I am a PhD-student interested in the carbon balance of mires. My research focuses on the exchange of greenhouse gases between the mire and the atmosphere and carbon exported in the mire discharge. The research is conducted at a mire with one of the longest complete year data records on CO₂ net ecosystem exchange in the world, Degerö Stormyr, situated about 70 kilometres from the city of Umeå, northern Sweden. The main objective of my research is to understand what major factors control the net carbon exchange of this boreal oligotrophic minerogenic mire. I am especially interested in the major carbon exchange routes during the different seasons of the year and how weather conditions affect the exchange routes.

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Jackson, B.G., Martin, P., Nillson, M.C., Wardle, D.A. (2010) Response of feather moss associated N₂ fixation and litter decomposition to variations in simulated rainfall intensity and frequency. Oikos (In Press)

The focus of my research is to specify how the degradation of soil organic matter in the boreal forest is influenced by possible temperature changes as, e.g. by increasing air and soil temperatures due to climate change.

I am interested in how nitrogen vs. phosphorus limitation for plant communities in
subarctic ecosystems is influenced by temperature, and how this in turn affect ecosystem functioning. I study this across an elevational gradient that ranges from alpine birch forest to midalpine tundra, situated close to Abisko in northern Sweden.

I started my PhD in September 2007 and during the field season I work at CIRC (Climate Impact Research Centre) at Abisko Scientific Research Station, and for the remaining part of the year I work in Umeå.