Isla H. Myers‐Smith

University of British Columbia — Canada

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

62h-index20.1kcitations193works3.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Climate change and permafrost(109), Cryospheric studies and observations(73), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(53), Species Distribution and Climate Change(28), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(22)

Publications188 total

Ecological Feedbacks in the Earth System
Earth s Future·2026Open Access
Comment on essd-2025-557
2026Open Access
Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change
Environmental Research Letters·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Basal ice but not summer temperature affects land surface greenness in parts of the landscape in high Arctic tundra
Environmental Research Letters·2025Open Access
A Comprehensive Database of Thawing Permafrost Locations Across Alaska
2025Open Access
Time‐lapse cameras bridge the gap between remote sensing and in situ observations of tundra phenology
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Affirming Indigenous data sovereignty in collaborative wildlife conservation in the era of open data
People and Nature·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Molecular Footprints of Quaternary Climate Fluctuations in the Circumpolar Tundra Shrub Dwarf Birch
Molecular Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Borealisation of Plant Communities in the Arctic Is Driven by Boreal‐Tundra Species
Ecology Letters·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Time‐lapse cameras bridge the gap between remote sensing and in situ observations of tundra phenology"
2025
Author response for "Borealisation of Plant Communities in the Arctic Is Driven by Boreal-Tundra Species"
2025
Litter quality outweighs climate as a driver of decomposition across the tundra biome
2025
Author response for "Borealisation of Plant Communities in the Arctic Is Driven by Boreal-Tundra Species"
2025
Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic
Nature·2025· 13 citedOpen Access
Airborne imaging spectroscopy surveys of Arctic and boreal Alaska and northwestern Canada 2017–2023
Scientific Data·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Tundra Vegetation Community Type, Not Microclimate, Controls Asynchrony of Above‐ and Below‐Ground Phenology
Global Change Biology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Snow persistence lowers and delays peak NDVI, the vegetation index that underpins Arctic greening analyses
Environmental Research Letters·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Plant community borealization in the Arctic is driven by boreal-tundra boundary species
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences
PLOS Climate·2025· 9 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Anne D. Bjorkman(19), Sarah C. Elmendorf(15), Christian Rixen(14), Mark Vellend(14), Sonja Wipf(11), Robert D. Hollister(11), Daan Blok(10), Esther Lévesque(10), Bruce C. Forbes(9), David S. Hik(9), Elisabeth J. Cooper(9), Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir(9), Steven F. Oberbauer(9), Martin Wilmking(8), Ken D. Tape(8), Gregory H. R. Henry(8), Ulf Molau(8), Luise Hermanutz(7), Niels Martin Schmidt(7), Gabriela Schaepman‐Strub(7)