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Community and Ecosystem Responses to Elevational Gradients: Processes, Mechanisms, and Insights for Global Change by Sundqvist, Maja K., Sanders, Nathan J., Wardle, David A.

“…Community structure and ecosystem processes often vary along elevational gradients. Their responses to elevation are commonly driven by changes in temperature,…”
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Decomposition rate and stabilization across six tundra vegetation types exposed to >20 years of warming by Sarneel, Judith M., Sundqvist, Maja K., Molau, Ulf, Björkman, Mats P., Alatalo, Juha M.

“…Litter decomposition is an important driver of soil carbon and nutrient cycling in nutrient-limited Arctic ecosystems. However, climate change is expected to…”
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Invasive earthworms unlock arctic plant nitrogen limitation by Blume-Werry, Gesche, Krab, Eveline J., Olofsson, Johan, Sundqvist, Maja K., Väisänen, Maria, Klaminder, Jonatan

“…Arctic plant growth is predominantly nitrogen (N) limited. This limitation is generally attributed to slow soil microbial processes due to low temperatures…”
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Plant and microbial responses to nitrogen and phosphorus addition across an elevational gradient in subarctic tundra by Sundqvist, Maja K., Liu, Zhanfeng, Giesler, Reiner, Wardle, David A.

“…Temperature and nutrients are major limiting factors in subarctic tundra. Experimental manipulation of nutrient availability along elevational gradients (and…”
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Direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil microbial and soil microbial-plant interactions: What lies ahead? by Classen, Aimée T, Sundqvist, Maja K, Henning, Jeremiah A, Newman, Gregory S, Moore, Jessica A. M, Cregger, Melissa A, Moorhead, Leigh C, Patterson, Courtney M

“…Global change is altering species distributions and thus interactions among organisms. Organisms live in concert with thousands of other species, some…”
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Within- and across-species responses of plant traits and litter decomposition to elevation across contrasting vegetation types in subarctic tundra by Sundqvist, Maja K, Giesler, Reiner, Wardle, David A

“…Elevational gradients are increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for understanding how community and ecosystem properties respond to climatic factors, but…”
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Experimental evidence of the long‐term effects of reindeer on Arctic vegetation greenness and species richness at a larger landscape scale by Sundqvist, Maja K., Moen, Jon, Björk, Robert G., Vowles, Tage, Kytöviita, Minna‐Maarit, Parsons, Malcolm A., Olofsson, Johan, Aerts, Rien

“…Large herbivores influence plant community structure and ecosystem processes in many ecosystems. In large parts of the Arctic, reindeer (or caribou) are the…”
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Accounting for deep soil carbon in tropical forest conservation payments by Sundqvist, Maja K., Hasselquist, Niles J., Jensen, Joel, Runesson, Josefin, Goodman, Rosa C., Axelsson, E. Petter, Alloysius, David, Lindh, Arvid, Ilstedt, Ulrik, Aguilar, Francisco X.

“…Secondary tropical forests are at the forefront of deforestation pressures. They store large amounts of carbon, which, if compensated for to avoid net…”
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Bioavailable soil phosphorus decreases with increasing elevation in a subarctic tundra landscape by Vincent, Andrea G, Sundqvist, Maja K, Wardle, David A, Giesler, Reiner

“…Phosphorus (P) is an important macronutrient in arctic and subarctic tundra and its bioavailability is regulated by the mineralization of organic P…”
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Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic by Metcalfe, Daniel B., Hermans, Thirze D. G., Ahlstrand, Jenny, Becker, Michael, Berggren, Martin, Björk, Robert G., Björkman, Mats P., Blok, Daan, Chaudhary, Nitin, Chisholm, Chelsea, Classen, Aimée T., Hasselquist, Niles J., Jonsson, Micael, Kristensen, Jeppe A., Kumordzi, Bright B., Lee, Hanna, Mayor, Jordan R., Prevéy, Janet, Pantazatou, Karolina, Rousk, Johannes, Sponseller, Ryan A., Sundqvist, Maja K., Tang, Jing, Uddling, Johan, Wallin, Göran, Zhang, Wenxin, Ahlström, Anders, Tenenbaum, David E., Abdi, Abdulhakim M.

“…Effective societal responses to rapid climate change in the Arctic rely on an accurate representation of region-specific ecosystem properties and processes…”
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Limited decadal growth of mountain birch saplings has minor impact on surrounding tundra vegetation by Scharn, Ruud, Negri, Isabel S., Sundqvist, Maja K., Løkken, Jørn O., Bacon, Christine D., Antonelli, Alexandre, Hofgaard, Annika, Nilsson, R. Henrik, Björk, Robert G.

“…Temperatures over the Arctic region are increasing at three times the rate of the global average. Consequently, Arctic vegetation is changing and trees are…”
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Crossing the threshold: the power of multi-level experiments in identifying global change responses by Kardol, Paul, Long, Jonathan R., Sundqvist, Maja K.

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Chemical properties of plant litter in response to elevation: subarctic vegetation challenges phenolic allocation theories by Sundqvist, Maja K., Wardle, David A., Olofsson, Elin, Giesler, Reiner, Gundale, Michael J.

“…1. Several theories predict that increasing stress (e.g. decreasing nutrient availability or decreasing temperature) should result in higher amounts of plant…”
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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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Root trait–microbial relationships across tundra plant species by Spitzer, Clydecia M., Lindahl, Björn, Wardle, David A., Sundqvist, Maja K., Gundale, Michael J., Fanin, Nicolas, Kardol, Paul

“…Summary Fine roots, and their functional traits, influence associated rhizosphere microorganisms via root exudation and root litter quality. However, little…”
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Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally by Mayor, Jordan R., Sanders, Nathan J., Classen, Aimée T., Bardgett, Richard D., Clément, Jean-Christophe, Fajardo, Alex, Lavorel, Sandra, Sundqvist, Maja K., Bahn, Michael, Chisholm, Chelsea, Cieraad, Ellen, Gedalof, Ze’ev, Grigulis, Karl, Kudo, Gaku, Oberski, Daniel L., Wardle, David A.

“…Examination of the ecosystem properties of treeline ecotones in seven temperate regions of the world shows that the reduction in temperature with increasing…”
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Root trait variation along a sub‐arctic tundra elevational gradient by Spitzer, Clydecia M., Sundqvist, Maja K., Wardle, David A., Gundale, Michael J., Kardol, Paul

“…Elevational gradients are useful for predicting how plant communities respond to global warming, because communities at lower elevations experience warmer…”
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Above-belowground interactions in alpine ecosystems on the roof of the world by He, Jin-Sheng, Dong, Shikui, Shang, Zhanhuan, Sundqvist, Maja K., Wu, Gaolin, Yang, Yunfeng

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Warming influences carbon and nitrogen assimilation between a widespread Ericaceous shrub and root‐associated fungi by Hupperts, Stefan F., Islam, Kazi Samiul, Gundale, Michael J., Kardol, Paul, Sundqvist, Maja K.

“…Summary High‐latitude ecosystems are warming faster than other biomes and are often dominated by a ground layer of Ericaceous shrubs, which can respond…”
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Environmental factors and traits that drive plant litter decomposition do not determine home-field advantage effects by Veen, G. F. (Ciska), Sundqvist, Maja K., Wardle, David A.

“…Summary The ‘home‐field advantage’ (HFA) hypothesis predicts that plant litter is decomposed faster than expected underneath the plant from which it originates…”
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