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Krista Lõhmus

Krista Lõhmus

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
41
Citations
6039
World Ranking
3726
National Ranking
5

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
6140
World Ranking
5872
National Ranking
16

Overview

Krista Lõhmus is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and works primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Krista Lõhmus are:

  • Long-term changes in drought indices in eastern and central Europe, 2021, published in International Journal of Climatology
  • The dynamics of the carbon storage and fluxes in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) chronosequence, 2022, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Gaseous nitrogen and carbon fluxes in riparian alder stands, 2024, published in Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • The Dynamics of Mass Loss and Nutrient Release of Decomposing Fine Roots, Needle Litter and Standard Substrates in Hemiboreal Coniferous Forests, 2021, published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Disentangling climate from soil nutrient effects on plant biomass production using a multispecies phytometer, 2021, published in Ecosphere

Frequent co-authors of Krista Lõhmus include:

  • Veiko Uri
  • Mai Kukumägi
  • Kaido Soosaar
  • Jürgen Aosaar
  • Mats Varik

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Ecosphere

Best Publications

  • Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change

    I. Ostonen;U. Puttsepp;C. Biel;O. Alberton

  • Efficiency and dimensioning of riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

    Ülo Mander;Valdo Kuusemets;Krista Lõhmus;Tõnu Mauring

  • Variation in fine root biomass of three European tree species: Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

    L. Finér;H.-S. Helmisaari;K. Lõhmus;H. Majdi

  • Fine root biomass, production and its proportion of NPP in a fertile middle-aged Norway spruce forest: Comparison of soil core and ingrowth core methods

    Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus;Katrin Pajuste

  • Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient

    Ivika Ostonen;Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Werner Borken;Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo

  • Fine root morphological adaptations in Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch along a latitudinal gradient in boreal forests

    Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus;Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Jaak Truu

  • Nitrogen-rich organic soils under warm well-drained conditions are global nitrous oxide emission hotspots.

    Jaan Pärn;Jos T.A. Verhoeven;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl;Nancy B. Dise

  • Biomass production and carbon sequestration in a fertile silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) forest chronosequence

    V. Uri;M. Varik;J. Aosaar;A. Kanal

  • Adaptive root foraging strategies along a boreal-temperate forest gradient.

    Ivika Ostonen;Marika Truu;Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari;Martin Lukac;Martin Lukac

  • Nitrous oxide, dinitrogen and methane emission in a subsurface flow constructed wetland

    Ü Mander;V. Kuusemets;K. Lõhmus;T. Mauring

  • Biomass production and nutrient accumulation in short-rotation grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) plantation on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Hardi Tullus;Krista Lõhmus

  • An experimental facility for free air humidity manipulation (FAHM) can alter water flux through deciduous tree canopy

    Priit Kupper;Jaak Sõber;Arne Sellin;Krista Lõhmus

  • Gaseous fluxes in the nitrogen and carbon budgets of subsurface flow constructed wetlands.

    Ülo Mander;Krista Lõhmus;Sille Teiter;Tõnu Mauring

  • Functional Diversity of Culturable Bacterial Communities in the Rhizosphere in Relation to Fine-root and Soil Parameters in Alder Stands on Forest, Abandoned Agricultural, and Oil-shale Mining Areas

    K. Lõhmus;M. Truu;J. Truu;I. Ostonen

  • The role of soil conditions in fine root ecomorphology in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.)

    Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus;Rein Lasn

  • Biomass production, foliar and root characteristics and nutrient accumulation in young silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) stand growing on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Krista Lõhmus;Ivika Ostonen;Hardi Tullus

  • Aboveground biomass and nutrient accumulation dynamics in young black alder, silver birch and Scots pine plantations on reclaimed oil shale mining areas in Estonia

    Tatjana Kuznetsova;Aljona Lukjanova;Malle Mandre;Krista Lõhmus

  • Carbon and nitrogen accumulation in belowground tree biomass in a chronosequence of silver birch stands

    Mats Varik;Jürgen Aosaar;Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus

  • Climate Change at Northern Latitudes: Rising Atmospheric Humidity Decreases Transpiration, N-Uptake and Growth Rate of Hybrid Aspen

    Arvo Tullus;Arvo Tullus;Priit Kupper;Arne Sellin;Leopold Parts;Leopold Parts

  • Dynamics of gaseous nitrogen and carbon fluxes in riparian alder forests

    Kaido Soosaar;Ülo Mander;Martin Maddison;Arno Kanal

  • Ectomycorrhizal root tips in relation to site and stand characteristics in Norway spruce and Scots pine stands in boreal forests

    Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus;John Derome

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivika Ostonen
Ivika Ostonen University of Tartu
Veiko Uri
Veiko Uri Estonian University of Life Sciences
Ülo Mander
Ülo Mander University of Tartu
Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari
Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari University of Helsinki
Jürgen Augustin
Jürgen Augustin Leibniz Association
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
Douglas L. Godbold
Douglas L. Godbold Mendel University Brno
Olevi Kull
Olevi Kull University of Tartu
Ivano Brunner
Ivano Brunner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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