Effects of large herbivores on tundra vegetation in a changing climate, and implications for rewilding

Multiple Feedbacks Contribute to a Centennial Legacy of Reindeer on Tundra Vegetation

(2018) Dagmar Egelkraut et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Observed and predicted effects of climate change on Arctic caribou and reindeer

(2018) Conor D. Mallory et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Role of climate and herbivory on native and alien conifer seedling recruitment at and above the Fennoscandian tree line

(2018) Fidele Bognounou et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Observed and predicted effects of climate change on Arctic caribou and reindeer

(2018) Conor D. Mallory et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Fire enhances the complexity of forest structure in alpine treeline ecotones

(2018) C. Alina Cansler et al.   Ecosphere

Contrasting impacts of reindeer grazing in two tundra grasslands

(2017) Tage Vowles et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Grazing decreases N partitioning among coexisting plant species

(2017) Hélène Barthelemy et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Urine is an important nitrogen source for plants irrespective of vegetation composition in an Arctic tundra: Insights from a 15 N-enriched urea tracer experiment

(2017) Hélène Barthelemy et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Herbivores rescue diversity in warming tundra by modulating trait-dependent species losses and gains

(2017) Elina Kaarlejärvi et al.   Nature Communications

Complex effects of mammalian grazing on extramatrical mycelial biomass in the Scandes forest-tundra ecotone

(2017) Tage Vowles et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Quantifying Muskox Plant Biomass Removal and Spatial Relocation of Nitrogen in a High Arctic Tundra Ecosystem

(2016) Jesper B. Mosbacher et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Reindeer grazing increases summer albedo by reducing shrub abundance in Arctic tundra

(2016) Mariska te Beest et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Herbivory and nutrient limitation protect warming tundra from lowland species’ invasion and diversity loss

(2016) Anu Eskelinen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biotic interactions mediate patterns of herbivore diversity in the Arctic

(2016) I. C. Barrio et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Long-Term Trends and Role of Climate in the Population Dynamics of Eurasian Reindeer

(2016) Alessia Uboni et al.   PLoS One

Greening of the Earth and its drivers

(2016) Zaichun Zhu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Impacts of introducedRangiferon ecosystem processes of maritime tundra on subarctic islands

(2016) Mark A. Ricca et al.   Ecosphere

Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change: new challenges for ecology and conservation

(2015) Aníbal Pauchard et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Strong Responses of Subarctic Plant Communities to Long-Term Reindeer Feces Manipulation

(2015) Hélène Barthelemy et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation

(2015) Elisabeth S. Bakker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

(2015) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   Nature Climate Change

Insensitivity of Soil Microbial Activity to Temporal Variation in Soil N in Subarctic Tundra: Evidence from Responses to Large Migratory Grazers

(2014) Sari Stark et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Long-term Impacts of Contrasting Management of Large Ungulates in the Arctic Tundra-Forest Ecotone: Ecosystem Structure and Climate Feedback

(2014) Martin Biuw et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

(2014) Eske Willerslev et al.   NATURE

Concurrent biotic interactions influence plant performance at their altitudinal distribution margins

(2014) Elina Kaarlejärvi et al.   OIKOS

Consequences of warming on tundra carbon balance determined by reindeer grazing history

(2014) Maria Väisänen et al.   Nature Climate Change

Permafrost collapse after shrub removal shifts tundra ecosystem to a methane source

(2014) Ake L. Nauta et al.   Nature Climate Change

Ecological tree line history and palaeoclimate - review of megafossil evidence from the Swedish Scandes

(2013) Leif Kullman   BOREAS

Can antibrowsing defense regulate the spread of woody vegetation in arctic tundra?

(2013) John P. Bryant et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Herbivory prevents positive responses of lowland plants to warmer and more fertile conditions at high altitudes

(2013) Elina Kaarlejärvi et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Effects of tree species richness and composition on moose winter browsing damage and foraging selectivity: an experimental study

(2013) Harriet T. Milligan et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Complex biotic interactions drive long-term vegetation dynamics in a subarctic ecosystem

(2013) J. Olofsson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Erosion of community diversity and stability by herbivore removal under warming

(2013) E. Post   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Landscape-scale effects of herbivores on treefall in African savannas

(2012) Gregory P. Asner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecosystem Impacts of a Range Expanding Forest Defoliator at the Forest-Tundra Ecotone

(2012) Jane U. Jepsen et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Mammoth steppe: a high-productivity phenomenon

(2012) S.A. Zimov et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

(2012) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   Nature Climate Change

Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change

(2012) Michael Gottfried et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time

(2011) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

(2011) Isla H Myers-Smith et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Growth limitation of mountain birch caused by sheep browsing at the altitudinal treeline

(2011) James D.M. Speed et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Browsing interacts with climate to determine tree-ring increment

(2011) James D. M. Speed et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Large herbivores limit CO2 uptake and suppress carbon cycle responses to warming in West Greenland

(2011) Sean M. P. Cahoon et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ancient DNA reveals a major genetic change during the transition from hunting economy to reindeer husbandry in northern Scandinavia

(2011) Gro Bjørnstad et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Experimental evidence for herbivore limitation of the treeline

(2010) James D. M. Speed et al.   ECOLOGY

The interacting effects of temperature, ground disturbance, and herbivory on seedling establishment: implications for treeline advance with climate warming

(2010) Anne Munier et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Effects of Simulated Reindeer Grazing, Trampling, and Waste Products on Nitrogen Mineralization and Primary Production

(2009) Johan Olofsson   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Carbon storage in permafrost and soils of the mammoth tundra-steppe biome: Role in the global carbon budget

(2009) N. S. Zimov et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Herbivores inhibit climate-driven shrub expansion on the tundra

(2009) JOHAN OLOFSSON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Russian Arctic warming and ‘greening’ are closely tracked by tundra shrub willows

(2009) BRUCE C. FORBES et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Quantifying the Extent of North American Mammal Extinction Relative to the Pre-Anthropogenic Baseline

(2009) Marc A. Carrasco et al.   PLoS One

Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change

(2009) E. Post et al.   SCIENCE

Long- and short-term effects of reindeer grazing on tundra wetland vegetation

(2008) Heidi Kitti et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Opposing plant community responses to warming with and without herbivores

(2008) E. Post et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate Change, Humans, and the Extinction of the Woolly Mammoth

(2008) David Nogués-Bravo et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Reindeer herbivory reduces willow growth and grouse forage in a forest-tundra ecotone

(2007) Michael den Herder et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY