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

Exploring the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil carbon dynamics

(2019) Donald R. Zak et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evidence for non-steady-state carbon emissions from snow-scoured alpine tundra

(2019) John F. Knowles et al.   Nature Communications

Interaction between tannins and fungal necromass stabilizes fungal residues in boreal forest soils

(2019) Bartosz Adamczyk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks along the altitudinal gradient of the Darjeeling Himalayas, India

(2019) Samjetsabam Bharati Devi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Humboldt’s Tableau Physique revisited

(2019) Pierre Moret et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Soil Microbiome of GLORIA Mountain Summits in the Swiss Alps

(2019) Magdalene Adamczyk et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Tangel humus forms − genesis and co-evolution with vegetation

(2018) Eckart Kolb et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Plant diversity and density predict belowground diversity and function in an early successional alpine ecosystem

(2018) Dorota L. Porazinska et al.   ECOLOGY

Range dynamics of mountain plants decrease with elevation

(2018) Sabine B. Rumpf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Xylem anatomical and growth responses of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium myrtillus to experimental CO 2 enrichment and soil warming at treeline

(2018) Alba Anadon-Rosell et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Patterns of root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes across a mostly-unvegetated, high-elevation landscape

(2018) Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita et al.   Fungal Ecology

Twelve years of low nutrient input stimulates growth of trees and dwarf shrubs in the treeline ecotone

(2018) Patrick Möhl et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Do soil biota influence the outcome of novel interactions between plant competitors?

(2018) Aline Cardinaux et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Predicting soil carbon loss with warming

(2018) Natasja van Gestel et al.   NATURE

Structure and function of the global topsoil microbiome

(2018) Mohammad Bahram et al.   NATURE

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

(2018) Manuel J. Steinbauer et al.   NATURE

Unravelling the age of fine roots of temperate and boreal forests

(2018) Emily F. Solly et al.   Nature Communications

Microbial temperature sensitivity and biomass change explain soil carbon loss with warming

(2018) Tom W. N. Walker et al.   Nature Climate Change

Boreal forest biomass accumulation is not increased by two decades of soil warming

(2018) Hyungwoo Lim et al.   Nature Climate Change

Drought limitation on tree growth at the Northern Hemisphere’s highest tree line

(2018) Lixin Lyu et al.   DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

Soil N mineralization profiles of co-existing woody vegetation islands at the alpine tree line

(2017) Lixia Wang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change

(2017) Jake M. Alexander et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate warming as a driver of tundra shrubline advance

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

The fate of nitrogen inputs in a warmer alpine treeline ecosystem: a 15 N labelling study

(2017) Melissa A. Dawes et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally

(2017) Jordan R. Mayor et al.   NATURE

Experimental soil warming shifts the fungal community composition at the alpine treeline

(2017) Emily F. Solly et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Long-term pattern and magnitude of soil carbon feedback to the climate system in a warming world

(2017) J. M. Melillo et al.   SCIENCE

Controls on carbon storage and weathering in volcanic soils across a high-elevation climate gradient on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

(2016) Marc G. Kramer et al.   ECOLOGY

Where, when and how plant-soil feedback matters in a changing world

(2016) Wim H. van der Putten et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Soil warming opens the nitrogen cycle at the alpine treeline

(2016) Melissa A. Dawes et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An assessment of carbon and nutrient limitations in the formation of the southern Andes tree line

(2016) Alex Fajardo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Treeline advances and associated shifts in the ground vegetation alter fine root dynamics and mycelia production in the South and Polar Urals

(2016) Emily F. Solly et al.   OECOLOGIA

Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau

(2016) Eryuan Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signals for an entire alpine flora, based on herbarium samples

(2016) Christian Körner et al.   Alpine Botany

Managing uncertainty in soil carbon feedbacks to climate change

(2016) Mark A. Bradford et al.   Nature Climate Change

Dramatic Increases of Soil Microbial Functional Gene Diversity at the Treeline Ecotone of Changbai Mountain

(2016) Congcong Shen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Vegetation dynamics at the upper elevational limit of vascular plants in Himalaya

(2016) Jiri Dolezal et al.   Scientific Reports

Climate Warming and Soil Carbon in Tropical Forests: Insights from an Elevation Gradient in the Peruvian Andes

(2015) Andrew T. Nottingham et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Response of N cycling to nutrient inputs in forest soils across a 1000–3000 m elevation gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes

(2015) Angelica P. Baldos et al.   ECOLOGY

Microbial physiology and soil CO2efflux after 9 years of soil warming in a temperate forest - no indications for thermal adaptations

(2015) Andreas Schindlbacher et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Convergent ecosystem responses to 23-year ambient and manipulated warming link advancing snowmelt and shrub encroachment to transient and long-term climate-soil carbon feedback

(2015) John Harte et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Soil warming and CO2enrichment induce biomass shifts in alpine tree line vegetation

(2015) Melissa A. Dawes et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil carbon storage controlled by interactions between geochemistry and climate

(2015) Sebastian Doetterl et al.   Nature Geoscience

Environmental drivers of carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures in peatland vascular plants along an altitude gradient

(2015) Konstantin Gavazov et al.   OECOLOGIA

Experimental soil warming and cooling alters the partitioning of recent assimilates: evidence from a 14C-labelling study at the alpine treeline

(2015) A. Ferrari et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant species effects on nutrient cycling: revisiting litter feedbacks

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

Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world

(2015)   Nature Climate Change

Species specific and environment induced variation of δ13C and δ15N in alpine plants

(2015) Yang Yang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline

(2014) Aurélie Thébault et al.   OIKOS

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

Non-climatic constraints on upper elevational plant range expansion under climate change

(2014) C. D. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A climate-based model to predict potential treeline position around the globe

(2014) Jens Paulsen et al.   Alpine Botany

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

(2014) Maria Väisänen et al.   Nature Climate Change

Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

(2013) Lohengrin A. Cavieres et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Species Composition of Subalpine Grassland is Sensitive to Nitrogen Deposition, but Not to Ozone, After Seven Years of Treatment

(2013) Seraina Bassin et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

(2013) Elina Kaarlejärvi et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Soil warming alters microbial substrate use in alpine soils

(2013) Kathrin Streit et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

Interannual variation in seasonal drivers of soil respiration in a semi-arid Rocky Mountain meadow

(2012) Andrew B. Moyes et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Climate-sensitive ecosystem carbon dynamics along the soil chronosequence of the Damma glacier forefield, Switzerland

(2012) Rienk H. Smittenberg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Nutrient limitation in rainforests and cloud forests along a 3,000-m elevation gradient in the Peruvian Andes

(2012) Joshua B. Fisher et al.   OECOLOGIA

Biogeochemical and ecological feedbacks in grassland responses to warming

(2012) Zhuoting Wu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Impacts of altitude and position on the rates of soil nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in alpine meadows on the eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

(2011) Shihu Zhang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon after land-use change in the temperate zone - carbon response functions as a model approach

(2011) CHRISTOPHER POEPLAU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Summer warming accelerates sub-arctic peatland nitrogen cycling without changing enzyme pools or microbial community structure

(2011) James T. Weedon et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Did soil development limit spruce (Picea abies) expansion in the Central Alps during the Holocene? Testing a palaeobotanical hypothesis with a dynamic landscape model

(2011) Paul D. Henne et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Soil warming, carbon-nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets

(2011) J. M. Melillo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Changes in Climatic Water Balance Drive Downhill Shifts in Plant Species' Optimum Elevations

(2011) S. M. Crimmins et al.   SCIENCE

Can composition and physical protection of soil organic matter explain soil respiration temperature sensitivity?

(2010) Michael Zimmermann et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Microbes do not follow the elevational diversity patterns of plants and animals

(2010) Noah Fierer et al.   ECOLOGY

Elevation effects on the carbon budget of tropical mountain forests (S Ecuador): the role of the belowground compartment

(2010) GERALD MOSER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Lack of belowground mutualisms hinders Pinaceae invasions

(2009) Martin A. Nuñez et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Treeline shifts in the Ural mountains affect soil organic matter dynamics

(2009) ADRIAN KAMMER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microbial community composition and activity in different Alpine vegetation zones

(2009) Ika Djukic et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Storage and turnover of carbon in grassland soils along an elevation gradient in the Swiss Alps

(2008) JENS LEIFELD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Species-specific responses of an alpine plant community under simulated environmental change

(2008) Kari Klanderud   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Microbes on mountainsides: Contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity

(2008) J. A. Bryant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA