Link to Jennie McLaren - CV
Publications
24. B Kumordzi, I Aubin, F Cardou, B Shipley, C Violle, J Johnstone, M Anand, A Arseneault, W Bell, Y Bergeron, I Boulangeat, M Brosseau, L de Grandpré, S Delagrange, NJ Fenton, D Gravel, ES MacDonalt, B Hamel, M Higelin, F Hébert, N Isabel, A Malik, A McIntosh, JR McLaren, C Messier, D Morris, N Thiffault, JP Tremblay and AD Munson (2019) Geographic scale and disturbance influence intraspecific trait variability in leaves and roots of North American understory plants. Functional Ecology In Press, doi:10.1111.1365-2435-13402. link
23. JR McLaren and KM Buckeridge (2019) The importance of phosphorus versus nitrogen in Alaskan tundra: above- and belowground response to multi-decadal nutrient amendments in two ecosystems. Ecosphere 10(7), e02735. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2735 link
22. M Melendez Gonzalez*, AL Crofts* and JR McLaren. (2019) Plant biomass, rather than species composition, determines ecosystem properties: Results from a long-term graminoid removal experiment in a northern Canadian grassland. Journal of Ecology In Press DOI:10.1111/1365-2745.13169 Link
21. G Craine‡, JR McLaren, B Brunner and A Darrouzet-Nardi (2018) Biologically available phosphorus in biocrust-dominated soils of the Chihuahuan desert. Soil Systems 2:56 DOI:10.3390/soilsystems2040056 Link
20. AL Crofts*, DO Drury* and JR McLaren. (2018) Changes in the understory plant community and ecosystem properties along a shrub density gradient. Arctic Science doi:10.1139/AS-2017-0026 Link
18. JR McLaren, A Darrouzet-Nardi, MN Weintraub and L Gough. (2017) Seasonal patterns of nitrogen availability in moist acidic tundra. Arctic Science doi: 10.1139/AS-2017-0014 Link
17. A Asmus‡, A Koltz‡, JR McLaren, G Shaver and L Gough. (2017) Long-term nutrient addition alters arthropod community structure and seasonality in arctic tundra. Oikos doi:10.1111/oik.04398 Link
16. KR Wilcox, AT Tredennick, SE Koerner, E Grman, LM Hallett, ML Avolio, KJ La Pierre, GR Houseman, F Isbell, DS Johnson, JM Alatalo, AH Baldwin, E Bork, EH Boughton, WD Bowman, A Britton, JF Cahill Jr., SL Collins, G Du, A Eskelinen, L Gough, A Jentsch, C Kern, K Klanderud, AK Knapp, J Kreyling, Y Luo, JR McLaren, P Megonigal, V Onipchenko, J Prevey, J Price, CH Robinson, O Sala, M Smith, NA Soudzilovskaia, L Souza, D Tilman, SR White, Z Xu, L Yahdjian, Q Yu, Y Zhang. (2017) Asynchrony among local communities stabilizes ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecology Letters doi:10.1111/ele.12861. Link
15. ARE Sinclair, R Pech, JM Fryxell, K McCann, A Byrom, CJ Savory, J Brashares, AD Arthur, PC Catling, MD Triska, MD Criag, TJE Sinclair, JR McLaren, R Turkington, WL Harrower. (2017) Predicting and assessing progress in the restoration of ecosystems. Conservation Letters doi:10.1111/conl.12390 Link
14. JR McLaren, KM Buckeridge, MJ van de Weg, GR Shaver, JP Schimel and L Gough (2017) Shrub encroachment in Arctic tundra: Betula nana effects on above- and below-ground litter decomposition. Ecology 98:1361-1376 Link
13. JR McLaren, A Novoplansky, R Turkington. (2016) Few effects of plant functional group identity on ecosystem properties in an annual desert community. Plant Ecology DOI 10.1007/s11258-016-0660-3 Link
12. Gough L, H Bass* and JR McLaren (2015) Effects of increased soil nutrients on seed rain: a role for seed dispersal in the greening of the Arctic? Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 47:27-34. Link
11. McLaren JR (2014) Diversity in the afterlife. (News & Views) Nature 509: 173-174 doi:10.1038/nature13329 Link
10. Turkington, R, J.R. McLaren and M. Dale (2015) Determinants of herbaceous community structure and function in the Kluane region. Arctic http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4351
9. Boelman, N.T., L. Gough, J.R. McLaren and H. Greaves‡ (2011) Does NDVI reflect variation in the structural attributes associated with increasing shrub dominance in arctic tundra? Environmental Research Letters 6:035501 Link
8. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington (2011) Biodiversity loss influences decomposition through more than one mechanism. PLOS One 6(8): e23702. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023702 Link
7. Fremlin, K.M.*, J.R. McLaren, L. DeSandoli and R. Turkington (2011) The effects of fertilization and herbivory on the phenology of the understory vegetation of the boreal forest in north-western Canada. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 43: 389-396. Link
6. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington (2011) Biomass compensation and plant responses to 7-years of plant functional group removals. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 503-515. Link
5. Marshall, C.B.‡, J.R. McLaren and R. Turkington (2011) Soil microbial communities resistant to changes in plant community composition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:78-85 Link
4. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington. (2010) Plant functional group identity differentially affects leaf and root decomposition. Global Change Biology 16(11):3075-3084 Link
3. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington (2010) Ecosystem properties determined by plant functional group identity. Journal of Ecology 98(2): 459-469 Link
2. McLaren, J.R. and R.L. Jefferies. (2004) Initiation and maintenance of vegetation mosaics in an Arctic salt marsh. Journal of Ecology 92(4): 648-660. Link
1. McLaren, J.R., S.D. Wilson and D.A. Peltzer. (2004) Plant feedbacks increase the temporal heterogeneity of soil moisture. Oikos 107(1): 199-205. Link* Denotes Undergraduate Student ‡Denotes Graduate Student
23. JR McLaren and KM Buckeridge (2019) The importance of phosphorus versus nitrogen in Alaskan tundra: above- and belowground response to multi-decadal nutrient amendments in two ecosystems. Ecosphere 10(7), e02735. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2735 link
22. M Melendez Gonzalez*, AL Crofts* and JR McLaren. (2019) Plant biomass, rather than species composition, determines ecosystem properties: Results from a long-term graminoid removal experiment in a northern Canadian grassland. Journal of Ecology In Press DOI:10.1111/1365-2745.13169 Link
21. G Craine‡, JR McLaren, B Brunner and A Darrouzet-Nardi (2018) Biologically available phosphorus in biocrust-dominated soils of the Chihuahuan desert. Soil Systems 2:56 DOI:10.3390/soilsystems2040056 Link
20. AL Crofts*, DO Drury* and JR McLaren. (2018) Changes in the understory plant community and ecosystem properties along a shrub density gradient. Arctic Science doi:10.1139/AS-2017-0026 Link
18. JR McLaren, A Darrouzet-Nardi, MN Weintraub and L Gough. (2017) Seasonal patterns of nitrogen availability in moist acidic tundra. Arctic Science doi: 10.1139/AS-2017-0014 Link
17. A Asmus‡, A Koltz‡, JR McLaren, G Shaver and L Gough. (2017) Long-term nutrient addition alters arthropod community structure and seasonality in arctic tundra. Oikos doi:10.1111/oik.04398 Link
16. KR Wilcox, AT Tredennick, SE Koerner, E Grman, LM Hallett, ML Avolio, KJ La Pierre, GR Houseman, F Isbell, DS Johnson, JM Alatalo, AH Baldwin, E Bork, EH Boughton, WD Bowman, A Britton, JF Cahill Jr., SL Collins, G Du, A Eskelinen, L Gough, A Jentsch, C Kern, K Klanderud, AK Knapp, J Kreyling, Y Luo, JR McLaren, P Megonigal, V Onipchenko, J Prevey, J Price, CH Robinson, O Sala, M Smith, NA Soudzilovskaia, L Souza, D Tilman, SR White, Z Xu, L Yahdjian, Q Yu, Y Zhang. (2017) Asynchrony among local communities stabilizes ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecology Letters doi:10.1111/ele.12861. Link
15. ARE Sinclair, R Pech, JM Fryxell, K McCann, A Byrom, CJ Savory, J Brashares, AD Arthur, PC Catling, MD Triska, MD Criag, TJE Sinclair, JR McLaren, R Turkington, WL Harrower. (2017) Predicting and assessing progress in the restoration of ecosystems. Conservation Letters doi:10.1111/conl.12390 Link
14. JR McLaren, KM Buckeridge, MJ van de Weg, GR Shaver, JP Schimel and L Gough (2017) Shrub encroachment in Arctic tundra: Betula nana effects on above- and below-ground litter decomposition. Ecology 98:1361-1376 Link
13. JR McLaren, A Novoplansky, R Turkington. (2016) Few effects of plant functional group identity on ecosystem properties in an annual desert community. Plant Ecology DOI 10.1007/s11258-016-0660-3 Link
12. Gough L, H Bass* and JR McLaren (2015) Effects of increased soil nutrients on seed rain: a role for seed dispersal in the greening of the Arctic? Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 47:27-34. Link
11. McLaren JR (2014) Diversity in the afterlife. (News & Views) Nature 509: 173-174 doi:10.1038/nature13329 Link
10. Turkington, R, J.R. McLaren and M. Dale (2015) Determinants of herbaceous community structure and function in the Kluane region. Arctic http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4351
9. Boelman, N.T., L. Gough, J.R. McLaren and H. Greaves‡ (2011) Does NDVI reflect variation in the structural attributes associated with increasing shrub dominance in arctic tundra? Environmental Research Letters 6:035501 Link
8. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington (2011) Biodiversity loss influences decomposition through more than one mechanism. PLOS One 6(8): e23702. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023702 Link
7. Fremlin, K.M.*, J.R. McLaren, L. DeSandoli and R. Turkington (2011) The effects of fertilization and herbivory on the phenology of the understory vegetation of the boreal forest in north-western Canada. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 43: 389-396. Link
6. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington (2011) Biomass compensation and plant responses to 7-years of plant functional group removals. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 503-515. Link
5. Marshall, C.B.‡, J.R. McLaren and R. Turkington (2011) Soil microbial communities resistant to changes in plant community composition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:78-85 Link
4. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington. (2010) Plant functional group identity differentially affects leaf and root decomposition. Global Change Biology 16(11):3075-3084 Link
3. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington (2010) Ecosystem properties determined by plant functional group identity. Journal of Ecology 98(2): 459-469 Link
2. McLaren, J.R. and R.L. Jefferies. (2004) Initiation and maintenance of vegetation mosaics in an Arctic salt marsh. Journal of Ecology 92(4): 648-660. Link
1. McLaren, J.R., S.D. Wilson and D.A. Peltzer. (2004) Plant feedbacks increase the temporal heterogeneity of soil moisture. Oikos 107(1): 199-205. Link* Denotes Undergraduate Student ‡Denotes Graduate Student
Book Chapters
4. McLaren, J.R. and R. Turkington (2013) Boreal forest ecosystems. In S. Levin, ed. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 2nd Edition. Elsevier Press, Oxford.
3. Duffy, J.E., D.S. Srivastava, J.R. McLaren, M. Sankaran, M. Solan, J. Griffin, M. Emmerson, K.E. Jones (2009) Forecasting decline in ecosystem services under realistic scenarios of extinction. In Naeem, S., D.E. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau and C. Perrings, editors. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. Hector, A., T. Bell, J. Connolly, J. Finn, J. Fox, L. Kirwan, M. Loreau, J.R. McLaren, B. Schmid, A. Weigelt (2009) The analysis of biodiversity experiments: From pattern toward mechanism. In Naeem, S., D.E. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau and C. Perrings, editors. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
1. Bell, T., M.O. Gessner, R.I. Griffiths, J.R. McLaren, P.J. Morin, M. van der Heijden, W. van der Putten (2009) Microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under controlled conditions and in the wild In Naeem, S., D.E. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau and C. Perrings, editors. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
3. Duffy, J.E., D.S. Srivastava, J.R. McLaren, M. Sankaran, M. Solan, J. Griffin, M. Emmerson, K.E. Jones (2009) Forecasting decline in ecosystem services under realistic scenarios of extinction. In Naeem, S., D.E. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau and C. Perrings, editors. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. Hector, A., T. Bell, J. Connolly, J. Finn, J. Fox, L. Kirwan, M. Loreau, J.R. McLaren, B. Schmid, A. Weigelt (2009) The analysis of biodiversity experiments: From pattern toward mechanism. In Naeem, S., D.E. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau and C. Perrings, editors. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
1. Bell, T., M.O. Gessner, R.I. Griffiths, J.R. McLaren, P.J. Morin, M. van der Heijden, W. van der Putten (2009) Microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under controlled conditions and in the wild In Naeem, S., D.E. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau and C. Perrings, editors. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
