Table 1.

Overview of methods, locations and vegetation types for studies that investigated microbial community composition at multiple times of the year including the snow-covered period.

Author/year	Method	Location	Vegetation type
Björk et al. 2008	PLFA	Latnjajaure, Northern Sweden	Four tundra types
McMahon et al. 2011	BrdU labelling and T-RFLP (class-level)	Toolik Lake, Alaska	Shrub and tussock tundra
Buckeridge et al. 2013	PLFA	Daring Lake, Canada	Birch hummock
Männistö et al. 2013	BrdU labelling and T-RFLP	North-West Finland	Tundra heath
Mundra et al. 2015	ITS2 sequencing	Svalbard	Tundra heath
Schostag et al. 2015	16S sequencing (DNA and RNA)	Svalbard	Tundra heath
Pold et al. 2021	16S sequencing (BrdU and DNA)	Toolik Lake, Alaska	Shrub and tussock tundra