Search Results - "Sarah C. Elmendorf"
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Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-11-2013)“…Global biodiversity is in decline. This is of concern for aesthetic and ethical reasons, but possibly also for practical reasons, as suggested by experimental…”
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Limits on phenological response to high temperature in the Arctic
Published in Scientific reports (05-01-2023)“…Tundra plants are widely considered to be constrained by cool growing conditions and short growing seasons. Furthermore, phenological development is generally…”
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Increasing phenological asynchrony between spring green-up and arrival of migratory birds
Published in Scientific reports (15-05-2017)“…Consistent with a warming climate, birds are shifting the timing of their migrations, but it remains unclear to what extent these shifts have kept pace with…”
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Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
Published in Nature climate change (01-09-2015)“…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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Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (13-01-2015)“…Inference about future climate change impacts typically relies on one of three approaches: manipulative experiments, historical comparisons (broadly defined to…”
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Long‐Term Alpine Plant Responses to Global Change Drivers Depend on Functional Traits
Published in Ecology letters (01-10-2024)“…ABSTRACT Forecasting plant responses under global change is a critical but challenging endeavour. Despite seemingly idiosyncratic responses of species to…”
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Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species traits
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-10-2018)“…Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) allow observation and reporting of global biodiversity change, but a detailed framework for the empirical derivation of…”
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CONTRASTING PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE IN THE NATIVE AND INTRODUCED RANGE OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM
Published in Evolution (01-08-2007)“…How introduced plants, which may be locally adapted to specific climatic conditions in their native range, cope with the new abiotic conditions that they…”
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Can Plot-Level Photographs Accurately Estimate Tundra Vegetation Cover in Northern Alaska?
Published in Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) (01-04-2023)“…Plot-level photography is an attractive time-saving alternative to field measurements for vegetation monitoring. However, widespread adoption of this technique…”
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Propagule vs. niche limitation: untangling the mechanisms behind plant species' distributions
Published in Ecology letters (01-07-2006)“…Distinguishing the roles of propagule limitation and niche requirements in controlling plant species distributions is important for understanding community…”
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The Plant Phenology Monitoring Design for the National Ecological Observatory Network
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-04-2016)“…Phenology is an integrative science that comprises the study of recurring biological activities or events. In an era of rapidly changing climate, the…”
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Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome
Published in Nature (London) (01-10-2018)“…The tundra is warming more rapidly than any other biome on Earth, and the potential ramifications are far-reaching because of global feedback effects between…”
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Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic
Published in Nature climate change (01-02-2020)“…As the Arctic warms, vegetation is responding, and satellite measures indicate widespread greening at high latitudes. This ‘greening of the Arctic’ is among…”
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Is photoperiod a dominant driver of secondary growth resumption?
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Contrasting effects of warming and increased snowfall on Arctic tundra plant phenology over the past two decades
Published in Global change biology (01-12-2015)“…Recent changes in climate have led to significant shifts in phenology, with many studies demonstrating advanced phenology in response to warming temperatures…”
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Global change re‐structures alpine plant communities through interacting abiotic and biotic effects
Published in Ecology letters (01-08-2022)“…Global change is altering patterns of community assembly, with net outcomes dependent on species' responses to the abiotic environment, both directly and…”
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Estimates of local biodiversity change over time stand up to scrutiny
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-02-2017)“…We present new data and analyses revealing fundamental flaws in a critique of two recent meta-analyses of local-scale temporal biodiversity change. First, the…”
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Experimental warming differentially affects vegetative and reproductive phenology of tundra plants
Published in Nature communications (11-06-2021)“…Rapid climate warming is altering Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystem structure and function, including shifts in plant phenology. While the advancement of…”
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Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time
Published in Ecology letters (01-02-2012)“…Ecology Letters (2011) Understanding the sensitivity of tundra vegetation to climate warming is critical to forecasting future biodiversity and vegetation…”
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Shifting alpine plant distributions with global change: Testing the environmental matching hypothesis
Published in Arctic, antarctic, and alpine research (31-12-2024)“…Species facing novel temperature, precipitation, and nitrogen (N) deposition regimes must move or adapt to persist. For long-lived plants, a primary form of…”
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