Isla Myers-Smith

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• 2017

  Shrub growth and expansion in the Arctic tundra: an assessment of controlling factors using an evidence-based approach

  Martin, A. C., Jeffers, E. S., Petrokofsky, G., Myers-Smith, I. & Macias-Fauria, M., 14 Aug 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 8

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  • Tundra 100%
  • Arctic 59%
  • tundra 56%
  • shrub 47%
  • Ecosystem 38%

• Plant Biodiversity Change Across Scales During the Anthropocene

  Vellend, M., Baeten, L., Becker-scarpitta, A., Boucher-lalonde, V., Mccune, J. L., Messier, J., Myers-smith, I. H. & Sax, D. F., Jun 2017, In: Annual Review of Plant Biology. 68, 1

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

  Prevéy, J., Vellend, M., Rüger, N., Hollister, R. D., Bjorkman, A. D., Myers-smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Clark, K., Cooper, E. J., Elberling, B., Fosaa, A. M., Henry, G. H. R., Høye, T. T., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Klanderud, K., Lévesque, E., Mauritz, M., Molau, U., Natali, S. M., Oberbauer, S. F., & 9 othersPanchen, Z. A., Post, E., Rumpf, S. B., Schmidt, N. M., Schuur, E. A. G., Semenchuk, P. R., Troxler, T., Welker, J. M. & Rixen, C., 6 Feb 2017, In: Global Change Biology.

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• Estimates of local biodiversity change over time stand up to scrutiny

  Vellend, M., Dornelas, M., Baeten, L., Beausejour, R., Brown, C. D., De Frenne, P., Elmendorf, S. C., Gotelli, N. J., Moyes, F., Myers-Smith, I. H., Magurran, A. E., McGill, B. J., Shimadzu, H. & Sievers, C., 1 Feb 2017, In: Ecology. 98, 2, p. 583-590 8 p.

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  • biodiversity 100%
  • bitumen 40%
  • cropland 37%
  • asphalt 34%
  • time series analysis 34%

• Different parts, different stories: climate sensitivity of growth is stronger in root collars versus stems in tundra shrubs

  Ropars, P., Angers-blondin, S., Gagnon, M., Myers-smith, I. H., Lévesque, E. & Boudreau, S., 20 Jan 2017, In: Global Change Biology.

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• Effect of Terrain Characteristics on Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen Stocks in Soils of Herschel Island, Western Canadian Arctic

  Obu, J., Lantuit, H., Myers-Smith, I., Heim, B., Wolter, J. & Fritz, M., 18 Jan 2017, In: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.

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  • organic carbon 100%
  • nitrogen 77%
  • soil 55%
  • permafrost 38%
  • effect 30%
• 2016

  Vegetation composition and shrub extent on the Yukon coast, Canada, are strongly linked to ice-wedge polygon degradation

  Myers-Smith, I., Wolter, J., Lantuit, H., Fritz, M., Macias-Fauria, M., Myers-Smith, I. & Herzschuh, U., 17 Jun 2016, In: Polar research. 35, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.27489.

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  • polygon 100%
  • shrub 85%
  • Tundra 64%
  • ice 63%
  • degradation 61%

• Transitions in Arctic ecosystems: Ecological implications of a changing hydrological regime: TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

  Wrona, F. J., Johansson, M., Culp, J. M., Jenkins, A., Mård, J., Myers-smith, I. H., Prowse, T. D., Vincent, W. F. & Wookey, P. A., 1 Mar 2016, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 121, 3, p. 650-674

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• 2015

  Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

  Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Beck, P. S. A., Wilmking, M., Hallinger, M., Blok, D., Tape, K. D., Rayback, S. A., Macias-Fauria, M., Forbes, B. C., Speed, J. D. M., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Rixen, C., Lévesque, E., Schmidt, N. M., Baittinger, C., Trant, A. J., Hermanutz, L., Collier, L. S., Dawes, M. A., & 13 othersLantz, T. C., Weijers, S., JØrgensen, R. H., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Naito, A. T., Ravolainen, V., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wheeler, J. A., Wipf, S., Guay, K. C., Hik, D. S. & Vellend, M., 6 Jul 2015, In: Nature Climate Change. 5, 9, p. 887-891 5 p.

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  • tundra 100%
  • biome 98%
  • shrub 84%
  • climate 72%
  • permafrost 39%

• Temperature-induced recruitment pulses of Arctic dwarf shrub communities

  Buntgen, U., Hellmann, L., Tegel, W., Normand, S., Myers-smith, I., Kirdyanov, A. V., Nievergelt, D., Schweingruber, F. H. & Lee, J. (ed.), 1 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Ecology. 103, 2, p. 489-501

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

  Elmendorf, S. C., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Fosaa, A. M., Gould, W. A., Hermanutz, L., Hofgaard, A., Jónsdóttir, I. I., Jorgenson, J. C., Lévesque, E., Magnusson, B., Molau, U., Myers-Smith, I. H., Oberbauer, S. F., Rixen, C., Tweedie, C. E. & Walker, M., 13 Jan 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 112, 2, p. 448-452

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  • plant community 100%
  • warming 81%
  • climate change 61%
  • monitoring 54%
  • summer 43%

• Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: A review

  Myers-smith, I. H., Hallinger, M., Blok, D., Sass-klaassen, U., Rayback, S. A., Weijers, S., J. Trant, A., Tape, K. D., Naito, A. T., Wipf, S., Rixen, C., Dawes, M. A., A. Wheeler, J., Buchwal, A., Baittinger, C., Macias-fauria, M., Forbes, B. C., L??vesque, E., Boulanger-lapointe, N., Beil, I., & 2 othersRavolainen, V. & Wilmking, M., 1 Jan 2015, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 140, p. 1-13

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• 2014

  Assessing the relative importance of neutral stochasticity in ecological communities

  Vellend, M., Srivastava, D. S., Anderson, K. M., Brown, C. D., Jankowski, J. E., Kleynhans, E. J., Kraft, N. J. B., Letaw, A. D., Macdonald, A. A. M., Maclean, J. E., Myers-smith, I. H., Norris, A. R. & Xue, X., 1 Dec 2014, In: Oikos. 123, 12, p. 1420-1430

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

  Turetsky, M. R., Kotowska, A., Bubier, J., Dise, N. B., Crill, P., Hornibrook, E. R. C., Minkkinen, K., Moore, T. R., Myers-Smith, I. H., Nykanen, H., Olefeldt, D., Rinne, J., Saarnio, S., Shurpali, N., Tuittila, E-S., Waddington, J. M., White, J. R., Wickland, K. P. & Wilmking, M., Jul 2014, In: Global Change Biology. 20, 7, p. 2183-2197 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • wetlands 100%
  • methane 99%
  • Bog 96%
  • fens 88%
  • fen 81%
• 2013

  Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

  Vellend, M., Baeten, L., Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Beausejour, R., Brown, C. D., De Frenne, P., Verheyen, K. & Wipf, S., 28 Oct 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). p. 1-4 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • meta-analysis 100%
  • ecosystem function 93%
  • biodiversity 65%
  • biodiversity loss 21%
  • esthetics 18%

• Shrub canopies influence soil temperatures but not nutrient dynamics: An experimental test of tundra snow–shrub interactions

  Myers-smith, I. H. & Hik, D. S., 1 Oct 2013, In: Ecology and Evolution. 3, 11, p. 3683-3700 18 p.

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  • tundra 100%
  • nutrient dynamics 98%
  • soil temperature 81%
  • shrub 71%
  • shrubs 67%

• An Early-Career Scientist's Guide to Delving Into Data Synthesis

  Myers-Smith, I. H. & Harrower, W. L., 1 Jul 2013, In: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 94, 3, p. 265-272 8 p.

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• Historical ecology: Using unconventional data sources to test for effects of global environmental change

  Vellend, M., Brown, C. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Kharouba, H. M. & Mccune, J. L., 1 Jul 2013, In: American Journal of Botany. 100, 7, p. 1294-1305 12 p.

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  • historical ecology 100%
  • Ecology 76%
  • global change 75%
  • Information Storage and Retrieval 57%
  • environmental change 54%

• Recent dynamics of arctic and sub-arctic vegetation

  Epstein, H. E., Myers-Smith, I. & Walker, D. A., 2013, In: Environmental Research Letters. 8, 1, 6 p., 015040.

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  • Arctic 100%
  • Climate Change 81%
  • Ecosystem 65%
  • Ecosystems 62%
  • vegetation 53%
• 2012

  Resilience: Easy to use but hard to define

  Myers-Smith, I. H., Trefry, S. A. & Swarbrick, V. J., 1 Oct 2012, In: Ideas in Ecology and Evolution. 5, p. 44-53

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  • resilience 100%
  • ecology 13%
  • literature 12%

• Recent climate-related terrestrial biodiversity research in Canada's Arctic national parks: review, summary, and management implications

  McLennan, D. S., Bell, T., Berteaux, D., Gallant, D., Chen, W., Fraser, R., Olthof, I., Zhang, Y., Copland, L., Gauthier, G., Vincent, W. F., Hik, D., Krebs, C. J., Myers-Smith, I. H., Reid, D., Sladen, W. & Tarnocai, C., Sep 2012, In: Biodiversity. 13, 3-4, p. 157-173 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Arctic region 100%
  • national parks 89%
  • national park 85%
  • Canada 80%
  • biodiversity 77%

• Uniform female-biased sex ratios in alpine willows

  Myers-Smith, I. H. & Hik, D. S., Jul 2012, In: American Journal of Botany. 99, 7, p. 1243-1248 6 p.

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  • Salix 100%
  • sex ratio 73%
  • Sex Ratio 67%
  • willows 66%
  • Yukon Territory 17%

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

  Elmendorf, S. C., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Bjork, R. G., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Day, T. A., Dorrepaal, E., Elumeeva, T. G., Gill, M., Gould, W. A., Harte, J., Hik, D. S., Hofgaard, A., Johnson, D. R., Johnstone, J. F., Jonsdottir, I. S., Jorgenson, J. C., Klanderud, K., & 27 othersKlein, J. A., Koh, S., Kudo, G., Lara, M., Levesque, E., Magnusson, B., May, J. L., Mercado-Diaz, J. A., Michelsen, A., Molau, U., Myers-Smith, I. H., Oberbauer, S. F., Onipchenko, V. G., Rixen, C., Schmidt, N. M., Shaver, G. R., Spasojevic, M. J., Porhallsdottir, P. E., Tolvanen, A., Troxler, T., Tweedie, C. E., Villareal, S., Wahren, C-H., Walker, X., Webber, P. J., Welker, J. M. & Wipf, S., 1 Jun 2012, In: Nature Climate Change. 2, 6, p. 453-457 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • tundra 100%
  • climate 72%
  • warming 72%
  • vegetation 55%
  • summer 53%

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

  Elmendorf, S. C., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Bjork, R. G., Bjorkman, A. D., Callaghan, T. V., Collier, L. S., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Day, T. A., Fosaa, A. M., Gould, W. A., Gretarsdottir, J., Harte, J., Hermanutz, L., Hik, D. S., Hofgaard, A., Jarrad, F., Jonsdottir, I. S., Keuper, F., & 26 othersKlanderud, K., Klein, J. A., Koh, S., Kudo, G., Lang, S. I., Loewen, V., May, J. L., Mercado, J., Michelsen, A., Molau, U., Myers-Smith, I. H., Oberbauer, S. F., Pieper, S., Post, E., Rixen, C., Robinson, C. H., Schmidt, N. M., Shaver, G. R., Stenstrom, A., Tolvanen, A., Totland, O., Troxler, T., Wahren, C-H., Webber, P. J., Welker, J. M. & Wookey, P. A., Feb 2012, In: Ecology Letters. 15, 2, p. 164-175 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review

  • tundra 100%
  • space and time 86%
  • global warming 82%
  • warming 60%
  • vegetation 57%
• 2011

  Expansion of Canopy-Forming Willows Over the Twentieth Century on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada

  Myers-Smith, I. H., Hik, D. S., Kennedy, C., Cooley, D., Johnstone, J. F., Kenney, A. J. & Krebs, C. J., 1 Sep 2011, In: AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment. 40, 6, p. 610-623 14 p.

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  • Yukon Territory 100%
  • Arctic 81%
  • willows 80%
  • twentieth century 75%
  • Canada 60%

• Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems: Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF)

  Callaghan, T. V., Tweedie, C. E., Akerman, J., Andrews, C., Bergstedt, J., Butler, M. G., Christensen, T. R., Cooley, D., Dahlberg, U., Danby, R. K., Daniels, F. J. A., de Molenaar, J. G., Dick, J., Mortensen, C. E., Ebert-May, D., Emanuelsson, U., Eriksson, H., Hedenas, H., Henry, G. H. R., Hik, D. S., & 33 othersHobbie, J. E., Jantze, E. J., Jaspers, C., Johansson, C., Johansson, M., Johnson, D. R., Johnstone, J. F., Jonasson, C., Kennedy, C., Kenney, A. J., Keuper, F., Koh, S., Krebs, C. J., Lantuit, H., Lara, M. J., Lin, D., Lougheed, V. L., Madsen, J., Matveyeva, N., McEwen, D. C., Myers-Smith, I. H., Narozhniy, Y. K., Olsson, H., Pohjola, V. A., Price, L. W., Riget, F., Rundqvist, S., Sandstroem, A., Tamstorf, M., Van Bogaert, R., Villarreal, S., Webber, P. J. & Zemtsov, V. A., 1 Sep 2011, In: AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment. 40, 6, p. 705-716 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tundra 100%
  • tundra 62%
  • Ecosystem 57%
  • Arctic 55%
  • Greenland 47%

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

  Myers-Smith, I. H., Forbes, B. C., Wilmking, M., Hallinger, M., Lantz, T., Blok, D., Tape, K. D., Macias-Fauria, M., Sass-Klaassen, U., Levesque, E., Boudreau, S., Ropars, P., Hermanutz, L., Trant, A., Collier, L. S., Weijers, S., Rozema, J., Rayback, S. A., Schmidt, N. M., Schaepman-Strub, G., & 12 othersWipf, S., Rixen, C., Menard, C. B., Venn, S., Goetz, S., Andreu-Hayles, L., Elmendorf, S., Ravolainen, V., Welker, J., Grogan, P., Epstein, H. E. & Hik, D. S., 2011, In: Environmental Research Letters. 6, 4, p. - 15 p., 045509.

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  • Tundra 100%
  • ecosystem dynamics 62%
  • Ecosystem 57%
  • tundra 56%
  • Ecosystems 55%
• 2010

  Reply to comment on 'Kane et al. 2008. Precipitation control over inorganic nitrogen import-export budgets across watersheds: a synthesis of long-term ecological research. Ecohydrology 1: 105-117'

  van Verseveld, W. J., Kane, E. S., Sobota, D. J., Myers-Smith, I. H. & Fellman, J. B., 1 Sep 2010, In: Ecohydrology. 3, 3, p. 370-372 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
• 2008

  Precipitation control over inorganic nitrogen import-export budgets across watersheds: a synthesis of long-term ecological research

  Kane, E. S., Betts, E. F., Burgin, A. J., Clilverd, H. M., Crenshaw, C. L., Fellman, J. B., Myers-Smith, I. H., O'Donnell, J. A., Sobota, D. J., Van Verseveld, W. J. & Jones, J. B., Jul 2008, In: Ecohydrology. 1, 2, p. 105-117 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review

  • dissolved inorganic nitrogen 100%
  • inorganic nitrogen 81%
  • import 70%
  • imports 68%
  • budget 59%

• Changing climate sensitivity of black spruce (Picea mariana Mill.) in a peatland-forest landscape in Interior Alaska

  Wilmking, M. & Myers-Smith, I., 28 Mar 2008, In: Dendrochronologia. 25, 3, p. 167-175 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Picea mariana 100%
  • peatlands 98%
  • peatland 81%
  • climate change 65%
  • climate 61%

• Wetland succession in a permafrost collapse: interactions between fire and thermokarst

  Myers-Smith, I. H., Harden, J. W., Wilmking, M., Fuller, C. C., McGuire, A. D. & Chapin, F. S., 2008, In: Biogeosciences. 5, 5, p. 1273-1286 14 p.

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  • permafrost 100%
  • thermokarst 90%
  • Picea mariana 84%
  • peatlands 82%
  • Sphagnum 78%
• 2007

  Influence of disturbance on carbon exchange in a permafrost collapse and adjacent burned forest

  Myers-Smith, I. H., McGuire, A. D., Harden, J. W. & Chapin, F. S., 27 Dec 2007, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 112, G4, p. - 11 p., G04017.

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  • permafrost 100%
  • Permafrost 85%
  • Ecosystem 71%
  • Black 53%
  • disturbances 51%

• Shrub line advance in alpine tundra of the Kluane region: Mechanisms of expansion and ecosystem impacts

  Myers-Smith, I., Dec 2007, In: Arctic. 60, 4, p. 447-451 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

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• Tips for Effective Communication in Ecology

  Smith, J., Myers, J. & Myers-Smith, I., 2007, In: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 88, p. 206-215 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2006

  Cumulative impacts on Alaskan arctic tundra of a quarter century of road dust

  Myers-Smith, I. H., Arnesen, B. K., Thompson, R. M. & Chapin, F. S., 2006, In: Écoscience. 13, 4, p. 503-510 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • tundra 100%
  • dust 78%
  • roads 77%
  • road 55%
  • graminoids 51%
• 2003

  How do Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) cause nest failures in Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia)? A removal experiment

  Smith, J. N. M., Taitt, M. J., Zanette, L. & Myers-Smith, I. H., Jul 2003, In: Ornithology. 120, 3, p. 772-783 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Melospiza melodia 100%
  • removal experiment 97%
  • Molothrus ater 96%
  • song 86%
  • nest 75%
• 1998

  Spatial variation in parasitism of Song Sparrows by Brown-headed Cowbirds

  Smith, JNM. & Myers-Smith, IH., 1998, OXFORD ORNITHOLOGY SERIES. Oxford University Press, Vol. 9. p. 296-312

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)