.; Moore, P. A.; Davidson, S. J. et al.

Part of Nature Climate Change, p. 456-461, 2023
- DOI for Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release
Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog

Colson, Daniel W.; Morris, Paul J.; Smith, Mark W.; Rydin, Håkan et al.

Part of Ecosystems, 2023
- DOI for Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog
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Wild boar (Sus scrofa) has minor effects on soil nutrient and carbon dynamics

Lundgren, Andreas; Strengbom, Joachim; Granath, Gustaf

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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Weather Factors in Different Growing Periods Determine Inter-Annual Change in Growth of Four Sphagnum Species: Evidence from an Eight-Year Study

Koronatova, Natalia G.; Kosykh, Natalia P.; Saib, Ekaterina A.; Stepanova, Vera A. et al.

Part of Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.), 2022
- DOI for Weather Factors in Different Growing Periods Determine Inter-Annual Change in Growth of Four Sphagnum Species: Evidence from an Eight-Year Study
Draft Metagenome Sequences of the Sphagnum (Peat Moss) Microbiome from Ambient and Warmed Environments across Europe

Piatkowski, Bryan T.; Carper, Dana L.; Carrell, Alyssa A.; Chen, I-Min A. et al.

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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Links between boreal forest management, soil fungal communities and below-ground carbon sequestration

Jorgensen, Karolina; Granath, Gustaf; Strengbom, Joachim; Lindahl, Bjorn D.

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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Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover

Santangelo, James S.; Ness, Rob W.; Cohan, Beata; Fitzpatrick, Connor R. et al.

Part of Science, 2022
- DOI for Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
Remaining forests on the Central Highlands of Madagascar: Endemic and endangered aquatic beetle fauna uncovered

Ranarilalatiana, Tolotra; Razafindraleva, Herisolo Andrianiaina; Granath, Gustaf; Malm, Rasa Bukontaite et al.

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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Research areas

Plant Ecology and Evolution