Esther Lévesque
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
84 Papers
176 Citations
Esther Lévesque is an academic researcher from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tundra & Arctic. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 75 publications. Previous affiliations of Esther Lévesque include Laval University & Université du Québec.
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Papers
Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities
Isla H. Myers-Smith,Isla H. Myers-Smith,Bruce C. Forbes,Martin Wilmking,Martin Hallinger,Trevor C. Lantz,Daan Blok,Ken D. Tape,Marc Macias-Fauria,Ute Sass-Klaassen,Esther Lévesque,Stéphane Boudreau,Pascale Ropars,Luise Hermanutz,Andrew J. Trant,Laura Siegwart Collier,Stef Weijers,Jelte Rozema,Shelly A. Rayback,Niels Martin Schmidt,Gabriela Schaepman-Strub,Sonja Wipf,Christian Rixen,Cécile B. Ménard,Susanna Venn,Scott J. Goetz,Laia Andreu-Hayles,Sarah C. Elmendorf,Virve Ravolainen,Jeffrey M. Welker,Paul Grogan,Howard E. Epstein,David S. Hik +32 more
TL;DR: This article used repeat photography, long-term ecological monitoring and dendrochronology to document shrub expansion in arctic, high-latitude and alpine tundra.
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,Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe,Elisabeth J. Cooper,Johannes H. C. Cornelissen,Thomas A. Day,Ellen Dorrepaal,Ellen Dorrepaal,Tatiana G. Elumeeva,M.J. Gill,William A. Gould,John Harte,David S. Hik,Annika Hofgaard,D. R. Johnson,Jill F. Johnstone,Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir,Janet C. Jorgenson,Kari Klanderud,Julia A. Klein,Saewan Koh,Gaku Kudo,Mark J. Lara,Esther Lévesque,Borgthor Magnusson,Jeremy L. May,Joel A. Mercado-Díaz,Anders Michelsen,Ulf Molau,Isla H. Myers-Smith,Steven F. Oberbauer,Vladimir G. Onipchenko,Christian Rixen,Niels Martin Schmidt,Gaius R. Shaver,Marko J. Spasojevic,Póra Ellen Pórhallsdóttir,Anne Tolvanen,Tiffany G. Troxler,Craig E. Tweedie,Sandra Villareal,Carl Henrik Wahren,Xanthe J. Walker,Xanthe J. Walker,P. J. Webber,Jeffrey M. Welker,Sonja Wipf +48 more
TL;DR: In this paper, remote sensing data indicate that contemporary climate warming has already resulted in increased productivity and increased productivity in the tundra biome (Tundra Tundra Bi biome).
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Responses of tundra plants to experimental warming:meta‐analysis of the international tundra experiment
A. M. Arft,Marilyn D. Walker,Jessica Gurevitch,Juha M. Alatalo,M. S. Bret-Harte,Mark R. T. Dale,M. Diemer,Felix Gugerli,Gregory H. R. Henry,Michael H. Jones,Robert D. Hollister,Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir,Kari Laine,Esther Lévesque,G. M. Marion,Ulf Molau,P. Mølgaard,Urban Nordenhäll,V. Raszhivin,Clare H. Robinson,Gregory Starr,Anna Stenström,Mikael Stenström,Ørjan Totland,P. L. Turner,L. J. Walker,P. J. Webber,Jeffrey M. Welker,Philip A. Wookey +28 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that key phenological events such as leaf bud burst and flowering occurred earlier in warmed plots throughout the study period; however, there was little impact on growth cessation at the end of the season.
Open‐top designs for manipulating field temperature in high‐latitude ecosystems
G. M. Marion,Gregory H. R. Henry,Diana W. Freckman,Jill F. Johnstone,G. Jones,M.H. Jones,Esther Lévesque,Ulf Molau,P. Mølgaard,Andrew N. Parsons,J. Svoboda,Ross A. Virginia +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of four open-top chambers for altering temperature at six sites in the Arctic and Antarctica was examined, and the effect of chambers on snow accumulation was variable with the Alexandra Fjord site showing an increased accumulation in chambers but no difference in the date of snowmelt.
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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,Nadja Rüger,Pieter S. A. Beck,Anne Blach-Overgaard,Daan Blok,J. Hans C. Cornelissen,Bruce C. Forbes,Damien Georges,Scott J. Goetz,Kevin C. Guay,Gregory H. R. Henry,Janneke HilleRisLambers,Robert D. Hollister,Dirk Nikolaus Karger,Jens Kattge,Peter Manning,Janet S. Prevéy,Christian Rixen,Gabriela Schaepman-Strub,Haydn J.D. Thomas,Mark Vellend,Martin Wilmking,Sonja Wipf,Michele Carbognani,Luise Hermanutz,Esther Lévesque,Ulf Molau,Alessandro Petraglia,Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia,Marko J. Spasojevic,Marcello Tomaselli,Tage Vowles,Juha M. Alatalo,Heather D. Alexander,Alba Anadon-Rosell,Alba Anadon-Rosell,Sandra Angers-Blondin,Mariska te Beest,Mariska te Beest,Logan T. Berner,Robert G. Björk,Agata Buchwal,Agata Buchwal,Allan Buras,Katherine S. Christie,Elisabeth J. Cooper,Stefan Dullinger,Bo Elberling,Anu Eskelinen,Anu Eskelinen,Esther R. Frei,Esther R. Frei,Oriol Grau,Paul Grogan,Martin Hallinger,Karen A. Harper,Monique M. P. D. Heijmans,James I. Hudson,Karl Hülber,Maitane Iturrate-Garcia,Colleen M. Iversen,Francesca Jaroszynska,Jill F. Johnstone,Rasmus Halfdan Jørgensen,Elina Kaarlejärvi,Elina Kaarlejärvi,Rebecca A Klady,Sara Kuleza,Aino Kulonen,Laurent J. Lamarque,Trevor C. Lantz,Chelsea J. Little,Chelsea J. Little,James D. M. Speed,Anders Michelsen,Ann Milbau,Jacob Nabe-Nielsen,Sigrid Schøler Nielsen,Josep M. Ninot,Steven F. Oberbauer,Johan Olofsson,Vladimir G. Onipchenko,Sabine B. Rumpf,Philipp R. Semenchuk,Philipp R. Semenchuk,Rohan Shetti,Laura Siegwart Collier,Lorna E. Street,Katharine N. Suding,Ken D. Tape,Andrew J. Trant,Andrew J. Trant,Urs A. Treier,Jean-Pierre Tremblay,Maxime Tremblay,Susanna Venn,Stef Weijers,Tara Zamin,Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe,William A. Gould,David S. Hik,Annika Hofgaard,Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir,Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir,Janet C. Jorgenson,Julia A. Klein,Borgthor Magnusson,Craig E. Tweedie,Philip A. Wookey,Michael Bahn,Benjamin Blonder,Benjamin Blonder,Peter M. van Bodegom,Benjamin Bond-Lamberty,Giandiego Campetella,Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini,F. Stuart Chapin,William K. Cornwell,Joseph M. Craine,Matteo Dainese,Franciska T. de Vries,Sandra Díaz,Brian J. Enquist,Brian J. Enquist,Walton A. Green,Rubén Milla,Ülo Niinemets,Yusuke Onoda,Jenny C. Ordoñez,Wim A. Ozinga,Wim A. Ozinga,Josep Peñuelas,Hendrik Poorter,Hendrik Poorter,Peter Poschlod,Peter B. Reich,Peter B. Reich,Brody Sandel,Brandon S. Schamp,Serge N. Sheremetev,Evan Weiher +146 more
TL;DR: Biome-wide relationships between temperature, moisture and seven key plant functional traits across the tundra and over time show that community height increased with warming across all sites, whereas other traits lagged behind predicted rates of change.