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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Drone data reveal heterogeneity in tundra greenness and phenology not captured by satellites
In:
Environmental Research Letters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abbf7d
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems
In:
Environmental Research Letters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abc994
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18479-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)