Keywords: microbial communities

Challenges for Southeast Asian tropical peat swamps: a review of existing management and policy

Pristine tropical peat swamp forests represent a unique ecosystem characterized by high water tables, specialist flora and fauna adapted...

Impact of fire on microbial diversity and community structure Malaysian peatlands

Microbial communities of regional peatlands are poorly known. We used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to assess impacts of fire...

Microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Malaysian peatswamps forests

Southeast Asian tropical peatswamp forests support distinctive microbial communities that differ from those of other wetlands, including temperate peatlands....

Soil microbial communities and GHG emissions under different land use types for Malaysian peatlands: implications for climate change

Tropical peatlands are complex and globally important ecosystems supporting distinctive biodiversity and high carbon storage. About 68% of the...

Methane Turnover Before and After Restoration of Young Forestry-Drained Fens

Theme X. Peatland carbon budgets and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes SUMMARY Restoration of forestry-drained peatlands has been studied relatively...