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Monique M. P. D. Heijmans

Monique M. P. D. Heijmans

Overview

Monique M. P. D. Heijmans is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work extensively covers topics including Climate change and permafrost, Cryospheric studies and observations, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, and Landslides and related hazards.

Heijmans has published several papers, notably:

  • Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Extremely wet summer events enhance permafrost thaw for multiple years in Siberian tundra, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Rapid Vegetation Succession and Coupled Permafrost Dynamics in Arctic Thaw Ponds in the Siberian Lowland Tundra, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Shrub decline and expansion of wetland vegetation revealed by very high resolution land cover change detection in the Siberian lowland tundra, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Environmental Research Letters, Nature Communications, and the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Frequent collaborators include Rúna Í. Magnússon, J. van Huissteden, Juul Limpens, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, and Sergey V. Karsanaev. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach to studying permafrost and Arctic ecosystems dynamics.

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

  • Raised atmospheric CO2 levels and increased N deposition cause shifts in plant species composition and production in Sphagnum bogs

    Frank Berendse;Nico van Breemen;HÅkan Rydin;Alexandre Buttler

  • Shrub expansion may reduce summer permafrost thaw in Siberian tundra

    Daan Blok;Monique M P D Heijmans;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub;A. V. Kononov

  • What are the main climate drivers for shrub growth in Northeastern Siberian tundra

    D. Blok;U. Sass-Klaassen;G. Schaepman-Strub;M. M. P. D. Heijmans

  • Permafrost collapse after shrub removal shifts tundra ecosystem to a methane source

    Ake L. Nauta;Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Daan Blok;Juul Limpens

  • The response of Arctic vegetation to the summer climate: relation between shrub cover, NDVI, surface albedo and temperature

    Daan Blok;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub;Harm Bartholomeus;Monique M P D Heijmans

  • Decreased summer water table depth affects peatland vegetation

    Angela Breeuwer;Bjorn J.M. Robroek;Bjorn J.M. Robroek;Juul Limpens;Monique M.P.D. Heijmans

  • Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and increased nitrogen deposition on bog vegetation in the Netherlands

    Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Frank Berendse;Wim J. Arp;Ab K. Masselink

  • Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming Sphagnum mosses: a meta-analysis

    J. Limpens;Gustaf Granath;Urban Gunnarsson;R. Aerts

  • The Cooling Capacity of Mosses: Controls on Water and Energy Fluxes in a Siberian Tundra Site

    Daan Blok;M.M.P.D. Heijmans;G. Schaepman-Strub;J. van Ruijven

  • The Nitrogen Cycle in Boreal Peatlands

    Juul Limpens;Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Frank Berendse

  • The effect of temperature on growth and competition between Sphagnum species

    Angela Breeuwer;Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Bjorn J. M. Robroek;Frank Berendse

  • Long-term effects of climate change on vegetation and carbon dynamics in peat bogs

    Monique M.P.D. Heijmans;Dmitri Mauquoy;Dmitri Mauquoy;Bas van Geel;Frank Berendse

  • Carbon dioxide and water vapour exchange from understory species in boreal forest

    Monique M.P.D. Heijmans;Wim J. Arp;F.Stuart Chapin

  • Relationships among testate amoebae (Protozoa), vegetation and water chemistry in five Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in Europe

    Edward A. D. Mitchell;Alexandre Buttler;Philippe Grosvernier;HÅkan Rydin

  • Persistent versus transient tree encroachment of temperate peat bogs: effects of climate warming and drought events

    Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Yasmijn A. M. van der Knaap;Yasmijn A. M. van der Knaap;Milena Holmgren;Juul Limpens

  • Spatial and Temporal Performance of the MiniFACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) System on Bog Ecosystems in Northern and Central Europe

    F. Miglietta;M. R. Hoosbeek;J. Foot;F. Gigon

  • Controls on moss evaporation in a boreal black spruce forest

    Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Wim J. Arp;Wim J. Arp;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Photosynthetic performance in Sphagnum transplanted along a latitudinal nitrogen deposition gradient.

    Gustaf Granath;Joachim Strengbom;Joachim Strengbom;Angela Breeuwer;Monique M. P. D. Heijmans

  • Effects of increased nitrogen deposition on the distribution of 15N-labeled nitrogen between Sphagnum and vascular plants

    Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Herman Klees;Willem de Visser;Frank Berendse

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Berendse
Frank Berendse Wageningen University & Research
Trofim C. Maximov
Trofim C. Maximov Russian Academy of Sciences
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub University of Zurich
Juul Limpens
Juul Limpens Wageningen University & Research
Bjorn J. M. Robroek
Bjorn J. M. Robroek Radboud University Medical Center
Alexandre Buttler
Alexandre Buttler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Werner Eugster
Werner Eugster ETH Zurich
Håkan Rydin
Håkan Rydin Uppsala University
Edward A. D. Mitchell
Edward A. D. Mitchell University of Neuchâtel
Isla H. Myers-Smith
Isla H. Myers-Smith University of Edinburgh

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