Dr. Sonja Wipf

Prevéy, J.S.; Rixen, C.; Rüger, N.; Høye, T.T.; Bjorkman, A.D.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Ashton, I.W.; Cannone, N.; Chisholm, C.L.; Clark, K.; Cooper, E.J.; Elberling, B.; Fosaa, A.M.; Henry, G.H.R.; Hollister, R.D.; Jónsdóttir, I.S.; Klanderud, K.; Kopp, C.W.; ... Wipf, S., 2019: Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3: 45-52. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0745-6

Thomas, H.J.D.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Bjorkman, A.D.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Blok, D.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Forbes, B.C.; Hollister, R.D.; Normand, S.; Prevéy, J.S.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Kulonen, A.; Van Bodegom, P.M., 2019: Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size-related traits across the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28: 78-95. doi: 10.1111/geb.12783

Möhl, P.; Mörsdorf, M.A.; Dawes, M.A.; Hagedorn, F.; Bebi, P.; Viglietti, D.; Freppaz, M.; Wipf, S.; Körner, C.; Thomas, F.M.; Rixen, C., 2019: Twelve years of low nutrient input stimulates growth of trees and dwarf shrubs in the treeline ecotone. Journal of Ecology, 107: 768-780. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13073

Bjorkman, A.D.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Normand, S.; Thomas, H.J.D.; Alatalo, J.M.; Alexander, H.; Anadon-Rosell, A.; Angers-Blondin, S.; Bai, Y.; Frei, E.R.; Jaroszynska, F.; Kulonen, A.; Prevéy, J.S.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Zamin, T., 2018: Tundra Trait Team: a database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, 12: 1402-1411. doi: 10.1111/geb.12821

Bjorkman, A.D.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Normand, S.; Rüger, N.; Beck, P.S.A.; Blach-Overgaard, A.; Blok, D.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Forbes, B.C.; Karger, D.N.; Prevéy, J.S.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Frei, E.R.; Jaroszynska, F.; Kulonen, A.; Weiher, E., 2018: Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature, 562, 7725: 57-62. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7

Chardon, N.I.; Wipf, S.; Rixen, C.; Beilstein, A.; Doak, D.F., 2018: Local trampling disturbance effects on alpine plant populations and communities: negative implications for climate change vulnerability. Ecology and Evolution, 8, 16: 7921-7935. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4276

Dornelas, M.; Antão, L.H.; Moyes, F.; Bates, A.E.; Magurran, A.E.; Adam, D.; Akhmetzhanova, A.A.; Appeltans, W.; Arcos, J.M.; Arnold, H.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Zettler, M.L., 2018: BioTIME: a database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, 7: 760-786. doi: 10.1111/geb.12729

Wubs, E.R.J.; Woodin, S.J.; Stutter, M.I.; Wipf, S.; Sommerkorn, M.; Van der Wal, R., 2018: Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 124: 101-104. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.05.034

Steinbauer, M.J.; Grytnes, J.; Jurasinski, G.; Kulonen, A.; Lenoir, J.; Pauli, H.; Rixen, C.; Winkler, M.; Bardy-Durchhalter, M.; Barni, E.; Breiner, F.T.; Burg, S.; Dawes, M.A.; Matteodo, M.; Stöckli, V.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Wipf, S., 2018: Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. Nature, 556, 7700: 231-234. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0005-6

Djukic, I.; Kepfer-Rojas, S.; Schmidt, I.K.; Larsen, K.S.; Beier, C.; Berg, B.; Verheyen, K.; Caliman, A.; Paquette, A.; Gutiérrez-Girón, A.; Rixen, C.; Sutter, F.; Von Oppen, J.; Schaub, M.; Didion, M.; Wipf, S.; Tóth, Z., 2018: Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629: 1369-1394. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012

Kulonen, A.; Imboden, R.A.; Rixen, C.; Maier, S.B.; Wipf, S., 2018: Enough space in a warmer world? Microhabitat diversity and small-scale distribution of alpine plants on mountain summits. Diversity and Distributions, 24, 2: 252-261. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12673

Rixen, C.; Wipf, S., 2017: Non-equilibrium in alpine plant assemblages: shifts in Europe’s summit floras. In: Catalan, J.; Ninot, J.M.; Aniz, M.M. (eds), 2017: High mountain conservation in a changing world. Cham, Springer. 285-303. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55982-7_12

Sedlacek, J.; Cortés, A.J.; Wheeler, J.; Bossdorf, O.; Hoch, G.; Klápště, J.; Lexer, C.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Karrenberg, S.; Van Kleunen, M., 2016: Evolutionary potential in the Alpine: trait heritabilities and performance variation of the dwarf willow Salix herbacea from different elevations and microhabitats. Ecology and Evolution, 6, 12: 3940-3952. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2171

Wheeler, J..A.; Cortés, A.J.; Sedlacek, J.; Karrenberg, S.; Van Kleunen, M.; Wipf, S.; Hoch, G.; Bossdorf, O.; Rixen, C., 2016: The snow and the willows: earlier spring snowmelt reduces performance in the low-lying alpine shrub Salix herbacea. Journal of Ecology, 104, 4: 1041-1050. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12579

Wipf, S.; Sommerkorn, M.; Stutter, M.I.; Wubs, E.R.J.; Van der Wal, R., 2015: Snow cover, freeze-thaw, and the retention of nutrients in an oceanic mountain ecosystem. Ecosphere, 6, 10: 207 (16 pp.). doi: 10.1890/ES15-00099.1

Sedlacek, J.; Wheeler, J.A.; Cortés, A.; Bossdorf, O.; Hoch, G.; Lexer, C.; Wipf, S.; Karrenberg, S.; Van Kleunen, M.; Rixen, C., 2015: The response of the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea to altered snowmelt timing: lessons from a multi-site transplant experiment. PLoS One, 10, 4: e0122395 (19 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122395

Burg, S.; Rixen, C.; Stöckli, V.; Wipf, S., 2015: Observation bias and its causes in botanical surveys on high-alpine summits. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26, 1: 191-200. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12211

Myers-Smith, I.H.; Hallinger, M.; Blok, D.; Sass-Klaassen, U.; Rayback, S..A.; Weijers, S.; Trant, A.J.; Tape, K.D.; Naito, A.T.; Wipf, S.; Rixen, C.; Dawes, M.A.; Wheeler, J.A.; Buchwal, A.; Baittinger, C.; Macias-Fauria, M.; Forbes, B.C.; Lévesque, E.; Boulanger-Lapointe, N.; ... Wilmking, M., 2015: Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: a review. Earth-Science Reviews, 140: 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.10.004

Wheeler, J.A.; Schnider, F.; Sedlacek, J.; Cortés, A.J.; Wipf, S.; Hoch, G.; Rixen, C., 2015: With a little help from my friends: community facilitation increases performance in the dwarf shrub Salix herbacea. Basic and Applied Ecology, 16, 3: 202-209. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2015.02.004

Palacio, S.; Lenz, A.; Wipf, S.; Hoch, G.; Rixen, C., 2015: Bud freezing resistance in alpine shrubs across snow depth gradients. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 118: 95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.06.007

Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Beck, P.S.A.; Wilmking, M.; Hallinger, M.; Blok, D.; Tape, K.D.; Rayback, S.A.; Macias-Fauria, M.; Forbes, B.C.; Speed, J.D.M.; Boulanger-Lapointe, N.; Rixen, C.; Lévesque, E.; Schmidt, N.M.; Baittinger, C.; Trant, A.J.; Hermanutz, L.; Siegwart Collier, L.; ... Vellend, M., 2015: Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. Nature Climate Change, 5, 9: 887-891. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2697

Anadon-Rosell, A.; Rixen, C.; Cherubini, P.; Wipf, S.; Hagedorn, F.; Dawes, M.A., 2014: Growth and phenology of three dwarf shrub species in a six-year soil warming experiment at the alpine treeline. PLoS One, 9, 6: e100577 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100577

Wheeler, J.A.; Hoch, G.; Cortés, A.J.; Sedlacek, J.; Wipf, S.; Rixen, C., 2014: Increased spring freezing vulnerability for alpine shrubs under early snowmelt. Oecologia, 175, 1: 219-229. doi: 10.1007/s00442-013-2872-8

Cortés, A.J.; Waeber, S.; Lexer, C.; Sedlacek, J.; Wheeler, J.A.; Van Kleunen, M.; Bossdorf, O.; Hoch, G.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Karrenberg, S., 2014: Small-scale patterns in snowmelt timing affect gene flow and the distribution of genetic diversity in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea. Heredity, 113, 3: 233-239. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2014.19

Streit, K.; Hagedorn, F.; Hiltbrunner, D.; Portmann, M.; Saurer, M.; Buchmann, N.; Wild, B.; Richter, A.; Wipf, S.; Siegwolf, R.T.W., 2014: Soil warming alters microbial substrate use in alpine soils. Global Change Biology, 20, 4: 1327-1338. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12396

Meijer zu Schlochtern, M.P.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Cornelissen, J.H.C., 2014: Management, winter climate and plant-soil feedbacks on ski slopes: a synthesis. Ecological Research, 29, 4: 583-592. doi: 10.1007/s11284-014-1141-6

Grytnes, J.; Kapfer, J.; Jurasinski, G.; Birks, H.H.; Henriksen, H.; Klanderud, K.; Odland, A.; Ohlson, M.; Wipf, S.; Birks, H.J., 2014: Identifying the driving factors behind observed elevational range shifts on European mountains. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 8: 876-884. doi: 10.1111/geb.12170

Cavieres, L.A.; Brooker, R.W.; Butterfield, B.J.; Cook, B.J.; Kikvidze, Z.; Lortie, C.J.; Michalet, R.; Pugnaire, F.I.; Schöb, C.; Xiao, S.; Anthelme, F.; Björk, R.G.; Dickinson, K.J.M.; Cranston, B.H.; Gavilán, R.; Gutiérrez-Girón, A.; Kanka, R.; Maalouf, J.; Mark, A.F.; ... Callaway, R.M., 2014: Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity. Ecology Letters, 17, 2: 193-202. doi: 10.1111/ele.12217

Matteodo, M.; Wipf, S.; Stöckli, V.; Rixen, C.; Vittoz, P., 2013: Elevation gradient of successful plant traits for colonizing alpine summits under climate change. Environmental Research Letters, 8, 2: 024043 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024043

Vellend, M.; Baeten, L.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Beauséjour, R.; Brown, C.D.; De Frenne, P.; Verheyen, K.; Wipf, S., 2013: Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 110, 48: 19456-19459. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1312779110

Wipf, S.; Stöckli, V.; Herz, K.; Rixen, C., 2013: The oldest monitoring site of the Alps revisited: accelerated increase in plant species richness on Piz Linard summit since 1835. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 6, 3-4: 447-455. doi: 10.1080/17550874.2013.764943

Butterfield, B.J.; Cavieres, L.A.; Callaway, R.M.; Cook, B.J.; Kikvidze, Z.; Lortie, C.J.; Michalet, R.; Pugnaire, F.I.; Schöb, C.; Xiao, S.; Zaitchek, B.; Anthelme, F.; Björk, R.G.; Dickinson, K.; Gavilán, R.; Kanka, R.; Maalouf, J.-P.; Noroozi, J.; Parajuli, R.; ... Brooker, R.W., 2013: Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments. Ecology Letters, 16, 4: 478-486. doi: 10.1111/ele.12070

Elmendorf, S.C.; Henry, G.H.R.; Hollister, R.D.; Björk, R.G.; Boulanger-Lapointe, N.; Cooper, E.J.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Day, T.A.; Dorrepaal, E.; Elumeeva, T.G.; Gill, M.; Gould, W.A.; Harte, J.; Hik, D.S.; Hofgaard, A.; Johnson, D.R.; Johnstone, J.F.; Jónsdóttir, I.S.; Jorgenson, J.C.; ... Wipf, S., 2012: Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming. Nature Climate Change, 2, 6: 453-457. doi: 10.1038/Nclimate1465

Stöckli, V.; Wipf, S.; Nilsson, C.; Rixen, C., 2012: Using historical plant surveys to track biodiversity on mountain summits. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 4, 4: 415-425. doi: 10.1080/17550874.2011.651504

Rixen, C.; Dawes, M.A.; Wipf, S.; Hagedorn, F., 2012: Evidence of enhanced freezing damage in treeline plants during six years of CO₂ enrichment and soil warming. Oikos, 121, 10: 1532-1543. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20031.x

Roux-Fouillet, P.; Wipf, S.; Rixen, C., 2011: Long-term impacts of ski piste management on alpine vegetation and soils. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48, 4: 906-915. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01964.x

Dawes, M.A.; Hagedorn, F.; Zumbrunn, T.; Handa, I.T.; Hättenschwiler, S.; Wipf, S.; Rixen, C., 2011: Growth and community responses of alpine dwarf shrubs to in situ CO₂ enrichment and soil warming. New Phytologist, 191, 3: 806-818. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03722.x

Myers-Smith, I.H.; Forbes, B.C.; Wilmking, M.; Hallinger, M.; Lantz, T.; Blok, D.; Tape, K.D.; Macias-Fauria, M.; Sass-Klaassen, U.; Lévesque, E.; Boudreau, S.; Ropars, P.; Hermanutz, L.; Trant, A.; Siegwart Collier, L.; Weijers, S.; Rozema, J.; Rayback, S.A.; Schmidt, N.M.; ... Hik, D.S., 2011: Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities. Environmental Research Letters, 6, 4: 045509 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/045509

Wipf, S.; Rixen, C., 2010: A review of snow manipulation experiments in Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems. Polar Research, 29, 1: 95-109. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2010.00153.x

Rixen, C.; Schwoerer, C.; Wipf, S., 2010: Winter climate change at different temporal scales in Vaccinium myrtillus, an Arctic and alpine dwarf shrub. Polar Research, 29, 1: 85-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2010.00155.x

Wipf, S., 2010: Phenology, growth, and fecundity of eight subarctic tundra species in response to snowmelt manipulations. Plant Ecology, 207, 1: 53-66. doi: 10.1007/s11258-009-9653-9

Hagedorn, F.; Martin, M.; Rixen, C.; Rusch, S.; Bebi, P.; Zürcher, A.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Wipf, S.; Escape, C.; Roy, J.; Hättenschwiler, S., 2010: Short-term responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to experimental soil warming at the Swiss alpine treeline. Biogeochemistry, 97, 1: 7-19. doi: 10.1007/s10533-009-9297-9

Wipf, S.; Stoeckli, V.; Bebi, P., 2009: Winter climate change in alpine tundra: plant responses to changes in snow depth and snowmelt timing. Climatic Change, 94, 1-2: 105-121. doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9546-x

Rixen, C.; Freppaz, M.; Stoeckli, V.; Huovinen, C.; Huovinen, K.; Wipf, S., 2008: Altered snow density and chemistry change soil nitrogen mineralization and plant growth. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40, 3: 568-575. doi: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-044)[Rixen]2.0.Co;2

Wipf, S.; Rixen, C.; Mulder, C.P., 2006: Advanced snowmelt causes shift towards positive neighbour interactions in a subarctic tundra community. Global Change Biology, 12, 8: 1496-1506. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01185.x

Wipf, S.; Rixen, C.; Fischer, M.; Schmid, B.; Stoeckli, V., 2005: Effects of ski piste preparation on alpine vegetation. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42, 2: 306-316. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01011.x

Wipf, S.; Meza, F.J., 2009: International Young Scientists' perspective on global change issues. Climatic Change, 94, 12: 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9547-9

Wipf, S.; Rixen, C.; Freppaz, M.; Stoeckli, V., 2002: Ski piste vegetation under artificial and natural snow: patterns in multivariate analysis. In: Bottarin, R.; Tappeiner, U. (eds), 2002: Interdisciplinary Mountain Research. Berlin; Wien, Blackwell. 170-179.

Conzetti, M.; Wipf, S., 2007: Warme Winter mindern das Wachstum. Gartenbau: Schweizer Fachmagazin, 128, 29/30: 19.