Evasion of tipping in complex systems through spatial pattern formation

M Rietkerk, R Bastiaansen, S Banerjee… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND In the Anthropocene, there is a need to better understand the catastrophic
effects that climate and land-use change may have on ecosystems, Earth system …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

ZA Mekonnen, WJ Riley, LT Berner… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Vegetation composition shifts, and in particular, shrub expansion across the Arctic tundra
are some of the most important and widely observed responses of high-latitude ecosystems …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat - 2022 - hal.science
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Distance sampling surveys reveal 17 million vertebrates directly killed by the 2020's wildfires in the Pantanal, Brazil

WM Tomas, CN Berlinck, RM Chiaravalloti… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic factors have significantly influenced the frequency, duration, and intensity of
meteorological drought in many regions of the globe, and the increased frequency of …

Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead

M Dornelas, JM Chase, NJ Gotelli… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Estimating biodiversity change across the planet in the context of widespread human
modification is a critical challenge. Here, we review how biodiversity has changed in recent …

Cross-chapter paper 6: Polar regions

AJ Constable, S Harper, J Dawson, K Holsman… - IPCC AR WGII, 2022 - epic.awi.de
The polar regions, notably the Arctic and maritime Antarctic, are experiencing impacts from
climate change at magnitudes and rates that are among the highest in the world, and will …

The success of woody plant removal depends on encroachment stage and plant traits

J Ding, D Eldridge - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Woody plants (shrubs and trees) are encroaching across the globe, affecting livestock
production and terrestrial ecosystem functioning. Despite the widespread practice, there has …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic shrub expansion revealed by Landsat-derived multitemporal vegetation cover fractions in the Western Canadian Arctic

L Nill, I Grünberg, T Ullmann, M Gessner… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Warming induced shifts in tundra vegetation composition and structure, including
circumpolar expansion of shrubs, modifies ecosystem structure and functioning with …

Is subarctic forest advance able to keep pace with climate change?

WG Rees, A Hofgaard, S Boudreau… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent climate warming and scenarios for further warming have led to expectations of rapid
movement of ecological boundaries. Here we focus on the circumarctic forest–tundra …