• Global plant trait relationships extend to theclimatic extremes of the tundra biome 

      Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Jaroszynska, Francesca; Speed, James David Mervyn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-12)
      The majority of variation in six traits critical to the growth, survival and reproduction of plant species is thought to be organised along just two dimensions, corresponding to strategies of plant size and resource acquisition. However, it is unknown whether global plant trait relationships extend to climatic extremes, and if these interspecific relationships are confounded by trait variation within ...
    • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome 

      Bjorkman, Anne D.; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Normand, Signe; Rüger, Nadja; Beck, Pieter S. A.; Blach-Overgaard, Anne; Blok, Daan; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Forbes, Bruce C.; Georges, Damien; Goetz, Scott J.; Guay, Kevin C.; Henry, Gregory H.R.; HilleRisLambers, Janneke; Hollister, Robert D.; Karger, Dirk N.; Kattge, Jens; Manning, Peter; Prevéy, Janet S.; Rixen, Christian; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Vellend, Mark; Wilmking, Martin; Wipf, Sonja; Carbognani, Michele; Hermanutz, Luise; Lévesque, Esther; Molau, Ulf; Petraglia, Alessandro; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.; Spasojevic, Marko J.; Tomaselli, Marcello; Vowles, Tage; Alatalo, Juha M.; Alexander, Heather D.; Anadon-Rosell, Alba; Angers-Blondin, Sandra; te Beest, Mariska; Berner, Logan; Björk, Robert G.; Buchwal, Agata; Buras, Allan; Christie, Katherine; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Dullinger, Stefan; Elberling, Bo; Eskelinen, Anu; Frei, Esther R.; Grau, Oriol; Grogan, Paul; Hallinger, Martin; Semenschuk, Philipp; Speed, James David Mervyn; Hofgaard, Annika; Collier, Laura S.; Garcia, Maitane I.; Harper, Karen; Heijmans, Monique; Hudson, James; Hülber, Karl; Iversen, Colleen M.; Jaroszynska, Francesca; Johnstone, Jill; Jorgensen, Rasmus H.; Kaarlejärvi, Elina; Klady, Rebecca; Kuleza, Sara; Kulonen, Aino; Lamarque, Laurent J.; Lantz, Trevor; Lavalle, Amanda; Little, Chelsea J.; Speed, James D. M.; Michelsen, Anders; Milbau, Ann; Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob; Nielsen, Sigrid S.; Ninot, Josep M.; Oberbauer, Steve; Olofsson, Johan; Onipchenko, Vladimir G.; Rumpf, Sabine B; Semenchuk, Philipp; Shetti, Rohan; Street, Lorna; Suding, Katharine; Tape, Ken; Trant, Andrew; Treier, Urs; Tremblay, Jean-Pierre; Tremblay, Maxime; Venn, Susanna; Weijers, Stef; Zamin, Tara; Boulanger-Lapointe, Noemie; Gould, William A.; Hik, Dave; Hofgaard, Annika; Jonsdottir, Inga S.; Jorgenson, Janet; Klein, Julia; Magnusson, Borgthor; Tweedie, Craig; Wookey, Philip A.; Bahn, Michael; Blonder, Benjamin; van Bodegom, Peter; Bond-Lamberty, Benjamin; Campetella, Giandiego; Cerabolini, Bruno E. L.; Chapin III, F. Stuart; Cornwell, Will; Craine, Joseph; Dainese, Matteo; de Vries, Franciska T.; Diaz, Sandra; Enquist, Brian J.; Green, Walton; Manning, Peter; Milla, Ruben; Niinemets, Ülo; Onoda, Yusuke; Ordonez, Jenny; Ozinga, Wim A.; Penuelas, Josep; Poorter, Hendrik; Poschlod, Peter; Reich, Peter; Sandel, Brody; Schamp, Brandon; Sheremetev, Serge; Weiher, Evan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-26)
      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 vegetation and climate. A better understanding of how environmental factors shape plant structure and function is crucial for predicting the consequences of environmental change for ecosystem functioning. Here we explore the biome-wide relationships ...
    • Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome 

      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 Siegwart; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Dickinson, Katharine J.M.; 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, Monicque 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; Jørgensen, Rasmus Halfdan; Kaarlejärvi, Elina; Klady, Rebecca; Klimešová, Jitka; Korsten, Annika; 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 Bettina; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Semenchuk, Philipp; Shetti, Rohan; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.; Spasojevic, Marko J.; Speed, James David Mervyn; Street, Lorna E.; Suding, Katharine; Tape, Ken D.; Tomaselli, Marcello; Trant, Andrew; Treier, Urs A.; Tremblay, Jean-Pierre; Tremblay, Maxime; Venn, Susanna; Virkkala, Anna-Maria; Vowles, Tage; Weijers, Stef; Wilmking, Martin; Wipf, Sonja; Zamin, Tara (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-22)
      <p><i>Motivation</i>: The Tundra Trait Team (TTT) database includes field‐based measurements of key traits related to plant form and function at multiple sites across the tundra biome. This dataset can be used to address theoretical questions about plant strategy and trade‐offs, trait–environment relationships and environmental filtering, and trait variation across spatial scales, to validate satellite ...