Mosses modify effects of warmer and wetter conditions on tree seedlings at the alpine treeline

Above- and belowground linkages shape responses of mountain vegetation to climate change

(2019) Frank Hagedorn et al.   SCIENCE

Soil alters seedling establishment responses to climate

(2019) Kevin R. Ford et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Differential effects of feather and Sphagnum spp. mosses on black spruce germination and growth

(2018) Marine Pacé et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Global drivers of tree seedling establishment at alpine treelines in a changing climate

(2018) Signe Lett et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Circumpolar arctic tundra biomass and productivity dynamics in response to projected climate change and herbivory

(2017) Qin Yu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Growth strategies and threshold responses to water deficit modulate effects of warming on tree seedlings from forest to alpine

(2017) Brynne E. Lazarus et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally

(2017) Jordan R. Mayor et al.   NATURE

Warming and provenance limit tree recruitment across and beyond the elevation range of subalpine forest

(2016) Lara M. Kueppers et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Bryophyte traits explain climate-warming effects on tree seedling establishment

(2016) Signe Lett et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Moss Mediates the Influence of Shrub Species on Soil Properties and Processes in Alpine Tundra

(2016) C. Guillermo Bueno et al.   PLoS One

Early establishment of trees at the alpine treeline: idiosyncratic species responses to temperature-moisture interactions

(2016) Hannah Loranger et al.   AoB Plants

Soil moisture controls Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) seedling carbon balance and survivorship at timberline in Utah, USA

(2015) Richard A. Gill et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Contrasting Responses of Soil Microbial and Nematode Communities to Warming and Plant Functional Group Removal Across a Post-fire Boreal Forest Successional Gradient

(2015) Jonathan R. De Long et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Rapid carbon turnover beneath shrub and tree vegetation is associated with low soil carbon stocks at a subarctic treeline

(2015) Thomas C. Parker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Temperature, precipitation and biotic interactions as determinants of tree seedling recruitment across the tree line ecotone

(2015) Lise Tingstad et al.   OECOLOGIA

Warming and neighbor removal affect white spruce seedling growth differently above and below treeline

(2015) Kyoko Okano et al.   SpringerPlus

Long-Term Experiments Reveal Strong Interactions Between Lemmings and Plants in the Fennoscandian Highland Tundra

(2014) Johan Olofsson et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Treeline advances along the Urals mountain range - driven by improved winter conditions?

(2014) Frank Hagedorn et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rodent population dynamics affect seedling recruitment in alpine habitats

(2014) Kristin O. Nystuen et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The Impact of Moss Species and Biomass on the Growth of Pinus sylvestris Tree Seedlings at Different Precipitation Frequencies

(2014) Babs Stuiver et al.   Forests

Dominant bryophyte control over high-latitude soil temperature fluctuations predicted by heat transfer traits, field moisture regime and laws of thermal insulation

(2013) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition in boreal forests has a minor impact on the global carbon cycle

(2013) Michael J. Gundale et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tall shrub and tree expansion in Siberian tundra ecotones since the 1960s

(2013) Gerald V. Frost et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Variable temperature effects of Open Top Chambers at polar and alpine sites explained by irradiance and snow depth

(2012) Stef Bokhorst et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant community type and small-scale disturbances, but not altitude, influence the invasibility in subarctic ecosystems

(2012) Ann Milbau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Shrub-tree interactions and environmental changes drive treeline dynamics in the Subarctic

(2012) Oriol Grau et al.   OIKOS

A potential loss of carbon associated with greater plant growth in the European Arctic

(2012) Iain P. Hartley 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

Exclusion of brown lemmings reduces vascular plant cover and biomass in Arctic coastal tundra: resampling of a 50 + year herbivore exclosure experiment near Barrow, Alaska

(2011) D R Johnson 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

The importance of colony structure versus shoot morphology for the water balance of 22 subarctic bryophyte species

(2011) Tatiana G. Elumeeva et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

How do bryophytes govern generative recruitment of vascular plants?

(2011) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Balancing positive and negative plant interactions: how mosses structure vascular plant communities

(2011) Jemma L. Gornall et al.   OECOLOGIA

Feathermoss seedbeds facilitate black spruce seedling recruitment in the forest-tundra ecotone (Labrador, Canada)

(2011) Julia A. Wheeler et al.   OIKOS

A Race for Space? How Sphagnum fuscum stabilizes vegetation composition during long-term climate manipulations

(2010) FRIDA KEUPER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Interactive effects of vegetation type and elevation on aboveground and belowground properties in a subarctic tundra

(2010) Maja K. Sundqvist et al.   OIKOS

Response of feather moss associated N2 fixation and litter decomposition to variations in simulated rainfall intensity and frequency

(2010) Benjamin G. Jackson et al.   OIKOS

Linking carbon balance to establishment patterns: comparison of whitebark pine and Engelmann spruce seedlings along an herb cover exposure gradient at treeline

(2010) Sheel Bansal et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Are treelines advancing? A global meta-analysis of treeline response to climate warming

(2009) Melanie A. Harsch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

An experimental comparison of chemical traits and litter decomposition rates in a diverse range of subarctic bryophyte, lichen and vascular plant species

(2009) Simone I. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Context dependent effects of plant species and functional group loss on vegetation invasibility across an island area gradient

(2008) David A. Wardle et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY