Zelalem Mekonnen

Bouskill, Nicholas J., et al. “Microbial Contribution to Post-Fire Tundra Ecosystem Recovery over the 21st Century”. Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00356-2.

Shirley, Ian A., et al. “Rapidly Changing High-Latitude Seasonality: Implications for the 21st Century Carbon Cycle in Alaska”. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 17, no. 1, 2022, p. 014032, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac4362.

Mekonnen, Zelalem A., et al. “Arctic Tundra Shrubification: A Review of Mechanisms and Impacts on Ecosystem Carbon Balance”. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 5, 2021, p. 053001, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf28b.

Mekonnen, Zelalem A., et al. “Changes in Precipitation and Air Temperature Contribute Comparably to Permafrost Degradation in a Warmer Climate”. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 2, 2021, p. 024008, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abc444.

Chen, Yang, et al. “Future Increases in Arctic Lightning and Fire Risk for Permafrost Carbon”. Nature Climate Change, vol. 11, no. 5, 2021, pp. 404-10, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01011-y.

Riley, William J., et al. “Non-Growing Season Plant Nutrient Uptake Controls Arctic Tundra Vegetation Composition under Future Climate”. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 7, 2021, p. 074047, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac0e63.

Mekonnen, Zelalem A., et al. “Topographical Controls on Hillslope‐Scale Hydrology Drive Shrub Distributions on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 126, no. 2, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005823.

Bouskill, Nicholas J., et al. “Alaskan Carbon-Climate Feedbacks Will Be Weaker Than Inferred from Short-Term Experiments”. Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19574-3.

Bouskill, Nicholas J., et al. “Alaskan Carbon-Climate Feedbacks Will Be Weaker Than Inferred from Short-Term Manipulations”. Nature Communications, vol. 11, 2020, p. 5798, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19574-3.

Mekonnen, Zelalem A., et al. “Expansion of High-Latitude Deciduous Forests Driven by Interactions Between Climate Warming and Fire”. Nature Plants, vol. 5, 2019, pp. 952–958, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0495-8.

Grant, Robert F., et al. “Modeling Climate Change Impacts on an Arctic Polygonal Tundra: 1. Rates of Permafrost Thaw Depend on Changes in Vegetation and Drainage”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 124, no. 5, 2019, pp. 1308-22, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004644.

Grant, Robert F., et al. “Modeling Climate Change Impacts on an Arctic Polygonal Tundra: 2. Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane Exchange Depend on Rates of Permafrost Thaw As Affected by Changes in Vegetation and Drainage”. Journal of GeophysicalResearch: Biogeosciences, vol. 124, no. 5, 2019, pp. 1323-41, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004645.

Mekonnen, Zelalem A., et al. “Accelerated Nutrient Cycling and Increased Light Competition Will Lead to 21st Century Shrub Expansion in North American Arctic Tundra”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 123, no. 5, 2018, pp. 1683-01, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JG004319.

Mekonnen, Zelalem A., et al. “Modelling Impacts of Recent Warming on Seasonal Carbon Exchange in Higher Latitudes of North America”. Arctic Science, vol. 4, no. 4, 2018, pp. 471-84, https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0009.

Mekonnen, Zelalem A., et al. “Twenty-First Century Tundra Shrubification Could Enhance Net Carbon Uptake of North America Arctic Tundra under an RCP_8.5 Climate Trajectory”. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 13, no. 5, 2018, p. 054029, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabf28.

Grant, Robert F., et al. “Mathematical Modeling of Arctic Polygonal Tundra With Ecosys: 1. Microtopography Determines How Active Layer Depths Respond to Changes in Temperature and Precipitation”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 122, no. 12, 2017, pp. 3161-73, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JG004035.

Grant, Robert F., et al. “Mathematical Modeling of Arctic Polygonal Tundra With Ecosys: 2. Microtopography Determines How Carbon Dioxide and Methane Exchange Responds to Changes in Temperature and Precipitation”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 122, no. 12, 2017, pp. 3174-87, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JG004037.