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Estimating aboveground biomass and leaf area of low-stature Arctic shrubs with terrestrial LiDAR by Greaves, Heather E., Vierling, Lee A., Eitel, Jan U.H., Boelman, Natalie T., Magney, Troy S., Prager, Case M., Griffin, Kevin L.

“…Arctic tundra ecosystems are responding to effects of climatic warming via shifts in vegetation composition and increased woody biomass. In this sensitive…”
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High-resolution mapping of aboveground shrub biomass in Arctic tundra using airborne lidar and imagery by Greaves, Heather E., Vierling, Lee A., Eitel, Jan U.H., Boelman, Natalie T., Magney, Troy S., Prager, Case M., Griffin, Kevin L.

“…Accurate monitoring of climate-driven expansion of low-stature shrubs in Arctic tundra requires high-resolution maps of shrub biomass that can accurately…”
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Biodiversity as a multidimensional construct: a review, framework and case study of herbivory's impact on plant biodiversity by Naeem, S., Prager, Case, Weeks, Brian, Varga, Alex, Flynn, Dan F. B., Griffin, Kevin, Muscarella, Robert, Palmer, Matthew, Wood, Stephen, Schuster, William

“…Biodiversity is inherently multidimensional, encompassing taxonomic, functional, phylogenetic, genetic, landscape and many other elements of variability of…”
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Where does the carbon go? Thermal acclimation of respiration and increased photosynthesis in trees at the temperate-boreal ecotone by Griffin, Kevin L, Prager, Case M

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The influence of aboveground and belowground species composition on spatial turnover in nutrient pools in alpine grasslands by Jing, Xin, Prager, Case M., Chen, Litong, Chu, Haiyan, Gotelli, Nicholas J., He, Jin‐Sheng, Shi, Yu, Yang, Teng, Zhu, Biao, Classen, Aimée T., Sanders, Nathan J., Waring, Bonnie G.

“…Aim An important research question in ecology is how climate and the biodiversity of aboveground plants and belowground microbiomes affect ecosystem functions…”
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Trophic complexity alters the diversity–multifunctionality relationship in experimental grassland mesocosms by Anujan, Krishna, Heilpern, Sebastian A., Prager, Case M., Weeks, Brian C., Naeem, Shahid

“…Plant diversity has a positive influence on the number of ecosystem functions maintained simultaneously by a community, or multifunctionality. While the…”
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The importance of rare species: a trait‐based assessment of rare species contributions to functional diversity and possible ecosystem function in tall‐grass prairies by Jain, Meha, Flynn, Dan F.B., Prager, Case M., Hart, Georgia M., DeVan, Caroline M., Ahrestani, Farshid S., Palmer, Matthew I., Bunker, Daniel E., Knops, Johannes M.H., Jouseau, Claire F., Naeem, Shahid

“…The majority of species in ecosystems are rare, but the ecosystem consequences of losing rare species are poorly known. To understand how rare species may…”
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Variation in the methods leads to variation in the interpretation of biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships by Jing, Xin, Prager, Case M, Classen, Aimée T, Maestre, Fernando T, He, Jin-Sheng, Sanders, Nathan J

“…Abstract Aims Biodiversity is often positively related to the capacity of an ecosystem to provide multiple functions simultaneously (i.e. multifunctionality)…”
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A mechanism of expansion: Arctic deciduous shrubs capitalize on warming-induced nutrient availability by Prager, Case M., Boelman, Natalie T., Eitel, Jan U. H., Gersony, Jess T., Greaves, Heather E., Heskel, Mary A., Magney, Troy S., Menge, Duncan N. L., Naeem, Shahid, Shen, Christa, Vierling, Lee A., Griffin, Kevin L.

“…Warming-induced nutrient enrichment in the Arctic may lead to shifts in leaf-level physiological properties and processes with potential consequences for plant…”
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LiDAR canopy radiation model reveals patterns of photosynthetic partitioning in an Arctic shrub by Magney, Troy S., Eitel, Jan U.H., Griffin, Kevin L., Boelman, Natalie T., Greaves, Heather E., Prager, Case M., Logan, Barry A., Zheng, Guang, Ma, Lixia, Fortin, Elizabeth A., Oliver, Ruth Y., Vierling, Lee A.

“…•Shrub canopy light regime was investigated with LiDAR and traditional techniques.•Integrated quantum flux was determined from a LiDAR-based 3D canopy…”
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Spatial turnover of multiple ecosystem functions is more associated with plant than soil microbial β‐diversity by Jing, Xin, Prager, Case M., Borer, Elizabeth T., Gotelli, Nicholas J., Gruner, Daniel S., He, Jin‐Sheng, Kirkman, Kevin, MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Prober, Suzanne M., Seabloom, Eric W., Stevens, Carly J., Classen, Aimée T., Sanders, Nathan J.

“…Biodiversity—both above‐ and belowground—influences multiple functions in terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, it is unclear whether differences in above‐ and…”
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Integrating natural gradients, experiments, and statistical modeling in a distributed network experiment: An example from the WaRM Network by Prager, Case M., Classen, Aimee T., Sundqvist, Maja K., Barrios‐Garcia, Maria Noelia, Cameron, Erin K., Chen, Litong, Chisholm, Chelsea, Crowther, Thomas W., Deslippe, Julie R., Grigulis, Karl, He, Jin‐Sheng, Henning, Jeremiah A., Hovenden, Mark, Høye, Toke T. Thomas, Jing, Xin, Lavorel, Sandra, McLaren, Jennie R., Metcalfe, Daniel B., Newman, Gregory S., Nielsen, Marie Louise, Rixen, Christian, Read, Quentin D., Rewcastle, Kenna E., Rodriguez‐Cabal, Mariano, Wardle, David A., Wipf, Sonja, Sanders, Nathan J.

“…A growing body of work examines the direct and indirect effects of climate change on ecosystems, typically by using manipulative experiments at a single site…”
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Climate and multiple dimensions of plant diversity regulate ecosystem carbon exchange along an elevational gradient by Prager, Case M., Jing, Xin, Henning, Jeremiah A., Read, Quentin D., Meidl, Peter, Lavorel, Sandra, Sanders, Nathan J., Sundqvist, Maja, Wardle, David A., Classen, Aimee T.

“…The impacts of warming on communities and ecosystems are predicted to be significant in mountain ecosystems because physiological processes, including rates of…”
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Spectral determination of concentrations of functionally diverse pigments in increasingly complex arctic tundra canopies by Boelman, Natalie T., Magney, Troy S., Logan, Barry A., Griffin, Kevin L., Eitel, Jan U. H., Greaves, Heather, Prager, Case M., Vierling, Lee A.

“…As the Arctic warms, tundra vegetation is becoming taller and more structurally complex, as tall deciduous shrubs become increasingly dominant. Emerging…”
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Xanthophyll Cycle Activity in Two Prominent Arctic Shrub Species by Magney, Troy S, Logan, Barry A, Reblin, Jaret S, Boelman, Natalie T, Eitel, Jan U. H, Greaves, Heather E, Griffin, Kevin L, Prager, Case M, Vierling, Lee A

“…When the capacity for photosynthesis is constrained by unfavorable growing conditions, excess absorbed light is safely lost from leaves via thermal energy…”
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Scaling Thermal Properties from the Leaf to the Canopy in the Alaskan Arctic Tundra by Gersony, Jessica T, Prager, Case M, Boelman, Natalie T, Eitel, Jan U. H, Gough, Laura, Greaves, Heather E, Griffin, Kevin L, Magney, Troy S, Sweet, Shannan K, Vierling, Lee A, Naeem, Shahid

“…Plants are strongly influenced by their thermal environments, and this influence manifests itself in a variety of ways, such as altered ranges, growth,…”
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A gradient of nutrient enrichment reveals nonlinear impacts of fertilization on Arctic plant diversity and ecosystem function by Prager, Case M., Naeem, Shahid, Boelman, Natalie T., Eitel, Jan U. H., Greaves, Heather E., Heskel, Mary A., Magney, Troy S., Menge, Duncan N.L., Vierling, Lee A., Griffin, Kevin L.

“…Rapid environmental change at high latitudes is predicted to greatly alter the diversity, structure, and function of plant communities, resulting in changes in…”
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20 cm resolution mapping of tundra vegetation communities provides an ecological baseline for important research areas in a changing Arctic environment by Greaves, Heather E, Eitel, Jan U H, Vierling, Lee A, Boelman, Natalie T, Griffin, Kevin L, Magney, Troy S, Prager, Case M

“…Arctic tundra vegetation communities are spatially heterogeneous and may vary dramatically from one meter to the next. Consequently, representing Arctic tundra…”
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Biodiversity and human well-being: an essential link for sustainable development by Naeem, Shahid, Chazdon, Robin, Duffy, J. Emmett, Prager, Case, Worm, Boris

“…As society strives to transition towards more sustainable development pathways, it is important to properly conceptualize the link between biodiversity (i.e…”
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Biodiversity and human well-being: an essential link for sustainable development by Naeem, Shahid, Chazdon, Robin, Duffy, J. Emmett, Prager, Case, Worm, Boris

“…As society strives to transition towards more sustainable development pathways, it is important to properly conceptualize the link between biodiversity (i.e…”
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