List of works - Erika Hiltbrunner

A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Alnus shrub expansion increases evapotranspiration in the Swiss Alps

scientific article published in 2017

Alnus viridis expansion contributes to excess reactive nitrogen release, reduces biodiversity and constrains forest succession in the Alps

Analyzing the Effects of Growing Season Length on the Net Ecosystem Production of an Alpine Grassland Using Model–Data Fusion

Biogeographic implications of plant stature and microclimate in cold regions

scientific article published on 26 June 2023

Biomass allocation and seasonal non-structural carbohydrate dynamics do not explain the success of tall forbs in short alpine grassland

scientific article published in December 2021

Climate and plant cover co-determine the elevational reduction in evapotranspiration in the Swiss Alps

scientific article

Current atmospheric nitrogen deposition still exceeds critical loads for sensitive, semi-natural ecosystems in Switzerland

scholarly article

Data do not support large-scale oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

Ecological consequences of the expansion of N₂-fixing plants in cold biomes.

scientific article

Editorial: Responses to Climate Change in the Cold Biomes ⬇️

article

Experimental evidence, global patterns of treeline position and climate provide no substance for a lignin limitation hypothesis of tree growth

scientific article published on 19 February 2024

Fine root responses of mature deciduous forest trees to free air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE)

article

Flowering phenology in alpine grassland strongly responds to shifts in snowmelt but weakly to summer drought

scientific article published in April 2021

Four ways to define the growing season

scientific article published on 14 June 2023

Halving sunlight reveals no carbon limitation of aboveground biomass production in alpine grassland

scientific article published on 26 January 2020

High-throughput sequencing of litter and moss eDNA reveals a positive correlation between the diversity of Apicomplexa and their invertebrate hosts across alpine habitats

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Hydrological consequences of declining land use and elevated CO2in alpine grassland

scientific article

Induction of indirect N 2 O and NO emissions by atmospheric nitrogen deposition in (semi-)natural ecosystems in Switzerland

scientific article published in February 2015

Inorganic nitrogen storage in alpine snow pack in the Central Alps (Switzerland)

article

Legacy Effects of Climate Extremes in Alpine Grassland

scientific article published on 30 October 2018

Life at 0 °C: the biology of the alpine snowbed plant Soldanella pusilla

scientific article published in 2019

Low temperature limits for root growth in alpine species are set by cell differentiation

scientific article

Low winter temperatures and divergent freezing resistance set the cold range limit of widespread alpine graminoids

scientific article published in 2022

Manganese deficiency of silver fir trees (Abies alba) at a reforested site in the Jura mountains, Switzerland: aspects of cause and effect

article

Past and future snowmelt trends in the Swiss Alps: the role of temperature and snowpack

scientific article published in 2021

Plant species dominance shifts across erosion edge-meadow transects in the Swiss Alps

scientific article

Plant-compositional effects on surface runoff and sediment yield in subalpine grassland

article

Rapid advance of climatic tree limits in the Eastern Alps explained by on-site temperatures

scientific article published on 24 June 2024

Recurrent summer drought affects biomass production and community composition independently of snowmelt manipulation in alpine grassland

scientific article published in 2023

Shrub Expansion of Alnus viridis Drives Former Montane Grassland into Nitrogen Saturation

scientific article published on 25 April 2016

Simulated heat waves affected alpine grassland only in combination with drought.

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Snowmaking in a warmer climate: an in-depth analysis of future water demands for the ski resort Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis (Switzerland) in the twenty-first century

scientific article published in 2022

The 90 ways to describe plant temperature

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

Why Is the Alpine Flora Comparatively Robust against Climatic Warming?

scientific article published in 2021

List of works by Erika Hiltbrunner

A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

Alnus shrub expansion increases evapotranspiration in the Swiss Alps

Alnus viridis expansion contributes to excess reactive nitrogen release, reduces biodiversity and constrains forest succession in the Alps

Analyzing the Effects of Growing Season Length on the Net Ecosystem Production of an Alpine Grassland Using Model–Data Fusion

Biogeographic implications of plant stature and microclimate in cold regions

Biomass allocation and seasonal non-structural carbohydrate dynamics do not explain the success of tall forbs in short alpine grassland

Climate and plant cover co-determine the elevational reduction in evapotranspiration in the Swiss Alps

Current atmospheric nitrogen deposition still exceeds critical loads for sensitive, semi-natural ecosystems in Switzerland

Data do not support large-scale oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

Ecological consequences of the expansion of N₂-fixing plants in cold biomes.

Editorial: Responses to Climate Change in the Cold Biomes ⬇️

Experimental evidence, global patterns of treeline position and climate provide no substance for a lignin limitation hypothesis of tree growth

Fine root responses of mature deciduous forest trees to free air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE)

Flowering phenology in alpine grassland strongly responds to shifts in snowmelt but weakly to summer drought

Four ways to define the growing season

Halving sunlight reveals no carbon limitation of aboveground biomass production in alpine grassland

High-throughput sequencing of litter and moss eDNA reveals a positive correlation between the diversity of Apicomplexa and their invertebrate hosts across alpine habitats

Hydrological consequences of declining land use and elevated CO2in alpine grassland

Induction of indirect N 2 O and NO emissions by atmospheric nitrogen deposition in (semi-)natural ecosystems in Switzerland

Inorganic nitrogen storage in alpine snow pack in the Central Alps (Switzerland)

Legacy Effects of Climate Extremes in Alpine Grassland

Life at 0 °C: the biology of the alpine snowbed plant Soldanella pusilla

Low temperature limits for root growth in alpine species are set by cell differentiation

Low winter temperatures and divergent freezing resistance set the cold range limit of widespread alpine graminoids

Manganese deficiency of silver fir trees (Abies alba) at a reforested site in the Jura mountains, Switzerland: aspects of cause and effect

Past and future snowmelt trends in the Swiss Alps: the role of temperature and snowpack

Plant species dominance shifts across erosion edge-meadow transects in the Swiss Alps

Plant-compositional effects on surface runoff and sediment yield in subalpine grassland

Rapid advance of climatic tree limits in the Eastern Alps explained by on-site temperatures

Recurrent summer drought affects biomass production and community composition independently of snowmelt manipulation in alpine grassland

Shrub Expansion of Alnus viridis Drives Former Montane Grassland into Nitrogen Saturation

Simulated heat waves affected alpine grassland only in combination with drought.

Snowmaking in a warmer climate: an in-depth analysis of future water demands for the ski resort Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis (Switzerland) in the twenty-first century

The 90 ways to describe plant temperature

Why Is the Alpine Flora Comparatively Robust against Climatic Warming?