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Biotic modulators of global change effects on plant communities

The paper develops a framework to understand how biotic interactions modulate global change effects on plant communities and finds herbivores mitigate negative impacts while plant competition has mixed effects.

Community and leaf-level controls of carbon fluxes in an invaded New Zealand alpine tussock grassland

The paper examines how warming and plant invasion interact to affect carbon fluxes in New Zealand alpine grasslands, finding invader-specific responses and abiotic/functional trait controls.

Warming winter disrupts mycorrhizal phenology and plant-fungal nutrient cycling.

This study shows that early snowmelt disrupts the timing of mycorrhizal fungal activity relative to plant demand, weakening nutrient cycling and ecosystem stability.

Earlier snowmelt increases the strength of the carbon sink in montane meadows unequally across the growing season

This study shows that earlier snowmelt increases the carbon sink strength in montane meadows by 22% early in the growing season, but this effect diminishes later in the season.

Variable responses of alpine-plant communities to warming and loss of dominant species

The paper examines how alpine-plant communities respond to warming and loss of dominant species, finding varied and often combined responses across different sites.