Plant traits inform predictions of tundra responses to global change

Within-species patterns challenge our understanding of the leaf economics spectrum

(2018) Leander D. L. Anderegg et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Tundra shrub effects on growing season energy and carbon dioxide exchange

(2018) Peter M Lafleur et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

(2018) Anne D. Bjorkman et al.   NATURE

Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

(2018) Manuel J. Steinbauer et al.   NATURE

Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

(2018) Anne D. Bjorkman et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size‐related traits across the tundra biome

(2018) H. J. D. Thomas et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

(2017) Janet Prevéy et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities

(2017) Rosie A. Fisher et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions

(2017) Ethan E. Butler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Community and species-specific responses of plant traits to 23 years of experimental warming across subarctic tundra plant communities

(2017) Gaurav Baruah et al.   Scientific Reports

Trait variation and integration across scales: is the leaf economic spectrum present at local scales?

(2016) Julie Messier et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Climate adaptation is not enough: warming does not facilitate success of southern tundra plant populations in the high Arctic

(2016) Anne D. Bjorkman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Bill Shipley et al.   OECOLOGIA

Large-scale climatic and geophysical controls on the leaf economics spectrum

(2016) Gregory P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

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

Plant species effects on nutrient cycling: revisiting litter feedbacks

(2015) Sarah E. Hobbie   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

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

Plant functional types in Earth system models: past experiences and future directions for application of dynamic vegetation models in high-latitude ecosystems

(2014) Stan D. Wullschleger et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

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

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient

(2013) Emilie Kichenin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Hierarchical responses of plant-soil interactions to climate change: consequences for the global carbon cycle

(2013) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Long-term warming restructures Arctic tundra without changing net soil carbon storage

(2013) Seeta A. Sistla et al.   NATURE

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

Long-term monitoring at multiple trophic levels suggests heterogeneity in responses to climate change in the Canadian Arctic tundra

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

Functional traits predict relationship between plant abundance dynamic and long-term climate warming

(2013) N. A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Shifts in Arctic vegetation and associated feedbacks under climate change

(2013) Richard G. Pearson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Phenological tracking enables positive species responses to climate change

(2012) Elsa E. Cleland et al.   ECOLOGY

On the influence of shrub height and expansion on northern high latitude climate

(2012) C J W Bonfils et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

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

(2012) Sarah C. Elmendorf 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

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Within- and Across-Species Responses of Plant Traits and Litter Decomposition to Elevation across Contrasting Vegetation Types in Subarctic Tundra

(2011) Maja K. Sundqvist et al.   PLoS One

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

Shrub expansion may reduce summer permafrost thaw in Siberian tundra

(2009) D. BLOK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global patterns in plant height

(2009) Angela T. Moles et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Direct and indirect control by snow cover over decomposition in alpine tundra along a snowmelt gradient

(2009) Florence Baptist et al.   PLANT AND SOIL