PFTC publications

Erkelenz J, Geange SJ, Atkinson J, Anderson E, Correia M, Ahler SJ, Bradler P, Löwenstein CE, Elsy A, Maré C, Eshelman S, Mauki D, Guclu C, Eckberg J, Maitner B, Gya R, Töpper J, Klanderud K, Enquist BJ, Michaletz ST, Ray CA, von Oppen J, Padullés Cubino J, Halbritter AH, Vandvik V. 2026. Intraspecific Functional Trait Responses to Experimental Warming Vary With Precipitation and Growth Form. Journal of Vegetation Science 36: e70098 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70098 

Halbritter AH, Vandvik V, Bison NN, Clark VR, Cross M Greve M, Kemppinen J, Kühn N, Maitner BS, Michaletz ST, Navarro J, Niittynen P, le Roux PC, White JDM, Abebe BY, Arzt NM, Baldaszti L, Aragón L, Beale S, Birkeli K, Courtenay AP, Dawson HR, Draganova LK, Gillespie LE, Goff KA, Gowera ATD, Gualdoni-Becerra A, Gwate O, Hagenberg LWC, Hansda P, Harris R, Lee J, Louw MA, Määttänen A-M, Malamud N, Malekana L, Millan BM, Mohammed N, Mustri M, Mekasha S, Nasir SS, Navarro-Rosales F, Ofosu-Bamfo B, Phiri AZ, Rentier ES, Vázquez-Ribera C, Rivas G, Satriawan TW, Smit I, Soremi PAS, Stokka RS, Šubrt J, Trepel J, Wieczorkowski JD, Enquist BJ. 2025. Plant traits and associated ecological data from Afromontane grasslands of Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa. Scientific Data 12(1778):1-27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06045-x

Halbritter AH, Atkinson J, Maré C, Ahler SJ, Andersen EAS, Bradler PM, Correia M, Elsy A, Eshelman SE, Geange SR, Hayden M, Mauki D, Eckberg J, Erkelenz J, Guclu C, Löwenstein CE, Maitner BS, Baumane M, Dawson HR, Enquist BJ, Garen JC, Holle MJM, Chacon Labella J, Lepley K, Michaletz ST, Olivier B, Ray CA, von Oppen J, Telford RJ, Vandvik V. 2025. “Effects of Warming, Nitrogen and Grazing on Plant Functional Traits Differ Between Alpine and Sub-Alpine Grasslands.” Journal of Vegetation Science 36, no. 5: e70061. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70061.

Roos R, Kemppinen J, Niittynen P, Vandvik V, Althuizen I, Eidesen PB, Enquist BJ, Gabrielsen G, Henn J, Jónsdóttir I, Klanderud K, Lang S, Lepley K, Macias-Fauria M, Maitner BS, Malhi Y, Michaletz S, Telford RJ, Bass P, Castorena M, Haugum SV, Li Y, Linabury M, Neto – Bradley B, Ng M, Pánková K, Spiegel M, Thomson E, Vilca-Bustamante L, & Halbritter AH. 2025. Marine-derived nutrients shape the functional composition of High Arctic plant communities. Functional Ecology 39: 1606-1621. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70056

Vandvik V, Halbritter AH, Macias-Fauria M, Maitner BS, Michaletz ST, Telford RJ, Bison N, Chacon-Labella J, Cotner S, Egelkraut DD, Garen J, Gaudard J, Geange SR, Rosati MA, Andersen EAS, Ahler SJ, Atkinson J, Baumane M, Bradler PM, Dawson HR, Eckberg J, Elsy AD, Erkelenz J, Eshelman SE, Guclu C, Gullvåg R, Gya R, Hartford S, Hayden MT, Holle MJM, Kullberg AT, Lepley K, Correia M, Löwenstein CE, Maré C, Mauki D, Navarro J, Oberholzer B, Olivier B, Olson AN, Ray CA, von Oppen J, Vorstenbosch T, Wang JA & Enquist BJ. 2025. Plant traits and associated ecological data from global change experiments and climate gradients in Norway. Sci Data 12, 1477 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05509-4

Halbritter AH, Vandvik V, Cotner SH, Farfan-Rios W, Maitner BS, Michaletz ST, Oliveras Menor I, Telford RJ, Ccahuana A, Cruz R, Sallo Bravo J, Santos Andrade PE, Vilca Bustamante LL, Castorena M, Chacón Labella J, Christiansen CT, Duran SM, Egelkraut DD, Gya R, Haugum SV, Seltzer L, Silman MR, Strydom T, Spiegel MP, Barros A, Birkeli K, Boakye M, Chiappero F, Chmurzynski A, Garen J, Gaudard J, Gauthier T-LJ, Geange SR, Gonzales FN, Henn JJ, Hošková K, Isaksen A, Jessup LH, Johnson W, Kusch E, Lepley K, Lift M, Martyn T, Muñoz Mazon M, Middleton SL, Quinteros Casaverde NL, Navarro J, Zepeda V, Ocampo-Zuleta K, Palomino Cardenas AC, Pastor Ploskonka S, Pierfederici ME, Pinelli V, Rickenback J, Roos R, Rui HS, Sanchez Diaz E, Sánchez-Tapia A, Smith A, Urquiaga Flores EG, von Oppen J, and Enquist BJ. 2024. Plant trait and vegetation data along a 1314 m elevation gradient with fire history in Puna grasslands, Perú. Scientific Data 11: 225.

Chacón Labella J, Hinojo-Hinojo C, Bohner T, Castorena M, Violle C, Vandvik V, & Enquist BJ. 2023. How to improve scaling from traits to ecosystem processes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38: 228-237.

Maitner BS, Halbritter AH, Telford RJ, Strydom T, Chacón LabellaJ, Lamanna C, Sloat LL, Kerkhoff AJ, Messier J, Rasmussen N, Pomati F, Merz E, Vandvik V, & Enquist BJ. 2023. Bootstrapping outperforms community-weighted approaches for estimating the shapes of phenotypic distributions. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 14: 2592–2610.

Vandvik V, Halbritter AH, Althuizen IHJ, Christiansen CT, Henn JJ, Jónsdóttir IS, Klanderud K, Macias-Fauria M, Malhi Y, Maitner BS, Michaletz S, Roos RE, Telford RJ, Bass P, Björnsdóttir K, Bustamante LLV, Chmurzynski A, Chen S, Haugum SV, Kemppinen J, Lepley K, Li Y, Linabury M, Matos IS, Neto-Bradley BM, Ng M, Niittynen P, Östman S, Pánková K, Roth N, Salaks MC, Spiegel M, Thomson E, Vågenes AS, & Enquist BJ. 2023. Plant traits and associated data from a warming experiment, a seabird colony, and along elevation in Svalbard. Scientific Data 10: 578 (21 pp).

Jónsdóttir IS, Halbritter AH, Christiansen CT, Althuizen IHJ, Björnsdóttir K, Henn JJ, Haugum SV, Maitner BS, Malhi Y, Michaletz SM, Roos RE, Klanderud K, Lee H, Enquist BJ, Vandvik V.  Intraspecific trait variability is a key feature underlying high Arctic plant community resilience to climate warming. Ecological Monograps 2022;e1555. 1-21.

Thomson ER, Spiegel M, Althuizen IHJ, Bass P, Chen S, Chmurzynski A, Halbritter AH, Henn JJ, Klanderud K, Li Y, Maitner BS, Michaletz ST, Niittynen P, Roos RE, Telford RJ, Enquist BJ, Vandvik V, Macias-Fauria M, Malhi Y. 2021. Multiscale mapping of plant functional groups and plant traits in the High Arctic using field spectroscopy, UAV imagery and Sentinel-2A data. Environmental Research Letters 16 055006: 1-20.

Julia Chacón-Labella, Mickey Boakye, Brian J. Enquist, William Farfan-Rios, Ragnhild Gya, Aud H. Halbritter, Sara L. Middleton, Jonathan von Oppen,  Samuel Pastor-Ploskonka, Tanya Strydom, Vigdis Vandvik, Sonya R. Geange, 2020. From a crisis to an opportunity: Eight insights for doing science in the COVID-19 era and beyond. Ecology and Evolution. 2020;00:1–9. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7026

Sonya R. Geange, Jonathan von Oppen, Tanya Strydom, Mickey Boakye, Tasha-Leigh J. Gauthier, Ragnhild Gya, Aud H. Halbritter, Laura H. Jessup, Sara L. Middleton, Jocelyn Navarro, Maria Elisa Pierfederici, Julia Chacón-Labella, Sehoya Cotner, William Farfan-Rios, Brian S. Maitner, Sean T. Michaletz, Richard J. Telford, Brian J. Enquist, Vigdis Vandvik, 2020. Next-generation field courses: Integrating Open Science and online learning. Ecology and Evolution. 2020;00:1–11. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7009

Vandvik, V., Halbritter, A.H., Yang, Y., He, H., Zhang, L., Brummer, A.B., Klanderud, K., Maitner, B.S., Michaletz, S.T., Sun, X. and Telford,  R.J., 2020. Plant traits and vegetation data from climate warming experiments along an 1100 m elevation gradient in Gongga Mountains, China. Scientific Data, 7(1), pp.1-15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0529-0

Patrick L, Thompson S, Halbritter AH, Enquist BJ, Vandvik V, Cotner S. 2020. Adding value to a field-based course with a science communication module on local perceptions of climate change. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America:e01680. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1680

Henn JJ, Enquist BJ, Halbritter AH, Klanderud K, Maitner BS, Patterson L, Pöstch C, Telford RJ, Yang Y, Vandvik V. 2018. Intraspecific trait variation and phenotypic plasticity mediate alpine plant species. Frontiers - Topics in Plant Science 9: 1548. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01548

Aud H. Halbritter, Brian Enquist, Brian S. Maitner, Sean Michaletz, Richard J. Telford, and Vigdis Vandvik. Living Data Conference, Bogotà, Colombia, 2025. Building capacity in open and reproducible science for the next generation of ecologists through the International Plant Functional Traits Courses (PDF)

Aud H. Halbritter, Julia Chacón‐Labella, Brian Enquist, Kari Klanderud, Brian S. Maitner, Sean Michaletz, Richard J. Telford, PFCT team, and Vigdis Vandvik. International Mountain Conference Innsbruck. Austria, 2025. Understanding community assemblage and functional diversity across elevational gradients from the tropics to the arctic (PDF)

Dagmar Egelkraut, Aud Halbritter & Vigdis Vandvik, International Mountain Forum, Chengdu China, November 12, 2024. Understanding mountain ecosystems in a changing climate (PDF)

Vigdis Vandvik, Brian J. Enquist, Aud H. Halbritter, Brian S. Maitner, Sean T. Michaletz, Richard J. Telford. Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2023. The way forward: teaching and learning traits in a FAIR Open Science world (PDF)

Vigdis Vandvik, International Humboldt Day, 17. september 2020, International Biogeographic Society. Going high: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning along some of the world’s most striking altitudinal gradients OR how a plant functional traits course travelled three continents and counting.

Aud H. Halbritter, Brian Enquist, Kari Klanderud, Brian Maitner, Sean Michaeletz, Lorah Patterson, Richard J. Telford, Yan Yang,
PFTC participants and Vigdis Vandvik. OIKOS conference March 2020. Community assemblage and functional diversity across elevational gradients from the tropics to the arctic.