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Rachel Wilson

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.
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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.
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Ofiti NOE, Schmidt MWI, Abiven S, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM, Wilson RM, Kostka JE, Wiesenberg GLB, Malhotra A. 2023. Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability. Nature Communications . 14:7533. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43410-z.
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Ma S, Jiang L, Wilson RM, Chanton JP, Niu S, Iversen CM, Malhotra A, Jiang J, Huang Y, Lu X, et al. 2023. Thermal acclimation of plant photosynthesis and autotrophic respiration in a northern peatland. Environmental Research Climate . 2:025003. doi:10.1088/2752-5295/acc67e.
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Wilson RM, Griffiths NA, Visser A, McFarlane KJ, Sebestyen SD, Oleheiser KC, Bosman S, Hopple AM, Tfaily MM, Kolka RK, et al. 2021. Radiocarbon Analyses Quantify Peat Carbon Losses With Increasing Temperature in a Whole Ecosystem Warming Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 126(11). doi:10.1029/2021jg006511.
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Ma S, Jiang L, Wilson RM, Chanton JP, Bridgham SD, Niu S, Iversen CM, Malhotra A, Jiang J, Lu X, et al. 2022. Evaluating alternative ebullition models for predicting peatland methane emission and its pathways via data–model fusion. Biogeosciences. 19(8):2245–2262. doi:10.5194/bg-19-2245-2022.
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Baysinger MR, Wilson RM, Hanson PJ, Kostka JE, Chanton JP. 2022. Compositional stability of peat in ecosystem-scale warming mesocosms. Hui D, editor. PLOS ONE. 17(3):e0263994. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263994.
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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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Hopple AM, Wilson RM, Kolton M, Zalman CM, Chanton JP, Kostka JE, Hanson PJ, Keller JK, Bridgham SD. 2020. Massive peatland carbon banks vulnerable to rising temperatures. Nature Communications. 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16311-8.
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Zalman CM, Keller JK, Tfaily MM, Kolton M, Pfeifer-Meister L, Wilson RM, Lin X, Chanton JP, Kostka JE, Gill AL, et al. 2018. Small differences in ombrotrophy control regional-scale variation in methane cycling among Sphagnum-dominated peatlands. Biogeochemistry. 139(2):155–177. doi:10.1007/s10533-018-0460-z.
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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.

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.
  2. Ofiti NOE, Schmidt MWI, Abiven S, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM, Wilson RM, Kostka JE, Wiesenberg GLB, Malhotra A. 2023. Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability. Nature Communications . 14:7533. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43410-z.
  3. Ma S, Jiang L, Wilson RM, Chanton JP, Niu S, Iversen CM, Malhotra A, Jiang J, Huang Y, Lu X, et al. 2023. Thermal acclimation of plant photosynthesis and autotrophic respiration in a northern peatland. Environmental Research Climate . 2:025003. doi:10.1088/2752-5295/acc67e.

2022

  1. Baysinger MR, Wilson RM, Hanson PJ, Kostka JE, Chanton JP. 2022. Compositional stability of peat in ecosystem-scale warming mesocosms. Hui D, editor. PLOS ONE. 17(3):e0263994. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263994.
  2. Ma S, Jiang L, Wilson RM, Chanton JP, Bridgham SD, Niu S, Iversen CM, Malhotra A, Jiang J, Lu X, et al. 2022. Evaluating alternative ebullition models for predicting peatland methane emission and its pathways via data–model fusion. Biogeosciences. 19(8):2245–2262. doi:10.5194/bg-19-2245-2022.

2021

  1. Wilson RM, Griffiths NA, Visser A, McFarlane KJ, Sebestyen SD, Oleheiser KC, Bosman S, Hopple AM, Tfaily MM, Kolka RK, et al. 2021. Radiocarbon Analyses Quantify Peat Carbon Losses With Increasing Temperature in a Whole Ecosystem Warming Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 126(11). doi:10.1029/2021jg006511.
  2. 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.

2020

  1. Hopple AM, Wilson RM, Kolton M, Zalman CM, Chanton JP, Kostka JE, Hanson PJ, Keller JK, Bridgham SD. 2020. Massive peatland carbon banks vulnerable to rising temperatures. Nature Communications. 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16311-8.

2018

  1. Zalman CM, Keller JK, Tfaily MM, Kolton M, Pfeifer-Meister L, Wilson RM, Lin X, Chanton JP, Kostka JE, Gill AL, et al. 2018. Small differences in ombrotrophy control regional-scale variation in methane cycling among Sphagnum-dominated peatlands. Biogeochemistry. 139(2):155–177. doi:10.1007/s10533-018-0460-z.
  2. Tfaily MM, Wilson RM, Cooper WT, Kostka JE, Hanson PJ, Chanton JP. 2018. Vertical Stratification of Peat Pore Water Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in a Peat Bog in Northern Minnesota. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 123(2):479–494. doi:10.1002/2017jg004007.

2017

  1. Wilson RM, Tfaily MM, Rich VI, Keller JK, Bridgham SD, Zalman CM, Meredith L, Hanson PJ, Hines M, Pfeifer-Meister L, et al. 2017. Hydrogenation of organic matter as a terminal electron sink sustains high CO2:CH4 production ratios during anaerobic decomposition. Organic Geochemistry. 112:22–32. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.06.011.

2016

  1. Wilson RM, Hopple AM, Tfaily MM, Sebestyen SD, Schadt CW, Pfeifer-Meister L, Medvedeff CA, McFarlane KJ, Kostka JE, Kolton M, et al. 2016. Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures. Nature Communications. 7(1). doi:10.1038/ncomms13723.

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