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 …

Means and extremes: building variability into community‐level climate change experiments

RM Thompson, J Beardall, J Beringer, M Grace… - Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental studies assessing climatic effects on ecological communities have typically
applied static warming treatments. Although these studies have been informative, they have …

Fine-scale tundra vegetation patterns are strongly related to winter thermal conditions

P Niittynen, RK Heikkinen, J Aalto, A Guisan… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Harsh winters are a characteristic element of Arctic ecosystems, yet the importance of winter
conditions for Arctic plant communities is still underrepresented in climate change impact …

Will bryophytes survive in a warming world?

X He, KS He, J Hyvönen - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding how plant species respond to climate change is one of the great challenges
in biodiversity conservation and sustainable ecosystem planning. Current studies of the …

Bryophyte‐cyanobacteria associations as regulators of the northern latitude carbon balance in response to global change

Z Lindo, MC Nilsson, MJ Gundale - Global change biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems in the far north, including arctic and boreal biomes, are a globally significant
pool of carbon (C). Global change is proposed to influence both C uptake and release in …

[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 …

Biotic responses to climate extremes in terrestrial ecosystems

MP Thakur, AC Risch, WH van der Putten - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Anthropogenic climate change is increasing the incidence of climate extremes.
Consequences of climate extremes on biodiversity can be highly detrimental, yet few studies …

Lichen ecophysiology in a changing climate

DE Stanton, A Ormond, NM Koch… - American journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lichens are one of the most iconic and ubiquitous symbioses known, widely valued as
indicators of environmental quality and, more recently, climate change. Our understanding of …

Warmer shorter winters disrupt Arctic terrestrial ecosystems

EJ Cooper - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The Earth is warming, especially in polar areas in which winter temperatures and
precipitation are expected to increase. Despite a growing research focus on winter climatic …

Warming reduces the growth and diversity of biological soil crusts in a semi-arid environment: implications for ecosystem structure and functioning

C Escolar, I Martínez, MA Bowker… - … Transactions of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide
that control many functional processes, including carbon and nitrogen cycling, soil …