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Visakorpi, K., Block, S., Pellissier, L., Levine, J.M., Alexander, J.M. (2022) Plant water use strategy determines winners and losers under climate change. Functional Ecology [Preprint]

Block, S., Maechler, M., Pellissier, L., Alexander, J.M., Levine, J.M. (2022) 
Ecological lags govern the pace and outcome of plant community responses to 21st century climate change. Ecology Letters [DOI] [Preprint]

Goncalves, E., Herrera, I., Alexander, J., Duarte, M., Cavieres, L.A., Morales-Salinas, L., Bustamante, R.O. (2022) The upper range limit of alien plants is not in equilibrium with climate in the Andes of Central Chile. Plants 11 (18), 2345. [DOI]

Alison, J., Alexander, J.M., Diaz Zeugin, N., Dupont, Y.L., Iseli, E., Mann, H.M.R., Høye, T.T. (2022) Moths complement bumblebee pollination of red clover: a case for day-and-night insect surveillance. Biology Letters 18 (7), 20220187 [DOI]

Lyu, S., Alexander, J. (2022) Vital rates contribute differently to impacts of competition on population growth. Authorea Preprints [DOI]

de Vries, J., Fior, S., Paalsson, A., Widmer, A., Alexander, J.M. (2022) Unravelling drivers of local adaptation through Evolutionary Functional-Structural Plant modelling. bioRxiv [DOI]

Piccardi, P., Alberti, G., Alexander, J.M., Mitri, S. (2022). Microbial invasion of a toxic medium is facilitated by a resident community but inhibited as the community co-evolves. The ISME Journal [DOI][Preprint]

Lyu, S., Alexander, J.M. (2022) Competition contributes to both warm and cool range edges. Nature Communications, 13, 2502 [DOI]

Walker, T.W.N., Gavazov, K., Guillaume, T., Lambert, T., Mariotte, P., Routh, D., Signarbieux, C., Block, S., Muenkemueller, T., Nomoto,H., Crowther, T.W., Richter, A., Buttler, A., Alexander, J.M. (2022) Lowland plant arrival in alpine ecosystems facilitates a decrease in soil carbon content under experimental climate warming. eLife, 11, e78555 [DOI]
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Haider, S., Lembrechts, J., McDougall, K., Pauchard, A., Alexander, J.M., et al. (2022) Think globally, measure locally: The MIREN standardized protocol for monitoring species distributions along elevation gradients. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8590. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., Atwater, D.Z., Colautti, R.I., Hargreaves, A.L. (2022) Effects of species interactions on the potential for evolution of species’ range limits. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B., 377, 20210020 [DOI]

Rafajlović, M., Alexander, J.M., Butlin, R.K., Johannesson, K. (2022) Introduction to the theme issue "Species' ranges in the face of changing environments". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B., 377, 20210002 [DOI]

Walker, T.W.N., Alexander, J.M, Allard, P.M., Baines, O., Baldy, V., Bardgett, R.D., Capdevila, P., Coley, P.D., David, B., Defossez, E., Endara, M.J., Ernst, M., Fernandez, C., Forrister, D., Gargallo-Garriga, A., Jassey, V.E.J., Marr, S., Neumann, S., Pellissier, L., Peñuelas, J., Peters, K., Rasmann, S., Roessner, U., Sardans, J., Schrodt, F., Schuman, M.C., Soule, A., Uthe, H., Weckwerth, W., Wolfender, J.-L., van Dam, N.M., Salguero-Gómez, R. (2022) Functional Traits 2.0: the power of the metabolome for ecology. Journal of Ecology, 110, 4–20 [DOI]

Lembrechts, J.J., and 406 coauthors. (2022) Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology, 28, 3110–3144  [DOI]

Dötterl, S., Alexander, J., Fior, S., Frossard, A., Magnabosco, C., Broek, M., Westergaard, K.B. (2021) Will accelerated soil development be a driver of Arctic Greening in the late 21st century? Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science [DOI]

Stephan, P., Bramon Mora, B., Alexander, J.M. (2021) Positive species interactions shape species' range limits. Oikos, 130, 1611–1624. [DOI]

Nomoto, H.N., Alexander, J.M. (2021) Drivers of local extinction risk in alpine plants under warming climate. Ecology Letters, 24, 1157–1166. [DOI]

Clavel, J., Lembrechts, J., Alexander, J., Haider, S., Lenoir, J., Milbau, A., Nuñez, M.A., Pauchard, A., Nijs, I., Verbruggen, E. (2021) The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in nonnative plant invasion along mountain roads. New Phytologist, 230, 1156–1168 [DOI]
 
Rew, L.J., McDougall, K.L., Alexander, J.M., Daehler, C.D., Essl, F., Haider, S., Kueffer, C., Lenoir, J., Milbau, A., Nuñez, M.A.,Pauchard, A., Rabitsch, W. (2020) Moving up and over: redistribution of plants in alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic ecosystems under global change. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 52, 651–665 [DOI]

Block, S.,  Alexander, J.M., Levine, J.M. (2020) Phenological plasticity is a poor predictor of subalpine plant population performance following experimental climate change. Oikos, 129, 184–193. [DOI]

Wüest, R.O., Zimmermann, N.E., Zurell, D., 
 Alexander, J., Fritz, S.A., Hof, C., Kreft, H., Normand, S., Cabral, J.S., Szekely, E., Thuiller, W., Wikelski, M., Karger, D.N. (2020) Macroecology in the age of big data - where to go from here? Journal of Biogeography, 47, 1–12. [DOI]

Hagedorn
, F., Gavazov, K., Alexander, J.M. (2019) Above- and below-ground linkages shape responses of mountain vegetation to climate change. Science, 365, 1119–1123. [DOI]

Guisan, A., Mod, H., Scherrer, D., Münkemüller, T., Pottier, J., Alexander, J., D'Amen, M. (2019) Scaling the linkages between environmental niches and functional traits for improved spatial predictions of biological communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, 1384–1392. [DOI]

Alexander, J.M., Levine, J.M. (2019) Earlier phenology of a nonnative plant increases impacts on native competitors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 6199–6204. [DOI]

McDougal, K., Lembrechts, J., Rew, L.J., Haider, S., Cavieres, L.A., Kueffer, C., Milbau, A., Naylor, B.J., Nuñez, M.A., Pauchard, A., Seipel, T., Speziale, K.L., Wright, G.T., Alexander, J.M. (2018) Running off the road: roadside non-native plants invading mountain vegetation. Biological Invasions, 20, 3461–3473. [DOI]

Cardinaux, A., Hart, S.P., Alexander, J.M.
 (2018) Do soil biota influence the outcome of novel interactions between plant competitors? Journal of Ecology, 106, 1853–1863. [DOI]

Halbritter, A.H., Fior, S., Keller, I., Billeter, R., Edwards, P., Holderegger, R., Karrenberg, S., Pluess, A.R., Widmer, A., Alexander, J.M. (2018) Trait differentiation and adaptation of plants along elevation gradients. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 31, 784–800. [DOI]

Haider, S., Kueffer, C., Bruelheide, H., Seipel, T., Alexander, J.M., Arévalo, J.R., Cavieres, L.A., McDougall, K.L., Milbau, A., Naylor, B.J., Rew, L.J., Speziale, K., Pauchard, A. (2018) Mountain roads and non-native species modify elevational patterns of plant diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, 667–678. [DOI]

Alexander, J.M., Diez, J. M., Usinowicz, J., Hart, S.P. (2018). Species' distributions as a coexistence problem: a response to Godsoe et al.. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33, 144–145. [DOI].
 
Alexander, J.M., Chalmandrier, L., Lenoir, J., Burgess, T.I., Essl, F., Haider, S., Kueffer, C., McDougall, K., Milbau, A., Nuñez, M.A., Pauchard, A., Rabitsch, W., Rew, L.J., Sanders, N., Pellissier, L. (2018). Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change. Global Change Biology, 24, 563–579. [DOI]
 
Colautti, R., Alexander, J., Dlugosch, K., Keller, S., Sultan, S. (2017) Invasions and extinctions through the looking glass of evolutionary ecology. Philosophical Transactions B, 372, 20160031. [DOI]
 
Lembrechts, J.J., Alexander, J.M., Cavieres, L.A., Haider, S., Lenoir, J., Kueffer, C., McDougall, K., Naylor, B.J.,  Nuñez, M.A, Pauchard, A., Rew, L.J., Nijs, I., Milbau, A. (2017) Mountain roads shift native and non-native plant species ranges. Ecography, 40, 353–364. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J., Kueffer, C. (2016) Ecological connectivity and alien species. In: Plassmann, G., Kohler, Y., Badura, M., Walzer, C. (eds.) Alpine Nature 2030. Creating [ecological] connectivity for generations to come. pp. 101-102. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., Diez, J.M., Hart, S., Levine, J.M. (2016) When climate reshuffles competitors: a call for experimental macroecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31, 831–841. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., Lembrechts, J.J., Cavieres, L.A., Daehler, C., Haider, S., Kueffer, C., Liu, G., McDougall, K., Milbau, A.,  Pauchard, A., Rew, L.J., Seipel, T. (2016) Plant invasions into mountains and alpine ecosystems: current status and future challenges. Alpine Botany, 126, 89–103. [DOI]
 
Seipel, T., Alexander, J.M., Edwards, P.J., Kueffer, C. (2016) Range limits and population dynamics of non-native plants spreading along elevation gradients. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 20, 46–55. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M. (2016). Experiments link competition and climate change responses. Journal of Vegetation Science, 27, 217–218. [DOI]
 
Pauchard, A., Milbau, A., Albihn, A., Alexander, J., Burgess, T., Daehler, C., Englund, G., Essl, F., Evengård, B., Greenwood, G.B., Haider, S., Lenoir, J., McDougall, K., Muths, E., Nuñez, M.A., Olofsson, J., Pellissier, L., Rabitsch, W., Rew, L.J., Robertson, M., Sanders, N., Kueffer, C. (2016). Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change: new challenges for ecology and conservation. Biological Invasions, 18, 345–353. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., Diez, J.M., Levine, J.M. (2015). Novel competitors shape species' responses to climate change. Nature, 525, 515–518. [DOI]
 
Halbritter, A., Billeter, R., Edwards, P.J., Alexander, J.M. (2015). Local adaptation at range edges: comparing elevation and latitudinal gradients. Journal of Evolutionary Biology [DOI]
 
Seipel, T., Alexander, J.M., Daehler, C.C., Rew, L.J., Edwards, P.J., Dar, P.A., McDougall, K., Naylor, B., Parks, C., Pollnac, F.W., Reshi, Z.A., Schroder, M., Kueffer, C. (2015). Performance of the herb Verbascum thapsus along environmental gradients in its native and non-native ranges. Journal of Biogeography, 42, 132–143. [DOI]
 
Moran, E., Alexander, J.M. (2014) Evolutionary responses to global change: lessons from invasive species. Ecology Letters, 17, 637–649. [DOI]
 
Keller, I., Alexander, J.M., Edwards, P.J., Holderegger, R. (2014) Lokale Anpassungen an verschiedene Höhenlagen. Natur und Landschaft, 89, 145–150. [DOI]
 
De Frenne, P., Coomes, D.A., De Schrijver, A., Staelens, J., Alexander, J.M., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Chiarucci, A., et al. (2014) Plant movements and climate warming: intraspecific variation in growth responses to non-local soils. New Phytologist, 202, 431–441. [DOI]
 
Keller, I., Alexander, J.M., Holderegger, R., Edwards, P.J. (2013) Widespread phenotypic and genetic divergence along altitudinal gradients in animals. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, 2527–2543. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M. (2013) Evolution under changing climates: climatic niche stasis despite rapid evolution in a non-native plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280 (1767). [DOI]
 
Halbritter, A., Alexander, J.M., Edwards, P.J., Billeter, R. (2013) How comparable are species distributions along elevational and latitudinal temperature gradients? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 1228–1237.[DOI]
 
Kueffer, C., McDougall, K., Alexander, J., Daehler, C., Edwards, P.J., Haider, S., Milbau, A., Parks, C., Pauchard, A., Reshi, Z.A.  (2013). Plant invasions into mountain protected areas: assessment, prevention and control at multiple spatial scales.   In: L.C. Foxcroft, D.M. Richardson, P. Pyšek & P. Genovesi (eds.) Alien Plant Invasions in Protected Areas: A Global Assessment. pp. 89–113. Springer, Berlin. [DOI]
 
Walzer, C., Kowalczyk, C., Alexander, J.M., Baur, B., Bogliani, G., Brun, J-J., Füreder, L., Guth, M-O., Haller, R., et al. (2013). The 50 most important questions relating to the maintenance and restoration of an ecological continuum in the European Alps. PLoS ONE, 8, e53139. [DOI]
 
Sheppard, C.S., Alexander, J.M., Billeter, R. (2012). The invasion of plant communities following extreme weather events under ambient and elevated temperature. Plant Ecology, 213, 1289–1301. [DOI]
 
Haider, S., Kueffer, C., Edwards, P.J., Alexander, J.M. (2012). Genetically based differentiation in growth of multiple non-native plant species along a steep environmental gradient. Oecologia, 170, 89–99. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., van Kleunen, M., Ghezzi, R., Edwards, P.J. (2012). Different genetic clines in response to temperature across the native and introduced ranges of a global plant invader. Journal of Ecology, 100, 771–781. [DOI]
 
Seipel, T., Kueffer, C., Rew, L., Daehler, C., Pauchard, A., Naylor, B., Alexander, J.M., Parks, C., Edwards, P.J., Arevalo, J. R. et al.  (2012). Processes at multiple scales affect non-native plant species richness and similarity in mountains around the world. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, 236–246. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., Kueffer, C., Daehler, C., Edwards, P.J., Pauchard, A., Seipel, T., MIREN consortium (2011). Assembly of non-native floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 656–661. [DOI] [PDF]
 
McDougall, K., Alexander, J.M., Haider, S., Pauchard, A., Walsh, N., Kueffer, C. (2011). Alien flora of mountains: global comparisons for the development of local preventive measures against plant invasions. Diversity and Distributions, 17, 103–111. [DOI]
 
Haider, S., Alexander, J.M., Kueffer, C. (2011). Elevational distribution limits of non-native species: combining observational and experimental evidence. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 4, 363–371. [DOI]

Simberloff, D. et al. (2011). Non-natives: 141 scientists object. Nature, 475(7354): 36–36. (Cosignatory) [DOI]
 
Haider, S, Alexander, J.M., Dietz, H., Trepl, L, Edwards, P.J., Kueffer, C. (2010). The role of bioclimatic origin, residence time and habitat context in shaping non-native plant distributions along an altitudinal gradient. Biological Invasions, 12, 4003–4018. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., Edwards, P.J.  (2010). Limits to the niche and range margins of alien species. Oikos, 119, 1377–1386. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M. (2010). Genetic differences in the elevational limits of native and introduced Lactuca serriola populations. Journal of Biogeography, 37, 1951–1961. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., Poll, M., Dietz, H., Edwards, P.J.  (2009). Contrasting patterns of genetic variation and structure in plant invasions of mountains. Diversity and Distributions, 15, 502–512. [DOI]
 
Alexander, J.M., Edwards, P.J., Poll, M., Parks, C. G., Dietz, H.  (2009). Establishment of parallel altitudinal clines in traits of native and introduced forbs.  Ecology, 90, 612–622. [DOI] [PDF]
 
Alexander, J.M., Naylor, B., Poll, M., Edwards, P.J., Dietz, H.  (2009). Plant invasions along mountain roads: the altitudinal amplitude of alien Asteraceae forbs in their native and introduced ranges.  Ecography, 32, 334–344. [DOI]
 
Pauchard, A, Kueffer, C., Dietz, H., Daehler, C.C., Alexander, J.M., Edwards, P.J., Arevalo, J R, Cavieres, LA, Guisan, A., et al.  (2009). Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 7, 479–486. [DOI]

Pauchard, A, Kueffer, C., McDougall, K, Alexander, J.M., MIREN Consortium  (2009). Global networks: a reply to Khuroo et al.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 7, 518. [DOI]
 
Poll, M., Naylor, B., Alexander, J.M., Edwards, P.J., Dietz, H.  (2009). Seedling establishment of Asteraceae forbs along altitudinal gradients: a comparison of transplant experiments in the native and introduced ranges. Diversity and Distributions, 15, 254–265. [DOI]

Alexander, J.M., Pauchard, A.  (2009). EMAPI 10: Bridging approaches to plant invasions. Frontiers in Biogeography, 1, 48–49.
 
Metcalf, J.C.E., Rees, M., Alexander, J.M., Rose, K.  (2006). Growth–survival trade-offs and allometries in rosette-forming perennials. Functional Ecology, 20, 217–225. [DOI]
 
Carine, M.A., Alexander, J.M., Scotland, R.W.  (2004). A revision of the Strobilanthes kunthiana-group (Phlebophyllum sensu Bremekamp) (Acanthaceae). Kew Bulletin, 59, 1–25. [DOI]
 
Carine, M.A., Alexander, J.M., Russell, S.J.  (2003). Evolution of spines and the taxonomic status of Convolvulus section Acanthocladi: preliminary results from the ITS2 region of nrDNA. Bocconea, 16, 703–710.
 

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