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Spring 2019

Brachmann, Cole Garrett

Rates of climate change are accelerated at higher elevations, a pattern termed elevation-dependent warming (EDW). Consequently, the impacts of climate change on community patterning and soil development may be particularly evident in alpine environments. Alpine ecotone boundaries, such as...

Spring 2018

Rheubottom, Sarah

Climate change will continue to affect the Arctic more intensely than other biomes. These changes can have dramatic effects on biotic interactions that influence the functioning of these systems, including plant-herbivore interactions. Invertebrate herbivores strongly depend on external...

2017-01-01

Brachmann, Cole G., Hik, David S., Hernandez Ramirez, Guillermo

Data files used for analyses in manuscript titled "Soil development limits alpine plant establishment in recently-deglaciated terrain". The original data was collected in 2016/2017 and analyzed to be included in MSc. thesis titled "Characteristics of alpine plants and soils along an elevational...

Fall 2017

Redmond, Laura E

Concern is increasing over the future cumulative impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem function, especially in alpine environments where climatic warming increases with elevation. Here, consideration of individual species traits enables translation of changes in...

Spring 2016

Rogeau, Marie-Pierre

After decades of recent fire exclusion in southern Alberta, Canada, forests are progressively aging and landscape mosaics are departing from their historical conditions. A large-scale fire history study spanning three natural subregions: Subalpine, Montane and Upper Foothills, was undertaken to...

Spring 2016

Lamarre, Jasmine JM

Reclamation of northern disturbances is of increasing importance as industrial activities and associated infrastructure expands to accommodate growing human reliance on world ecosystems. Bryophytes are recognized as ecologically essential to northern ecosystems and effectively promoting their...

2012

Hik, David, Williamson, Scott, Gamon, John

Presentation given at the 2012 University of Alberta Campus Data Summit, March 22-23, 2012.

Fall 2012

Porter, Lisa, L.

Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorous (P) deposition at high elevations has increased by 40% over the last fifteen years, causing concern for the 3000+ alpine ponds in Banff National Park. A novel whole-ecosystem experiment was used to test for the effects of elevated N and P deposition on benthic...

Fall 2012

Wheeler, Helen Claire

The ecological niche describes the entire set of resources and environmental conditions suitable for species to occur and persist. In northern ecosystems, rapid climate change appears to be altering these conditions and increasing the likelihood of shifts in distribution and abundance of species,...

Fall 2011

Myers-Smith, Isla H.

With a warming climate, northern ecosystems will face significant ecological changes such as permafrost thaw, increased frequency of forest fires, and shifting ecosystem boundaries including the spread of canopy-forming shrubs into tundra communities. A growing number of observations show...