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  • 2018 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Disturbance is the key to plant invasions in cold environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113:14061–14066.

Overview

Ann Milbau is affiliated with the Research Institute for Nature and Forest in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. Across these fields, the work engages with several subfields including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, atmospheric science, plant science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, notably:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions
  • Forest ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Lichen and fungal ecology

Ann Milbau has authored research papers published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to Ecology and Evolution and New Phytologist. Other publication venues include Nature Communications, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Rapid upwards spread of non-native plants in mountains across continents, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Moving up and over: redistribution of plants in alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic ecosystems under global change, 2020, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research
  • Think globally, measure locally: The MIREN standardized protocol for monitoring plant species distributions along elevation gradients, 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in nonnative plant invasion along mountain roads, 2020, New Phytologist

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ann Milbau include Sylvia Haider, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Aníbal Pauchard, Jake M. Alexander, and Keith L. McDougall.

Ann Milbau was awarded the William S. Cooper Award by The Ecological Society of America in 2018 for work related to disturbance as a key factor in plant invasions in cold environments. The award citation references a publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

Best Publications

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Loïc Chalmandrier;Jonathan Lenoir;Treena I. Burgess

  • Local temperatures inferred from plant communities suggest strong spatial buffering of climate warming across Northern Europe

    Jonathan Lenoir;Bente Jessen Graae;Per Arild Aarrestad;Inger Greve Alsos

  • Plant invasions into mountains and alpine ecosystems: current status and future challenges

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Jonas J. Lembrechts;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Curtis Daehler

  • Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change : new challenges for ecology and conservation

    Aníbal Pauchard;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Albihn;Ann Albihn;Jake Alexander

  • Effects of a warmer climate on seed germination in the subarctic

    Ann Milbau;Bente Jessen Graae;Anna Shevtsova;Ivan Nijs

  • Stay or go - how topographic complexity influences alpine plant population and community responses to climate change

    Bente Jessen Graae;Vigdis Vandvik;W. Scott Armbruster;Wolf L. Eiserhardt;Wolf L. Eiserhardt

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • On the use of weather data in ecological studies along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients

    Bente J. Graae;Pieter De Frenne;Annette Kolb;Jörg Brunet

  • Disturbance is the key to plant invasions in cold environments

    Jonas Johan Lembrechts;Anibal Pauchard;Jonathan Lenoir;Martin A. Nunez

  • The distribution of range sizes of native and alien plants in four European countries and the effects of residence time

    Mark Williamson;Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz;Ingolf Kühn;Mark Hill

  • How do bryophytes govern generative recruitment of vascular plants

    Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia;Bente J. Graae;Jacob C. Douma;Oriol Grau

  • Comparing temperature data sources for use in species distribution models: From in-situ logging to remote sensing

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Jonathan Lenoir;Nina Roth;Tarek Hattab;Tarek Hattab

  • Factors Associated with Alien Plants Transitioning from Casual, to Naturalized, to Invasive

    Ann Milbau;Jane C. Stout

  • The hidden season: growing season is 50% longer below than above ground along an arctic elevation gradient

    Gesche Blume‐Werry;Scott D. Wilson;Scott D. Wilson;Juergen Kreyling;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau

  • A hierarchical framework for integrating invasibility experiments incorporating different factors and spatial scales

    Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Jane C. Stout;Bente Jessen Graae;Ivan Nijs

  • Dwelling in the deep – strongly increased root growth and rooting depth enhance plant interactions with thawing permafrost soil

    Gesche Blume-Werry;Gesche Blume-Werry;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Laurenz M. Teuber;Laurenz M. Teuber;Margareta Johansson

  • Critical periods for impact of climate warming on early seedling establishment in subarctic tundra

    Anna Shevtsova;Bente Jessen Graae;Till Jochum;Till Jochum;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau

  • Mountain roads shift native and non-native plant species' ranges

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Jake M. Alexander;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Sylvia Haider;Sylvia Haider

  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

    H. J. D. Thomas;A. D. Bjorkman;A. D. Bjorkman;I. H. Myers-Smith;S. C. Elmendorf

  • Disentangling invasiveness and invasibility during invasion in synthesized grassland communities

    Ann Milbau;Ivan Nijs;Liesbeth Van Peer;Dirk Reheul

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Nijs
Ivan Nijs University of Antwerp
Bente J. Graae
Bente J. Graae Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Aníbal Pauchard
Aníbal Pauchard University of Concepción
Sylvia Haider
Sylvia Haider Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Dirk Reheul
Dirk Reheul Ghent University
Martin A. Nuñez
Martin A. Nuñez University of Houston
Lisa J. Rew
Lisa J. Rew Montana State University
James D. M. Speed
James D. M. Speed Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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