Eighteen years of ecological monitoring reveals multiple lines of evidence for tundra vegetation change

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

(2018) Anne D. Bjorkman et al.   NATURE

Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities

(2018) Janet S. Prevéy et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Changing seasonality of panarctic tundra vegetation in relationship to climatic variables

(2017) Uma S Bhatt et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Shrub growth and expansion in the Arctic tundra: an assessment of controlling factors using an evidence-based approach

(2017) Andrew C Martin et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Climate-driven thaw of permafrost preserved glacial landscapes, northwestern Canada

(2017) Steven V. Kokelj et al.   GEOLOGY

Experimentally increased nutrient availability at the permafrost thaw front selectively enhances biomass production of deep-rooting subarctic peatland species

(2017) Frida Keuper et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Arctic shrub growth trajectories differ across soil moisture levels

(2017) Daniel Ackerman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites: implications for convergence across northern latitudes

(2017) Janet Prevéy et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Above- and below-ground responses of four tundra plant functional types to deep soil heating and surface soil fertilization

(2017) Peng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate warming as a driver of tundra shrubline advance

(2017) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

What’s killing the world’s shorebirds?

(2017) Margaret Munro   NATURE

Recent Vegetation Change (1980–2013) in the Tundra Ecosystems of the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, NWT, Canada

(2016) Nina D. Moffat et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Highly individualistic rates of plant phenological advance associated with arctic sea ice dynamics

(2016) Eric Post et al.   Biology Letters

Acceleration of thaw slump activity in glaciated landscapes of the Western Canadian Arctic

(2016) Rebecca A Segal et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data

(2016) D A Walker et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Changes in growing season duration and productivity of northern vegetation inferred from long-term remote sensing data

(2016) Taejin Park et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Nitrogen availability increases in a tundra ecosystem during five years of experimental permafrost thaw

(2016) Verity G. Salmon et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rapid climate-driven loss of breeding habitat for Arctic migratory birds

(2016) Hannah S. Wauchope et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Pan-Arctic ice-wedge degradation in warming permafrost and its influence on tundra hydrology

(2016) Anna K. Liljedahl et al.   Nature Geoscience

The vegetation greenness trend in Canada and US Alaska from 1984–2012 Landsat data

(2016) Junchang Ju et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Enhanced seasonal CO2 exchange caused by amplified plant productivity in northern ecosystems

(2016) M. Forkel et al.   SCIENCE

Herbivory Network: An international, collaborative effort to study herbivory in Arctic and alpine ecosystems

(2016) I.C. Barrio et al.   Polar Science

Twenty-Five Year Record of Changes in Plant Cover on Tundra of Northeastern Alaska

(2015) Janet C. Jorgenson et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: A review

(2015) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Phenological mismatch with abiotic conditions—implications for flowering in Arctic plants

(2015) Helen C. Wheeler et al.   ECOLOGY

Trends in NDVI and Tundra Community Composition in the Arctic of NE Alaska Between 1984 and 2009

(2015) Robert R. Pattison et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The timing of autumn senescence is affected by the timing of spring phenology: implications for predictive models

(2015) Trevor F. Keenan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant phenological responses to a long-term experimental extension of growing season and soil warming in the tussock tundra of Alaska

(2015) Roxaneh Khorsand Rosa et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Contrasting effects of warming and increased snowfall on Arctic tundra plant phenology over the past two decades

(2015) Anne D. Bjorkman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The hidden season: growing season is 50% longer below than above ground along an arctic elevation gradient

(2015) Gesche Blume-Werry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effect of Terrain Characteristics on Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen Stocks in Soils of Herschel Island, Western Canadian Arctic

(2015) J. Obu et al.   PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES

Temperature and delayed snowmelt jointly affect the vegetative and reproductive phenologies of four sub-Arctic plants

(2015) Geoffrey Legault et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

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

Giving-up densities and foraging behaviour indicate possible effects of shrub encroachment on arctic ground squirrels

(2014) Helen C. Wheeler et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Shrub Expansion Over the Past 62 Years in Rocky Mountain Alpine Tundra: Possible Causes and Consequences

(2014) Adam Formica et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Capturing Migration Phenology of Terrestrial Wildlife Using Camera Traps

(2014) Ken D. Tape et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Predicted responses of arctic and alpine ecosystems to altered seasonality under climate change

(2014) Jessica G Ernakovich et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Vegetation productivity patterns at high northern latitudes: a multi-sensor satellite data assessment

(2014) Kevin C. Guay et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Greater shrub dominance alters breeding habitat and food resources for migratory songbirds in Alaskan arctic tundra

(2014) Natalie T. Boelman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A Community-Based Approach to Mapping Gwich'in Observations of Environmental Changes in the Lower Peel River Watershed, NT

(2014) Harneet Gill et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY

The unseen iceberg: plant roots in arctic tundra

(2014) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns

(2014) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Patterns of Change within a Tundra Landscape: 22-year Landsat NDVI Trends in an Area of the Northern Foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska

(2013) Martha K. Raynolds et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Large-scale variations in the vegetation growing season and annual cycle of atmospheric CO2at high northern latitudes from 1950 to 2011

(2013) Jonathan Barichivich et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Phenological response of tundra plants to background climate variation tested using the International Tundra Experiment

(2013) S. F. Oberbauer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecosystem change and stability over multiple decades in the Swedish subarctic: complex processes and multiple drivers

(2013) T. V. Callaghan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nonlinear flowering responses to climate: are species approaching their limits of phenological change?

(2013) A. M. Iler et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Do Arctic-nesting birds respond to earlier snowmelt? A multi-species study in north Yukon, Canada

(2013) Meagan M. Grabowski et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Advancing plant phenology and reduced herbivore production in a terrestrial system associated with sea ice decline

(2013) Jeffrey T. Kerby et al.   Nature Communications

Temperature and vegetation seasonality diminishment over northern lands

(2013) L. Xu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Shorter flowering seasons and declining abundance of flower visitors in a warmer Arctic

(2013) Toke T. Høye et al.   Nature Climate Change

Shrub canopies influence soil temperatures but not nutrient dynamics: An experimental test of tundra snow-shrub interactions

(2013) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Recent Declines in Warming and Vegetation Greening Trends over Pan-Arctic Tundra

(2013) Uma Bhatt et al.   Remote Sensing

Timing of breeding, peak food availability, and effects of mismatch on chick growth in birds nesting in the High Arctic

(2012) L. McKinnon et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Phenological tracking enables positive species responses to climate change

(2012) Elsa E. Cleland et al.   ECOLOGY

Landscape Heterogeneity of Shrub Expansion in Arctic Alaska

(2012) Ken D. Tape et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Recent Shrub Proliferation in the Mackenzie Delta Uplands and Microclimatic Implications

(2012) Trevor C. Lantz et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Birch shrub growth in the low Arctic: the relative importance of experimental warming, enhanced nutrient availability, snow depth and caribou exclusion

(2012) Tara J Zamin et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Shrub expansion at the forest–tundra ecotone: spatial heterogeneity linked to local topography

(2012) P Ropars et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Advances in global change research require open science by individual researchers

(2012) Elizabeth M. Wolkovich et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

Carbon dioxide and the uneasy interactions of trees and savannah grasses

(2012) W. J. Bond et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Spatial and temporal variation in primary productivity (NDVI) of coastal Alaskan tundra: Decreased vegetation growth following earlier snowmelt

(2012) John A. Gamon et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Eurasian Arctic greening reveals teleconnections and the potential for structurally novel ecosystems

(2012) Marc Macias-Fauria et al.   Nature Climate Change

Expansion of Canopy-Forming Willows Over the Twentieth Century on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada

(2011) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   AMBIO

Assessment of Biological and Environmental Phenology at a Landscape Level from 30 Years of Fixed-Date Repeat Photography in Northern Sweden

(2011) Christopher Andrews et al.   AMBIO

Fluctuations in lemming populations in north Yukon, Canada, 2007–2010

(2011) Charles J. Krebs et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

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

Detecting long-term changes to vegetation in northern Canada using the Landsat satellite image archive

(2011) R H Fraser et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

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

Satellite observations of high northern latitude vegetation productivity changes between 1982 and 2008: ecological variability and regional differences

(2011) Pieter S A Beck et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Recent changes in phenology over the northern high latitudes detected from multi-satellite data

(2011) Heqing Zeng et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Arctic warming on two continents has consistent negative effects on lichen diversity and mixed effects on bryophyte diversity

(2011) Simone I. Lang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science

(2011) Stephanie Pau et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased tree densities in South African savannas: >50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver

(2011) R. Buitenwerf et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Land use and land cover change in Arctic Russia: Ecological and social implications of industrial development

(2011) Timo Kumpula et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Patterns and processes of global shrub expansion

(2011) Adam T. Naito et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Circumpolar Arctic Tundra Vegetation Change Is Linked to Sea Ice Decline

(2010) Uma S. Bhatt et al.   Earth Interactions

Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis

(2010) R. Bobbink et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A new climate era in the sub-Arctic: Accelerating climate changes and multiple impacts

(2010) Terry V. Callaghan et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Changes in high arctic tundra plant reproduction in response to long-term experimental warming

(2010) REBECCA A. KLADY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Taller and larger: shifts in Arctic tundra leaf traits after 16 years of experimental warming

(2010) J. M. G. HUDSON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

High Arctic plant community resists 15 years of experimental warming

(2010) James M. G. Hudson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Phenology Under Global Warming

(2010) C. Korner et al.   SCIENCE

Climatic determinants of berry crops in the boreal forest of the southwestern Yukon

(2009) C. J. Krebs et al.   Botany

Increased plant biomass in a High Arctic heath community from 1981 to 2008

(2009) J. M. G. Hudson et al.   ECOLOGY

Relative impacts of disturbance and temperature: persistent changes in microenvironment and vegetation in retrogressive thaw slumps

(2009) TREVOR C. LANTZ et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Herbivores inhibit climate-driven shrub expansion on the tundra

(2009) JOHAN OLOFSSON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Thicket expansion in a South African savanna under divergent land use: local vs. global drivers?

(2009) BENJAMIN J. WIGLEY 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

Vegetation greening in the canadian arctic related to decadal warming

(2009) Gensuo J. Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Permafrost and climate change at Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruq), Yukon Territory, Canada

(2009) C. R. Burn et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Phenology Feedbacks on Climate Change

(2009) J. Penuelas et al.   SCIENCE

Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change

(2009) E. Post et al.   SCIENCE

Increasing rates of retrogressive thaw slump activity in the Mackenzie Delta region, N.W.T., Canada

(2008) Trevor C. Lantz et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS