N2O Budgets in Peatlands - from Process to Ecosystem

Project Information

PeatlandN2O

Grant agreement ID: 101096403

DOI

10.3030/101096403

EC signature date 17 August 2023

Start date 1 September 2023

End date 31 August 2028

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 3 498 875,00

EU contribution

€ 3 498 875,00

Coordinated by

TARTU ULIKOOL
Estonia

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (31)

A comprehensive porewater survey of European peatlands reveals sustained elevated phosphorus levels after 10–20 years of rewetting

Author(s): Nimisha Krishnankutty, Jörg Gelbrecht, Rasmus Jes Petersen, Dylan Rayner, Maximilian P. Lau, Stefan Frank, Roxane Andersen, Jaan Pärn, Ülo Mander, Wiktor Kotowski, Haojie Liu, Bo V. Iversen, Goswin Heckrath, Hans C.B. Hansen, Carl C. Hoffmann, Maarit I. Mäenpää, Tobias Goldhammer, Ain Kull, Adrian-Florin Florea, Dominik Zak
Published in: Geoderma, Issue 463, 2025, ISSN 0016-7061
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.GEODERMA.2025.117554

Scientific Reports

Author(s): Pärn, Jaan; Thayamkottu, Sandeep; Öpik, Maarja; Bahram, Mohammad; Tedersoo, Leho; Espenberg, Mikk; Davison, John Alexander; Kasak, Kuno; Maddison, Martin; Niinemets, Ülo; Ostonen, Ivika; Soosaar, Kaido; Sohar, Kristina; Zobel, Martin; Mander, Ülo
Published in: Scientific Reports, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-92891-Z

Effects of Water Table Fluctuation on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wetland Soils in the Peruvian Amazon

Author(s): Jaan Pärn, Kaido Soosaar, Thomas Schindler, Katerina Machacova, Waldemar Alegría Muñoz, Lizardo Fachín, José Luis Jibaja Aspajo, Robinson I. Negron-Juarez, Martin Maddison, Jhon Rengifo, Danika Journeth Garay Dinis, Adriana Gabriela Arista Oversluijs, Manuel Calixto Ávila Fucos, Rafael Chávez Vásquez, Ronald Huaje Wampuch, Edgar Peas García, Kristina Sohar, Segundo Cordova Horna, Tedi Pacheco Gómez, Jose David Urquiza Muñoz, Rodil Tello Espinoza, Ülo Mander
Published in: Wetlands, Issue 43, 2023, ISSN 0277-5212
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S13157-023-01709-Z

Scientific Reports

Author(s): Fahad Ali Kazmi; Ülo Mander; Reti Ranniku; Maarja Öpik; Kersti Püssa; Kaido Soosaar; Kuno Kasak; Mohit Masta; Claudine Ah-Peng; Mikk Espenberg
Published in: Scientific Reports, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-12367-Y

N transformations in nitrate-rich groundwaters: combined isotope and microbial approach

Author(s): Sushmita Deb, Mikk Espenberg, Reinhard Well, Michał Bucha, Marta Jakubiak, Ülo Mander, Mariusz-Orion Jędrysek, Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak
Published in: Biogeosciences, Issue 22, 2025, ISSN 1726-4189
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/BG-22-5535-2025

Dry and wet periods determine stem and soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a northern drained peatland forest

Author(s): Ranniku, R., Mander, Ü., Escuer-Gatius, J., Schindler, T., Kupper, P., Sellin, A., Soosaar, K
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 928, 2024, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172452

Temporal dynamics of soil microbial C and N cycles with GHG fluxes in the transition from tropical peatland forest to oil palm plantation

Author(s): Frazer Midot; Kian Mau Goh; Kok Jun Liew; Sharon Yu Ling Lau; Mikk Espenberg; Ülo Mander; Lulie Melling
Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2025, ISSN 1098-5336
Publisher: ASM Journals
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01986-24

Soil moisture and microbiome explain greenhouse gas exchange in global peatlands

Author(s): Jaan Pärn, Sandeep Thayamkottu, Maarja Öpik, Mohammad Bahram, Leho Tedersoo, Mikk Espenberg, John Alexander Davison, Kuno Kasak, Martin Maddison, Ülo Niinemets, Ivika Ostonen, Kaido Soosaar, Kristina Sohar, Martin Zobel, Ülo Mander
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-92891-Z

Unraveling microbial processes involved in carbon and nitrogen cycling and greenhouse gas emissions in rewetted peatlands by molecular biology

Author(s): Gios , E , Verbruggen , E , Audet , J , 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 & Silvennoinen , H M
Published in: Biogeochemistry, Issue 167, 2024, ISSN 1573-515X
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.5445/ir/1000169836

Science of the Total Environment

Author(s): Sandeep Thayamkottu; Mohit Masta; June Skeeter; Jaan Pärn; Sara H. Knox; T. Luke Smallman; Ülo Mander
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 963, 2025, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2024.178366

Human‐Impacted Natural Ecosystems Drive Climate Warming

Author(s): Ülo Mander, Jaan Pärn, Mikk Espenberg, Josep Peñuelas
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.70449

Carbon dioxide dynamics across three stages of tropical peatland conversion to oil palm plantations

Author(s): Frankie Kiew; Ryuichi Hirata; Takashi Hirano; Guan Xhuan Wong; Joseph Wenceslaus Waili; Kim San Lo; Kaido Soosaar; Kuno Kasak; Ülo Mander; Lulie Melling
Published in: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2026, ISSN 1873-2240
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2025.110956

Global peatland greenhouse gas dynamics: state of the art, processes, and perspectives

Author(s): Ülo Mander, Maarja Öpik, Mikk Espenberg
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 246, 2025, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.20436

Mature riparian alder forest acts as a strong and consistent carbon sink

Author(s): Alisa Krasnova; Kaido Soosaar; Svyatoslav Rogozin; Dmitrii Krasnov; Ülo Mander
Published in: Biogeosciences, 2025, ISSN 1726-4189
Publisher: European Geosciences Union (EGU)
DOI: 10.5194/BG-22-7089-2025

Peatland restoration pathways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and retain peat carbon

Author(s): Ülo Mander; Mikk Espenberg; Lulie Melling; Ain Kull
Published in: Biogeochemistry, Issue 167, 2023, ISSN 1573-515X
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-023-01103-1

Nitrous oxide as second most important greenhouse gas in tropical peatlands

Author(s): Jaan Pärn; Mikk Espenberg; Kaido Soosaar; Kuno Kasak; Sandeep Thayamkottu; Thomas Schindler; Reti Ranniku; Kristina Sohar; Lizardo Fachín Malaverri; Lulie Melling; Ülo Mander
Published in: Biogeosciences, 2024, ISSN 1726-4189
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.60692/2y69n-vkj98

Nitrogen cycling genes abundance in soil and aboveground compartments of tropical peatland cloud forests and a wetland on Réunion Island

Author(s): Fahad Ali Kazmi, Ülo Mander, Reti Ranniku, Maarja Öpik, Kersti Püssa, Kaido Soosaar, Kuno Kasak, Mohit Masta, Claudine Ah-Peng, Mikk Espenberg
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-12367-Y

Impact of land conversion on environmental conditions and methane emissions from a tropical peatland

Author(s): Guan Xhuan Wong, Ryuichi Hirata, Takashi Hirano, Frankie Kiew, Joseph Wenceslaus Waili, Ülo Mander, Kaido Soosaar, Lulie Melling
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 962, 2025, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2025.178466

Towards an integrated view on microbial CH4, N2O and N2 cycles in brackish coastal marsh soils: A comparative analysis of two sites

Author(s): Espenberg, M., Pille, K., Yang, B., Maddison, M., Abdalla, M., Smith, P., Li, X., Chan, P-L. and Mander, Ü.
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 918, 2024, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170641

Long-term carbon sequestration and heatwave resilience in an old hemiboreal upland coniferous forest

Author(s): Svyatoslav Rogozin, Alisa Krasnova, Ülo Mander, Veiko Uri, Kaido Soosaar
Published in: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Issue 376, 2026, ISSN 0168-1923
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2025.110895

Global Change Biology

Author(s): Ülo Mander; Jaan Pärn; Mikk Espenberg; Josep Peñuelas
Published in: Global Change Biology, 2025, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Oxford Blackwell Scientific
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.70449

Dual controls of vapour pressure deficit and soil moisture on photosynthesis in a restored temperate bog

Author(s): Sandeep Thayamkottu, Mohit Masta, June Skeeter, Jaan Pärn, Sara H. Knox, T. Luke Smallman, Ülo Mander
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 963, 2025, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2024.178366

Distinct microbial communities drive methane cycling in below- and above-ground compartments of tropical cloud forests growing on peat

Author(s): Fahad Ali Kazmi; Ülo Mander; Ramita Khanongnuch; Maarja Öpik; Reti Ranniku; Kaido Soosaar; Mohit Masta; Salla A. M. Tenhovirta; Kuno Kasak; Claudine Ah-Peng; Mikk Espenberg
Published in: Environmental Microbiome, 2025, ISSN 2524-6372
Publisher: BMC
DOI: 10.1186/S40793-025-00718-1

Springtime soil and tree stem greenhouse gas fluxes and the related soil microbiome pattern in a drained peatland forest

Author(s): Reti Ranniku; Fahad Ali Kazmi; Mikk Espenberg; Joosep Truupõld; Jordi Escuer-Gatius; Ülo Mander; Kaido Soosaar
Published in: Biogeochemistry, 2025, ISSN 1573-515X
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S10533-025-01238-3

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Author(s): Sandeep Thayamkottu; T. Luke Smallman; Jaan Pärn; Ülo Mander; Eugénie S Euskirchen; Evan S Kane
Published in: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Issue 359, 2024, ISSN 0168-1923
Publisher: elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2024.110261

Importance of N2O in greenhouse gas budgets of tropical peatlands

Author(s): Jaan Pärn, Mikk Espenberg, Kaido Soosaar, Kuno Kasak, Sandeep Thayamkottu, Thomas Schindler, Reti Ranniku, Kristina Sohar, Lizardo Fachín Malaverri, Lulie Melling, Ülo Mander
Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2296-665X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FENVS.2025.1585537

Greening of a boreal rich fen driven by CO2 fertilisation

Author(s): Sandeep Thayamkottu, T. Luke Smallman, Jaan Pärn, Ülo Mander, Eugénie S Euskirchen, Evan S Kane
Published in: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Issue 359, 2025, ISSN 0168-1923
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2024.110261

Meltwater of freeze-thaw cycles drives N2O-governing microbial communities in a drained peatland forest soil

Author(s): Kazmi, F.A., Espenberg, M., Pärn, J., Masta, M., Ranniku, R., Thayamkottu, S., Mander, Ü.
Published in: Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2023, ISSN 1432-0789
Publisher: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-023-01790-w

15N tracers and microbial analyses reveal in situ N2O sources in contrasting water regimes of a drained peatland forest

Author(s): Mohit MASTA, Mikk ESPENBERG, Laura KUUSEMETS, Jaan PÄRN, Sandeep THAYAMKOTTU, Holar SEPP, Kalle KIRSIMÄE, Fotis SGOURIDIS, Kuno KASAK, Kaido SOOSAAR, Ülo MANDER
Published in: Pedosphere, Issue 34, 2024, ISSN 1002-0160
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PEDSPH.2023.06.006

Greenhouse gas emissions from ditches in oil palm plantations on tropical peatlands in Malaysia

Author(s): Kuno Kasak, Iryna Dronova, Kaido Soosaar, Lulie Melling, Wong Guan Xhuan, Faustina Sangok, Reti Ranniku, Jorge A. Villa, Sheel Bansal, Michael Peacock, Ülo Mander
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-21094-3

Interactions of fertilisation and crop productivity on soil nitrogen cycle microbiome and gas emissions

Author(s): Laura Kuusemets; Ülo Mander; Jordi Escuer-Gatius; Alar Astover; Karin Kauer; Kaido Soosaar; Mikk Espenberg
Published in: Soil, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2199-3971
Publisher: Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/SOIL-11-1-2025