Professor Gareth Phoenix

School of Biosciences

Professor of Plant and Global Change Ecology

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g.phoenix@sheffield.ac.uk
C203, Alfred Denny Building

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Professor Gareth Phoenix
School of Biosciences
C203
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile
  • NERC Advisory Network member (2019 onwards)
  • UK Arctic and Antarctic Partnership steering committee member (2017 onwards)
  • NERC Training Advisory Board (TAB) member (2016-2019)
  • Associate Editor - Functional Ecology (2005–2011)
  • Member of Council - British Ecological Society (2005–2009)
  • University Representative - British Ecological Society (2004–2009)
  • Steering Committee member, CAPER (Committee on Air Pollution Effects Research) (2006-2019)
  • NERC peer review college (2008-2012)
  • Editorial Advisory Board - Global Change Biology (2007 onwards)
Research interests

My research focuses on the interactions between plants and the environment, particularly in the Arctic, northern boreal and upland ecosystems.

I study the impacts of climate change (warming, extreme events, snow regime change, precipitation), UV-B radiation and pollution on ecosystem structure and function.

I'm interested in the impacts on biodiversity, on cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, and the consequences for feedback to climate (ecosystem carbon balance). I also aim to understand how responses observed at the vegetation/ecosystem level are driven by individual plant, root and leaf responses.

Other interests include more applied fields such as understanding nutrient acquisition for sustainable agriculture.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Treharne R, Bjerke JW, Tømmervik H & Phoenix GK (2020) . Environmental Research Letters, 15(10).
  • Phoenix GK, Johnson DA, Muddimer SP, Leake JR & Cameron DD (2020) . Nature Plants, 6(4), 349-354.
  • Myers-Smith IH, Kerby JT, Phoenix GK, Bjerke JW, Epstein HE, Assmann JJ, John C, Andreu-Hayles L, Angers-Blondin S, Beck PSA , Berner LT et al (2020) . Nature Climate Change, 10(2), 106-117.
  • Treharne R, Bjerke JW, Tømmervik H, Stendardi L & Phoenix GK (2019) . Global Change Biology, 25(2), 489-503.
  • Loranty MM, Abbott BW, Blok D, Douglas TA, Epstein HE, Forbes BC, Jones BM, Kholodov AL, Kropp H, Malhotra A , Mamet SD et al (2018) . Biogeosciences, 15(17), 5287-5313.
  • Cooper MDA, Estop-Aragonés C, Fisher JP, Thierry A, Garnett MH, Charman DJ, Murton JB, Phoenix GK, Treharne R, Kokelj SV , Wolfe SA et al (2017) . Nature Climate Change, 7, 507-511.
  • Davidson SJ, Sloan VL, Phoenix GK, Wagner R, Fisher JP, Oechel WC & Zona D (2016) . Ecosystems, 19(6), 1116-1132.
  • Fisher JP, Estop-Aragones C, Thierry A, Charman DJ, Wolfe SA, Hartley IP, Murton JB, Williams M & Phoenix GK (2016) . Global Change Biology, 22(9), 3127-3140.
  • Phoenix GK & Bjerke JW (2016) . Global Change Biology, 22, 2960-2962.
  • Sloan VL, Fletcher BJ & Phoenix GK (2016) . Journal of Ecology, 104(1), 239-248.
  • Bokhorst S, Phoenix GK, Berg MP, Callaghan TV, Kirby-Lambert C & Bjerke JW (2015) . Global Change Biology, 21(11), 4063-4075.
  • Basto S, Thompson K, Phoenix G, Sloan V, Leake J & Rees M (2015) . Nature Communications, 6(1), ---.
  • Sloan VL, Fletcher BJ, Press MC, Williams M & Phoenix GK (2013) . Glob Chang Biol, 19(12), 3668-3676.
  • Hartley IP, Garnett MH, Sommerkorn M, Hopkins DW, Fletcher BJ, Sloan VL, Phoenix GK & Wookey PA (2012) . Nature Climate Change, 2(12), 875-879.
  • Bokhorst S, Phoenix GK, Bjerke JW, Callaghan TV, Huyer-Brugman F & Berg MP (2012) . Global Change Biology, 18(3), 1152-1162.
  • Bokhorst S, Bjerke JW, Street LE, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2011) . Global Change Biology, 17(9), 2817-2830.
  • Phoenix GK, Emmett BA, Britton AJ, Caporn SJM, Dise NB, Helliwell R, Jones L, Leake JR, Leith ID, Sheppard LJ , Sowerby A et al (2011) Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition: Responses of multiple plant and soil parameters across contrasting ecosystems in long-term field experiments. Global Change Biology.
  • Bokhorst SF, Bjerke JW, Tommervik H, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2009) . J ECOL, 97(6), 1408-1415.
  • Arróniz-Crespo M, Leake JR, Horton P & Phoenix GK (2008) . New Phytol, 180(4), 864-874.
  • Phoenix GK, Hicks WK, Cinderby S, Kuylenstierna JCI, Stock WD, Dentener FJ, Giller KE, Austin AT, Lefroy RDB, Gimeno BS , Ashmore MR et al (2006) . GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 12(3), 470-476.
  • Phoenix GK, Booth RE, Leake JR, Read DJ, Grime JP & Lee JA (2003) Effects of enhanced nitrogen deposition and phosphorus limitation on nitrogen budgets of semi-natural grasslands. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 9(9), 1309-1321.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Thoman RL, Moon TA, Druckenmiller ML, Askjaer TG, Ballinger TJ, Bhatt US, Berner LT, Bernhard GH, Bigalke S, Bjerke JW , Bliss A et al (2025) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106(8), S300-S356.
  • Blunden J, Reagan J, Dunn RJH, Ades M, Adjou M, Adler R, Adusumilli S, Agyakwah W, Aldeco LS, Alexe M , Alfaro EJ et al (2025) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106(8), S1-S10.
  • Phoenix GK & Taylor CR (2025) . Global Change Biology, 31(4).
  • Friggens NL, Hugelius G, Kokelj SV, Murton JB, Phoenix GK & Hartley IP (2025) . Nature Communications, 16.
  • Frost GV, Bhatt US, Macander MJ, Berner LT, Walker DA, Raynolds MK, Magnússon R, Bartsch A, Bjerke JW, Epstein HE , Forbes BC et al (2025) . Frontiers in Environmental Science, 13.
  • Phoenix GK, Bjerke JW, Björk RG, Blok D, Bryn A, Callaghan TV, Christiansen CT, Cunliffe AM, Davidson SJ, Epstein HE , Loranty MM et al (2025) . PLOS Climate, 4(1).
  • Friggens NL, England N, Murton JB, Phoenix GK & Hartley IP (2025) . European Journal of Soil Science, 76(1).
  • Boyer T, Blunden J, Dunn RJH, Ades M, Adler R, Adusumilli S, Agyakwah W, Ahmadpour S, Aldeco LS, Alexander MA , Alexe M et al (2024) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8), S1-S11.
  • Druckenmiller ML, Thoman RL, Moon TA, Andreassen LM, Ballinger TJ, Berner LT, Bernhard GH, Bhatt US, Bigalke S, Bjerke JW , Box JE et al (2024) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8), S277-S330.
  • Taylor CR, England LC, Keane JB, Davies JAC, Leake JR, Hartley IP, Smart SM, Janes‐Bassett V & Phoenix GK (2024) . Global Change Biology, 30(1).
  • Moon TA, Thoman R, Druckenmiller ML, Ahmasuk B, Backensto SA, Ballinger TJ, Benestad R, Berner LT, Bernhard GH, Bhatt US , Bigalke S et al (2023) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(9), S271-S321.
  • Boyer T, Bartow-Gillies E, Abida A, Ades M, Adler R, Adusumilli S, Agyakwah W, Ahmasuk B, Aldeco LS, Alexe M , Alfaro EJ et al (2023) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(9), S1-S10.
  • Blunden J, Boyer T & Bartow-Gillies E (2023) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(9), S1-S516.
  • Ben Keane J, Hartley IP, Taylor CR, Leake JR, Hoosbeek MR, Miglietta F & Phoenix GK (2023) . Nature Geoscience, 16(8), 704-709.
  • Phoenix GK & Khafsha AH (2023) . Global Change Biology, 29(18), 5115-5116.
  • Bokhorst S, Bjerke JW, Phoenix GK, Jaakola L, Mæhre HK & Tømmervik H (2023) . Physiologia Plantarum, 175(2).
  • Auffret AG, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P, Auestad I, Basto S, Grandin U, Jacquemyn H, Jakobsson A, Kalamees R, Koch MA , Marrs R et al (2023) . Journal of Ecology.
  • Rantanen M, Kämäräinen M, Niittynen P, Phoenix GK, Lenoir J, Maclean I, Luoto M & Aalto J (2023) . Scientific Data, 10(1).
  • Thoman RL, Druckenmiller ML, Moon TA, Andreassen LM, Baker E, Ballinger TJ, Berner LT, Bernhard GH, Bhatt US, Bjerke JW , Boisvert LN et al (2022) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(8), S257-S306.
  • Phoenix GK & Treharne R (2022) . Global Change Biology, 28(11), 3481-3483.
  • Rixen C, Høye TT, Macek P, Aerts R, Alatalo JM, Anderson JT, Arnold PA, Barrio IC, Bjerke JW, Björkman MP , Blok D et al (2022) . Arctic Science, 8(3), 572-608.
  • Lembrechts JJ, Hoogen J, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, De Frenne P, Kemppinen J, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean IMD, Crowther TW , Bailey JJ et al (2022) . Global Change Biology, 28(9), 3110-3144.
  • Callaghan TV, Cazzolla Gatti R & Phoenix G (2022) . Ambio, 51(4), 1034-1044.
  • Druckenmiller ML, Moon TA, Thoman RL, Ballinger TJ, Berner LT, Bernhard GH, Bhatt US, Bjerke JW, Box JE, Brown R , Cappelen J et al (2021) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(8), S263-S316.
  • Taylor CR, Janes-Bassett V, Phoenix GK, Keane B, Hartley IP & Davies JAC (2021) . Biogeosciences, 18(13), 4021-4037.
  • Pascual D, Åkerman J, Becher M, Callaghan TV, Christensen TR, Dorrepaal E, Emanuelsson U, Giesler R, Hammarlund D, Hanna E , Hofgaard A et al (2021) . Ambio, 50(2), 375-392.
  • Kropp H, Loranty MM, Natali SM, Kholodov AL, Rocha AV, Myers-Smith I, Abbot BW, Abermann J, Blanc-Betes E, Blok D , Blume-Werry G et al (2021) . Environmental Research Letters, 16(1).
  • Keane JB, Hoosbeek MR, Taylor CR, Miglietta F, Phoenix GK & Hartley IP (2020) . Biogeochemistry, 151(2-3), 221-235.
  • Williams M, Zhang Y, Estop-Aragonés C, Fisher JP, Xenakis G, Charman DJ, Hartley IP, Murton JB & Phoenix GK (2020) . Environmental Research Letters, 15(11).
  • Plue J, Van Calster H, Auestad I, Basto S, Bekker RM, Bruun HH, Chevalier R, Decocq G, Grandin U, Hermy M , Jacquemyn H et al (2020) . Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(1), 128-139.
  • Treharne R, Bjerke JW, Tømmervik H & Phoenix GK (2020) . Environmental Research Letters, 15(10).
  • Andersen JK, Andreassen LM, Baker EH, Ballinger TJ, Berner LT, Bernhard GH, Bhatt US, Bjerke JW, Box JE, Britt L , Brown R et al (2020) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(8), S239-S286.
  • Treharne R, Bjerke JW, Tømmervik H & Phoenix GK (2020) . Remote Sensing of Environment, 243.
  • Phoenix GK, Johnson DA, Muddimer SP, Leake JR & Cameron DD (2020) . Nature Plants, 6(4), 349-354.
  • Edmondson J, Cunningham H, Densley Tingley D, Dobson M, Grafius D, Leake J, McHugh N, Nickles J, Phoenix G, Ryan A , Stovin V et al (2020) . Nature Food, 1, 155-159.
  • Sabater AM, Ward HC, Hill TC, Gornall JL, Wade TJ, Evans JG, Prieto‐Blanco A, Disney M, Phoenix GK, Williams M , Huntley B et al (2020) . Ecohydrology, 13(3).
  • Myers-Smith IH, Kerby JT, Phoenix GK, Bjerke JW, Epstein HE, Assmann JJ, John C, Andreu-Hayles L, Angers-Blondin S, Beck PSA , Berner LT et al (2020) . Nature Climate Change, 10(2), 106-117.
  • Austen N, Walker HJ, Lake JA, Phoenix GK & Cameron DD (2019) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.
  • Lewis E, Phoenix GK, Alexander P, David J & Cameron RWF (2019) . Urban Ecosystems, 22(5), 841-854.
  • Treharne R, Bjerke JW, Tømmervik H, Stendardi L & Phoenix GK (2019) . Global Change Biology, 25(2), 489-503.
  • Arndt DS, Blunden J, Dunn RJH, Stanitski DM, Gobron N, Willett KM, Sanchez-Lugo A, Berrisford P, Morice C, Nicolas JP , Carrea L et al (2019) State of the Climate in 2018. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 100(9), S1-U24.
  • Bokhorst S, Berg MP, Edvinsen GK, Ellers J, Heitman A, Jaakola L, Maehre HK, Phoenix GK, Tommervik H & Bjerke JW (2018) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 9.
  • Bjerke JW, Wierzbinski G, Tømmervik H, Phoenix GK & Bokhorst S (2018) . Nordic Journal of Botany, 36(10).
  • Phoenix G (2018) . Nature Climate Change, 8(11), 942-943.
  • Loranty MM, Abbott BW, Blok D, Douglas TA, Epstein HE, Forbes BC, Jones BM, Kholodov AL, Kropp H, Malhotra A , Mamet SD et al (2018) . Biogeosciences, 15(17), 5287-5313.
  • Abernethy R, Ackerman SA, Adler R, Albanil Encarnación A, Aldeco LS, Alfaro EJ, Aliaga-Nestares V, Allan RP, Allan R, Alves LM , Amador JA et al (2018) State of the climate in 2017. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99(8), -S310.
  • Arndt DS, Blunden J, Hartfield G, Ackerman SA, Adler R, Alfaro EJ, Allan RP, Allan R, Alves LM, Amador JA , Andreassen LM et al (2018) STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 99(8), S1-S310.
  • Estop-Aragonés C, Cooper MDA, Fisher JP, Thierry A, Garnett MH, Charman DJ, Murton JB, Phoenix GK, Treharne R, Sanderson NK , Burn CR et al (2018) . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 118, 115-129.
  • Bjerke JW, Treharne R, Vikhamar-Schuler D, Karlsen SR, Ravolainen V, Bokhorst S, Phoenix GK, Bochenek Z & Tømmervik H (2017) . Science of the Total Environment, 599, 1965-1976.
  • Davidson SJ, Santos MJ, Sloan VL, Reuss-Schmidt K, Phoenix GK, Oechel WC & Zona D (2017) . Remote Sensing, 9(12).
  • Arndt DS, Blunden J, Dunn RJH, Aaron-Morrison AP, Abdallah A, Ackerman SA, Adler R, Alfaro EJ, Allan RP, Allan R , Alvarez LA et al (2017) . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(8), S1-S280.
  • Cooper MDA, Estop-Aragonés C, Fisher JP, Thierry A, Garnett MH, Charman DJ, Murton JB, Phoenix GK, Treharne R, Kokelj SV , Wolfe SA et al (2017) . Nature Climate Change, 7, 507-511.
  • Koller EK & Phoenix GK (2017) . Polar Biology.
  • Bjerke JW, Bokhorst S, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2017) . Functional Ecology, 31(1), 127-134.
  • Young TM, Cameron DD & Phoenix GK (2017) . Urban Water Journal, 14(6), 551-560.
  • Davidson SJ, Santos MJ, Sloan VL, Watts JD, Phoenix GK, Oechel WC & Zona D (2016) . Remote Sensing, 8(12).
  • Klodd AE, Nippert JB, Ratajczak Z, Waring H & Phoenix GK (2016) . Oecologia, 182(3), 889-898.
  • Davidson SJ, Sloan VL, Phoenix GK, Wagner R, Fisher JP, Oechel WC & Zona D (2016) . Ecosystems, 19(6), 1116-1132.
  • Fisher JP, Estop-Aragones C, Thierry A, Charman DJ, Wolfe SA, Hartley IP, Murton JB, Williams M & Phoenix GK (2016) . Global Change Biology, 22(9), 3127-3140.
  • Phoenix GK & Bjerke JW (2016) . Global Change Biology, 22, 2960-2962.
  • Choudhary S, Blaud A, Osborn AM, Press MC & Phoenix GK (2016) . Science of The Total Environment, 554-55, 303-310.
  • Koller EK, Press MC, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2016) . Ecosystems, 19(2), 326-338.
  • Sloan VL, Fletcher BJ & Phoenix GK (2016) . Journal of Ecology, 104(1), 239-248.
  • Blaud A, Lerch TZ, Phoenix GK & Osborn AM (2015) . Research in Microbiology, 166(10), 796-813.
  • Bokhorst S, Phoenix GK, Berg MP, Callaghan TV, Kirby-Lambert C & Bjerke JW (2015) . Global Change Biology, 21(11), 4063-4075.
  • Young T, Cameron DD & Phoenix GK (2015) . Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 14(4), 959-967.
  • Kikvidze Z, Brooker RW, Butterfield BJ, Callaway RM, Cavieres LA, Cook BJ, Lortie CJ, Michalet R, Pugnaire FI, Xiao S , Anthelme F et al (2015) . Ecology, 96(8), 2064-2069.
  • Basto S, Thompson K, Phoenix G, Sloan V, Leake J & Rees M (2015) . Nature Communications, 6(1), ---.
  • Blaud A, Phoenix GK & Osborn AM (2015) . Polar Biology, 38(7), 1009-1024.
  • Young T, Cameron DD, Phoenix GK, Sorrill J & Edwards T (2014) . Urban Forestry and Urban Greening.
  • Field CD, Dise NB, Payne RJ, Caporn SJM, Britton AJ, Helliwell RC, Emmett BA, Hughes S, Jones L, Lees S , Leake JR et al (2014) . Ecosystems.
  • Preece C & Phoenix GK (2014) . Plant Biol (Stuttg), 16(1), 125-132.
  • Zona D, Lipson DA, Richards JH, Phoenix GK, Liljedahl AK, Ueyama M, Sturtevant CS & Oechel WC (2013) .
  • Bjerke JW, Bokhorst S, Callaghan TV, Phoenix GK & Zielke M (2013) . Plant Ecology and Diversity.
  • Cavieres LA, Brooker RW, Schöb C, Butterfield BJ, Cook BJ, Kikvidze Z, Lortie CJ, Reid AM, Michalet R, Maalouf J-P , Pugnaire FI et al (2013) . Ecology Letters.
  • Sloan VL, Fletcher BJ, Press MC, Williams M & Phoenix GK (2013) . Glob Chang Biol, 19(12), 3668-3676.
  • Callaghan TV, Jonasson C, Thierfelder T, Yang Z, Hedenås H, Johansson M, Molau U, Van Bogaert R, Michelsen A, Olofsson J , Gwynn-Jones D et al (2013) Ecosystem change and stability over multiple decades in the Swedish subarctic: complex processes and multiple drivers.. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 368(1624), 20120488.
  • Callaghan TV, Jonasson C, Thierfelder T, Yang Z, Hedenås H, Johansson M, Molau U, Van Bogaert R, Michelsen A, Olofsson J , Gwynn-Jones D et al (2013) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368(1624), 20120488-20120488.
  • Street LE, Subke J-A, Sommerkorn M, Sloan V, Ducrotoy H, Phoenix GK & Williams M (2013) . NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 199(1), 163-175.
  • Fisher JP, Phoenix GK, Childs DZ, Press MC, Smith SW, Pilkington MG & Cameron DD (2013) . New Phytol, 198(1), 222-231.
  • Butterfield BJ, Michalet R, Cavieres LA, Callaway RM, Cook BJ, Kikvidze Z, Lortie CJ, Reid A, Maalouf J-P, Pugnaire FI , Schöb C et al (2013) . Ecology Letters.
  • Preece C & Phoenix GK (2013) . Environmental and Experimental Botany, 85, 7-15.
  • Bokhorst S, Tømmervik H, Callaghan TV, Phoenix GK & Bjerke JW (2012) . Environmental and Experimental Botany, 81, 18-25.
  • Bokhorst S, Bjerke JW, Tommervik H, Preece C & Phoenix GK (2012) . AMBIO, 41, 246-255.
  • Hartley IP, Garnett MH, Sommerkorn M, Hopkins DW, Fletcher BJ, Sloan VL, Phoenix GK & Wookey PA (2012) . Nature Climate Change, 2(12), 875-879.
  • Preece C, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2012) . Physiol Plant, 146(4), 460-472.
  • Bokhorst S, Phoenix GK, Bjerke JW, Callaghan TV, Huyer-Brugman F & Berg MP (2012) . Global Change Biology, 18(3), 1152-1162.
  • Fletcher BJ, Gornall JL, Poyatos R, Press MC, Stoy PC, Huntley B, Baxter R & Phoenix GK (2012) . Journal of Ecology, 100(2), 441-451.
  • Callaghan TV, Johansson M, Brown RD, Groisman PY, Labba N, Radionov V, Bradley RS, Blangy S, Bulygina ON, Christensen TR , Colman JE et al (2011) . AMBIO, 40, 32-45.
  • Bokhorst S, Phoenix GK, Bjerke JW, Callaghan TV, Huyer-Brugman F & Berg MP (2011) Extreme winter warming events more negatively impact small rather than large soil fauna: Shift in community composition explained by traits not taxa. Global Change Biology.
  • Arróniz-Crespo M, Gwynn-Jones D, Callaghan TV, Núñez-Olivera E, Martínez-Abaigar J, Horton P & Phoenix GK (2011) . Ann Bot, 108(3), 557-565.
  • Payne RJ, Stevens CJ, Dise NB, Gowing DJ, Pilkington MG, Phoenix GK, Emmett BA & Ashmore MR (2011) . Environmental Pollution, 159(10), 2602-2608.
  • Payne RJ, Stevens CJ, Dise NB, Gowing DJ, Pilkington MG, Phoenix GK, Emmett BA & Ashmore MR (2011) Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands. Environmental Pollution.
  • Dise NB & Phoenix GK (2011) . New Phytol, 191(2), 309-311.
  • Bjerke JW, Bokhorst S, Zielke M, Callaghan TV, Bowles FW & Phoenix GK (2011) . Journal of Ecology, 99(6), 1481-1488.
  • Bokhorst S, Bjerke JW, Street LE, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2011) . Global Change Biology, 17(9), 2817-2830.
  • O'Sullivan OS, Horswill P, Phoenix GK, Lee JA & Leake JR (2011) . Global Change Biology, 17(8), 2615-2628.
  • O'sullivan OS, Horswill P, Phoenix GK, Lee JA & Leake JR (2011) Recovery of soil nitrogen pools in species-rich grasslands after 12 years of simulated pollutant nitrogen deposition: A 6-year experimental analysis. Global Change Biology.
  • Phoenix GK, Emmett BA, Britton AJ, Caporn SJM, Dise NB, Helliwell R, Jones L, Leake JR, Leith ID, Sheppard LJ , Sowerby A et al (2011) Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition: Responses of multiple plant and soil parameters across contrasting ecosystems in long-term field experiments. Global Change Biology.
  • Bokhorst S, Bjerke JW, Davey MP, Taulavuori K, Taulavuori E, Laine K, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2010) . Physiol Plant, 140(2), 128-140.
  • Bokhorst S, Bjerke JW, Melillo J, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2010) . SOIL BIOL BIOCHEM, 42(4), 611-617.
  • Fletcher BJ, Press MC, Baxter R & Phoenix GK (2010) . Oecologia, 163(1), 47-56.
  • Bokhorst SF, Bjerke JW, Tommervik H, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2009) . J ECOL, 97(6), 1408-1415.
  • Arróniz-Crespo M, Leake JR, Horton P & Phoenix GK (2008) . New Phytol, 180(4), 864-874.
  • Bokhorst S, Bjerke JW, Bowles FW, Melillo J, Callaghan TV & Phoenix GK (2008) . GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 14(11), 2603-2612.
  • Phoenix GK, Johnson D, Grime JP & Booth RE (2008) . J ECOL, 96(5), 894-902.
  • Johnson D, Phoenix GK & Grime JP (2008) . BIOL LETTERS, 4(4), 345-348.
  • Arróniz-Crespo M, Phoenix G, Núñez-Olivera E & Martĩnez-Abaigar J (2008) Age-specific physiological responses to UV radiation in the aquatic liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia. Cryptogamie Bryologie, 29(2), 115-126.
  • Horswill P, O'Sullivan O, Phoenix GK, Lee JA & Leake JR (2008) . Environ Pollut, 155(2), 336-349.
  • Pilkington MG, Caporn SJM, Carroll JA, Cresswell N, Phoenix GK, Lee JA, Emmett BA & Sparks T (2007) . J ECOL, 95(6), 1195-1207.
  • Phoenix GK, Hicks WK, Cinderby S, Kuylenstierna JCI, Stock WD, Dentener FJ, Giller KE, Austin AT, Lefroy RDB, Gimeno BS , Ashmore MR et al (2006) . GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 12(3), 470-476.
  • Press MC & Phoenix GK (2005) . New Phytol, 166(3), 737-751.
  • Phoenix GK, Leake JR, Read DJ, Grime JP & Lee JA (2005) . Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus, 4(6), 159-167.
  • Phoenix GK & Press MC (2005) . J ECOL, 93(1), 67-78.
  • Phoenix GK, Leake JR, Read DJ, Grime JP & Lee JA (2004) . Water Air and Soil Pollution Focus, 4(6), 159-167.
  • Phoenix GK, Booth RE, Leake JR, Read DJ, Grime JP & Lee JA (2004) . NEW PHYTOL, 161(1), 279-289.
  • Phoenix GK, Booth RE, Leake JR, Read DJ, Grime JP & Lee JA (2003) Effects of enhanced nitrogen deposition and phosphorus limitation on nitrogen budgets of semi-natural grasslands. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 9(9), 1309-1321.
  • Semerdjieva SI, Sheffield E, Phoenix GK, Gwynn-Jones D, Callaghan TV & Johnson GN (2003) . Plant Cell Environ, 26(6), 957-964.
  • Phoenix GK, Gwynn-Jones D, Lee JA & Callaghan TV (2003) Ecological importance of ambient solar ultraviolet radiation to a sub-arctic heath community. PLANT ECOL, 165(2), 263-273.
  • Semerdjieva SI, Phoenix GK, Hares D, Gwynn-Jones D, Callaghan TV & Sheffield E (2003) Surface morphology, leaf and cuticle thickness of four dwarf shrubs from a sub-Arctic heath following long-term exposure to enhanced levels of UV-B. PHYSIOL PLANTARUM, 117(2), 289-294.
  • Cornelissen JHC, Callaghan TV, Alatalo JM, Michelsen A, Graglia E, Hartley AE, Hik DS, Hobbie SE, Press MC, Robinson CH , Henry GHR et al (2001) Global change and arctic ecosystems: is lichen decline a function of increases in vascular plant biomass?. J ECOL, 89(6), 984-994.
  • Phoenix GK, Gwynn-Jones D, Callaghan TV, Sleep D & Lee JA (2001) Effects of global change on a sub-Arctic heath: effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and increased summer precipitation. J ECOL, 89(2), 256-267.
  • Cornelissen JHC, Callaghan TV, Alatalo JM, Michelsen A, Graglia E, Hartley AE, Hik DS, Hobbie SE, Press MC, Robinson CH , Henry GHR et al (2001) . Journal of Ecology, 89(6), 984-994.
  • Phoenix GK, Gwynn-Jones D, Lee JA & Callaghan TV (2000) The impacts of UV-B radiation on the regeneration of a sub-arctic heath community. PLANT ECOL, 146(1), 67-75.
  • Zona D, Lipson DA, Richards JH, Phoenix GK, Liljedahl AK, Ueyama M, Sturtevant CS & Oechel WC () . Biogeosciences, 11(20), 5877-5888.

Book chapters

  • Clark CM, Bai Y, Bowman WD, Cowles JM, Fenn ME, Gilliam FS, Phoenix GK, Siddique I, Stevens CJ, Sverdrup HU & Throop HL (2013) , Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (pp. 519-536). Elsevier
  • Cameron DD & Phoenix GK (2013) , Parasitic Orobanchaceae (pp. 287-305). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Conference proceedings

  • Phoenix GK & Press MC (2005) Effects of climate change on parasitic plants: The root hemiparasitic Orobanchaceae. FOLIA GEOBOTANICA, Vol. 40(2-3) (pp 205-216)
  • Phoenix GK & Lee JA (2004) Predicting impacts of Arctic climate change: Past lessons and future challenges. ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Vol. 19(1) (pp 65-74)

Preprints

  • Lembrechts J, van den Hoogen J, Aalto J, Ashcroft M, De Frenne P, Kemppinen J, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean I & Crowther T (2021) , California Digital Library (CDL).
  • Taylor CR, Janes-Bassett V, Phoenix G, Keane B, Hartley IP & Davies JAC (2020) , Copernicus GmbH.
  • Myers-Smith I, Kerby J, Phoenix G, Bjerke J, Epstein H, Assmann J, John C, Andreu-Hayles L, Angers-Blodin S & Beck P (2019) , California Digital Library (CDL).
Research group

Dr Holly Croft (independent collaborator)
MSCA Independent Research Fellow. RESOLVE: ‘Remote sensing of photosynthetic traits for high latitude plant productivity modelling’ (Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions funded)

Dr Ben Keane
Post-doctoral Research Associate. PLACE: Phosphorus limitation and ecosystem responses to carbon dioxide enrichment. NERC funded, with Profs Iain Hartley (University of Exeter) and Jonathan Leake (University of Sheffield)

PhD Students

Chris Taylor
Grassland carbon and climate change: will soil nutrients limit carbon uptake in a high CO2 future? (NERC funded PhD through ACCE, jointly supervised with Dr Jess Davies, University of Lancaster).

Murk Memon
Understanding the Role of Climate in Arctic Browning: consequences of climate change and extreme climatic events (Grantham Centre funded PhD, jointly supervised with Drs Julie Jones (lead) and Rob Bryant, University of Sheffield, and Gareth Marshal (British Antarctic Survey)

Jasmine Wakefield
Arctic carbon under threat from climate extremes: how do extreme climatic events affect soil carbon and microbial communities? (NERC funded PhD through ACCE, jointly supervised with Dr Thorunn Helgason, University of York and Dr Jarle Bjerke, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research).

Abdulssalam Khafsha
Extreme event impacts on ecosystem: environmental controls on productivity and survival of boreal and sub-arctic plants
(Saudi Cultural Bureau funded, jointly supervised with Dr Holly Croft).

Kassandra Reuss-Schmidt 
Understanding the impact of climate change on greenhouse gas emissions in the Arctic (NERC funded PhD through ACCE, jointly supervised with Drs Donatella Zona, Garry Hayman, CEH, and Peter Levy, CEH).

Past Members

Dr Rachael Treharne (2014-2018)
Climate change and pollution as drivers of Arctic browning (NERC funded PhD through ACCE, jointly supervised with Drs Jarle Bjerke and Hans Tømmervik, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, and Dr Lisa Emberson, University of York)

Dr Scott Davidson (2013-2017)
Climate change and greenhouse gas emission in Arctic tundra: the role of vegetation change on CO2 and CH4 fluxes (NERC funded PhD studentship, jointly supervised with Donatella Zona).

Dr Ingrid Robertson (2013-2017)
Mobilisation and use of natural soil phosphorus by crops: towards sustainable crop production (SHINE CDT funded PhD studentship, jointly supervised with Jeremy Craven, and Duncan Cameron).

Dr James Fisher (2013-2015)
CYCLOPS: Carbon Cycle Linkages in Permafrost Systems (Post-doctoral research associate, NERC Arctic thematic funded).

Dr Steffi Tille (2011-2015)
Engineering and functional mycorrhizosphere for agro-ecosystems (University funded PhD, jointly supervised with Duncan Cameron and Jonathan Leake).

Dr Thomas Young (2011-2014)
Green roof technologies for sustainable urban energy and water management (E-futures and Boningale Ltd funded PhD, jointly supervised with Duncan Cameron and Jeff Sorrill).

Dr Sonal Choudhary (2009-2013)
Impacts of acute nitrogen deposition events on Arctic tundra (NSINK Marie Curie Fellow - staff PhD candidate. Jointly supervised with Malcolm Press, University of Birmingham)

Dr Aimeric Blaud (2008-2012)
Impacts of acute nitrogen deposition events on Arctic soil microbial communities (NSINK Marie Curie Fellow - staff PhD candidate. Jointly supervised with Mark Osborn).

Dr Steven Lees (2008-2012)
Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in grasslands (Defra funded PhD. Jointly supervised with Jonathan Leake).

Dr David A Johnson (2010-2012)
P partitioning among plants in P limited ecosystems (technician, NERC funded).

Dr Eva Koller (2007-2011)
Carbon dynamics in an Arctic catchment: plant scale dynamics (MULTIARC Marie Curie Fellow - staff candidate. Jointly supervised with Malcolm Press).

Dr Nils Ohlanders (2008-2011)
Carbon dynamics in an Arctic catchment: hydrology (MULTIARC Marie Curie Fellow - stadd PhD candidate. Jointly supervised with Andrew Hodson, Dept. Geography).

Dr Catherine Preece (2007-2011)
Impacts of extreme winter warming and icing events on sub-Arctic heathland (NERC PhD studentship, jointly supervised with Terry Callaghan).

Dr Stef Bokhorst (2007-2010)
Impacts of extreme winter warming events in the Arctic (Post-doctoral research associate. Leverhulme Trust funded).

Dr Victoria Sloan (2007-2010)
The role of plant roots in Arctic carbon dynamics (NERC PhD studentship).

Dr Ben Fletcher (2006-2009)
Arctic Bisphere-Atmosphere Coupling at Multiple Scales (NERC Post-doctoral research associate. See ).

Dr Mike Pilkington (2005-2008)
Impacts of root hemiparasitic plants: regulation of community structure and function (NERC Post-doctoral research associate).

Dr Jill Edmondson (2007-2008)
N pollution impacts on plant P acquisition, and impacts of hemiparasitic plants on nutrient cycling (technician, NERC funded).

Dr Maria Arroniz-Crespo (2005-2007)
Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on bryophytes in grassland ecosystems (Post-doctoral research associate, Spanish Ministry funded)

Teaching activities

Professor Gareth Phoenix is APS liaison for the Environmental Science degree, ad-hoc member of the Teaching Committee and co-ordinates  tutorials for Environmental Science students.

At level 1, I teach  (Ecosystems and Environmental Change). My main research interests are the impacts of global change on ecosystems, and this course gives me a chance to teach this fascinating area to new students. I cover a diversity of topics, from how past climates have influenced the development of ecosystems in the UK, to the threats of contemporary climate change. The latter includes findings from some of our own work undertaken here in APS. The  and  tutorials are also an excellent opportunity to develop discussion and debate on these topics as well as helping students develop generic skills in writing, critical analysis, experimental design and oral communication.

My own research includes work on Peak District ecosystems, and at level 2, we use this area to study the interaction between ecosystems and the environment in  (Plant Habitats and Distributions). Here we use a combination of lectures, laboratory classes and field visits. These ideas are expanded further in (Population and Community Ecology 2) where I teach how plant diversity and the composition of species influence how an ecosystem functions (for instance, the ecosystem’s capacity to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, cycle nutrients or trap pollutants).

My key area of research – Arctic ecosystems and environmental change – informs my teaching at level 3. Here, in addition to lecturing on plant adaptations to arctic environments in APS325 (Life in Extreme Environments), I teach on the Arctic Ecosystems field course () to Abisko in northern Sweden. The research station we use is also the home to many of my field experiments and so in addition to teaching more generally about Arctic ecosystems, this course offers students the opportunity to learn about, and work on, on-going Arctic research experiments.

The topics of global change, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning are also covered in research projects and dissertations at level 3 ( and ) and at level 4 ( & ), where my students address questions concerning the impacts of pollution and climate change (e.g. drought, warming) on plant diversity and ecosystem functioning.

Professional activities and memberships
  • NERC Training Advisory Board (TAB) member (2016-present)
  • Editorial Advisory Board - Global Change Biology (2007-present)
  • Associate Editor - Functional Ecology (2005–2011)
  • Member of Council - British Ecological Society (2005–2009)
  • University Representative - British Ecological Society (2004–2009)
  • Steering Committee member, CAPER (Committee on Air Pollution Effects Research) (2006-present)
  • NERC peer review college (2008-present)

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