Peer-reviewed articles
Frei, E.R., L. Schnell, Y. Vitasse, T. Wohlgemuth, B. Moser (2020) Assessing the effectiveness of in-situ active warming combined with open top chambers to study plant responses to climate change. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11:539584. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.539584.
Lembrechts, J.J., J. Aalto, M.B. Ashcroft, P. De Frenne, M. Kopecký, J. Lenoir, M. Luoto, I.M.D. Maclean, O. Roupsard, E. Fuentes‐Lillo, L. Pellissier, ..., S. Wipf, ..., F. Zellweger, E.R. Frei, ..., C. Rixen, ... C. Rossi, & I. Nijs (2020) SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature. Global Change Biology, 26(11):6616-6629. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123.
Thomas H.J.D., A.D. Bjorkman, I.H. Myers-Smith, S.C. Elmendorf, …, E.R. Frei, ... & F.T. de Vries (2020) Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome. Nature Communications, 11, 1351. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15014-4.
Thomas H.J.D., I.H. Myers-Smith, A.D. Bjorkman, S.C. Elmendorf, …, E.R. Frei, ... & P.M. van Bodegom (2019) Traditional plant functional groups poorly explain plant trait variation in the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28(2):78–95. doi.org/10.1111/geb.12783.
Frei, E.R., E. Bianchi, G. Bernareggi, P. Bebi, M.A. Dawes, C.D. Brown, A.J. Trant, S.D. Mamet & C. Rixen (2018) Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone. Scientific Reports 8, 10894. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28808-w.
Bjorkman A.D., I.H. Myers-Smith, S.C. Elmendorf, S. Normand, N. Ruger, …, E.R. Frei, … & E. Weiher (2018) Changes in plant functional traits across a warming tundra biome. Nature 562:57–62. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7.
Bjorkman A.D., I.H. Myers-Smith, S.C. Elmendorf, S. Normand, H.J.D. Thomas, …, E.R. Frei, … & T. Zamin (2018) Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27(12):1402–1411. doi.org/10.1111/geb.12821.
Bjorkman A.D., M. Vellend, E.R. Frei & G.R.H. Henry (2017) Climate adaptation is not enough: warming does not facilitate success of southern tundra plant populations in the high Arctic. Global Change Biology 23(4):1540–1551. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13417.
Frei E.R., J. Ghazoul, P. Matter, M. Heggli & A.R. Pluess (2014) Plant population differentiation and climate change: responses of grassland species along an elevational gradient. Global Change Biology 20(2):441–455. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12403.
Frei E.R., J. Ghazoul, & A.R. Pluess (2014) Plastic responses to elevated temperature in low and high elevation populations of three grassland species. PLoS ONE 9(6): e98677. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098677.
Frei E.R., T. Hahn, J. Ghazoul & A.R. Pluess (2014) Divergent selection in low and high elevation populations of a perennial herb in the Swiss Alps. Alpine Botany 124(2):131–142. doi.org/10.1007/s00035-014-0131-1.
Matter P., C.J. Kettle, E.R. Frei, J. Ghazoul & A.R. Pluess (2014) Geographic distance is more relevant than elevation in patterns of outbreeding in Ranunculus bulbosus. Journal of Ecology 102:518–530. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12214.
Hahn T., C. Kettle, J. Ghazoul, E.R. Frei, P. Matter & A.R. Pluess (2012) Patterns of genetic variation across altitude in three plant species of (semi-)dry grasslands. PLoS ONE 7(8): e41608. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041608.
Maysenhölder W., M. Heggli, X. Zhou, T. Zhang, E. Frei & M. Schneebeli (2012) Microstructure and sound absorption of snow. Cold Regions Science and Technology 83–84:3-12. doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.05.001.
Pluess A.R., E. Frei, C. Kettle, T. Hahn & J. Ghazoul (2011) Plant growth and fitness of Scabiosa columbaria under climate warming conditions. Plant Ecology & Diversity 4(4):379–389. doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2011.618848.
Frei E., J. Bodin & G.-R. Walther (2010) Plant species’ range shifts in mountainous areas – all uphill from here? Botanica Helvetica 120(2):117–128. doi.org/10.1007/s00035-010-0076-y.
Heggli M., E. Frei & M. Schneebeli (2009) Snow Replica method for three-dimensional X-ray microtomographic imaging. Journal of Glaciology 55(192):631–639. doi.org/10.3189/002214309789470932.
Further scientific publications
Frei, E.R., C. Rixen & P. Bebi (2018). Was beeinflusst den Anstieg der Waldgrenze? Jagd in Tirol. 12:22-26. www.tjv.at/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/12-Jagd-in-Tirol-Dezember-1.pdf.
Frei, E.R., K. Streit & P. Brang (2018). Testpflanzungen zukunftsfähiger Baumarten: auf dem Weg zu einem schweizweiten Netz. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen 169(8):347-350. doi.org/10.3188/szf.2018.0347.
K. Streit, E.R. Frei & P. Brang (2018). Testpflanzungen zukunftsfähiger Baumarten. Zürcher Wald 6:9-12.
P. Brang, K. Streit & E.R. Frei (2018). Testpflanzungen zukunftsfähiger Baumarten. Bündner Wald 6:38-42.
Rixen C., S. Wipf, E.R. Frei, & V. Stöckli (2014) Faster, higher, more? Past, present and future Dynamics of alpine and arctic flora under climate change. Alpine Botany 124(2):77–79. doi.org/10.1007/s00035-014-0141-z.
Burga C.A., Frei E., R. Reinalter & G.-R. Walther (2007) Neue Daten zum Monitoring alpiner Pflanzen im Engadin. Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft 19:37–43.
Theses
Frei E.R. (2013) Adaptation and plasticity of plant populations in the Swiss Alps in the context of climate change. PhD thesis, ETH Zurich. http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010002721.
Frei E.R. (2006) Die Vegetation des Piz Languard, Fallbeispiel für einen klimainduzierten Florenwandel? Diploma thesis, Department of Geography, University of Zurich.