Initial Stages of Tundra Shrub Litter Decomposition May Be Accelerated by Deeper Winter Snow But Slowed Down by Spring Warming

Deeper snow alters soil nutrient availability and leaf nutrient status in high Arctic tundra

(2015) Philipp R. Semenchuk et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Deepened winter snow increases stem growth and alters stemδ13C andδ15N in evergreen dwarf shrubCassiope tetragonain high-arctic Svalbard tundra

(2015) Daan Blok et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

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

Responses of a tundra system to warming using SCAMPS: a stoichiometrically coupled, acclimating microbe–plant–soil model

(2014) Seeta A. Sistla et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Effects of arctic shrub expansion on biophysical vs. biogeochemical drivers of litter decomposition

(2014) Jennie DeMarco et al.   ECOLOGY

Future increases in Arctic precipitation linked to local evaporation and sea-ice retreat

(2014) R. Bintanja et al.   NATURE

Nitrogen isotope tracer acquisition in low and tall birch tundra plant communities: a 2 year test of the snow–shrub hypothesis

(2013) Mathew R. Vankoughnett et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Winter climate change, plant traits and nutrient and carbon cycling in cold biomes

(2013) Johannes H. C. Cornelissen et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Permafrost degradation stimulates carbon loss from experimentally warmed tundra

(2013) Susan M. Natali et al.   ECOLOGY

Warming effects and plant trait control on the early-decomposition in alpine snowbeds

(2013) Michele Carbognani et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Reduction in snow depth negatively affects decomposers but impact on decomposition rates is substrate dependent

(2013) Stef Bokhorst et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

High Arctic wetting reduces permafrost carbon feedbacks to climate warming

(2013) M. Lupascu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global soil carbon projections are improved by modelling microbial processes

(2013) William R. Wieder 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

Moisture drives surface decomposition in thawing tundra

(2013) Caitlin E. Hicks Pries et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

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

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

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

Evaluating litter decomposition in earth system models with long-term litterbag experiments: an example using the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4)

(2012) Gordon B. Bonan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Fungal community on decomposing leaf litter undergoes rapid successional changes

(2012) Jana Voříšková et al.   ISME Journal

Seasonal climate manipulations have only minor effects on litter decomposition rates and N dynamics but strong effects on litter P dynamics of sub-arctic bog species

(2012) R. Aerts et al.   OECOLOGIA

The effects of snowpack properties and plant strategies on litter decomposition during winter in subalpine meadows

(2012) Patrick Saccone et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Microclimate within litter bags of different mesh size: Implications for the ‘arthropod effect’ on litter decomposition

(2012) Stef Bokhorst et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

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

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

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Increased plant productivity in Alaskan tundra as a result of experimental warming of soil and permafrost

(2011) Susan M. Natali et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Establishing a missing link: warm summers and winter snow cover promote shrub expansion into alpine tundra in Scandinavia

(2010) Martin Hallinger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Impacts of extreme winter warming events on litter decomposition in a sub-Arctic heathland

(2010) S. Bokhorst et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Temperature adaptation of soil bacterial communities along an Antarctic climate gradient: predicting responses to climate warming

(2009) RIIKKA RINNAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Shrub expansion may reduce summer permafrost thaw in Siberian tundra

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

Soil nitrogen cycling rates in low arctic shrub tundra are enhanced by litter feedbacks

(2009) Kate M. Buckeridge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

(2009) Florence Baptist et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change

(2008) PHILIP A. WOOKEY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY