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WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF: Davos Dorf, CH

2021 to present | Research associate
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Esther R. Frei

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research: Birmensdorf, CH

2017 to 2022
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Esther R. Frei

University of British Columbia: Vancouver, BC, CA

2014 to 2017
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Esther R. Frei

Works (38)

High potential but little success: ungulate browsing increasingly impairs silver fir regeneration in mountain forests in the southern Swiss Alps

Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
2025-03-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpae028
Contributors: Esther R Frei; Marco Conedera; Peter Bebi; Samuel Zürcher; Alena Bareiss; Laura Ramstein; Nicola Giacomelli; Alessandra Bottero; Chris Johnson
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Agricultural practices and biodiversity: Conservation policies for semi-natural grasslands in Europe

Current Biology
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.062
Contributors: J. Ryan Shipley; Esther R. Frei; Ariel Bergamini; Steffen Boch; Tobias Schulz; Christian Ginzler; Marco Barandun; Peter Bebi; Janine Bolliger; Kurt Bollmann et al.
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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
2024-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110126
Part of ISSN: 0168-1923
Contributors: Lia Lechler; Christian Rixen; Peter Bebi; Mathias Bavay; Mauro Marty; Ignacio Barbeito; Melissa A. Dawes; Frank Hagedorn; Frank Krumm; Patrick Möhl et al.
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Esther R. Frei

Legacy effects of premature defoliation in response to an extreme drought event modulate phytochemical profiles with subtle consequences for leaf herbivory in European beech

New Phytologist
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19721
Contributors: Michael Eisenring; Arthur Gessler; Esther R. Frei; Gaétan Glauser; Bernd Kammerer; Maurice Moor; Anouchka Perret‐Gentil; Thomas Wohlgemuth; Martin M. Gossner
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The Swiss common garden network: testing assisted migration of tree species in Europe

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
2024-06-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2024.1396798
Part of ISSN: 2624-893X
Contributors: Kathrin Streit; Peter Brang; Esther R. Frei
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Esther R. Frei

Multiple Pleistocene refugia for Arctic White Heather (<i>Cassiope tetragona</i>) supported by population genomics analyses of contemporary and Little-Ice-Age samples

BioRxiv
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.05.547859
Contributors: Cassandra Elphinstone; Fernando Hernandez; Marco Todesco; Jean-Sébastien Légaré; Winnie Cheung; Paul C. Sokoloff; Annika Hofgaard; Casper T. Christiansen; Esther R. Frei; Esther Lévesque et al.
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Plant traits poorly predict winner and loser shrub species in a warming tundra biome

Nature Communications
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-023-39573-4
WOSUID: WOS:001023698800007
Contributors: Criado, Mariana Garcia; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Normand, Signe; Blach-Overgaard, Anne; Thomas, Haydn J. D.; Eskelinen, Anu; Happonen, Konsta; Alatalo, Juha M.; Anadon-Rosell, Alba et al.
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Evidence for 40 Years of Treeline Shift in a Central Alpine Valley

Forests
2023-02-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/f14020412
Contributors: Esther R. Frei; Ignacio Barbeito; Lisa M. Erdle; Elisabeth Leibold; Peter Bebi
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Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems<SUP>1</SUP>

Arctic Science
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/AS-2020-0058
WOSUID: WOS:000799931200001
Contributors: Rixen, Christian; Hoye, Toke Thomas; Macek, Petr; Aerts, Rien; Alatalo, Juha M.; Anderson, Jill T.; Arnold, Pieter A.; Barrio, Isabel C.; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Bjorkman, Mats P. et al.
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European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland

Plant Biology
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/plb.13467
Contributors: E. R. Frei; M. M. Gossner; Y. Vitasse; V. Queloz; V. Dubach; A. Gessler; C. Ginzler; F. Hagedorn; K. Meusburger; M. Moor et al.
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Long-term soil water limitation and previous tree vigor drive local variability of drought-induced crown dieback in Fagus sylvatica

Science of The Total Environment
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157926
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Esther R. Frei
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Esther R. Frei
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Competitive ability of natural Douglas fir regeneration in central European close-to-nature forests

Forest Ecology and Management
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119767
Part of ISSN: 0378-1127
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Esther R. Frei
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Global maps of soil temperature

Global Change Biology
2021-12-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16060
Part of ISSN: 1354-1013
Part of ISSN: 1365-2486
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Esther R. Frei
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Long-term effects of snowmelt timing and climate warming on phenology, growth and reproductive effort of arctic tundra plant species

Arctic Science
2021-11-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/as-2021-0028
Part of ISSN: 2368-7460
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Esther R. Frei
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Increased Arctic climate extremes constrain expected higher plant reproductive success in a warmer climate

Arctic Science
2021-05-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/as-2020-0045
Part of ISSN: 2368-7460
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Esther R. Frei
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The tundra phenology database: more than two decades of tundra phenology responses to climate change

Arctic Science
2021-05-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/as-2020-0041
Part of ISSN: 2368-7460
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Esther R. Frei

Ausbreitungstendenzen und Konkurrenzkraft der Douglasie in der Schweiz

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen
2021-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3188/szf.2021.0094
Part of ISSN: 2235-1469
Part of ISSN: 0036-7818
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Esther R. Frei

Douglasiensämlinge im Wettstreit mit mittel-europäischen Baumarten

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen
2021-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3188/szf.2021.0106
Part of ISSN: 2235-1469
Part of ISSN: 0036-7818
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Esther R. Frei

SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

Global Change Biology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123
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Esther R. Frei
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Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

Nature Communications
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15014-4
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Esther R. Frei
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Assessing the Effectiveness of in-situ Active Warming Combined With Open Top Chambers to Study Plant Responses to Climate Change

Frontiers in Plant Science
2020-11-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.539584
Part of ISSN: 1664-462X
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Esther R. Frei
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Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size‐related traits across the tundra biome

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12783
Part of ISSN: 1466-822X
Part of ISSN: 1466-8238
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Esther R. Frei
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Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12821
Part of ISSN: 1466-822X
Part of ISSN: 1466-8238
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Esther R. Frei
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Testpflanzungen zukunftsfähiger Baumarten: auf dem Weg zu einem schweizweiten Netz

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen
2018-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3188/szf.2018.0347
Part of ISSN: 0036-7818
Part of ISSN: 2235-1469
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Esther R. Frei

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Nature
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
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Esther R. Frei
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Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone

Scientific Reports
2018-07-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28808-w
Contributors: Esther R. Frei; Eva Bianchi; Giulietta Bernareggi; Peter Bebi; Melissa A. Dawes; Carissa D. Brown; Andrew J. Trant; Steven D. Mamet; Christian Rixen
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Climate adaptation is not enough: warming does not facilitate success of southern tundra plant populations in the high Arctic

Global Change Biology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13417
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Contributors: Bjorkman, A.D.; Vellend, M.; Frei, E.R.; Henry, G.H.R.
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Divergent selection in low and high elevation populations of a perennial herb in the Swiss Alps

Alpine Botany
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-014-0131-1
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2-s2.0-84908501536
Contributors: Frei, E.R.; Hahn, T.; Ghazoul, J.; Pluess, A.R.
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Geographic distance is more relevant than elevation to patterns of outbreeding in Ranunculus bulbosus

Journal of Ecology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12214
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2-s2.0-84894266015
Contributors: Matter, P.; Kettle, C.J.; Frei, E.R.; Ghazoul, J.; Pluess, A.R.
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Plant population differentiation and climate change: Responses of grassland species along an elevational gradient

Global Change Biology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12403
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2-s2.0-84891654208
Contributors: Frei, E.R.; Ghazoul, J.; Matter, P.; Heggli, M.; Pluess, A.R.
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Plastic responses to elevated temperature in low and high elevation populations of three grassland species

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098677
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2-s2.0-84902440392
Contributors: Frei, E.R.; Ghazoul, J.; Pluess, A.R.
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Faster, higher, more? Past, present and future dynamics of alpine and arctic flora under climate change

Alpine Botany
2014-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-014-0141-z
Part of ISSN: 1664-2201
Part of ISSN: 1664-221X
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Esther R. Frei
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Microstructure and sound absorption of snow

Cold Regions Science and Technology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.05.001
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2-s2.0-84865713151
Contributors: Maysenhölder, W.; Heggli, M.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, T.; Frei, E.; Schneebeli, M.
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Patterns of genetic variation across altitude in three plant species of semi-dry grasslands

PLoS ONE
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041608
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2-s2.0-84864746049
Contributors: Hahn, T.; Kettle, C.J.; Ghazoul, J.; Frei, E.R.; Matter, P.; Pluess, A.R.
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Plant growth and fitness of Scabiosa columbaria under climate warming conditions

Plant Ecology and Diversity
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.618848
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2-s2.0-84864704626
Contributors: Pluess, A.R.; Frei, E.; Kettle, C.J.; Hahn, T.; Ghazoul, J.
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Plant species' range shifts in mountainous areas-all uphill from here?

Botanica Helvetica
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-010-0076-y
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2-s2.0-78349309155
Contributors: Frei, E.; Bodin, J.; Walther, G.-R.
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Instruments and methods Snow replica method for three-dimensional X-ray microtomographic imaging

Journal of Glaciology
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3189/002214309789470932
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2-s2.0-70350140437
Contributors: Heggli, M.; Frei, E.; Schneebeli, M.
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Neue Daten zum Monitoring alpiner Pflanzen im Engadin

Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft (RTG)
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-78053
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Esther R. Frei

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