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 …

Demographic consequences of phenological shifts in response to climate change

AM Iler, PJ CaraDonna, JRK Forrest… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
When a phenological shift affects a demographic vital rate such as survival or reproduction,
the altered vital rate may or may not have population-level consequences. We review the …

Patterns and mechanisms of nutrient resorption in plants

AN Brant, HYH Chen - Critical reviews in plant sciences, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Nutrient resorption (NR) plays a key role in the nutrient conservation of plants. However, a
fundamental understanding of the mechanisms that control NR remains limited. In this …

Transitions in Arctic ecosystems: Ecological implications of a changing hydrological regime

FJ Wrona, M Johansson, JM Culp… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous international scientific assessments and related articles have, during the last
decade, described the observed and potential impacts of climate change as well as other …

Experimental warming reduces ecosystem resistance and resilience to severe flooding in a wetland

B Sun, M Jiang, G Han, L Zhang, J Zhou, C Bian… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Climate warming and extreme hydrological events are threatening the sustainability of
wetlands across the globe. However, whether climate warming will amplify or diminish the …

Trophic mismatch and its effects on the growth of young in an Arctic herbivore

M Doiron, G Gauthier, E Lévesque - Global Change Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In highly seasonal environments, timing of breeding of organisms is typically set to coincide
with the period of highest resource availability. However, breeding phenology may not …

Contrasting consequences of climate change for migratory geese: Predation, density dependence and carryover effects offset benefits of high‐arctic warming

K Layton‐Matthews, BB Hansen, V Grøtan… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is most rapid in the Arctic, posing both benefits and challenges for migratory
herbivores. However, population‐dynamic responses to climate change are generally …

Decadal declines in avian herbivore reproduction: Density‐dependent nutrition and phenological mismatch in the Arctic

MV Ross, RT Alisauskas, DC Douglas, DK Kellett - Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A full understanding of population dynamics depends not only on estimation of mechanistic
contributions of recruitment and survival, but also knowledge about the ecological processes …

Projecting the future of an alpine ungulate under climate change scenarios

KS White, DP Gregovich, T Levi - Global change biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change represents a primary threat to species persistence and biodiversity at a
global scale. Cold adapted alpine species are especially sensitive to climate change and …

Exploring the drivers of variation in trophic mismatches: A systematic review of long‐term avian studies

MK Zhemchuzhnikov, TSL Versluijs… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many organisms reproduce in seasonal environments, where selection on timing of
reproduction is particularly strong as consumers need to synchronize reproduction with the …