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Plant population differentiation and climate change: responses of grassland species along an elevational gradient by Frei, Esther R., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Matter, Philippe, Heggli, Martin, Pluess, Andrea R.

“…Mountain ecosystems are particularly susceptible to climate change. Characterizing intraspecific variation of alpine plants along elevational gradients is…”
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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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Assessing the Effectiveness of in-situ Active Warming Combined With Open Top Chambers to Study Plant Responses to Climate Change by Frei, Esther R, Schnell, Luc, Vitasse, Yann, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Moser, Barbara

“…Temperature manipulation experiments are an effective way for testing plant responses to future climate conditions, especially for predicting shifts in plant…”
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Plastic responses to elevated temperature in low and high elevation populations of three grassland species by Frei, Esther R, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Pluess, Andrea R

“…Local persistence of plant species in the face of climate change is largely mediated by genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity. In species with a wide…”
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Evidence for 40 Years of Treeline Shift in a Central Alpine Valley by Esther R. Frei, Ignacio Barbeito, Lisa M. Erdle, Elisabeth Leibold, Peter Bebi

“…Alpine treeline ecosystems are generally expected to advance with increasing temperatures and after land-use abandonment. Multiple interacting factors modify…”
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Patterns of genetic variation across altitude in three plant species of semi-dry grasslands by Hahn, Thomas, Kettle, Chris J, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Frei, Esther R, Matter, Philippe, Pluess, Andrea R

“…Environmental gradients caused by altitudinal gradients may affect genetic variation within and among plant populations and inbreeding within populations…”
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Slower growth prior to the 2018 drought and a high growth sensitivity to previous year summer conditions predisposed European beech to crown dieback by Neycken, Anna, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Frei, Esther R., Klesse, Stefan, Baltensweiler, Andri, Lévesque, Mathieu

“…The record-breaking drought in 2018 caused premature leaf discoloration and shedding (early browning) in many beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) dominated forests in…”
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SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperature by Lembrechts, Jonas J., Aalto, Juha, Kopecký, Martin, Luoto, Miska, Roupsard, Olivier, García, Rafael A., Pitteloud, Camille, Alatalo, Juha M., Okello, Joseph, Urban, Josef, Svátek, Martin, Phartyal, Shyam S., Wipf, Sonja, Pușcaș, Mihai, Turtureanu, Pavel D., Dimarco, Romina D., Jump, Alistair S., Larson, Keith, Walz, Josefine, Vitale, Luca, Svoboda, Miroslav, Halbritter, Aud H., Koontz, Austin, Pearse, William D., Jessen Graae, Bente, Vedel Sørensen, Mia, Høye, Toke T., Fernández Calzado, M. Rosa, Lorite, Juan, Carbognani, Michele, Tomaselli, Marcello, Forte, T'ai G. W., Petraglia, Alessandro, Haesen, Stef, Somers, Ben, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Björkman, Mats P., Merinero, Sonia, Buchmann, Nina, Dolezal, Jiri, Matula, Radim, Bailey, Joseph J., Ghosn, Dany, Pablo, Miguel A., Kemppinen, Julia, Niittynen, Pekka, Rew, Lisa, Seipel, Tim, Ardö, Jonas, Cannone, Nicoletta, Guglielmin, Mauro, Malfasi, Francesco, Bader, Maaike Y., Canessa, Rafaella, Stanisci, Angela, Kreyling, Juergen, Govaert, Sanne, Meeussen, Camille, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Gigauri, Khatuna, Lamprecht, Andrea, Trouillier, Mario, Brůna, Josef, Hederová, Lucia, Man, Matěj, Kanka, Róbert, Barros, Agustina, Mazzolari, Ana C., Boeckx, Pascal, Benito Alonso, José‐Luis, Zong, Shengwei, Di Cecco, Valter, Sitková, Zuzana, Tielbörger, Katja, Weigel, Robert, Homeier, Jürgen, Medinets, Sergiy, Medinets, Volodymyr, Milbau, Ann, Thomas, Haydn J. D., Myers‐Smith, Isla H., Blonder, Benjamin, Zellweger, Florian, Frei, Esther R., Heinesch, Bernard, Andrews, Christopher, Siebicke, Lukas, Rocha, Adrian, Senior, Rebecca A., Rixen, Christian, Klinges, David, Zhang, Jian, Zhang, Zhaochen, Géron, Charly, Fazlioglu, Fatih, Laska, Kamil, Cremonese, Edoardo, Moyano, Fernando E., Rossi, Christian, Nijs, Ivan

“…Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather…”
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Legacy effects of premature defoliation in response to an extreme drought event modulate phytochemical profiles with subtle consequences for leaf herbivory in European beech by Eisenring, Michael, Gessler, Arthur, Frei, Esther R., Glauser, Gaétan, Kammerer, Bernd, Moor, Maurice, Perret‐Gentil, Anouchka, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Gossner, Martin M.

“…Summary Extreme droughts can have long‐lasting effects on forest community dynamics and species interactions. Yet, our understanding of how drought legacy…”
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Agricultural practices and biodiversity: Conservation policies for semi-natural grasslands in Europe by Shipley, J Ryan, Frei, Esther R, Bergamini, Ariel, Boch, Steffen, Schulz, Tobias, Ginzler, Christian, Barandun, Marco, Bebi, Peter, Bolliger, Janine, Bollmann, Kurt, Delpouve, Noémie, Gossner, Martin M, Graham, Catherine, Krumm, Frank, Marty, Mauro, Pichon, Noémie, Rigling, Andreas, Rixen, Christian

“…Europe's semi-natural grasslands support notably high levels of temperate biodiversity across multiple taxonomic groups. However, these ecosystems face unique…”
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Long-term effects of snowmelt timing and climate warming on phenology, growth, and reproductive effort of Arctic tundra plant species by Frei, Esther R., Henry, Gregory H.R.

“…Arctic regions are particularly affected by rapidly rising temperatures and altered snow regimes. Snowmelt timing depends on spring temperatures and winter…”
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Climate adaptation is not enough: warming does not facilitate success of southern tundra plant populations in the high Arctic by Bjorkman, Anne D., Vellend, Mark, Frei, Esther R., Henry, Gregory H. R.

“…Rapidly rising temperatures are expected to cause latitudinal and elevational range shifts as species track their optimal climate north and upward. However, a…”
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Long-term effects of snowmelt timing and climate warming on phenology, growth, and reproductive effort of Arctic tundra plant species1 by Esther R. Frei, Gregory H.R. Henry

“…Arctic regions are particularly affected by rapidly rising temperatures and altered snow regimes. Snowmelt timing depends on spring temperatures and winter…”
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The Swiss common garden network: testing assisted migration of tree species in Europe by Streit, Kathrin, Brang, Peter, Frei, Esther R.

“…A warmer climate with drier summers will affect the suitability of tree species in their current range in most of Europe. To preserve ecosystem services in the…”
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Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome by Bjorkman, Anne D., Myers-Smith, Isla H., Elmendorf, Sarah C., Normand, Signe, Thomas, Haydn J. D., Alatalo, Juha M., Alexander, Heather, Anadon-Rosell, Alba, Angers-Blondin, Sandra, Bai, Yang, Baruah, Gaurav, te Beest, Mariska, Berner, Logan, Björk, Robert G., Blok, Daan, Bruelheide, Helge, Buchwal, Agata, Buras, Allan, Carbognani, Michele, Christie, Katherine, Collier, Laura S., Cooper, Elisabeth J., Cornelissen, J. Hans C., Dullinger, Stefan, Elberling, Bo, Eskelinen, Anu, Forbes, Bruce C., Frei, Esther R., Iturrate-Garcia, Maitane, Good, Megan K., Grau, Oriol, Green, Peter, Greve, Michelle, Grogan, Paul, Haider, Sylvia, Hájek, Tomáš, Hallinger, Martin, Happonen, Konsta, Harper, Karen A., Heijmans, Monique M. P. D., Henry, Gregory H. R., Hermanutz, Luise, Hewitt, Rebecca E., Hollister, Robert D., Hudson, James, Hülber, Karl, Iversen, Colleen M., Jaroszynska, Francesca, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Johnstone, Jill, Jorgesen, Rasmus Halfdan, Kaarlejärvi, Elina, Klady, Rebecca, Klimešová, Jitka, Kuleza, Sara, Kulonen, Aino, Lamarque, Laurent J., Lantz, Trevor, Lavalle, Amanda, Lembrechts, Jonas J., Lévesque, Esther, Little, Chelsea J., Luoto, Miska, Macek, Petr, Mack, Michelle C., Mathakutha, Rabia, Michelsen, Anders, Milbau, Ann, Molau, Ulf, Morgan, John W., Mörsdorf, Martin Alfons, Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob, Nielsen, Sigrid Schøler, Ninot, Josep M., Oberbauer, Steven F., Olofsson, Johan, Onipchenko, Vladimir G., Petraglia, Alessandro, Pickering, Catherine, Prevéy, Janet S., Rixen, Christian, Rumpf, Sabine B., Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela, Semenchuk, Philipp, Shetti, Rohan, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Spasojevic, Marko J., Speed, James David Mervyn, Street, Lorna E., Tape, Ken D., Tomaselli, Marcello, Trant, Andrew, Treier, Urs A., Tremblay, Jean-Pierre, Tremblay, Maxime, Virkkala, Anna-Maria, Vowles, Tage, Weijers, Stef, Wilmking, Martin, Zamin, Tara

“…Motivation The Tundra Trait Team (TTT) database includes field‐based measurements of key traits related to plant form and function at multiple sites across the…”
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Multiple Pleistocene refugia for Arctic Bell‐Heather revealed with genomic analyses of modern and historic plants by Elphinstone, Cassandra, Hernández, Fernando, Todesco, Marco, Légaré, Jean‐Sébastien, Cheung, Winnie, Sokoloff, Paul C., Hofgaard, Annika, Christiansen, Casper T., Frei, Esther R., Lévesque, Esther, Daskalova, Gergana N., Thomas, Haydn J. D., Myers‐Smith, Isla H., Harris, Jacob A., Saarela, Jeffery M., May, Jeremy L., Obst, Joachim, Boike, Julia, Clark, Karin, MacIntosh, Katie, Betway‐May, Katlyn R., Case, Liam, Björkman, Mats P., Moody, Michael L., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Molgaard, Per, Björk, Robert G., Hollister, Robert D., Bull, Roger D., Agger, Sofie, Maire, Vincent, Henry, Greg H. R., Rieseberg, Loren H.

“…Aim Arctic plants survived the Pleistocene glaciations in unglaciated refugia. The number, ages, and locations of these refugia are often unclear. We use…”
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Increased Arctic climate extremes constrain expected higher plant reproductive success in a warmer climate by Panchen, Zoe A., Frei, Esther R., Henry, Greg H.R.

“…The low reproductive success of Arctic plants is predicted to increase as the climate warms. However, climate extremes add complexity to these predictions. In…”
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Divergent selection in low and high elevation populations of a perennial herb in the Swiss Alps by Frei, Esther R, Hahn, Thomas, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Pluess, Andrea R

“…Mountain plant species with wide elevational ranges are expected to be exposed to different selection pressures at low and high elevation. Estimating the…”
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Geographic distance is more relevant than elevation to patterns of outbreeding in Ranunculus bulbosus by Matter, Philippe, Kettle, Chris J, Frei, Esther R, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Pluess, Andrea R, Bonser, Stephen

“…Mountain ecosystems can exert different selection pressures on plant populations over small scales due to steep environmental gradients. Gene flow between…”
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Competitive ability of natural Douglas fir regeneration in central European close-to-nature forests by Frei, Esther R., Moser, Barbara, Wohlgemuth, Thomas

“…•Douglas fir cannot compete with broadleaves in productive European beech forests.•Abundant Douglas fir regeneration was found on dry and less productive…”
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