• Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic 

      Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Kerby, Jeffrey T.; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Epstein, Howard E.; Assmann, Jakob J.; John, Christian; Andreu-Hayles, Laia; Angers-Blondin, Sandra; Beck, Pieter S. A.; Berner, Logan T.; Bhatt, Uma S.; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Blok, Daan; Bryn, Anders; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Cunliffe, Andrew M.; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Forbes, Bruce C.; Goetz, Scott J.; Hollister, Robert D.; de Jong, Rogier; Loranty, Michael M.; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Maseyk, Kadmiel; Normand, Signe; Olofsson, Johan; Parker, Thomas C.; Parmentier, Frans-Jan W.; Post, Eric; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Stordal, Frode; Sullivan, Patrick F.; Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Tømmervik, Hans; Treharne, Rachael; Tweedie, Craig E.; Walker, Donald A.; Wilmking, Martin; Wipf, Sonja (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-31)
      As the Arctic warms, vegetation is responding, and satellite measures indicate widespread greening at high latitudes. This ‘greening of the Arctic’ is among the world’s most important large-scale ecological responses to global climate change. However, a consensus is emerging that the underlying causes and future dynamics of so-called Arctic greening and browning trends are more complex, variable ...
    • Growth rings show limited evidence for ungulates’ potential to suppress shrubs across the Arctic 

      Vuorinen, Katariina Elsa Maria; Austrheim, Gunnar; Tremblay, Jean-Pierre; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Hortman, Hans Ivar; Frank, Peter; Barrio, Isabel C.; Dalerum, Fredrik; Björkman, Mats Peter; Björk, Robert G.; Ehrich, Dorothee; Sokolov, Aleksandr; Sokolova, Natalya; Ropars, Pascale; Boudreau, Stephane; Normand, Signe; Prendin, Angela L.; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Pacheco-Solana, Arturo; Post, Eric; John, Christian; Kerby, Jeff; Sullivan, Patrick F.; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Hansen, Brage Bremset; van der Wal, René; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Sandal, Lisa; Gough, Laura; Young, Amanda; Li, Bingxi; Magnusson, Runa I.; Sass-Klaassen, Ute; Buchwal, Agata; Welker, Jeffrey; Grogan, Paul; Andruko, Rhett; Volkovitskiy, Alexander; Terekhina, Alexandra; Speed, James David Mervyn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-22)
      Global warming has pronounced effects on tundra vegetation, and rising mean temperatures increase plant growth potential across the Arctic biome. Herbivores may counteract the warming impacts by reducing plant growth, but the strength of this effect may depend on prevailing regional climatic conditions. To study how ungulates interact with temperature to influence growth of tundra shrubs across ...