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Caitlin Petro

Turetsky MR, Weston DJ, Cox W, Petro C, Shaw A. 2025. The challenging but unique eco-evolutionary aspects of Sphagnum moss. . New Phytologist. In press . doi:10.1111/nph.70233.
Duchesneau K, Defrenne CE, Petro C, Malhotra A, Moore J, Childs J, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM, Kostka JE. 2024. Responses of vascular plant fine roots and associated microbial communities to whole-ecosystem warming and elevated CO2 in northern peatlands. New Phytologist. 242:1333–1347. doi:10.1111/nph.19690.
Duchesneau K, Aldeguer Riquelme B, Petro C, Makke G, Green MB, Tfaily MM, Wilson RM, Roth S, Johnston ER, Kluber LA, et al. 2025. Northern peatland microbial communities exhibit resistance to warming and acquire electron acceptors from soil organic matter. Nature Communications. doi:doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.17.603906.
Petro C, Carrell AA, Wilson RM, Duchesneau K, Noble-Kuchera S, Song T, Iversen CM, Childs J, Schwaner G, Chanton JP, et al. 2023. Climate drivers alter nitrogen availability in surface peat and decouple N2 fixation from CH4 oxidation in the Sphagnum moss microbiome. . Global Change Biology . 29:3159–76. doi:10.1111/gcb.16651.
Duchesneau K, Defrenne CE, Petro C, Malhotra A, Moore J, Childs J, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM, Kostka JE. 2024. Responses of vascular plant fine roots and associated microbial communities to whole-ecosystem warming and elevated CO2 in northern peatlands. New Phytologist . 244:1333–1347. doi:10.1111/nph.19690.
Wilson RM, Tfaily MM, Kolton M, Johnston ER, Petro C, Zalman CM, Hanson PJ, Heyman HM, Kyle JE, Hoyt DW, et al. 2021. Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). doi:10.1073/pnas.2004192118.

Publications

2025

  1. Duchesneau K, Aldeguer Riquelme B, Petro C, Makke G, Green MB, Tfaily MM, Wilson RM, Roth S, Johnston ER, Kluber LA, et al. 2025. Northern peatland microbial communities exhibit resistance to warming and acquire electron acceptors from soil organic matter. Nature Communications. doi:doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.17.603906.
  2. Turetsky MR, Weston DJ, Cox W, Petro C, Shaw A. 2025. The challenging but unique eco-evolutionary aspects of Sphagnum moss. . New Phytologist. In press . doi:10.1111/nph.70233.

2024

  1. Duchesneau K, Defrenne CE, Petro C, Malhotra A, Moore J, Childs J, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM, Kostka JE. 2024. Responses of vascular plant fine roots and associated microbial communities to whole-ecosystem warming and elevated CO2 in northern peatlands. New Phytologist . 244:1333–1347. doi:10.1111/nph.19690.
  2. Duchesneau K, Defrenne CE, Petro C, Malhotra A, Moore J, Childs J, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM, Kostka JE. 2024. Responses of vascular plant fine roots and associated microbial communities to whole-ecosystem warming and elevated CO2 in northern peatlands. New Phytologist. 242:1333–1347. doi:10.1111/nph.19690.

2023

  1. Petro C, Carrell AA, Wilson RM, Duchesneau K, Noble-Kuchera S, Song T, Iversen CM, Childs J, Schwaner G, Chanton JP, et al. 2023. Climate drivers alter nitrogen availability in surface peat and decouple N2 fixation from CH4 oxidation in the Sphagnum moss microbiome. . Global Change Biology . 29:3159–76. doi:10.1111/gcb.16651.

2021

  1. Wilson RM, Tfaily MM, Kolton M, Johnston ER, Petro C, Zalman CM, Hanson PJ, Heyman HM, Kyle JE, Hoyt DW, et al. 2021. Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). doi:10.1073/pnas.2004192118.

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