Decomposition of Senesced Leaf Litter is Faster in Tall Compared to Low Birch Shrub Tundra

Enhanced summer warming reduces fungal decomposer diversity and litter mass loss more strongly in dry than in wet tundra

(2016) Casper T. Christiansen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant production and nitrogen accumulation above- and belowground in low and tall birch tundra communities: the influence of snow and litter

(2016) Mathew R. Vankoughnett et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

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

(2015) Philipp R. Semenchuk et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

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

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

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

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

(2014) Jennie DeMarco et al.   ECOLOGY

Evergreen shrubs dominate responses to experimental summer warming and fertilization in Canadian mesic low arctic tundra

(2014) Tara J. Zamin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Long-term experimental warming and nutrient additions increase productivity in tall deciduous shrub tundra

(2014) Jennie DeMarco et al.   Ecosphere

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

Nutrient-specific solubility patterns of leaf litter across 41 lowland tropical woody species

(2013) Laura A. Schreeg et al.   ECOLOGY

Temperature response of litter and soil organic matter decomposition is determined by chemical composition of organic material

(2013) Björn Erhagen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

The seasonal pattern of soil microbial community structure in mesic low arctic tundra

(2013) Kate M. Buckeridge et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Cold Season Respiration Across a Low Arctic Landscape: the Influence of Vegetation Type, Snow Depth, and Interannual Climatic Variation

(2012) Paul Grogan   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dynamics of aboveground phytomass of the circumpolar Arctic tundra during the past three decades

(2012) Howard E Epstein et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Recent expansion of erect shrubs in the Low Arctic: evidence from Eastern Nunavik

(2012) Benoît Tremblay et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

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

(2012) Iain P. Hartley et al.   Nature Climate Change

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

(2012) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   Nature Climate Change

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

Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

(2011) Richard T. Conant et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Influence of Vegetation Type on the Dominant Soil Bacteria, Archaea, and Fungi in a Low Arctic Tundra Landscape

(2011) Haiyan Chu et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Deepened snow increases late thaw biogeochemical pulses in mesic low arctic tundra

(2010) Kate M. Buckeridge et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Stoichiometric controls on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing litter

(2010) Stefano Manzoni et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Long-term experimental manipulation of climate alters the ectomycorrhizal community of Betula nana in Arctic tundra

(2010) J. R. DESLIPPE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The effects of substrate composition, quantity, and diversity on microbial activity

(2010) Daniel L. Hernández et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A cross-seasonal comparison of active and total bacterial community composition in Arctic tundra soil using bromodeoxyuridine labeling

(2010) Shawna K. McMahon et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil biogeochemistry during the early spring in low arctic mesic tundra and the impacts of deepened snow and enhanced nitrogen availability

(2009) Kate M. Buckeridge et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Water availability controls microbial temperature responses in frozen soil CO2 production

(2009) MATS G. ÖQUIST et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Russian Arctic warming and ‘greening’ are closely tracked by tundra shrub willows

(2009) BRUCE C. FORBES et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil microbial biomass, nutrient availability and nitrogen mineralization potential among vegetation-types in a low arctic tundra landscape

(2009) Haiyan Chu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

Microbial growth in Arctic tundra soil at −2°C

(2009) Shawna K. McMahon et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

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

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

Landscape and Ecosystem-Level Controls on Net Carbon Dioxide Exchange along a Natural Moisture Gradient in Canadian Low Arctic Tundra

(2008) Sonia Nobrega et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The Global Stoichiometry of Litter Nitrogen Mineralization

(2008) S. Manzoni et al.   SCIENCE