List of works - Christian Rixen

'Hearing' alpine plants growing after snowmelt: ultrasonic snow sensors provide long-term series of alpine plant phenology.

scientific article

A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains

scientific article published in 2021

A plant diversity×water chemistry experiment in subalpine grassland

article

A review of snow manipulation experiments in Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

article

Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Age analysis helps to estimate plant performance on ski pistes ⬇️

scientific article published in 2004

Alpine Grassland Phenology as Seen in AVHRR, VEGETATION, and MODIS NDVI Time Series - a Comparison with In Situ Measurements.

scientific article published on 23 April 2008

Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

Altered Snow Density and Chemistry Change Soil Nitrogen Mineralization and Plant Growth

article

An alpine treeline in a carbon dioxide-rich world: synthesis of a nine-year free-air carbon dioxide enrichment study.

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

Author Correction: Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities

article

Avalanches and Other Snow Movements

Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the tree line

scientific article

BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

scientific article published in July 2018

Biodiversity simultaneously enhances the production and stability of community biomass, but the effects are independent

scientific article

Biogeochemical dynamics during snowmelt and in summer in the Alps

scientific article published in 2022

Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Bud freezing resistance in alpine shrubs across snow depth gradients

CO2 enrichment alters diurnal stem radius fluctuations of 36-yr-old Larix decidua growing at the alpine tree line.

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems?

scientific article

Changes in forest structure and in the relative importance of climatic stress as a result of suppression of avalanche disturbances

article by Dominik Kulakowski et al published March 2006 in Forest Ecology and Management

Climate Change Affects Vegetation Differently on Siliceous and Calcareous Summits of the European Alps

scientific article published on 09 April 2021

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

Corrigendum to "Changes in alpine plant growth under future climate conditions" published in Biogeosciences, 7, 2013-2024, doi:10.5194/bg-7-2013-2010, 2010

article

Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats

scientific article

Does artificial snow production affect soil and vegetation of ski pistes? A review

article

Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

scientific article published in July 2018

Effects of ski piste preparation on alpine vegetation

scientific article published in 2005

Elevation gradient of successful plant traits for colonizing alpine summits under climate change

article

Enough space in a warmer world? Microhabitat diversity and small-scale distribution of alpine plants on mountain summits

scientific article

Evidence of enhanced freezing damage in treeline plants during six years of CO2 enrichment and soil warming

scientific article

Evolutionary potential in the Alpine: trait heritabilities and performance variation of the dwarf willow Salix herbacea from different elevations and microhabitats

scientific article

Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns

scientific article

Experimental soil warming shifts the fungal community composition at the alpine treeline.

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

scientific article

Factors driving mortality and growth at treeline: a 30-year experiment of 92 000 conifers

scientific article published on February 2012

Faster, higher, more? Past, present and future dynamics of alpine and arctic flora under climate change

article

Functional traits and root morphology of alpine plants

scientific article

Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time

scientific article

Global maps of soil temperature

scientific article published on 30 December 2021

Global maps of soil temperature

Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites: implications for convergence across northern latitudes

scientific article

Growth and community responses of alpine dwarf shrubs to in situ CO₂ enrichment and soil warming.

scientific article published on 19 April 2011

Growth and phenology of three dwarf shrub species in a six-year soil warming experiment at the alpine treeline

scientific article

Higher plant diversity enhances soil stability in disturbed alpine ecosystems

article

How alpine plant growth is linked to snow cover and climate variability

scholarly article

Impact of artificial snow and ski-slope grooming on snowpack properties and soil thermal regime in a sub-alpine ski area

scientific article

Improved water retention links high species richness with increased productivity in arctic tundra moss communities.

scientific article published on 26 July 2005

Increase in the risk of exposure of forest and fruit trees to spring frosts at higher elevations in Switzerland over the last four decades

scientific article published on 24 September 2017

Increased spring freezing vulnerability for alpine shrubs under early snowmelt

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Interrill erosion at disturbed alpine sites: Effects of plant functional diversity and vegetation cover

article

Intraspecific trait variation in alpine plants relates to their elevational distribution

scientific article published on 25 February 2022

Land surface phenology and greenness in Alpine grasslands driven by seasonal snow and meteorological factors

scientific article published on 04 April 2020

Linking traits between plants and invertebrate herbivores to track functional effects of land-use changes

article

Local trampling disturbance effects on alpine plant populations and communities: Negative implications for climate change vulnerability

scientific article published on 16 July 2018

Long-term impacts of ski piste management on alpine vegetation and soils

scientific article published in 2011

Management, winter climate and plant–soil feedbacks on ski slopes: a synthesis

article

Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: A review

article

Natural avalanche disturbance shapes plant diversity and species composition in subalpine forest belt

article

New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high-throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts

scientific article

New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high-throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts

Observation bias and its causes in botanical surveys on high-alpine summits

article

Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps

scientific article published on 27 April 2021

Phenological response of tundra plants to background climate variation tested using the International Tundra Experiment.

scientific article

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

scientific article published in Nature

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

article

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Responses of soil extracellular enzyme activities to experimental warming and CO2 enrichment at the alpine treeline

article

SGH: stress or strain gradient hypothesis? Insights from an elevation gradient on the roof of the world

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Short-term responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to experimental soil warming at the Swiss alpine treeline

article

Shorter snow cover duration since 1970 in the Swiss Alps due to earlier snowmelt more than to later snow onset

article

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

article

Shrub growth and plant diversity along an elevation gradient: Evidence of indirect effects of climate on alpine ecosystems.

scientific article

Small-scale drivers: the importance of nutrient availability and snowmelt timing on performance of the alpine shrub Salix herbacea

scientific article

Small-scale patterns in snowmelt timing affect gene flow and the distribution of genetic diversity in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea

scientific article

Snow Fungi—Induced Mortality of Pinus cembra at the Alpine Treeline: Evidence from Plantations

article

Snow avalanche disturbances in forest ecosystems—State of research and implications for management

scientific article published in 2009

Soil erosion and organic carbon export by wet snow avalanches

article

Soil warming and CO2 enrichment induce biomass shifts in alpine tree line vegetation

scientific article published on 30 January 2015

Soil warming opens the nitrogen cycle at the alpine treeline

scientific article published on 21 May 2016

SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Species removal and experimental warming in a subarctic tundra plant community

article

Species-specific tree growth responses to 9 years of CO2 enrichment at the alpine treeline

article

Synthesizing plausible futures for biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe and Central Asia using scenario archetypes

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

The Response of the Alpine Dwarf Shrub Salix herbacea to Altered Snowmelt Timing: Lessons from a Multi-Site Transplant Experiment

scientific article

The Soil Microbiome of GLORIA Mountain Summits in the Swiss Alps.

scientific article

The effects of foundation species on community assembly: a global study on alpine cushion plant communities

scientific article published on August 2015

The interacting effects of land use change, climate change and suppression of natural disturbances on landscape forest structure in the Swiss Alps

article

The oldest monitoring site of the Alps revisited: accelerated increase in plant species richness on Piz Linard summit since 1835

scientific article

The relationship between plant species richness and soil aggregate stability can depend on disturbance

scientific article

The rich sides of mountain summits - a pan-European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants

article

The snow and the willows: earlier spring snowmelt reduces performance in the low-lying alpine shrubSalix herbacea

article

The tundra phenology database: more than two decades of tundra phenology responses to climate change

scientific article published in 2021

Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

article

Twelve years of low nutrient input stimulates growth of trees and dwarf shrubs in the treeline ecotone

scientific article published in 2018

Unchanged risk of frost exposure for subalpine and alpine plants after snowmelt in Switzerland despite climate warming

article

Upward range shift of a dominant alpine shrub related to 50 years of snow cover change

scientific article published in 2022

Using historical plant surveys to track biodiversity on mountain summits

scientific article

Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities

article

Warming underpins community turnover in temperate freshwater and terrestrial communities

scientific article published in March 2024

Winter Tourism and Climate Change in the Alps: An Assessment of Resource Consumption, Snow Reliability, and Future Snowmaking Potential

article

Winter Tourism, Climate Change, and Snowmaking in the Swiss Alps: Tourists' Attitudes and Regional Economic Impacts

article

Winter climate change at different temporal scales in Vaccinium myrtillus, an Arctic and alpine dwarf shrub

article

Xylem anatomical and growth responses of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium myrtillus to experimental CO enrichment and soil warming at treeline

article

List of works by Christian Rixen

'Hearing' alpine plants growing after snowmelt: ultrasonic snow sensors provide long-term series of alpine plant phenology.

A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains

A plant diversity×water chemistry experiment in subalpine grassland

A review of snow manipulation experiments in Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

Age analysis helps to estimate plant performance on ski pistes ⬇️

Alpine Grassland Phenology as Seen in AVHRR, VEGETATION, and MODIS NDVI Time Series - a Comparison with In Situ Measurements.

Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

Altered Snow Density and Chemistry Change Soil Nitrogen Mineralization and Plant Growth

An alpine treeline in a carbon dioxide-rich world: synthesis of a nine-year free-air carbon dioxide enrichment study.

Author Correction: Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities

Avalanches and Other Snow Movements

Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the tree line

BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

Biodiversity simultaneously enhances the production and stability of community biomass, but the effects are independent

Biogeochemical dynamics during snowmelt and in summer in the Alps

Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone

Bud freezing resistance in alpine shrubs across snow depth gradients

CO2 enrichment alters diurnal stem radius fluctuations of 36-yr-old Larix decidua growing at the alpine tree line.

Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems?

Changes in forest structure and in the relative importance of climatic stress as a result of suppression of avalanche disturbances

Climate Change Affects Vegetation Differently on Siliceous and Calcareous Summits of the European Alps

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

Corrigendum to "Changes in alpine plant growth under future climate conditions" published in Biogeosciences, 7, 2013-2024, doi:10.5194/bg-7-2013-2010, 2010

Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats

Does artificial snow production affect soil and vegetation of ski pistes? A review

Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

Effects of ski piste preparation on alpine vegetation

Elevation gradient of successful plant traits for colonizing alpine summits under climate change

Enough space in a warmer world? Microhabitat diversity and small-scale distribution of alpine plants on mountain summits

Evidence of enhanced freezing damage in treeline plants during six years of CO2 enrichment and soil warming

Evolutionary potential in the Alpine: trait heritabilities and performance variation of the dwarf willow Salix herbacea from different elevations and microhabitats

Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns

Experimental soil warming shifts the fungal community composition at the alpine treeline.

Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

Factors driving mortality and growth at treeline: a 30-year experiment of 92 000 conifers

Faster, higher, more? Past, present and future dynamics of alpine and arctic flora under climate change

Functional traits and root morphology of alpine plants

Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time

Global maps of soil temperature

Global maps of soil temperature

Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites: implications for convergence across northern latitudes

Growth and community responses of alpine dwarf shrubs to in situ CO₂ enrichment and soil warming.

Growth and phenology of three dwarf shrub species in a six-year soil warming experiment at the alpine treeline

Higher plant diversity enhances soil stability in disturbed alpine ecosystems

How alpine plant growth is linked to snow cover and climate variability

Impact of artificial snow and ski-slope grooming on snowpack properties and soil thermal regime in a sub-alpine ski area

Improved water retention links high species richness with increased productivity in arctic tundra moss communities.

Increase in the risk of exposure of forest and fruit trees to spring frosts at higher elevations in Switzerland over the last four decades

Increased spring freezing vulnerability for alpine shrubs under early snowmelt

Interrill erosion at disturbed alpine sites: Effects of plant functional diversity and vegetation cover

Intraspecific trait variation in alpine plants relates to their elevational distribution

Land surface phenology and greenness in Alpine grasslands driven by seasonal snow and meteorological factors

Linking traits between plants and invertebrate herbivores to track functional effects of land-use changes

Local trampling disturbance effects on alpine plant populations and communities: Negative implications for climate change vulnerability

Long-term impacts of ski piste management on alpine vegetation and soils

Management, winter climate and plant–soil feedbacks on ski slopes: a synthesis

Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: A review

Natural avalanche disturbance shapes plant diversity and species composition in subalpine forest belt

New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high-throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts

New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high-throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts

Observation bias and its causes in botanical surveys on high-alpine summits

Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps

Phenological response of tundra plants to background climate variation tested using the International Tundra Experiment.

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

Responses of soil extracellular enzyme activities to experimental warming and CO2 enrichment at the alpine treeline

SGH: stress or strain gradient hypothesis? Insights from an elevation gradient on the roof of the world

Short-term responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to experimental soil warming at the Swiss alpine treeline

Shorter snow cover duration since 1970 in the Swiss Alps due to earlier snowmelt more than to later snow onset

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

Shrub growth and plant diversity along an elevation gradient: Evidence of indirect effects of climate on alpine ecosystems.

Small-scale drivers: the importance of nutrient availability and snowmelt timing on performance of the alpine shrub Salix herbacea

Small-scale patterns in snowmelt timing affect gene flow and the distribution of genetic diversity in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea

Snow Fungi—Induced Mortality of Pinus cembra at the Alpine Treeline: Evidence from Plantations

Snow avalanche disturbances in forest ecosystems—State of research and implications for management

Soil erosion and organic carbon export by wet snow avalanches