Isla Myers-Smith, postdoc tundra ecology
My research in five words: Shrubs climb mountains, move north.

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Links

The Shrub Hub
I and my colleagues have established a network of researchers studying shrub expansion around the circumpolar Arctic.
http://shrubhub.biology.ualberta.ca/

Tall Shrub Monitoring Protocol
I have been working with other shrub researchers to write a tall shrub monitoring protocol.
Tall Shrub Monitoring Protocol Draft

Meetings and Workshops Facilitated

Shrub Hub Research Network Data Synthesis Workshop, Davos, Switzerland, 13-19 September 2011. Conveners: IH Myers-Smith, S Wipf. http://shrubhub.biology.ualberta.ca/shrub-synthesis-workshop/

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Meeting. 12-15 May 2011. Banff, AB. Mountain Ecology: Climate change and challenges in high-altitude ecosystems. Conveners: K Martin, IH Myers-Smith, and B Starzomski. http://www.ecoevo.ca/banff2011/en/symposia.htm

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. 13 - 17 December 2010. San Francisco, CA. Greening of the Arctic Session.  Conveners: H Epstein, DA Walker, IH Myers-Smith, M Marcias Fauria. http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/

International Polar Year Oslo Meeting. 9-11 June 2010. Oslo, Norway. T3-6 Impact of climate change on polar terrestrial ecosystems.  Conveners: AHL Huiskes, Co-conveners: M Williams, IH Myers-Smith. http://www.ipy-osc.no/

Shrubring Synthesis Meeting. 16 June 2010. WorldDendro Meeting. Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland. Conveners: IH Myers-Smith, B Forbes, M Hallinger, M Wilmking, M Macias Fauria.
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QIKIQTARUK - HERSCHEL ISLAND OFF OF THE YUKON ARCTIC COAST
© Isla Myers-Smith 2012