Publications

2018

BROWN, C.D., DUFOUR TREMBLAY, G., JAMESON, R.G., MAMET, S.D., TRANT, A.J., WALKER, X., BOUDREAU, S., HARPER, K.A., HENRY, G.H.R., HERMANUTZ, L., HOFGAARD, A., ISAEVA, L., KERSHAW, G.P., & JOHNSTONE, J.F. Reproduction as a bottleneck to treeline advance across the circumarctic forest tundra ecotone. Ecography 41: Early View.       doi:10.1111/ecog.03733.

FREI, E.R., BIANCHI, E., BERNAREGGI, G., BEBI, P., DAWES, M.A., BROWN, C.D., TRANT, A., MAMET, S.D., & RIXEN, C. (2018) Biotic and abiotic drivers of tree seedling recruitment across an alpine treeline ecotone. Scientific Reports 8(10894). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28808-w.

HYDE, K., MA, W., OBAL, T., BRADSHAW, K., CARLSON, T., MAMET, S.D., & SICILIANO, S. Evaluating the Incremental Sampling Methodology for petroleum hydrocarbon plume estimates and remediation strategies. Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal.    https://doi.org/10.1080/15320383.2018.1529736.

LORANTY, M.M., ABBOTT, B.W., BLOK, D., DOUGLAS, T.A., EPSTEIN, H.E., FORBES, B.C., JONES, B.M., KHOLODOV, A.L., KROPP, H., MALHOTRA, A., MAMET, S.D., MYERS-SMITH, I.H., NATALI, S.M., O’DONNELL, J.A., PHOENIX, G.K., ROCHA, A.V., SONNENTAG, O., TAPE, K.D., & WALKER, D.A. Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude    permafrost regions. Biogeosciences 15: 5287–5313. doi:10.5194/bg-15-5287-2018.

MAMET, S.D., BROWN, C.D., TRANT, A.J., & LAROQUE, C. Shifting global Larix distributions:    northern expansion and southern retraction as species respond to changing climate.    Journal of Biogeography. Accepted 22 September 2018.

MAMET, S.D., MA, B., ULRICH, A., SCHRYER, A., & SICILIANO, S.D. (2018) Who is the rock miner and who is the hunter? The use of heavy-oxygen labeled phosphate (P18O4) to differentiate between C and P fluxes in a benzene-degrading consortium. Environmental Science &    Technology 52(4): 1773–1786. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b05773.

TIMONEY, K.P., MAMET, S.D., CHENG, R., LEE, P., ROBINSON, A.L., DOWNING, D., & WEIN, R.W. Tree cover response to climate change in the forest-tundra of north-central Canada: fire-driven decline, not northward advance. Écoscience. https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2018.1532868.

2017

CHUN, K.P., MAMET, S.D., METSARANTA, J. BARR, A., JOHNSTONE, J.F., & WHEATER, H. (2017) A novel stochastic method for reconstructing daily precipitation times-series using tree-ring data from the western Canadian boreal forest. Dendrochronologia 44: 9–18.      doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2017.01.003.

KERSHAW, G.G.L., QUINTON, W., MAMET, S.D., & KERSHAW, G.P. (2017) A remote assessment of ice-rich permafrost loss across a ~500m elevation gradient in the Mackenzie and Selwyn Mountains, Canada. 21st International Northern Research Basins Symposium and    Workshop, Yakutsk, Russia, August 5–12, 2017.

MAMET, S.D., CHUN, K.P., KERSHAW, G.G.L., LORANTY, M.M., & KERSHAW, G.P. (2017) Recent    increases in permafrost thaw rates and areal loss of palsas in the western Northwest    Territories, Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 28(4): 619–633.       doi:10.1002/ppp.1951.

MAMET, S.D., LAMB, E.G., PIPER, C.L., WINSLEY, T., & SICILIANO, S.D. (2017) Archaea and bacteria mediate the effects of native species root loss on fungi during plant invasion. The ISME Journal 11(5): 1261–1275. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.205.

MULLER, A.L., HARDY, S.P., MAMET, S.D., OTA, M., LAMB, E.G., & SICILIANO, S.D. (2017) Salix    arctica changes root distribution and nutrient uptake in response to subsurface nutrients in high arctic deserts. Ecology 98(8): 2158–2169. doi:10.1002/ecy.1908.

2016

MAMET, S.D., YOUNG, N., CHUN, K.P., & JOHNSTONE, J.F. (2016). What is the most efficient and   effective method for long-term monitoring of alpine tundra vegetation? Arctic Science 2: 127–141.

2015

FISHBACK, L.A. & MAMET, S.D. (2015). Climate Change at the Arctic’s Edge 2014 FIELD REPORT. Report for the Earthwatch Institute. 15 pp.

IRESON, A.M., BARR, A.G., JOHNSTONE, J.F., MAMET, S.D., VAN DER KAMP, G., WHITFIELD, C.,    MICHEL, N.L., NORTH, R., WESTBROOK, C., DEBEER, C., CHUN, K.P., NAZEMI, A. & SAGIN, J.       (2015). The Changing Water Cycle: the Boreal Plains Ecozone of Western Canada. WIREs         Water 2(5): 505-521. doi:10.1002/wat2.1098.

MAMET, S.D., CHUN, K.P., METSARANTA, J.M., BARR, A.G., & JOHNSTONE, J.F. (2015). Tree rings       provide early warning signals of jack pine mortality across a moisture gradient in the            southern boreal forest. Environmental Research Letters 10: 084021. doi:10.1088/1748-            9326/10/8/084021.

MAMET, S.D., CAIRNS, D.M., BROOK, R.K., & KERSHAW, G.P. (2015). Modeling the spatial distribution     of subarctic forest in northern Manitoba using GIS-based terrain & climate data. Physical        Geography 36(2): 93–112. doi:10.1080/02723646.2014.994253.

2013

BROWN, C.D., MAMET, S.D., & TRANT, A.J. (2013). The Global Treeline Range Expansion                   Experiment. Mountain Views 7(2): 6–7.

BROWN, C. D., JOHNSTONE, J. F., MAMET, S. D., & TRANT, A. J. (2013). Global Treeline Range            Expansion Experiment Field Protocols. Website: http://www.treelineresearch.com.

MAMET, S.D. & KERSHAW, G.P. (2013a). Multi-scale analysis of environmental conditions & conifer        seedling distribution across the forest-tundra ecotone of northern Manitoba, Canada.            Ecosystems 16(2): 295–309. doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9614-3.

MAMET, S.D. & KERSHAW, G.P. (2013b). Age-dependency, climate & environmental controls of            recent tree growth trends at subarctic & alpine treelines. Dendrochronologia 31(2): 75–87.        doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2012.08.002.

MAMET, S.D. & KERSHAW, G.P. (2013c). Environmental influences on winter desiccation of Picea            glauca foliage at treeline, & implications for treeline dynamics in northern Manitoba.            Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 45(2): 219–228. doi:10.1657/1938-4246-45.2.219.

2012

KERSHAW, G.P. & MAMET, S.D. (2012). Microclimate, snowpack, dendroclimatology and permafrost     degradation in Wapusk National Park. Report for Wapusk National Park Authority. 56 pp.

MAMET, S.D. & KERSHAW, G.P. (2012). Subarctic & alpine treeline dynamics during the last 400            years in northwestern & central Canada. Journal of Biogeography 39(5): 855–868.               doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02642.x.

2011

MAMET, S.D. & KERSHAW, G.P. (2011). Radial-growth response of forest-tundra trees to climate in          the western Hudson Bay Lowlands. Arctic 64(4): 446–458.

MAMET, S.D. (2011). Mapping shorebird habitat quality on Victoria and King William Islands using          Normalized Difference Vegetation Indices derived from Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic            Mapper imagery. Report for Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service. Report no.          K4E21-09-0904. 7 pp.

2009

KERSHAW, G.P., MAMET, S.D. & SUTER, J.A. (2009). Climatological, snowpack &                          dendroclimatological investigations, Wapusk National Park. Report for Wapusk National        Park Authority. 52 pp.

2008

KERSHAW, G.P. & MAMET, S.D. (2008). Past/Present Climate – Permafrost Status: Assessed by        growth rings, microclimate and snow. Report for Wapusk National Park Authority. 21 pp.

2006

KERSHAW, G.P. & MAMET, S.D. (2006). Dendroclimatological investigations, Wapusk National Park.        Report for Wapusk National Park Authority. 18 pp.

2005

KERSHAW, G.P. & MAMET, S.D. (2005). Dendroclimatological investigations in Wapusk National            Park and adjacent Churchill Wildlife Management Area. Report for Wapusk National Park        Authority. 8 pp.

2004

SÁNCHEZ-AZOFEIFA, G.A., CHONG, M., SINKWICH, J., & MAMET, S.D. (2004). Alberta ground cover        characterization (AGCC) training and procedures manual. Earth Observations System             Laboratory, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta,            Edmonton, AB. 67 pp.