Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

C Rixen, TT Høye, P Macek, R Aerts, JM Alatalo… - Arctic …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Snow is an important driver of ecosystem processes in cold biomes. Snow accumulation
determines ground temperature, light conditions, and moisture availability during winter. It …

Plant growth and mortality under climatic extremes: an overview

S Niu, Y Luo, D Li, S Cao, J Xia, J Li… - … and Experimental Botany, 2014 - Elsevier
Ongoing climate change has caused extreme climatic events to happen more frequently,
which can fundamentally threaten plant growth and survivorship. In this review paper, we …

[HTML][HTML] Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses

AC Foster, JA Wang, GV Frost… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Ecosystems in the North American Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) experience a diverse
set of disturbances associated with wildfire, permafrost dynamics, geomorphic processes …

Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover

RA Slatyer, KDL Umbers, PA Arnold - Conservation Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal snow is among the most important factors governing the ecology of many
terrestrial ecosystems, but rising global temperatures are changing snow regimes and …

[HTML][HTML] Changing Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts

S Bokhorst, SH Pedersen, L Brucker, O Anisimov… - Ambio, 2016 - Springer
Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-
cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in winter warming events in the Nordic Arctic Region

D Vikhamar-Schuler, K Isaksen, JE Haugen… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Changes in Winter Warming Events in the Nordic Arctic Region in: Journal of Climate Volume
29 Issue 17 (2016) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Extreme winter warming events more negatively impact small rather than large soil fauna: shift in community composition explained by traits not taxa

S Bokhorst, GK Phoenix, JW Bjerke… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme weather events can have negative impacts on species survival and community
structure when surpassing lethal thresholds. Extreme winter warming events in the A rctic …

Response of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau–A review

B Niu, G Fu - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant diversity and soil microbial diversity are closely related, and they maintain the health
and stability of terrestrial ecosystems. As a hotspot region of global biodiversity research …

Impacts of multiple extreme winter warming events on sub‐Arctic heathland: phenology, reproduction, growth, and CO2 flux responses

S Bokhorst, JW Bjerke, LE Street… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme weather events can have strong negative impacts on species survival and
community structure when surpassing lethal thresholds. Extreme, short‐lived, winter …

Mechanism of freeze-thaw injury and recovery: A cool retrospective and warming up to new ideas

R Arora - Plant Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding cellular mechanism (s) of freeze-thaw injury (FTI) is key to the efforts for
improving plant freeze-tolerance by cultural methods or molecular/genetic approaches …