Betula nana

Common Names: bog birch, dwarf birch, shrub birch

Ethnobotanical Studies

Studies

Changes in soil and plant carbon pools after 9 years of experimental summer warming and increased snow depth.

Hermesdorf L et al (2024).
Sci Total Environ.
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175648
PubMed:
39168340

No effect of snow on shrub xylem traits: Insights from a snow-manipulation experiment on Disko Island, Greenland.

Power CC et al (2024).
Sci Total Environ.
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169896
PubMed:
38185160

Close coupling of plant functional types with soil microbial community composition drives soil carbon and nutrient cycling in tundra heath.

Koranda M, Rinnan R and Michelsen A (2023).
Plant Soil.
DOI:
10.1007/s11104-023-05993-w
PubMed:
37600962

NDVI changes in the Arctic: Functional significance in the moist acidic tundra of Northern Alaska.

Jespersen RG et al (2023).
PLoS One.
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0285030
PubMed:
37115765

Microscopical palynology: Birch woodland expansion and species hybridisation coincide with periods of climate warming during the Holocene epoch in Iceland.

Anamthawat-Jónsson K et al (2023).
J Microsc.
DOI:
10.1111/jmi.13175
PubMed:
36779661

Plant phenology and species-specific traits control plant CH(4) emissions in a northern boreal fen.

Ge M et al (2023).
New Phytol.
DOI:
10.1111/nph.18798
PubMed:
36751911

Population structure and genetic variation of fragmented mountain birch forests in Iceland.

Pálsson S et al (2022).
J Hered.
DOI:
10.1093/jhered/esac062
PubMed:
36331896

Large herbivores facilitate the persistence of rare taxa under tundra warming.

Post E, Pedersen C and Watts DA (2022).
Sci Rep.
DOI:
10.1038/s41598-022-05388-4
PubMed:
35079094

Influence of increased nutrient availability on biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions and leaf anatomy of subarctic dwarf shrubs under climate warming and increased cloudiness.

Ndah F et al (2022).
Ann Bot.
DOI:
10.1093/aob/mcac004
PubMed:
35029638

Chemical Composition of the Unexplored Volatile Fraction of Betula glandulosa, a Prevalent Shrub in Nunavik, Québec.

Séguin JC et al (2022).
Chem Biodivers.
DOI:
10.1002/cbdv.202100871
PubMed:
34882976

Fire increases soil nitrogen retention and alters nitrogen uptake patterns among dominant shrub species in an Arctic dry heath tundra.

Xu W, Elberling B and Ambus PL (2022).
Sci Total Environ.
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150990
PubMed:
34656575

Covered by a blanket of lichens: how mat-forming lichens affect microclimate and ecological processes. A commentary on: 'Lichens buffer tundra microclimate more than the expanding shrub Betula nana'.

Roos RE, Asplund J and van Zuijlen K (2021).
Ann Bot.
DOI:
10.1093/aob/mcab075
PubMed:
34374710

Synergistic effects of insect herbivory and changing climate on plant volatile emissions in the subarctic tundra.

Rieksta J et al (2021).
Glob Chang Biol.
DOI:
10.1111/gcb.15773
PubMed:
34185349

Effects of experimental warming on Betula nana epidermal cell growth tested over its maximum climatological growth range.

Ercan FEZ et al (2021).
PLoS One.
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0251625
PubMed:
34010344

Holocene chloroplast genetic variation of shrubs (Alnus alnobetula, Betula nana, Salix sp.) at the siberian tundra-taiga ecotone inferred from modern chloroplast genome assembly and sedimentary ancient DNA analyses.

Genetics
Meucci S et al (2021).
Ecol Evol.
DOI:
10.1002/ece3.7183
PubMed:
33717447

Lichens buffer tundra microclimate more than the expanding shrub Betula nana.

Mallen-Cooper M, Graae BJ and Cornwell WK (2021).
Ann Bot.
DOI:
10.1093/aob/mcab041
PubMed:
33714989

Retrotransposons in Betula nana, and interspecific relationships in the Betuloideae, based on inter-retrotransposon amplified polymorphism (IRAP) markers.

Roy NS et al (2018).
Genes Genomics.
DOI:
10.1007/s13258-018-0655-7
PubMed:
29892962

Shrub encroachment in Arctic tundra: Betula nana effects on above- and belowground litter decomposition.

McLaren JR et al (2017).
Ecology.
DOI:
10.1002/ecy.1790
PubMed:
28263375

Morphological variation among Betula nana (diploid), B. pubescens (tetraploid) and their triploid hybrids in Iceland.

Genetics
Thórsson AT et al (2007).
Ann Bot.
PubMed:
17495985