List of works by Melissa A Dawes

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

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

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

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

scientific article

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

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

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

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

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

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

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

scientific article published on February 2012

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

How tree roots respond to drought

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

scientific article published in 2018

Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: A review

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

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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

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

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The fate of nitrogen inputs in a warmer alpine treeline ecosystem: a 15 N labelling study

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Tracing fresh assimilates through Larix decidua exposed to elevated CO₂ and soil warming at the alpine treeline using compound-specific stable isotope analysis.

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2018

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

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