Kathrin Rousk

Kathrin Rousk

Associate Professor

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  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Global N2O emissions from our planet: Which fluxes are affected by man, and can we reduce these?

    Christensen, Søren & Rousk, Kathrin, 2024, In: iScience. 27, 2, 10 p., 109042.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  3. Published
  4. 2023
  5. Published

    A research agenda for nonvascular photoautotrophs under climate change

    Porada, P., Bader, M. Y., Berdugo, M. B., Colesie, C., Ellis, C. J., Giordani, P., Herzschuh, U., Ma, Y., Launiainen, S., Nascimbene, J., Petersen, I., Raggio Quílez, J., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Rousk, K., Sancho, L. G., Scheidegger, C., Seitz, S., Van Stan, J. T., Veste, M., Weber, B. & 1 others, Weston, D. J., 2023, In: New Phytologist. 237, 5, 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Chemical Stimulation of Heterocyte Differentiation by the Feather Moss Hylocomium splendens: a Potential New Step in Plant-Cyanobacteria Symbioses

    Alvarenga, Danillo Oliveira, Elmdam, I. V., Timm, A. B. & Rousk, Kathrin, 2023, In: Microbial Ecology. 86, p. 419-430 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Do Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions Affect Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Tropical Mosses?

    Avila Clasen, Lina, Permin, Aya Tora Foged, Horwath, A. B., Metcalfe, D. B. & Rousk, Kathrin, 2023, In: Plants. 12, 7, 13 p., 1443.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Enhanced foliar 15N enrichment with increasing nitrogen addition rates: Role of plant species and nitrogen compounds

    Wang, Y., Niu, G., Wang, R., Rousk, Kathrin, Li, A., Hasi, M., Wang, C., Xue, J., Yang, G., Lü, X., Jiang, Y., Han, X. & Huang, J., 2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 6, 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Nitrogen fixation associated with two cohabiting moss species expresses different patterns under Cu and Zn contamination

    Sjøgren, T. D., Wang, Y. & Rousk, Kathrin, 2023, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30, p. 85701-85707 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    The C:N: P stoichiometry in bryophytes: relationships with habitat, climate and growth form

    Liu, X., Wang, Z., Li, X., Bao, W. & Rousk, Kathrin, 2023, In: National Science Review. 10, 4, 3 p., nwad060.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  11. 2022
  12. Published

    Biotic and abiotic controls of nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria-moss associations

    Rousk, Kathrin, 2022, In: New Phytologist. 235, 4, p. 1330-1335 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  13. Published

    Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems?

    Lett, S., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Becker-Scarpitta, A., Christiansen, C. T., During, H., Ekelund, F., Henry, G. H. R., Lang, S. I., Michelsen, A., Rousk, K., Alatalo, J. M., Betway, K. R., Rui, S. B., Callaghan, T., Carbognani, M., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dorrepaal, E., Egelkraut, D., Elumeeva, T. G. & 20 others, Haugum, S. V., Hollister, R. D., Jägerbrand, A. K., Keuper, F., Klanderud, K., Lévesque, E., Liu, X., May, J., Michel, P., Mörsdorf, M., Petraglia, A., Rixen, C., Robroek, B. J. M., Rzepczynska, A. M., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Tolvanen, A., Vandvik, V., Volkov, I., Volkova, I. & Zuijlen, K. V., 2022, In: Arctic Science. 8, 3, 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  14. Published

    Direct and indirect effects of warming on moss abundance and associated nitrogen fixation in subarctic ecosystems

    Permin, Aya Tora Foged, Michelsen, Anders & Rousk, Kathrin, 2022, In: Plant and Soil. 471, 1-2, p. 343-358 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Effects of decadal nitrogen addition on carbon and nitrogen stocks in different organic matter fractions of typical steppe soils

    Niu, G., Liu, L., Wang, Y., Guan, H., Ning, Q., Liu, T., Rousk, Kathrin, Zhong, B., Yang, J., Lu, X., Han, X. & Huang, J., 2022, In: Ecological Indicators. 144, 9 p., 109471.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    High nitrogen-fixing rates associated with ground-covering mosses in a tropical mountain cloud forest will decrease drastically in a future climate

    Permin, Aya Tora Foged, Horwath, A. B., Metcalfe, D. B., Priemé, Anders & Rousk, Kathrin, 2022, In: Functional Ecology. 36, 7, p. 1772-1781 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Increased Above- and Belowground Plant Input Can Both Trigger Microbial Nitrogen Mining in Subarctic Tundra Soils

    Hicks, L. C., Yuan, M., Brangarí, A., Rousk, Kathrin & Rousk, J., 2022, In: Ecosystems. 25, 1, p. 105-121 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    The moss traits that rule cyanobacterial colonization

    Liu, X. & Rousk, Kathrin, 2022, In: Annals of Botany. 129, 2, p. 147-160 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Too much of a good thing? Inorganic nitrogen (N) inhibits moss-associated N2 fixation but organic N can promote it

    Wang, Y., Lett, Signe & Rousk, Kathrin, 2022, In: Biogeochemistry. 159, 2, p. 179-191 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Unraveling host - microbe interactions and ecosystem functions in moss-bacteria symbioses

    Alvarenga, Danillo Oliveira & Rousk, Kathrin, 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 73, 13, p. 4473–4486 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  21. 2021
  22. Published

    Extreme freeze-thaw cycles do not affect moss-associated nitrogen fixation across a temperature gradient, but affect nutrient loss from mosses

    Rousk, Kathrin, Pedersen, P., Priemé, Anders & Michelsen, Anders, Nov 2021, In: Acta Oecologica. 113, 10 p., 103796.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Indirect effects of climate change inhibit N2 fixation associated with the feathermoss Hylocomium splendens in subarctic tundra

    Alvarenga, Danillo Oliveira & Rousk, Kathrin, 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 795, 7 p., 148676.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  24. 2020
  25. Published

    Faster nitrogen cycling and more fungal and root biomass in cold ecosystems under experimental warming: a meta-analysis

    Salazar, A., Rousk, Kathrin, Jónsdóttir, I. S., Bellenger, J. & Andrésson, Ó. S., 2020, In: Ecology. 101, 2, 13 p., e02938.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    High nitrogen resorption efficiency of forest mosses

    Liu, X., Wang, Z., Li, X., Rousk, Kathrin & Bao, W., 2020, In: Annals of Botany. 125, 4, p. 557-563 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Simulated rhizosphere deposits induce microbial N-mining that may accelerate shrubification in the subarctic

    Hicks, L., Leizeaga, A., Rousk, Kathrin, Michelsen, Anders & Rousk, J., 2020, In: Ecology. 101, 9, 14 p., e03094.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Soil Microbial Responses to 28 Years of Nutrient Fertilization in a Subarctic Heath

    Hicks, L., Rousk, Kathrin, Rinnan, Riikka & Rousk, J., 2020, In: Ecosystems. 23, 5, p. 1107-1119 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    The responses of moss-associated nitrogen fixation and belowground microbial community to chronic Mo and P supplements in subarctic dry heaths

    Rousk, Kathrin & Rousk, J., 2020, In: Plant and Soil. 451, 1-2, p. 261-276 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  30. 2019
  31. Published

    High heavy metal load does not inhibit nitrogen fixation in moss-cyanobacteria associations

    Akther, H. & Rousk, Kathrin, 2019, In: Ecotoxicology. 28, 10, p. 1169-1176 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Railroad derived nitrogen and heavy metal pollution does not affect nitrogen fixation associated with mosses and lichens at a tundra site in Northern Sweden

    Goth, A., Michelsen, Anders & Rousk, Kathrin, 2019, In: Environmental Pollution. 247, p. 857-865 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. 2018
  34. Published

    Anthropogenic deposition of heavy metals and phosphorus may reduce biological N2 fixation in boreal forest mosses

    Scott, D. L., Bradley, R. L., Bellenger, J., Houle, D., Gundale, M. J., Rousk, Kathrin & DeLuca, T. H., 2018, In: Science of the Total Environment. 630, p. 203-210 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Are nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen fixation linked in temperate bogs?

    Rousk, Kathrin, Vestergård, M. & Christensen, Søren, 2018, In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 123, p. 74-79 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Responses of microbial tolerance to heavy metals along a century-old metal ore pollution gradient in a subarctic birch forest

    Rousk, J. & Rousk, Kathrin, 2018, In: Environmental Pollution. 240, p. 297–305 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    What drives biological nitrogen fixation in high arctic tundra: Moisture or temperature?

    Rousk, Kathrin, Sørensen, P. L. & Michelsen, Anders, 2018, In: Ecosphere (Washington, D.C.). 9, 2, 12 p., e02117.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  38. 2017
  39. Published

    Ecosystem nitrogen fixation throughout the snow-free period in subarctic tundra: effects of willow and birch litter addition and warming

    Rousk, Kathrin & Michelsen, Anders, Apr 2017, In: Global Change Biology. 23, 4, p. 1552-1563 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Developing new teaching material for a BSc course: student activating lectures

    Rousk, Kathrin, 2017, Improving university science teaching and learning: pedagogical projects 2017. Christiansen, F. V., Ulriksen, L. & Prestholm, I. (eds.). Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, p. 47-55 9 p. (Improving University Science Teaching and Learning - Pedagogical Projects; No. 1-2, Vol. 9).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducation

  41. Published

    Molybdenum and phosphorus limitation of moss-associated nitrogen fixation in boreal ecosystems

    Rousk, Kathrin, Degboe, J., Michelsen, Anders, Bradley, R. & Bellenger, J., 2017, In: New Phytologist. 214, 1, p. 97-107 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Nitrogen fixation in the High Arctic: a source of ‘new’ nitrogen?

    Rousk, Kathrin, Sørensen, P. L. & Michelsen, Anders, 2017, In: Biogeochemistry. 136, 2, p. 213-222 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    The interactive effects of temperature and moisture on nitrogen fixation in two temperate-arctic mosses

    Rousk, Kathrin, Pedersen, P. A., Dyrnum, K. & Michelsen, Anders, 2017, In: Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology. 29, 1, p. 25-36 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  44. 2016
  45. Published

    Nitrogen transfer from four nitrogen-fixer associations to plants and soils

    Rousk, Kathrin, Sørensen, P. L. & Michelsen, Anders, Dec 2016, In: Ecosystems. 19, 8, p. 1491-1504 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Microbial control of soil organic matter mineralization responses to labile carbon in subarctic climate change treatments

    Rousk, Kathrin, Michelsen, Anders & Rousk, J., 2016, In: Global Change Biology. 22, 12, p. 4150-4161 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Potential for nitrogen fixation in fungus-growing termite symbiosis

    Sapountzis, P., de Verges, J., Rousk, Kathrin, Cilliers, M., J. Vorster, B. & Poulsen, Michael, 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, 5 p., 1993.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    The Sensitivity of moss-associated nitrogen fixation towards repeated nitrogen input

    Rousk, Kathrin & Michelsen, Anders, 2016, In: P L o S One. 11, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 0146655.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  49. 2015
  50. Published

    Across-habitat comparison of diazotroph activity in the subarctic

    Rousk, Kathrin, Sørensen, P. L., Lett, Signe & Michelsen, Anders, 2015, In: Microbial Ecology. 69, 4, p. 778-787 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  51. 2014
  52. Exposure to nitrogen does not eliminate N2 fixation in the feather moss Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.

    Rousk, Kathrin, Jones, D. L. & DeLuca, T. H., 2014, In: Plant and Soil. 374, 1-2, p. 513-521 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Moss-nitrogen input to boreal forest soils: tracking 15N in a field experiment

    Rousk, Kathrin, Jones, D. & DeLuca, T., 2014, In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 72, p. 100-104 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  54. The resilience of nitrogen fixation in feather moss (Pleurozium schreberi)-cyanobacteria associations after a drying and rewetting cycle

    Rousk, Kathrin, Jones, D. L. & DeLuca, T. H., 2014, In: Plant and Soil. 377, p. 159-167 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  55. 2013
  56. Feather moss nitrogen acquisition across natural fertility gradients in boreal forests

    Rousk, Kathrin, Rousk, J., Jones, D. L., Zackrisson, O. & DeLuca, T. H., 2013, In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 61, p. 86-95 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Moss-cyanobacteria associations as biogenic sources of nitrogen in boreal forest ecosystems

    Rousk, Kathrin, DeLuca, T. H. & Jones, D., 2013, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 4, 10 p., 150.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  58. Published

    Nitrogen dynamics in boreal forests: A feather moss’ perspective

    Rousk, Kathrin, 2013, Bangor University.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesis

  59. The cyanobacterial role in the resistance of feather mosses to decomposition-toward a new hypothesis

    Rousk, Kathrin, DeLuca, T. H. & Rousk, J., 2013, In: PLOS ONE. 8, 4, 6 p., e62058.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  60. 2012
  61. Comparative toxicity of nanoparticulate CuO and ZnO to soil bacterial communities

    Rousk, J., Rousk, Kathrin, Curling, S. F. & Jones, D. L., 2012, In: PLOS ONE. 7, 3, 8 p., e34197.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  62. N2 Fixation in Feather Mosses is a Sensitive Indicator of N Deposition in Boreal Forests

    Rousk, Kathrin, Zackrisson, O., Rousk, J., Jones, D. L. & DeLuca, T. H., 2012, In: Ecosystems. 15, 6, p. 986-998 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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