• Generalized Linear Models outperform commonly used canonical analysis in estimating spatial structure of presence/absence data 

      Carlos-Júnior, Lélis A.; Creed, Joel C.; Marrs, Rob; Lewis, Rob J.; Moulton, Timothy P.; Feijó-Lima, Rafael; Spencer, Matthew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-03)
      Background Ecological communities tend to be spatially structured due to environmental gradients and/or spatially contagious processes such as growth, dispersion and species interactions. Data transformation followed by ...
    • High resistance to climatic variability in a dominant tundra shrub species 

      Gonzalez, Victoria; Moriana Armendariz, Mikel; Hagen, Snorre; Lindgård, Bente; Reiersen, Rigmor; Bråthen, Kari Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-05)
      Climate change is modifying temperature and precipitation regimes across all seasons in northern ecosystems. Summer temperatures are higher, growing seasons extend into spring and fall and snow cover conditions are more ...
    • In vivo function of Pgβglu-1 in the release of acetophenones in white spruce 

      Mageroy, Melissa; Lachance, Denis; Jancsik, Sharon; Parent, Genevieve; Seguin, Armand; Mackay, John; Bohlmann, Joerg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-07)
      Eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferiana Clemens) (ESBW) is a major forest pest which feeds on young shoots of white spruce (Picea glauca) and can cause landscape level economic and ecological losses. Release of ...
    • KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept 

      Deckmyn, Gaby; Flores, Omar; Mayer, Mathias; Domene, Xavier; Schnepf, Andrea; Kuka, Katrin; Van Looy, Kris; Rasse, Daniel; Briones, Maria J.I.; Barot, Sébastien; Berg, Matty; Vanguelova, Elena; Ostonen, Ivika; Vereecken, Harry; Suz, Laura M.; Frey, Beat; Frossard, Aline; Tiunov, Alexei; Frouz, Jan; Grebenc, Tine; Öpik, Maarja; Javaux, Mathieu; Uvarov, Alexei; Vindušková, Olga; Krogh, Paul Henning; Franklin, Oskar; Jimenez, Juan; Yuste, Jorge Curiel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-09)
      The relatively poor simulation of the below-ground processes is a severe drawback for many ecosystem models, especially when predicting responses to climate change and management. For a meaningful estimation of ecosystem ...
    • Translocation of an arctic seashore plant reveals signs of maladaptation to altered climatic conditions 

      Hällfors, Maria; Lehvävirta, Susanna; Aandahl, Tone R.; Lehtimäki, Iida-Maria; Nilsson, Lars Ola; Ruotsalainen, Anna; Schulman, Leif E.; Hyvärinen, Marko T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11-20)
      Ongoing anthropogenic climate change alters the local climatic conditions to which species may be adapted. Information on species’ climatic requirements and their intraspecific variation is necessary for predicting the ...
    • Using laser micro-dissection and qRT-PCR to analyze cell type-specific gene expression in Norway spruce phloem 

      Nagy, Nina Elisabeth; Sikora, Katarzyna; Krokene, Paal; Hietala, Ari; Solheim, Halvor; Fossdal, Carl Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The tangentially oriented polyphenolic parenchyma (PP) and radially organized ray parenchyma in the phloem are central in the defense of conifer stems against insects and pathogens. Laser micro-dissection enables examination ...