Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Bruce C. Forbes, Martin Wilmking, +29

Environmental Research Letters

EngineeringBiogeographyVegetation-atmosphere InteractionsGeographySnow Cover +13

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Anne D. Bjorkman, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Sarah C. Elmendorf, +122

Nature

Plant-abiotic InteractionTundra BiomeBotanyNatural SciencesEvolutionary Biology +3

Soil bacterial diversity in the Arctic is not fundamentally different from that found in other biomes

Haiyan Chu, Noah Fierer, Christian L. Lauber, +3

Environmental Microbiology

BiologyArctic SoilsMicrobial DiversitySevere Environmental StressesMolecular Ecology +10

Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

Susan M. Natali, Jennifer D. Watts, Brendan M. Rogers, +72

Nature Climate Change

ClimatologyCarbon SequestrationPermafrostLarge LossNorthern Permafrost Region +7

Freeze–thaw regime effects on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in sub-arctic heath tundra mesocosms

Paul Grogan, Anders Michelsen, Per Ambus, +1

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Freeze-thaw CyclingBiogeochemistryCarbon SequestrationPermafrostEngineering +5

Soil fertility is associated with fungal and bacterial richness, whereas pH is associated with community composition in polar soil microbial communities

Steven D. Siciliano, Anne S. Palmer, Tristrom Winsley, +9

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Community CompositionBacterial RichnessSoil BiodiversityMicrobial EcologySoil Microbiology +4

Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

Benjamin W. Abbott, Jeremy B. Jones, Edward A. G. Schuur, +95

Environmental Research Letters

Carbon SequestrationBiogeochemistryPermafrostEngineeringWater Stress +12

Fire effects on ecosystem nitrogen cycling in a Californian bishop pine forest

Paul Grogan, Timothy Burns, F. Stuart Chapin

Oecologia

BiogeochemistryFire EffectsForest ProductivityForest SoilEcosystem Nitrogen Cycling

Detection of forest stand-level spatial structure in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities

Erik A. Lilleskov, Thomas D. Bruns, Thomas R. Horton, +2

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

BiologyFungal DiversityBiodiversityForest MycobiomeBiogeography +13

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Snow‐Covered Environments

P. D. Brooks, Paul Grogan, Pamela H. Templer, +3

Geography Compass