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Experimental soil warming shifts the fungal community composition at the alpine treeline by Solly, Emily F., Lindahl, Björn D., Dawes, Melissa A., Peter, Martina, Souza, Rômulo C., Rixen, Christian, Hagedorn, Frank

“…Increased CO2 emissions and global warming may alter the composition of fungal communities through the removal of temperature limitation in the plant–soil…”
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Evidence of enhanced freezing damage in treeline plants during six years of CO2 enrichment and soil warming by Rixen, Christian, Dawes, Melissa A., Wipf, Sonja, Hagedorn, Frank

“…Climate change and elevated atmospheric CO₂ levels could increase the vulnerability of plants to freezing. We analyzed tissue damage resulting from naturally…”
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Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone by Frei, Esther R., Bianchi, Eva, Bernareggi, Giulietta, Bebi, Peter, Dawes, Melissa A., Brown, Carissa D., Trant, Andrew J., Mamet, Steven D., Rixen, Christian

“…Treeline responses to climate change ultimately depend on successful seedling recruitment, which requires dispersal of viable seeds and establishment of…”
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Soil warming and CO2 enrichment induce biomass shifts in alpine tree line vegetation by Dawes, Melissa A, Philipson, Christopher D, Fonti, Patrick, Bebi, Peter, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Hagedorn, Frank, Rixen, Christian

“…Responses of alpine tree line ecosystems to increasing atmospheric CO₂concentrations and global warming are poorly understood. We used an experiment at the…”
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Growth and phenology of three dwarf shrub species in a six-year soil warming experiment at the alpine treeline by Anadon-Rosell, Alba, Rixen, Christian, Cherubini, Paolo, Wipf, Sonja, Hagedorn, Frank, Dawes, Melissa A

“…Global warming can have substantial impacts on the phenological and growth patterns of alpine and Arctic species, resulting in shifts in plant community…”
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Tracing fresh assimilates through Larix decidua exposed to elevated CO2 and soil warming at the alpine treeline using compound-specific stable isotope analysis by Streit, Kathrin, Rinne, Katja T., Hagedorn, Frank, Dawes, Melissa A., Saurer, Matthias, Hoch, Günter, Werner, Roland A., Buchmann, Nina, Siegwolf, Rolf T. W.

“…How will carbon source–sink relations of 35-yr-old larch trees (Larix decidua) at the alpine treeline respond to changes in atmospheric CO2 and climate? We…”
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CO₂ enrichment alters diurnal stem radius fluctuations of 36‐yr‐old Larix decidua growing at the alpine tree line by Dawes, Melissa A, Zweifel, Roman, Dawes, Nicholas, Rixen, Christian, Hagedorn, Frank

“…To understand how trees at high elevations might use water differently in the future, we investigated the effects of CO₂ enrichment and soil warming…”
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How tree roots respond to drought by Brunner, Ivano, Herzog, Claude, Dawes, Melissa A, Arend, Matthias, Sperisen, Christoph

“…The ongoing climate change is characterized by increased temperatures and altered precipitation patterns. In addition, there has been an increase in both the…”
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Soil warming opens the nitrogen cycle at the alpine treeline by Dawes, Melissa A., Schleppi, Patrick, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Rixen, Christian, Hagedorn, Frank

“…Climate warming may alter ecosystem nitrogen (N) cycling by accelerating N transformations in the soil, and changes may be especially pronounced in cold…”
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Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming by Steinbauer, Manuel J., Grytnes, John-Arvid, Jurasinski, Gerald, Kulonen, Aino, Lenoir, Jonathan, Pauli, Harald, Rixen, Christian, Winkler, Manuela, Bardy-Durchhalter, Manfred, Barni, Elena, Bjorkman, Anne D., Breiner, Frank T., Burg, Sarah, Czortek, Patryk, Dawes, Melissa A., Delimat, Anna, Dullinger, Stefan, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Felde, Vivian A., Fernández-Arberas, Olatz, Fossheim, Kjetil F., Gómez-García, Daniel, Georges, Damien, Grindrud, Erlend T., Haider, Sylvia, Haugum, Siri V., Henriksen, Hanne, Herreros, María J., Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Jaroszynska, Francesca, Kanka, Robert, Kapfer, Jutta, Klanderud, Kari, Kühn, Ingolf, Lamprecht, Andrea, Matteodo, Magali, di Cella, Umberto Morra, Normand, Signe, Odland, Arvid, Olsen, Siri L., Palacio, Sara, Petey, Martina, Piscová, Veronika, Sedlakova, Blazena, Steinbauer, Klaus, Stöckli, Veronika, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Teppa, Guido, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Vittoz, Pascal, Woodin, Sarah J., Zimmermann, Niklaus E., Wipf, Sonja

“…Globally accelerating trends in societal development and human environmental impacts since the mid-twentieth century 1 – 7 are known as the Great Acceleration…”
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Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome by Myers-Smith, Isla H., Elmendorf, Sarah C., Beck, Pieter S. A., Wilmking, Martin, Hallinger, Martin, Blok, Daan, Tape, Ken D., Rayback, Shelly A., Macias-Fauria, Marc, Forbes, Bruce C., Speed, James D. M., Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie, Rixen, Christian, Lévesque, Esther, Schmidt, Niels Martin, Baittinger, Claudia, Trant, Andrew J., Hermanutz, Luise, Collier, Laura Siegwart, Dawes, Melissa A., Lantz, Trevor C., Weijers, Stef, Jørgensen, Rasmus Halfdan, Buchwal, Agata, Buras, Allan, Naito, Adam T., Ravolainen, Virve, Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela, Wheeler, Julia A., Wipf, Sonja, Guay, Kevin C., Hik, David S., Vellend, Mark

“…Rapid climate warming has been linked to increasing shrub dominance in the Arctic tundra. Research now shows that climate–shrub growth relationships vary…”
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Factors driving mortality and growth at treeline: a 30-year experiment of 92 000 conifers by Barbeito, Ignacio, Dawes, Melissa A, Rixen, Christian, Senn, Josef, Bebi, Peter

“…Understanding the interplay between environmental factors contributing to treeline formation and how these factors influence different life stages remains a…”
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Xylem anatomical and growth responses of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium myrtillus to experimental CO 2 enrichment and soil warming at treeline by Anadon-Rosell, Alba, Dawes, Melissa A, Fonti, Patrick, Hagedorn, Frank, Rixen, Christian, von Arx, Georg

“…Plant growth responses to environmental changes may be linked to xylem anatomical adjustments. The study of such links is essential for improving our…”
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Xylem anatomical and growth responses of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium myrtillus to experimental CO2 enrichment and soil warming at treeline by Anadon-Rosell, Alba, Dawes, Melissa A., Fonti, Patrick, Hagedorn, Frank, Rixen, Christian, von Arx, Georg

“…Plant growth responses to environmental changes may be linked to xylem anatomical adjustments. The study of such links is essential for improving our…”
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Responses of soil extracellular enzyme activities to experimental warming and CO2 enrichment at the alpine treeline by Souza, Rômulo C., Solly, Emily F., Dawes, Melissa A., Graf, Frank, Hagedorn, Frank, Egli, Simon, Clement, Charles R., Nagy, Laszlo, Rixen, Christian, Peter, Martina

“…Background and aims Climate warming and elevated CO 2 can modify nutrient cycling mediated by enzymes in soils, especially in cold-limited ecosystems with a…”
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An alpine treeline in a carbon dioxide-rich world: synthesis of a nine-year free-air carbon dioxide enrichment study by Dawes, Melissa A., Hagedorn, Frank, Handa, Ira Tanya, Streit, Kathrin, Ekblad, Alf, Rixen, Christian, Körner, Christian, Hättenschwiler, Stephan

“…We evaluated the impacts of elevated CO 2 in a treeline ecosystem in the Swiss Alps in a 9-year free-air CO 2 enrichment (FACE) study. We present new data and…”
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Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: A review by Myers-Smith, Isla H., Hallinger, Martin, Blok, Daan, Sass-Klaassen, Ute, Rayback, Shelly A., Weijers, Stef, J. Trant, Andrew, Tape, Ken D., Naito, Adam T., Wipf, Sonja, Rixen, Christian, Dawes, Melissa A., A. Wheeler, Julia, Buchwal, Agata, Baittinger, Claudia, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Forbes, Bruce C., Lévesque, Esther, Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie, Beil, Ilka, Ravolainen, Virve, Wilmking, Martin

“…Shrubs have increased in abundance and dominance in arctic and alpine regions in recent decades. This often dramatic change, likely due to climate warming, has…”
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Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems by Craine, Joseph M., Elmore, Andrew J., Wang, Lixin, Aranibar, Julieta, Bauters, Marijn, Boeckx, Pascal, Crowley, Brooke E., Dawes, Melissa A., Delzon, Sylvain, Fajardo, Alex, Fang, Yunting, Fujiyoshi, Lei, Gray, Alan, Guerrieri, Rossella, Gundale, Michael J., Hawke, David J., Hietz, Peter, Jonard, Mathieu, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kenzo, Tanaka, Makarov, Mikhail, Marañón-Jiménez, Sara, McGlynn, Terrence P., McNeil, Brenden E., Mosher, Stella G., Nelson, David M., Peri, Pablo L., Roggy, Jean Christophe, Sanders-DeMott, Rebecca, Song, Minghua, Szpak, Paul, Templer, Pamela H., Van der Colff, Dewidine, Werner, Christiane, Xu, Xingliang, Yang, Yang, Yu, Guirui, Zmudczyńska-Skarbek, Katarzyna

“…Human societies depend on an Earth system that operates within a constrained range of nutrient availability, yet the recent trajectory of terrestrial nitrogen…”
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The fate of nitrogen inputs in a warmer alpine treeline ecosystem: a ¹⁵N labelling study by Dawes, Melissa A., Schleppi, Patrick, Hagedorn, Frank

“…1. Global warming may accelerate nitrogen (N) transformations in the soil, with potentially large effects in N-poor high-elevation ecosystems. To gain insight…”
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Species-specific tree growth responses to 9years of CO2 enrichment at the alpine treeline by Dawes, Melissa A, Haettenschwiler, Stephan, Bebi, Peter, Hagedorn, Frank, Handa, Ira Tanya, Korner, Christian, Rixen, Christian

“…1.Using experimental atmospheric CO2 enrichment, we tested for tree growth stimulation at the high-elevation treeline, where there is overwhelming evidence…”
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