Dr Isla Myers-Smith
Chancellor's Fellow
Contact details
- Email: Isla.Myers-Smith@ed.ac.uk
Background
I study the influence of warming climate on tundra vegetation in northern ecosystems. In particular, I investigate the spread of willows and other shrub species into arctic and alpine tundra. Shrubs have the potential to restructure tundra ecosystems by changing ecosystem functions and creating feedbacks to climate warming that could further the increase of shrubs. I collaborate with researchers working at sites around the circumpolar Arctic to synthesize our combined data to better understand vegetation change in tundra ecosystems.
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Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats
In:
Ecology Letters, vol. 25, pp. 466-482
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost
In:
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Flower Detection Using Object Analysis: New Ways to Quantify Plant Phenology in a Warming Tundra Biome
In:
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 14, pp. 9287-9296
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3110365
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)