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Herbivore–shrub interactions influence ecosystem respiration and biogenic volatile organic compound composition in the subarctic
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
Tage Vowles
Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden
Riikka Rinnan
Center for Volatile Interactions (VOLT), Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mats P. Björkman
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
Anna Ekberg
Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Robert G. Björk
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Herbivores change plant communities through grazing, altering the amount of CO2 and plant-specific chemicals (termed VOCs) emitted. We tested this effect by excluding herbivores and studying the CO2 and VOC emissions. Herbivores reduced CO2 emissions from a meadow community and altered VOC composition; however, community type had the strongest effect on the amount of CO2 and VOCs released. Herbivores can mediate greenhouse gas emissions, but the effect is marginal and community dependent.
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