Robert Björk

Work

University of Gothenburg

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Professor

Sweden

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Örebro universitet Akademin för Naturvetenskap och Teknik

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Postdoctoral researcher

Sweden

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Education

University of Gothenburg

Sweden
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PhD

Publications

Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences

PLOS Climate

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Borealisation of Plant Communities in the Arctic Is Driven by Boreal‐Tundra Species

Ecology Letters

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Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic

Nature

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Professor Ulf Molau (December 14, 1951 – June 20, 2024)

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

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Reindeer grazing reduces climate‐driven vegetation changes and shifts trophic interactions in the Fennoscandian tundra

Oikos

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Environmental drivers of increased ecosystem respiration in a warming tundra

Nature

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Kilometre-scale simulations over Fennoscandia reveal a large loss of tundra due to climate warming

Biogeosciences

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Vegetation type, not the legacy of warming, modifies the response of microbial functional genes and greenhouse gas fluxes to drought in Oro-Arctic and alpine regions

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

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Herbivore–shrub interactions influence ecosystem respiration and biogenic volatile organic compound composition in the subarctic

Biogeosciences

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A review of open top chamber (OTC) performance across the ITEX Network

Arctic Science

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Vegetation change on mountaintops in northern Sweden: Stable vascular‐plant but reordering of lichen and bryophyte communities

Ecological Research

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The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX): 30 years of research on tundra ecosystems

Arctic Science

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The tundra phenology database: more than two decades of tundra phenology responses to climate change

Arctic Science

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Vegetation responses to 26 years of warming at Latnjajaure Field Station, northern Sweden

Arctic Science

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Patterns of free amino acids in tundra soils reflect mycorrhizal type, shrubification, and warming

Mycorrhiza

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Limited decadal growth of mountain birch saplings has minor impact on surrounding tundra vegetation

Ecology and Evolution

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Limited decadal growth of mountain birch saplings has minor impact on surrounding tundra vegetation

Ecology and Evolution

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Reduced methane emissions in former permafrost soils driven by vegetation and microbial changes following drainage

Global Change Biology

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Growth rings show limited evidence for ungulates’ potential to suppress shrubs across the Arctic

Environmental Research Letters

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Global maps of soil temperature

Global Change Biology

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Nitrogen restricts future sub-arctic treeline advance in an individual-based dynamic vegetation model

Biogeosciences

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Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map

Environmental Evidence

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Decreased soil moisture due to warming drives phylogenetic diversity and community transitions in the tundra

Environmental Research Letters

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Patterns and drivers of cryptogam and vascular plant diversity in glacier forelands

Science of The Total Environment

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Endogenous indole-3-acetamide levels contribute to the crosstalk between auxin and abscisic acid, and trigger plant stress responses in Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

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Dynamics of Fungal and Bacterial Biomass Carbon in Natural Ecosystems: Site‐Level Applications of the CLM‐Microbe Model

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

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SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

Global Change Biology

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Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

Nature Communications

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Greenhouse gas dynamics of a well-drained afforested agricultural peatland

Boreal Environment Research

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Experimental evidence of the long‐term effects of reindeer on Arctic vegetation greenness and species richness at a larger landscape scale

Journal of Ecology

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Volatile emissions from thawing permafrost soils are influenced by meltwater drainage conditions

Global Change Biology

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Implications of evergreen shrub expansion in the Arctic

Journal of Ecology

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Implications of evergreen shrub expansion in the Arctic

Journal of Ecology

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Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size-related traits across the tundra biome

Global Ecology and Biogeography

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Complex effects of mammalian grazing on extramatrical mycelial biomass in the Scandes forest-tundra ecotone

Ecology and Evolution

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Complex effects of mammalian grazing on extramatrical mycelial biomass in the Scandes forest‐tundra ecotone

Ecology and Evolution

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Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic

Nature Ecology and Evolution

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Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic

Nature Ecology & Evolution

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Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Nature

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Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

Global Ecology and Biogeography

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Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

Global Ecology and Biogeography

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Contrasting impacts of reindeer grazing in two tundra grasslands

Environmental Research Letters

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Contrasting impacts of reindeer grazing in two tundra grasslands

Environmental Research Letters

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Expansion of deciduous tall shrubs but not evergreen dwarf shrubs inhibited by reindeer in Scandes mountain range

Journal of Ecology

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Expansion of deciduous tall shrubs but not evergreen dwarf shrubs inhibited by reindeer in Scandes mountain range

Journal of Ecology

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The impact of shrub browsing by mountain hare and reindeer in subarctic Sweden

Plant Ecology and Diversity

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The impact of shrub browsing by mountain hare and reindeer in subarctic Sweden

Plant Ecology & Diversity

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The effects of foundation species on community assembly: A global study on alpine cushion plant communities

Ecology

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The effects of foundation species on community assembly: a global study on alpine cushion plant communities

Ecology

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Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

Ecology Letters

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Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

Ecology Letters

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Reduced global warming potential after wood ash application in drained Northern peatland forests

Forest Ecology and Management

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Reduced global warming potential after wood ash application in drained Northern peatland forests

Forest Ecology and Management

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A fertile peatland forest does not constitute a major greenhouse gas sink

Biogeosciences

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A fertile peatland forest does not constitute a major greenhouse gas sink

Biogeosciences

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Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

Ecology Letters

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Evaluation of methods to estimate production, biomass and turnover of ectomycorrhizal mycelium in forests soils - A review

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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Fine-root turnover rates of European forests revisited: An analysis of data from sequential coring and ingrowth cores

Plant and Soil

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Reindeer grazing has contrasting effect on species traits in Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. and Bistorta vivipara (L.) Gray

Acta Oecologica

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The production and turnover of extramatrical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils: Role in carbon cycling

Plant and Soil

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Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: Heterogeneity over space and time

Ecology Letters

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Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

Nature Climate Change

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Weak habitat specificity in ectomycorrhizal communities associated with Salix herbacea and Salix polaris in alpine tundra

Mycorrhiza

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A comparison of annual and seasonal carbon dioxide effluxes between sub-Arctic Sweden and High-Arctic Svalbard

Polar Research

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Contrasting effects of wood ash application on microbial community structure, biomass and processes in drained forested peatlands

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

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Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by wood ash application to a Picea abies (L.) Karst. forest on a drained organic soil

European Journal of Soil Science

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Winter carbon dioxide effluxes from arctic ecosystems: An overview and comparison of methodologies

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Nurse plant effect of the cushion plant silene acaulis (L.) jacq. in an alpine environment in the subarctic scandes, Sweden

Plant Ecology and Diversity

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Nurse plant effect of the cushion plant Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. in an alpine environment in the subarctic Scandes, Sweden

Plant Ecology & Diversity

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Establishment of boreal forest species in alpine dwarf-shrub heath in subarctic Sweden

Plant Ecology and Diversity

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Establishment of boreal forest species in alpine dwarf-shrub heath in subarctic Sweden

Plant Ecology & Diversity

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Temporal variation in soil microbial communities in Alpine tundra

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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Ecology of alpine snowbeds and the impact of global change

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

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Linkages between N turnover and plant community structure in a tundra landscape

Plant and Soil

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Long-term warming effects on root morphology, root mass distribution, and microbial activity in two dry tundra plant communities in northern Sweden

New Phytologist

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Bryophyte and lichen diversity under simulated environmental change compared with observed variation in unmanipulated alpine tundra

Biodiversity and Conservation

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Can distribution of trees explain variation in nitrous oxide fluxes?

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

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A GIS assessment of alpine biodiversity at a range of scales

Alpine biodiversity in Europe

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