Jane G. Smith

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of increased snowpack, temperature, and atmospheric nitrogen (N) on alpine tundra plant phenology, using snow fence, open-top warming chamber, and N fertilization treatments at the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the theoretically expected positive correlation between above- and belowground communities does exist in natural systems, but may be undetectable in late successional ecosystems due to the buildup of legacy organic matter that results in extremely complexBelowground communities.

TL;DR: Se sequencing and microscopy on a variety of plants across a high-elevation landscape featuring plant density, snowpack, and nutrient gradients suggested increased hyphal recruitment by plants to aid in nutrient uptake and an important role for these fungi in mineralizing organic nitrogen.

TL;DR: The authors examined the effect of warming on a suite of season-wide plant phenophases and found that experimental warming caused larger phenological shifts in reproductive versus vegetative phenophas and advanced reproductive phenophase and green up but delayed leaf senescence which translated to a lengthening of the growing season by approximately 3%.

TL;DR: The findings suggest winter weather may have a strong influence on biotic activity during the growing season and should be considered in future studies investigating the effects of climate change on both alpine and temperate systems.