Christian Rixen

Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos — Switzerland

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

69h-index16.3kcitations222works7.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Climate change and permafrost(55), Tree-ring climate responses(54), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(48), Cryospheric studies and observations(48), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(38)

Publications217 total

Quantifying soil organic carbon stocks above the treeline in the Swiss Alps
2026Open Access
Small-scale patterns in snowmelt timing affect gene flow and the distribution of genetic diversity in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2026Open Access
Molecular Footprints of Quaternary Climate Fluctuations in the Circumpolar Tundra Shrub Dwarf Birch
Molecular Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Climate change impacts on organic carbon cycling in European alpine soils
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Litter quality outweighs climate as a driver of decomposition across the tundra biome
2025
Snow Height Sensors Reveal Phenological Advance in Alpine Grasslands
Global Change Biology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic
Nature·2025· 13 citedOpen Access
Tundra Vegetation Community Type, Not Microclimate, Controls Asynchrony of Above‐ and Below‐Ground Phenology
Global Change Biology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Synchrony and Tail‐Dependent Synchrony Have Different Effects on Stability of Terrestrial and Freshwater Communities
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Molecular footprints of Quaternary climate fluctuations in the circumpolar tundra shrub dwarf birch
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Variable responses of alpine-plant communities to warming and loss of dominant species
2024Open Access
Agricultural practices and biodiversity: Conservation policies for semi-natural grasslands in Europe
Current Biology·2024· 40 citedOpen Access
Five decades of ecological and meteorological data enhance the mechanistic understanding of global change impacts on the treeline ecotone in the European Alps
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Tundra vegetation community, not microclimate, controls asynchrony of above and belowground phenology
2024Open Access
Female‐biased population sex ratios caused by genetic rather than ecological mechanisms in dwarf willow ( <i>Salix herbacea</i> L.)
Journal of Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Female‐biased population sex ratios caused by genetic rather than ecological mechanisms in dwarf willow (&lt;i&gt;Salix herbacea&lt;/i&gt; L.)"
2024
Warming underpins community turnover in temperate freshwater and terrestrial communities
Nature Communications·2024· 29 citedOpen Access
A call for funding bodies to influence the reduction of environmental impacts in remote scientific fieldwork
Frontiers in Sustainability·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Policy documents considering biodiversity, land use, and climate in the European Arctic reveal visible, hidden, and imagined nexus approaches
One Earth·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Biotic interactions explain seasonal dynamics of the alpine soil microbiome
ISME Communications·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Sonja Wipf(25), Isla H. Myers‐Smith(13), Sarah C. Elmendorf(13), Esther Lévesque(10), Robert D. Hollister(10), Ulf Molau(10), Steven F. Oberbauer(10), Melissa A. Dawes(10), Elisabeth J. Cooper(9), Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir(9), Gregory H. R. Henry(8), Anne D. Bjorkman(8), Daan Blok(7), Luise Hermanutz(7), Niels Martin Schmidt(7), J. M. Welker(7), Robert G. Björk(7), Kari Klanderud(7), Frank Hagedorn(7), Bruce C. Forbes(6)