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Research

In my research, I explored how atmospheric and climate change could impact natural ecosystems, with a focus on mountain environments. I linked plant physiological and growth measurements with biogeochemical, hydrological and climate data with the aim to predict changes in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and services.
 
Topics I contributed to in my research:
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  • Carbon, nitrogen and water dynamics in Swiss ecosystems in the face of global change
  • Ecosystem responses to experimental CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the Swiss treeline
  • Effects of drought and drought release (irrigation) on ecosystem water relations in a dry inner-Alpine valley
  • Treeline patterns along a latitudinal gradient in the Ural mountains (Russia)
  • Changes in alpine plant biodiversity on 124 Swiss mountain summits over the past 100 years
Curriculum vitae

Publications

​Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A., Bubnov, M.O., Devi, N.M., Grigoriev, A.A., Mazepa, V.S., Nagimov, Z.Y., Shiyatov, S.G., Moiseev, P.A. 2020. Latitudinal decline in stand biomass and productivity at the elevational treeline in the Ural mountains despite a common thermal growth limit. Journal of Biogeography 47: 1827–1842.
 
Möhl, P., Mörsdorf, M., Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Bebi, P., Viglietti, D., Thomas, F.M., Freppaz, M., Wipf, S., Körner, C., Rixen, C. 2019. Twelve years of low nutrient input stimulates growth of trees and dwarf shrubs in the treeline ecotone irrespective of temperature. Journal of Ecology 107: 768–780.
 
Craine, J., Elmore, A. J., Wang, L., Aranibar, J., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Crowley, B.E., Dawes, M.A., Delzon, S., Fajardo, A., Fang, Y., Fujiyoshi, L., Gray, A., Guerrieri, R., Gundale, M.J., Hawke, D.J., Hietz, P., Jonard, M., Kearsley, E., Kenzo, T., Makarov, M., Maranon-Jiménez, S., McGlynn, T.P., McNeil, B.E., Mosher, S.G., Nelson, D.M., Peri, P.L., Roggy, J.C., Sanders-DeMott, R., Song, M., Szpak, P., Templer, P.H., van der Colff, D., Werner, C., Xu, X., Yang, Y., Yu, G. and Zmudczynska-Skarbek, K. 2018. Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1735–1744.
 
Frei, E., Bianchi, E., Bernareggi, G., Bebi, P., Dawes, M.A., Brown, C., Trant, A., Mamet, S., Rixen, C. 2018. Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone. Scientific Reports 8: 10894.
 
Anadon-Rosell, A., Dawes, M.A., Fonti, P., Hagedorn, F., Rixen, C., von Arx, G. 2018. Xylem anatomical and growth responses of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium myrtillus to experimental CO2 enrichment and soil warming at treeline. Science of the Total Environment 642: 1172–1183.
 
Steinbauer, M.J., Grytnes, J.-A., Jurasinski, G., Kulonen, A., Lenoir, J., Pauli, H., Rixen, C., Winkler, M., Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Barni, E., Bjorkman, A.D., Breiner, F.T., Burg, S., Czortek, P., Dawes, M.A., Delimat, A., Dullinger, S., Erschbamer, B., Felde, V.A., Fernández-Arberas, O., Fossheim, K.F., Gómez-García, D., Georges, D., Grindrud, E.T., Haider, S., Haugum, S.V., Henriksen, H., Herreros, M.J., Jaroszewicz, B., Jaroszynska, F., Kanka, R., Kapfer, J., Klanderud, K., Kühn, I., Lamprecht, A., Matteodo, M., Morra di Cella, U., Normand, S., Odland, A., Olsen, S.L., Palacio, S., Petey, M., Piscová, V., Sedlakova, B., Steinbauer, K., Stöckli, V., Svenning, J.-C., Teppa, G., Theurillat, J.-P., Vittoz, P., Woodin, S.J., Zimmermann, N.E. and Wipf, S. 2018. Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. Nature 556: 231–234.
 
Prendin, A.L., Petit, G., Fonti, P., Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., von Arx, G. 2018. Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the treeline. Functional Ecology 32: 273–287.
 
Solly, E., Lindahl, B.D., Dawes, M.A., Peter, M., Souza, R.C., Rixen, C., Hagedorn, F. 2017. Experimental soil warming shifts the fungal community composition at the alpine treeline. New Phytologist 215: 766–778.
 
Dawes, M.A., Schleppi, P. and Hagedorn, H. 2017. The fate of nitrogen inputs in a warmer alpine treeline ecosystem: a 15N labelling study. Journal of Ecology 105: 1723–1737.
 
Souza, R.C., Egli, S., Dawes, M.A., Graf, F., Hagedorn, F., Clement, C.R., Nagy, L., Rixen, C., Solly, E. and Peter, M. 2017. Soil warming and CO2enrichment effects on extracellular enzyme activities at the alpine treeline. Plant and Soil 416: 527–537.
 
Dawes, M.A., Schleppi, P., Hättenschwiler, S., Rixen, C. and Hagedorn, H. 2017. Soil warming opens the nitrogen cycle at the alpine treeline. Global Change Biology 23: 421–434.
 
Brunner, I., Herzog, C., Dawes, M.A., Arend, M. and Sperisen, C. 2015. How tree roots respond to drought. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 547.
 
Karbin, S., Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A. and Niklaus, P.A. 2015. Does treeline soil warming affect soil methane fluxes and the spatial micro-distribution of methanotrophic bacteria? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 86: 164–171.
 
Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S., Beck, P., 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., Dawes, M.A., Lantz, T., Weijers, S., Jørgensen, R.H., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Naito, A.T., Ravolainen, V., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wheeler, J., Wipf, S., Guay, K., Hik, D. and Vellend, M. 2015. Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. Nature Climate Change 5: 887–891.
 
Dawes, M.A., Philipson, C.D., Fonti, P., Bebi, P., Hättenschwiler, S., Hagedorn, F. and Rixen, C. 2015. Soil warming and CO2 enrichment induce biomass shifts in alpine treeline vegetation. Global Change Biology 21: 2005–2021.
 
Myers-Smith, I.H., Hallinger, M., Wilmking, M., Blok, D., Sass-Klaassen, U., Rayback, S.A., Weijers, S., Trant, A., Tape, K.D., Naito, A.T., Wipf, S., Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., Wheeler, J., Buchwal, A., Baittinger, C., Fauria, M.M., Forbes, B.C., Levesque, E., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Beil, I. and Ravolainen, V. 2015. Methods for measuring Arctic and alpine shrub growth: a review. Earth Science Reviews 140: 1–13.
 
Anadon-Rosell, A., Rixen, C., Cherubini, P., Wipf, S., Hagedorn, F. and 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: e100577.
 
Dawes, M.A., Zweifel, R., Dawes, N., Rixen, C. and Hagedorn, F. 2014. CO2 enrichment alters diurnal stem radius fluctuations of 36-year-old Larix decidua growing at the alpine treeline. New Phytologist 202: 1237–1248.
 
Oberbauer, S.F., Elmendorf, S.C., Troxler, T., Hollister, R.D., Rocha, A., Bret-Harte, S., Dawes, M.A., Fosaa, A.M., Høye, T.T., Henry, G.H.R., Jarrad, F., Jonsdottir, I.S., Klanderud, K., Klein, J.A., Molau, U., Rixen, C., Schmidt, N.M., Shaver, G., Slider, R., Totland, O., Wahren, C.H., Welker, J.M. 2013. Phenological responses of tundra plants to background climate variation tested using the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368: 20120481.
 
Streit, K., Rinne, K.T., Hagedorn, F., Dawes, M.A., Saurer, M., Hoch, G., Werner, R.A., Buchmann, N. and Siegwolf, R.T. 2013. Tracing fresh assimilates in Larix decidua exposed to elevated CO2 and soil warming at the alpine treeline using compound-specific stable isotope analysis. New Phytologist 197: 838–849.
 
Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Handa, I.T., Streit, K., Ekblad, A., Rixen, C., Körner, C. and Hättenschwiler, S. 2013. An alpine treeline in a CO2-rich world: synthesis of a nine year CO2 enrichment study. Oecologia 171: 623–637.
 
Rixen, C., Dawes, M.A., Wipf, S. and Hagedorn, F. 2012. Evidence of enhanced freezing damage in treeline plants during six years of CO2 enrichment and soil warming. Oikos 121: 1532–1543.
 
Barbeito, I., Dawes, M.A., Rixen, C., Senn, J. and Bebi, P. 2012. Factors driving survival and growth at treeline: a 30-year experiment of 92,000 conifers. Ecology 93: 389–401.
 
Dawes, M.A., Hagedorn, F., Zumbrunn, T., Handa, I.T., Hättenschwiler, S., Wipf, S. and Rixen, C. 2011. Growth and community responses of alpine dwarf shrubs to in situ CO2 enrichment and soil warming. New Phytologist 191: 806–818.
 
Dawes, M.A., Hättenschwiler, S., Bebi, P., Hagedorn, F., Handa, I.T., Körner, C. and Rixen, C. 2011. Species-specific tree growth responses to nine years of CO2 enrichment at the alpine treeline. Journal of Ecology 99: 383–394.
 
Martin, M.A., Gavazov, K., Hättenschwiler, S., Körner, C. and Rixen, C. 2010. Reduced early growing season freezing resistance in alpine treeline plants under elevated atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology 16: 1057–1070.
 
Hagedorn, F., Martin, M.A., Rixen, C., Rusch, S., Zürcher, A., Siegwolf, R., Wipf, S., Escape, C., Roy, J. and Hättenschwiler, S. 2010. Short-term responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to experimental soil warming at the Swiss alpine treeline. Biogeochemistry 97: 7–19.
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