Soil microbiome structure and function reflect environmental variation rather than reindeer presence in a northern peatland
Tommi Välikangas, Hannu Fritze, Juha‐Matti Pitkänen, Krista Peltoniemi, Eeva Järvi-Laturi, Torben R. Christensen, Maria Väisänen, Juho Lämsä, Riku Paavola, Jenni Hultman
The paper examines how reindeer exclusion and snow depth manipulations affect soil microbial communities and greenhouse gas cycling in a peatland, finding that hydrology and vegetation are more influential than reindeer presence.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology · Jul 7, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology