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Robert G. Björk

Robert G. Björk

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
7399
World Ranking
7508
National Ranking
191

Overview

Robert G. Björk is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Plant Science as key subfields.

The main topics of their research include climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, peatlands and wetlands ecology, indigenous studies and ecology, lichen and fungal ecology, and botany and plant ecology studies.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Björk include:

  • Global maps of soil temperature, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A review of open top chamber (OTC) performance across the ITEX Network, 2022, Arctic Science
  • Endogenous indole-3-acetamide levels contribute to the crosstalk between auxin and abscisic acid, and trigger plant stress responses in Arabidopsis, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany

Björk frequently publishes in several scientific venues, such as:

  • Arctic Science
  • Biogeosciences
  • Global Change Biology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Nature

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of Björk's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Mats P. Björkman
  • Isabel C. Barrio
  • Robert D. Hollister
  • James D. M. Speed
  • Elina Kaarlejärvi

Best Publications

  • Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H. R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Bjork

  • Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H.R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Björk

  • 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

  • Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Rob W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Bradley J. Cook

  • The production and turnover of extramatrical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils: role in carbon cycling

    A. Ekblad;H. Wallander;D. L. Godbold;C. Cruz

  • Ecology of Alpine Snowbeds and the Impact of Global Change

    Robert G. Björk;Ulf Molau

  • Evaluation of methods to estimate production, biomass and turnover of ectomycorrhizal mycelium in forests soils : A review

    Håkan Wallander;A. Ekblad;D. L. Godbold;D. Johnson

  • Fine-root turnover rates of European forests revisited: an analysis of data from sequential coring and ingrowth cores

    Ivano Brunner;Mark R Bakker;Mark R Bakker;Robert G Björk;Yasuhiro Hirano

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

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

  • Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

    B. J. Butterfield;L. A. Cavieres;R. M. Callaway;B. J. Cook

  • Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic

    Daniel B. Metcalfe;Thirze D. G. Hermans;Jenny Ahlstrand;Michael Becker

  • Implications of evergreen shrub expansion in the Arctic

    Tage Vowles;Robert G. Björk

  • Long-term warming effects on root morphology, root mass distribution, and microbial activity in two dry tundra plant communities in northern Sweden

    Robert G. Björk;Hooshang Majdi;Leif Klemedtsson;Lotta Lewis‐Jonsson

  • Linkages between N turnover and plant community structure in a tundra landscape

    Robert G. Björk;Leif Klemedtsson;Ulf Molau;Jan Harndorf

  • 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

  • The effects of foundation species on community assembly: a global study on alpine cushion plant communities

    Zaal Kikvidze;Robin W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Ragan M. Callaway

  • Winter carbon dioxide effluxes from Arctic ecosystems: An overview and comparison of methodologies

    Mats P. Björkman;Mats P. Björkman;Elke Morgner;Elke Morgner;Elisabeth J. Cooper;Bo Elberling;Bo Elberling

  • Expansion of deciduous tall shrubs but not evergreen dwarf shrubs inhibited by reindeer in Scandes mountain range.

    Tage Vowles;Bengt Gunnarsson;Ulf Molau;Thomas Hickler

  • Temporal variation in soil microbial communities in Alpine tundra

    Robert G. Björk;Mats P. Björkman;Mats X. Andersson;Leif Klemedtsson

  • Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by wood ash application to a Picea abies (L.) Karst. forest on a drained organic soil

    Leif Klemedtsson;Maria Ernfors;Robert G. Björk;Per Weslien

  • Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulf Molau
Ulf Molau University of Gothenburg
Leif Klemedtsson
Leif Klemedtsson University of Gothenburg
Sarah C. Elmendorf
Sarah C. Elmendorf Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Anne D. Bjorkman
Anne D. Bjorkman University of Gothenburg
Elisabeth J. Cooper
Elisabeth J. Cooper University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Christian Rixen
Christian Rixen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Juha M. Alatalo
Juha M. Alatalo Qatar University
Bo Elberling
Bo Elberling University of Copenhagen
Isla H. Myers-Smith
Isla H. Myers-Smith University of Edinburgh
Alf Ekblad
Alf Ekblad Örebro University

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