Kristiina Karhu

University of Helsinki — Finland

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(60), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology(27), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics(14), Climate change and permafrost(14), Fire effects on ecosystems(10)

Publications100 total

Fate of recently assimilated carbon in the soil–plant system of Vaccinium vitis-idaea and its response to warming in a 2.5-year translocation experiment
Plant and Soil·2025Open Access
Different effects of continuous-cover and rotation forest management on soil organic carbon stabilization in a boreal Norway spruce forest
Forest Ecology and Management·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Data from: Different effects of continuous-cover and rotation forest management on soil organic carbon stabilization in a boreal Norway spruce forest
DRYAD·2025Open Access
Sensitivity of soil organic carbon stabilization indicators to 24 years of land-use change across soil depth
Geoderma·2025Open Access
Microbial death in the Andes: necromass declines despite growth and carbon-use-efficiency increases with decadal soil warming
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2025Open Access
Modified fast UHPLC method for quantification of soil amino sugars – improved sensitivity compared to the GC method
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2025Open Access
Predicting the proportion of centennially stable soil organic carbon using mid-infrared spectroscopy
Geoderma·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Rhizosphere Keystone Microbiomes Promote Invasive Plant Growth under PLA and PVC Microplastic Stress: A Comparative Study with Native Species
Environmental Science & Technology·2025· 1 cited
Effects of biochar, ligneous soil amendments, and a microbial stimulant on soil biological activity, and carbon content and stability after two-years of their application in a boreal cropland
Heliyon·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A socio-ecological study on a citizen-based initiative to transform urban lawns into meadows within the Helsinki metropolitan area
ARPHA Conference Abstracts·2025Open Access
Ecosystem-level warming reduces microbial necromass in the topsoil but not in deeper soil of a subtropical forest
Geoderma·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Soil organic carbon changes after 5 years of improved carbon farming practices in Finnish arable land
2025Open Access
The effect of drought and rewetting on nitrogen cycling and nitrous oxide emissions in a controlled experiment with different cover crop species
2025Open Access
Attitudes towards urban lawns and meadows and short-term environmental effects of transforming lawns into meadows in Helsinki metropolitan area
2025Open Access
Enhanced respiration rates from translocated tropical forest soils – lower 18O CUE, increased enzyme activities and substrate availability from decomposition of recalcitrant SOM
2025Open Access
Uneven-aged and even-aged forest management shape the soil fungal community composition in a boreal Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst) forest
The Science of The Total Environment·2025· 2 cited
Harmonizing data from different soil organic matter fractionation protocols
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Investigating the complementarity of thermal and physical soil organic carbon fractions
SOIL·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum to “Plant phenology modulates and undersown cover crops mitigate N2O emissions” [Soil Biol. Biochem. 198 (2024) 109548]
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2024Open Access
Forest conservation as a CO2 offset measure: a case of an urban development project in Finland
Frontiers in Environmental Science·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jari Liski(16), Pekka Vanhala(14), Hannu Fritze(13), Subin Kalu(13), Mikko Tuomi(9), Kevin Z. Mganga(8), Christina Biasi(7), Jussi Heinonsalo(7), Outi‐Maaria Sietiö(7), Nele Meyer(6), M. Oinonen(5), Sylwia Adamczyk(5), Per Ambus(5), Priit Tammeorg(4), Liisa Kulmala(4), Barbara Kitzler(4), Kristiina Regina(3), Peter Spetz(3), Katarina Björklöf(3), H. Jungner(3)