Publications
Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A., Bubnov, M.O., Devi, N.M., Grigoriev, A.A., Mazepa, V.S., Nagimov, Z.Y., Shiyatov, S.G., Moiseev, P.A. 2020. Latitudinal decline in stand biomass and productivity at the elevational treeline in the Ural mountains despite a common thermal growth limit. Journal of Biogeography 47: 1827–1842.
Möhl, P., Mörsdorf, M., Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Bebi, P., Viglietti, D., Thomas, F.M., Freppaz, M., Wipf, S., Körner, C., Rixen, C. 2019. Twelve years of low nutrient input stimulates growth of trees and dwarf shrubs in the treeline ecotone irrespective of temperature. Journal of Ecology 107: 768–780.
Craine, J., Elmore, A. J., Wang, L., Aranibar, J., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Crowley, B.E., Dawes, M.A., Delzon, S., Fajardo, A., Fang, Y., Fujiyoshi, L., Gray, A., Guerrieri, R., Gundale, M.J., Hawke, D.J., Hietz, P., Jonard, M., Kearsley, E., Kenzo, T., Makarov, M., Maranon-Jiménez, S., McGlynn, T.P., McNeil, B.E., Mosher, S.G., Nelson, D.M., Peri, P.L., Roggy, J.C., Sanders-DeMott, R., Song, M., Szpak, P., Templer, P.H., van der Colff, D., Werner, C., Xu, X., Yang, Y., Yu, G. and Zmudczynska-Skarbek, K. 2018. Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution2: 1735–1744.
Frei, E., Bianchi, E., Bernareggi, G., Bebi, P., Dawes, M.A., Brown, C., Trant, A., Mamet, S., Rixen, C. 2018. Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone. Scientific Reports 8: 10894.
Anadon-Rosell, A., Dawes, M.A., Fonti, P., Hagedorn, F., Rixen, C., von Arx, G. 2018. Xylem anatomical and growth responses of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium myrtillus to experimental CO2 enrichment and soil warming at treeline. Science of the Total Environment 642: 1172–1183.
Steinbauer, M.J., Grytnes, J.-A., Jurasinski, G., Kulonen, A., Lenoir, J., Pauli, H., Rixen, C., Winkler, M., Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Barni, E., Bjorkman, A.D., Breiner, F.T., Burg, S., Czortek, P., Dawes, M.A., Delimat, A., Dullinger, S., Erschbamer, B., Felde, V.A., Fernández-Arberas, O., Fossheim, K.F., Gómez-García, D., Georges, D., Grindrud, E.T., Haider, S., Haugum, S.V., Henriksen, H., Herreros, M.J., Jaroszewicz, B., Jaroszynska, F., Kanka, R., Kapfer, J., Klanderud, K., Kühn, I., Lamprecht, A., Matteodo, M., Morra di Cella, U., Normand, S., Odland, A., Olsen, S.L., Palacio, S., Petey, M., Piscová, V., Sedlakova, B., Steinbauer, K., Stöckli, V., Svenning, J.-C., Teppa, G., Theurillat, J.-P., Vittoz, P., Woodin, S.J., Zimmermann, N.E. and Wipf, S. 2018. Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. Nature 556: 231–234.
Prendin, A.L., Petit, G., Fonti, P., Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., von Arx, G. 2018. Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the treeline. Functional Ecology 32: 273–287.
Solly, E., Lindahl, B.D., Dawes, M.A., Peter, M., Souza, R.C., Rixen, C., Hagedorn, F. 2017. Experimental soil warming shifts the fungal community composition at the alpine treeline. New Phytologist 215: 766–778.
Dawes, M.A., Schleppi, P. and Hagedorn, H. 2017. The fate of nitrogen inputs in a warmer alpine treeline ecosystem: a 15N labelling study. Journal of Ecology 105: 1723–1737.
Souza, R.C., Egli, S., Dawes, M.A., Graf, F., Hagedorn, F., Clement, C.R., Nagy, L., Rixen, C., Solly, E. and Peter, M. 2017. Soil warming and CO2enrichment effects on extracellular enzyme activities at the alpine treeline. Plant and Soil 416: 527–537.
Dawes, M.A., Schleppi, P., Hättenschwiler, S., Rixen, C. and Hagedorn, H. 2017. Soil warming opens the nitrogen cycle at the alpine treeline. Global Change Biology 23: 421–434.
Brunner, I., Herzog, C., Dawes, M.A., Arend, M. and Sperisen, C. 2015. How tree roots respond to drought. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 547.
Karbin, S., Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A. and Niklaus, P.A. 2015. Does treeline soil warming affect soil methane fluxes and the spatial micro-distribution of methanotrophic bacteria? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 86: 164–171.
Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S., Beck, P., 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., Siegwart Collier, L., Dawes, M.A., Lantz, T., Weijers, S., Jørgensen, R.H., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Naito, A.T., Ravolainen, V., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wheeler, J., Wipf, S., Guay, K., Hik, D. and Vellend, M. 2015. Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. Nature Climate Change 5: 887–891.
Dawes, M.A., Philipson, C.D., Fonti, P., Bebi, P., Hättenschwiler, S., Hagedorn, F. and Rixen, C. 2015. Soil warming and CO2 enrichment induce biomass shifts in alpine treeline vegetation. Global Change Biology 21: 2005–2021.
Myers-Smith, I.H., Hallinger, M., Wilmking, M., Blok, D., Sass-Klaassen, U., Rayback, S.A., Weijers, S., Trant, A., Tape, K.D., Naito, A.T., Wipf, S., Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., Wheeler, J., Buchwal, A., Baittinger, C., Fauria, M.M., Forbes, B.C., Levesque, E., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Beil, I. and Ravolainen, V. 2015. Methods for measuring Arctic and alpine shrub growth: a review. Earth-Science Reviews 140: 1–13.
Anadon-Rosell, A., Rixen, C., Cherubini, P., Wipf, S., Hagedorn, F. and Dawes, M.A. 2014. Growth and phenology of three dwarf shrub species in a six-year soil warming experiment at the alpine treeline. PLoS ONE 9: e100577.
Dawes, M.A., Zweifel, R., Dawes, N., Rixen, C. and Hagedorn, F. 2014. CO2 enrichment alters diurnal stem radius fluctuations of 36-year-old Larix decidua growing at the alpine treeline. New Phytologist 202: 1237–1248.
Oberbauer, S.F., Elmendorf, S.C., Troxler, T., Hollister, R.D., Rocha, A., Bret-Harte, S., Dawes, M.A., Fosaa, A.M., Høye, T.T., Henry, G.H.R., Jarrad, F., Jonsdottir, I.S., Klanderud, K., Klein, J.A., Molau, U., Rixen, C., Schmidt, N.M., Shaver, G., Slider, R., Totland, O., Wahren, C.H., Welker, J.M. 2013. Phenological responses of tundra plants to background climate variation tested using the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 368: 20120481.
Streit, K., Rinne, K.T., Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A., Saurer, M., Hoch, G., Werner, R.A., Buchmann, N. and Siegwolf, R.T. 2013. Tracing fresh assimilates in Larix decidua exposed to elevated CO2 and soil warming at the alpine treeline using compound-specific stable isotope analysis. New Phytologist197: 838–849.
Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Handa, I.T., Streit, K., Ekblad, A., Rixen, C., Körner, C. and Hättenschwiler, S. 2013. An alpine treeline in a CO2-rich world: synthesis of a nine year CO2 enrichment study. Oecologia 171: 623–637.
Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., Wipf, S. and Hagedorn, F. 2012. Evidence of enhanced freezing damage in treeline plants during six years of CO2 enrichment and soil warming. Oikos 121: 1532–1543.
Barbeito, I., Dawes, M.A., Rixen, C., Senn, J. and Bebi, P. 2012. Factors driving survival and growth at treeline: a 30-year experiment of 92,000 conifers. Ecology 93: 389–401.
Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Zumbrunn, T., Handa, I.T., Hättenschwiler, S., Wipf, S. and Rixen, C. 2011. Growth and community responses of alpine dwarf shrubs to in situ CO2 enrichment and soil warming. New Phytologist 191: 806–818.
Dawes, M.A., Hättenschwiler, S., Bebi, P., Hagedorn, F., Handa, I.T., Körner, C. and Rixen, C. 2011. Species-specific tree growth responses to nine years of CO2 enrichment at the alpine treeline. Journal of Ecology 99: 383–394.
Martin, M.A., Gavazov, K., Hättenschwiler, S., Körner, C. and Rixen, C. 2010. Reduced early growing season freezing resistance in alpine treeline plants under elevated atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology 16: 1057–1070.
Hagedorn, F., Martin, M.A., Rixen, C., Rusch, S., Zürcher, A., Siegwolf, R., Wipf, S., Escape, C., Roy, J. and Hättenschwiler, S. 2010. Short-term responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to experimental soil warming at the Swiss alpine treeline. Biogeochemistry 97: 7–19.
Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A., Bubnov, M.O., Devi, N.M., Grigoriev, A.A., Mazepa, V.S., Nagimov, Z.Y., Shiyatov, S.G., Moiseev, P.A. 2020. Latitudinal decline in stand biomass and productivity at the elevational treeline in the Ural mountains despite a common thermal growth limit. Journal of Biogeography 47: 1827–1842.
Möhl, P., Mörsdorf, M., Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Bebi, P., Viglietti, D., Thomas, F.M., Freppaz, M., Wipf, S., Körner, C., Rixen, C. 2019. Twelve years of low nutrient input stimulates growth of trees and dwarf shrubs in the treeline ecotone irrespective of temperature. Journal of Ecology 107: 768–780.
Craine, J., Elmore, A. J., Wang, L., Aranibar, J., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Crowley, B.E., Dawes, M.A., Delzon, S., Fajardo, A., Fang, Y., Fujiyoshi, L., Gray, A., Guerrieri, R., Gundale, M.J., Hawke, D.J., Hietz, P., Jonard, M., Kearsley, E., Kenzo, T., Makarov, M., Maranon-Jiménez, S., McGlynn, T.P., McNeil, B.E., Mosher, S.G., Nelson, D.M., Peri, P.L., Roggy, J.C., Sanders-DeMott, R., Song, M., Szpak, P., Templer, P.H., van der Colff, D., Werner, C., Xu, X., Yang, Y., Yu, G. and Zmudczynska-Skarbek, K. 2018. Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution2: 1735–1744.
Frei, E., Bianchi, E., Bernareggi, G., Bebi, P., Dawes, M.A., Brown, C., Trant, A., Mamet, S., Rixen, C. 2018. Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone. Scientific Reports 8: 10894.
Anadon-Rosell, A., Dawes, M.A., Fonti, P., Hagedorn, F., Rixen, C., von Arx, G. 2018. Xylem anatomical and growth responses of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium myrtillus to experimental CO2 enrichment and soil warming at treeline. Science of the Total Environment 642: 1172–1183.
Steinbauer, M.J., Grytnes, J.-A., Jurasinski, G., Kulonen, A., Lenoir, J., Pauli, H., Rixen, C., Winkler, M., Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Barni, E., Bjorkman, A.D., Breiner, F.T., Burg, S., Czortek, P., Dawes, M.A., Delimat, A., Dullinger, S., Erschbamer, B., Felde, V.A., Fernández-Arberas, O., Fossheim, K.F., Gómez-García, D., Georges, D., Grindrud, E.T., Haider, S., Haugum, S.V., Henriksen, H., Herreros, M.J., Jaroszewicz, B., Jaroszynska, F., Kanka, R., Kapfer, J., Klanderud, K., Kühn, I., Lamprecht, A., Matteodo, M., Morra di Cella, U., Normand, S., Odland, A., Olsen, S.L., Palacio, S., Petey, M., Piscová, V., Sedlakova, B., Steinbauer, K., Stöckli, V., Svenning, J.-C., Teppa, G., Theurillat, J.-P., Vittoz, P., Woodin, S.J., Zimmermann, N.E. and Wipf, S. 2018. Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. Nature 556: 231–234.
Prendin, A.L., Petit, G., Fonti, P., Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., von Arx, G. 2018. Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the treeline. Functional Ecology 32: 273–287.
Solly, E., Lindahl, B.D., Dawes, M.A., Peter, M., Souza, R.C., Rixen, C., Hagedorn, F. 2017. Experimental soil warming shifts the fungal community composition at the alpine treeline. New Phytologist 215: 766–778.
Dawes, M.A., Schleppi, P. and Hagedorn, H. 2017. The fate of nitrogen inputs in a warmer alpine treeline ecosystem: a 15N labelling study. Journal of Ecology 105: 1723–1737.
Souza, R.C., Egli, S., Dawes, M.A., Graf, F., Hagedorn, F., Clement, C.R., Nagy, L., Rixen, C., Solly, E. and Peter, M. 2017. Soil warming and CO2enrichment effects on extracellular enzyme activities at the alpine treeline. Plant and Soil 416: 527–537.
Dawes, M.A., Schleppi, P., Hättenschwiler, S., Rixen, C. and Hagedorn, H. 2017. Soil warming opens the nitrogen cycle at the alpine treeline. Global Change Biology 23: 421–434.
Brunner, I., Herzog, C., Dawes, M.A., Arend, M. and Sperisen, C. 2015. How tree roots respond to drought. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 547.
Karbin, S., Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A. and Niklaus, P.A. 2015. Does treeline soil warming affect soil methane fluxes and the spatial micro-distribution of methanotrophic bacteria? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 86: 164–171.
Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S., Beck, P., 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., Siegwart Collier, L., Dawes, M.A., Lantz, T., Weijers, S., Jørgensen, R.H., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Naito, A.T., Ravolainen, V., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wheeler, J., Wipf, S., Guay, K., Hik, D. and Vellend, M. 2015. Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. Nature Climate Change 5: 887–891.
Dawes, M.A., Philipson, C.D., Fonti, P., Bebi, P., Hättenschwiler, S., Hagedorn, F. and Rixen, C. 2015. Soil warming and CO2 enrichment induce biomass shifts in alpine treeline vegetation. Global Change Biology 21: 2005–2021.
Myers-Smith, I.H., Hallinger, M., Wilmking, M., Blok, D., Sass-Klaassen, U., Rayback, S.A., Weijers, S., Trant, A., Tape, K.D., Naito, A.T., Wipf, S., Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., Wheeler, J., Buchwal, A., Baittinger, C., Fauria, M.M., Forbes, B.C., Levesque, E., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Beil, I. and Ravolainen, V. 2015. Methods for measuring Arctic and alpine shrub growth: a review. Earth-Science Reviews 140: 1–13.
Anadon-Rosell, A., Rixen, C., Cherubini, P., Wipf, S., Hagedorn, F. and Dawes, M.A. 2014. Growth and phenology of three dwarf shrub species in a six-year soil warming experiment at the alpine treeline. PLoS ONE 9: e100577.
Dawes, M.A., Zweifel, R., Dawes, N., Rixen, C. and Hagedorn, F. 2014. CO2 enrichment alters diurnal stem radius fluctuations of 36-year-old Larix decidua growing at the alpine treeline. New Phytologist 202: 1237–1248.
Oberbauer, S.F., Elmendorf, S.C., Troxler, T., Hollister, R.D., Rocha, A., Bret-Harte, S., Dawes, M.A., Fosaa, A.M., Høye, T.T., Henry, G.H.R., Jarrad, F., Jonsdottir, I.S., Klanderud, K., Klein, J.A., Molau, U., Rixen, C., Schmidt, N.M., Shaver, G., Slider, R., Totland, O., Wahren, C.H., Welker, J.M. 2013. Phenological responses of tundra plants to background climate variation tested using the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 368: 20120481.
Streit, K., Rinne, K.T., Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A., Saurer, M., Hoch, G., Werner, R.A., Buchmann, N. and Siegwolf, R.T. 2013. Tracing fresh assimilates in Larix decidua exposed to elevated CO2 and soil warming at the alpine treeline using compound-specific stable isotope analysis. New Phytologist197: 838–849.
Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Handa, I.T., Streit, K., Ekblad, A., Rixen, C., Körner, C. and Hättenschwiler, S. 2013. An alpine treeline in a CO2-rich world: synthesis of a nine year CO2 enrichment study. Oecologia 171: 623–637.
Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., Wipf, S. and Hagedorn, F. 2012. Evidence of enhanced freezing damage in treeline plants during six years of CO2 enrichment and soil warming. Oikos 121: 1532–1543.
Barbeito, I., Dawes, M.A., Rixen, C., Senn, J. and Bebi, P. 2012. Factors driving survival and growth at treeline: a 30-year experiment of 92,000 conifers. Ecology 93: 389–401.
Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Zumbrunn, T., Handa, I.T., Hättenschwiler, S., Wipf, S. and Rixen, C. 2011. Growth and community responses of alpine dwarf shrubs to in situ CO2 enrichment and soil warming. New Phytologist 191: 806–818.
Dawes, M.A., Hättenschwiler, S., Bebi, P., Hagedorn, F., Handa, I.T., Körner, C. and Rixen, C. 2011. Species-specific tree growth responses to nine years of CO2 enrichment at the alpine treeline. Journal of Ecology 99: 383–394.
Martin, M.A., Gavazov, K., Hättenschwiler, S., Körner, C. and Rixen, C. 2010. Reduced early growing season freezing resistance in alpine treeline plants under elevated atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology 16: 1057–1070.
Hagedorn, F., Martin, M.A., Rixen, C., Rusch, S., Zürcher, A., Siegwolf, R., Wipf, S., Escape, C., Roy, J. and Hättenschwiler, S. 2010. Short-term responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to experimental soil warming at the Swiss alpine treeline. Biogeochemistry 97: 7–19.