Winter snow and spring temperature have differential effects on vegetation phenology and productivity across Arctic plant communities

Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

(2020) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   Nature Climate Change

Snow Water Equivalent Measurements in Remote Arctic Alaska Watersheds

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Decreasing snow cover alters functional composition and diversity of Arctic tundra

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Recent trends and remaining challenges for optical remote sensing of Arctic tundra vegetation: A review and outlook

(2020) Alison Beamish et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

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

(2019) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Deepened winter snow significantly influences the availability and forms of nitrogen taken up by plants in High Arctic tundra

(2019) Martin A. Mörsdorf et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Does Earlier and Increased Spring Plant Growth Lead to Reduced Summer Soil Moisture and Plant Growth on Landscapes Typical of Tundra-Taiga Interface?

(2019) Alemu Gonsamo et al.   Remote Sensing

Contrasting effects of the onset of spring on reproductive success of Arctic-nesting geese

(2019) Bart A Nolet et al.   AUK

The Missing Angle: Ecosystem Consequences of Phenological Mismatch

(2019) Karen H. Beard et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Long-term deepened snow promotes tundra evergreen shrub growth and summertime ecosystem net CO2 gain but reduces soil carbon and nutrient pools

(2018) Casper T. Christiansen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Arctic plant ecophysiology and water source utilization in response to altered snow: isotopic (δ18O and δ2H) evidence for meltwater subsidies to deciduous shrubs

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Quantifying snow controls on vegetation greenness

(2018) Stine Højlund Pedersen et al.   Ecosphere

Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity

(2018) Wolfgang Buermann et al.   NATURE

Changing seasonality of panarctic tundra vegetation in relationship to climatic variables

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Disentangling the mechanisms behind winter snow impact on vegetation activity in northern ecosystems

(2017) Xiaoyi Wang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Peak season plant activity shift towards spring is reflected by increasing carbon uptake by extratropical ecosystems

(2017) Alemu Gonsamo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)

(2017) Ronald Gelaro et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Winter warming effects on tundra shrub performance are species-specific and dependent on spring conditions

(2017) Eveline J. Krab et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Towards a rain-dominated Arctic

(2017) R. Bintanja et al.   Nature Climate Change

Disentangling the coupling between sea ice and tundra productivity in Svalbard

(2017) Marc Macias-Fauria et al.   Scientific Reports

Assessment of MODIS BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters (MCD43A1 Collection 6) for Directional Reflectance Retrieval

(2017) Xianghong Che et al.   Remote Sensing

Changing Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts

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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

Trends toward an earlier peak of the growing season in Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes

(2016) Chongyang Xu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Andes Cordillera. Part I: snow distribution, properties, and trends (1979-2014)

(2016) Sebastian H. Mernild et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

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

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

Quantifying Episodic Snowmelt Events in Arctic Ecosystems

(2015) Stine Højlund Pedersen et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

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

(2015) Geoffrey Legault et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Spatial and Temporal Changes in Vegetation Phenology at Middle and High Latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere over the Past Three Decades

(2015) Jianjun Zhao et al.   Remote Sensing

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

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

Impacts of snow cover on vegetation phenology in the arctic from satellite data

(2013) Heqing Zeng et al.   ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

Future Changes in Northern Hemisphere Snowfall

(2013) John P. Krasting et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

The changing seasonal climate in the Arctic

(2013) R. Bintanja et al.   Scientific Reports

Snow cover and extreme winter warming events control flower abundance of some, but not all species in high arctic Svalbard

(2013) Philipp R. Semenchuk et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Ongoing Climate Change in the Arctic

(2012) John E. Walsh et al.   AMBIO

Multiple Effects of Changes in Arctic Snow Cover

(2012) Terry V. Callaghan et al.   AMBIO

Mapping grassland productivity with 250-m eMODIS NDVI and SSURGO database over the Greater Platte River Basin, USA

(2012) Yingxin Gu et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

In situ snow water equivalent observations in the US Arctic

(2012) Svetlana Stuefer et al.   HYDROLOGY RESEARCH

Climate Divisions for Alaska Based on Objective Methods

(2012) Peter A. Bieniek et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Inter-comparison of four models for smoothing satellite sensor time-series data to estimate vegetation phenology

(2012) Peter M. Atkinson et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

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

The Effects of Snow, Soil Microenvironment, and Soil Organic Matter Quality on N Availability in Three Alaskan Arctic Plant Communities

(2011) Jennie DeMarco et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Impacts of multiple extreme winter warming events on sub-Arctic heathland: phenology, reproduction, growth, and CO2 flux responses

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The Changing Cryosphere: Pan-Arctic Snow Trends (1979–2009)

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Growing-season trends in Fennoscandia 1982–2006, determined from satellite and phenology data

(2009) SR Karlsen et al.   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Winter climate change in alpine tundra: plant responses to changes in snow depth and snowmelt timing

(2009) Sonja Wipf et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Phenology, growth, and fecundity of eight subarctic tundra species in response to snowmelt manipulations

(2009) Sonja Wipf   PLANT ECOLOGY

Recent Warming Reverses Long-Term Arctic Cooling

(2009) D. S. Kaufman et al.   SCIENCE

Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change

(2009) E. Post et al.   SCIENCE

Deepened snow alters soil microbial nutrient limitations in arctic birch hummock tundra

(2008) Kate M. Buckeridge et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Effects of Simulated Climate Change on Plant Phenology and Nitrogen Mineralization in Alaskan Arctic Tundra

(2008) Andrew P. Borner et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

PHENOLOGICAL SEQUENCES REVEAL AGGREGATE LIFE HISTORY RESPONSE TO CLIMATIC WARMING

(2008) Eric S. Post et al.   ECOLOGY

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PHENOLOGY, FROST DAMAGE, AND FLORAL ABUNDANCE OF MONTANE WILDFLOWERS

(2008) David W. Inouye   ECOLOGY

The greening and browning of Alaska based on 1982–2003 satellite data

(2008) David Verbyla   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY