Publications
41. AM Koltz, L Gough, JR McLaren. (2022) Herbivores in Arctic ecosystems: Effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1516:28-47 link
40. Roy, A‡, L Gough, N Boelman, R Rowe, K Griffin, JR McLaren. (2022) Small but mighty: Impacts of rodent herbivores on carbon and nutrient cycling in arctic tundra. Functional Ecology 36: 2331-2343 link
39. CM Prager, AT Classen, MK Sundqvist, MN Barrios-Garcia, EK Cameron, L Chen, C Chisholm, T Crowther, JR Deslippe, K Grigulis, JS He, J Henning, M Hovenden, T Hoye, X Jing, S Lavorel, JR McLaren, D Metcalfe, G Newman, C Rixen, QD Read, KE Rewcastle, MA Rodriguez-Cabal, DA Wardle, S Wipf, NJ Sanders. (2022) Integrating natural gradients, experiments and statistical modelling in a distributed network experiment: an example from the WaRM Network. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9396 link
38. Avolio M, Komatsu K, Koerner S, Grman E, Isbell F, Johnson D, Wilcox K, Alatalo J, Baldwin A, Beierkuhnlein C, Britton A, Foster B, Harmens H, Kern C, Li W, McLaren J, Reich P, Souza L, Yu Q, Zhange Y. (2022) Methods, Tools, and Technologies: Making sense of multivariate community responses in global change experiments. Ecosphere 13: e4249 link
37. Holguin J‡, SL Collins, JR McLaren (2022) Belowground responses to altered precipitation regimes in two semi-arid grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 171:108725 link
36. F Cardou, AD Munson, L Boisvert-Marsh, M Anand, A Arseneault, W Bell, Y Bergeron, I Boulangeat, S Delagrange, NJ Fenton, D Gravel, B Hamel, F Hébert, JF Johnstone, B Kumordzi, SE MacDonald, A Malik, A McIntosh, JR McLaren, C Messier, D Morris, B Shipley, L Sirois, N Thiffault, I Aubin. (2022) Above- and below-ground drivers of intraspecific trait variability across subcontinental gradients for five ubiquitous forest plants in North America. Journal of Ecology 110:1590-1605 link
35. E Rastetter, K Griffin, R Rowe, L Gough, JR McLaren, N Boelman (2022). Model responses to CO2 and warming are underestimated without explicit representation of arctic small-mammal grazing. Ecological Applications 32:e02478 link
34. J Martinez‡, JR McLaren, C Tweedie, A Darrouzet-Nardi. (2021) Soil enzymes are preferentially associated with larger particles in highly organic Arctic tundra soils. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9:00020. link
33. JR McLaren and KM Buckeridge (2021). Enhanced plant P and unchanged soil P after a quarter-century of warming in arctic tundra. Ecosphere 12:e03838. link
32. ML Avolio, K Komatsu, SL Collins, E Grman, SE Koerner, A Tredennick, KR Wilcox, S Baer, EH Boughton, A Britton, B Foster, L Gough, M Hovenden, F Isbell, A Jentsch, D Johnson, A Knapp, J Kreylin, A Langley, C Lortie, R McCulley, JR McLaren, P Reich, E Seabloom, MD Smith, K Suding, B Suttle, P Tognetti. (2021) Determinants of community compositional change are equally affected by global change. Ecology Letters 24:1892-1904 link
31. D Aguirre, AE Benhumea and JR McLaren. (2021) Shrub encroachment affects tundra ecosystem properties through their living canopy rather than increased litter inputs. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 153: 108121 link
30. E Min‡, M Wilcots*, S Naeem, L Gough, JR McLaren, R Rowe, E Rastetter, N Boelman, K Griffin. (2021) Herbivore influence on carbon sink capacity of Alaskan dry heath tundra is sensitive to temperature and light. Environmental Research Letters 16:024027 link
29. ML Avolio, KR Wilcox, KJ La Pierre, B Bowman, SL Collins, A Knapp, SE Koerner, N Lemoine, MD Smith, S Baer, J Blair, EH Boughton, K Gross, F Isbell, JR McLaren, P Reich, K Suding, KB Suttle, D Tilman, Z Xu, Q Yu. (2020) Temporal variability in production is not consistently affected by global change drivers cross herbaceous-dominated ecosystems. Oecologia 194: 735-744. link
28. KM Buckeridge and JR McLaren. (2020) Does plant community plasticity mediate microbial homeostasis? Ecology and Evolution 10:5251-5258. link
27. A Roy‡, M Suchocki ‡, L Gough, and JR McLaren (2020) Above- and belowground responses to long-term herbivore exclusion. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 52:109-119. link
26. BD Duval, *HD Curtsinger, *A Hands, J Martin, JR McLaren and DD Cadol (2020) Greenhouse gas emissions and exo-enzyme activity during decomposition of native versus invasive riparian litter. Plant Ecology 221:177–189. link
25. KJ La Pierre, ML Avolio, NP Lemoine, F Isbell, E Grman, GR Houseman, SE Koerner, DS Johnson, KR Wilcox, JM Alatalo, JP Anderson, R Aerts, SG Baer, AH Baldwin, J Bates, C Beierkuhnlein, RT Belote, J Blair, JMG Bloor, PJ Bohlen, EW Bork, EH Boughton, WD Bowman, AJ Britton, JF Cahill, E Chaneton, N Chiariello, J Cheng, SL Collins, JHC Cornelissen, G Du, A Eskelinen, J Firn, B Foster, L Gough, K Gross, L Hallett, X Han, H Harmens, MJ Hovenden, A Jentsch, C Kern, K Klanderud, AK Knapp, J Kreyling, W Li, Y Luo, RL McCulley, JR McLaren, JP Megonigal, U Molau, J Morgan, V Onipchenko, SC Pennings, JS Prevéy, J Price, P Reich, CH Robinson, FL Russell, OE Sala, E Seabloom, MD Smith, NA Soudzilovskaia, L Souza, K Suding, KB Suttle, T Svejca, D Tilman, P Tognetti, R Turkington, SR White, Z Xu, L Yahdjian, Q Yu, P Zhang, Y Zhang (2019) Global change manipulations systematically shift plant communities without driving local species loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science link
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 Link
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
5. C Hicks Pries, JR McLaren, L Smith Vaughn, C Treat, C Voigt. (2022) The Changing Biogeochemical Cycles of Tundra in Y.Yang, M. Keiluweit, N. Senesi and B. Xing (Eds) Multi-Scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes. John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, USA.
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.
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.
