Publications

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2025

Girkin, N., Cooper, H., Davidson, S.J. and Gauci, V. (2025). Plant controls over tropical wetland nitrous oxide dynamics: a review. Tropical Ecology, 66: 550-558. DOI: 10.1007/s42965-025-00407-7

Hashemi, J., Räsänen, A., Virtanen, T., Juutinen, S., Grosse, G., Aurela, M., Bartsch, A., Chasmer, L., Davidson, S.J., Korkiakoski, M., Kuhn, M.A., Lara, M.J., Luoto, M., Niittynen, P., Olefeldt, D., Sonnentag, O., Virkkala, A-M., Voigt, C. and Treat, C. (2025). Coarse land cover datasets bias Arctic-Boreal wetland methane budgets. Communications Earth & Environment DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02963-1

Ivison, K., Little, K., Belcher, C.M., Crawford, A.J., Davidson, S.J., Graham, L.J. and Kettridge, N. (2025). Citizen science as a tool to investigate landscape controls on fuel moisture and flammability. Journal of Pyrogeography DOI: 10.1016/j.pyro.2025.100002

Hagan Brown, W., Gloor, E., Fyfe, R., Mackenzie, A.R., Harper, N.J., Ganderton, P., Hart, K., Curioni, G., Quick, S., Davidson, S.J., Yetton, E., Diehl, J.L. and Fauset, S. (2025). Elevated CO2 increases the canopy temperature of mature Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak). Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70565

Virkkala, A-M. et al. (inc. Davidson, S.J.) (2025). Pre-print. ABCFlux v2: Arctic–boreal CO2 and CH4 monthly flux observations and ancillary information across terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Earth System Science Data DOI: 10.5194/essd-2025-585

Davidson, S.J., Malhotra, A., Jassey, V.E.J., Strack, M., Aitova, E., Anderson, R., Atkinson, R., Barel, J.M., Bird, M., Brehier, C., Donaldson-Selby, G., Duley, E., Eklof, J., de Eyto, E., Granath, G., Grant, A., Hartmann, A., Holland, A., Huth, V., Jones, C.P., Lee, S-C., Lopatin, J., Milner, A.M., Peacock, M., Peichl, M., Perez-Quezada, J.F., Perryman, C.R., Pickard, A., Rautakoski, H., Silvester, E., Virkkala, A-M. and Wegener, E. (2025). The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf phenology across peatlands. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae0658

Davidson, S.J. and Malhotra, A. (2025). Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands. The Conversation DOI: 10.64628/AAM.6ssfqeghv

Davidson, S.J. et Malhotra, A. (2025). Les tourbières sont essentielles pour nos écosystèmes, mais elles sont peu considérées et peu étudiées — traduction française. The Conversation DOI: 10.64628/AAP.nfjvpyqyu

Davidson, S.J. (2025). Plot-scale vegetation phenology in peatlands: insights from the PeatPic Project. University of Waterloo URL: Plot-scale vegetation phenology

Kendall, R.A., Goud, E.M., Davidson, S.J., Balliston, N., Estey, C., Gauthier, T-L., Kleinke, K., Rutland, A. and Strack, M. (2025). Intraspecific trait variability in four geographically widespread peatland plant species in Canada. Flora DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2025.152797

Phoenix, G.K., Bjerke, J.W., Björke, R.G., Blok, D., Bryn, A., Callaghan, T.V., Christiansen, C.T., Cunliffe, A.M., Davidson, S.J., Epstein, H.E., Loranty, M.M., Martin, A.C., Myers-Smith, I.H., Olofsson, J., Parker, T.C., Parmentier, F-J.W., Stordal, F., Treharne, R., Tømmervik, H. and Voigt, C. (2025). Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences. PLOS Climate DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000570

Davies, M.A., Davidson, S.J., Deane, P.J., Degenhardt, D., Filicetti, A., Hilson, S., Ketcheson, S., Korsah, P., Kleinke, K., Linke, J., McDermid,G., Neilsen, S., Schmidt, M., Sutheimer, C., Tabassum, N., Vilanni, L., Waddington, J.M., Weiland, L., Wilkinson, S., Yeomans, T. and Strack, M. (2025). A database and synthesis of the impacts of seismic surveys on surface soil properties in boreal Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2024-0240

Webster, K, L., Strack, M., Balliston, N., Davies, M., Hetting, E.K., Hunter, M., Kleinke, K., Schmidt, M., Baretto, C., Bird, M., Blann, K., Bona, K., Cassidy, A., Connolly. J., Davidson, S.J., Fedorchuk, L., Garneau, M., Harris, L., He, H., Howie, S., Kirkwood, A., Ponton, N., Richardson, K., Sanderson, N., Seutin, G., Xu, B and Yin, X. (2025). Data and knowledge needs for improving science and policy for peatlands in Canada in a changing world: Insights from Global Peatlands Initiative Workshop, June 2023. Facets DOI: 10.1139/facets-2024-0142

2024

Wood, K.A., Jupe, L.L., Aguiar, F.C., Collins, A.M., Davidson, S.J., Freeman, W., Kirkpatrick, L., Lobato de Magalhaes, T., McKinley, E., Nuno, A., Pages, J.F., Petruzzella, A., Pritchard, D., Reeves, J.P., Thomaz, S.M., Thornton, S.A., Yamashita, H. and Newth, J.L. (2024). A global systematic review of the cultural ecosystem services provided by wetlands. Ecosystem Services DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101673

Hashemi, J., Lipson, D.A., Arndt, K.A., Davidson, S.J., Kalhori, A., Lunneberg, K., van Delden, L., Oechel, W.C. and Zona, D. (2024). Thermokarst landscape exhibits large nitrous oxide emissions in Alaska’s coastal polygonal tundra. Communications Earth & Environment DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01583-5

Zhu, X., Chen, D., Kogure, M., Hoy, E., Berner, L.T., Breen, A.L., Chatterjee, A., Davidson, S.J., Frost, G.V., Hollingworth, T.N., Iwahana, G., Jandt, Kade, A.N., Loboda, T.V., Macander, M.J., Mack, M., Miller, C.E., Miler, E.A., Natali, S.M., Raynolds, M.K., Rocha, A.V., Tsuyuzaki, S., Tweedie, C.E., Walker, D.A., Williams, M., Xu, X., Zhang, Y., French, N. and Goetz, S. (2024). A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020). Earth System Science Data DOI: 10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024

Goud, E.M., Davidson, S.J., Dabros, A., Kleinki, K., Schmidt, M.A. and Strack, M. (2024). Do linear clearings in boreal peatlands recover? Comparing taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional plant diversity. Botany DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2024-0041

McCarter, P.R., Clay, G.D., Wilkinson, S.L., Sigmund, F., Davidson, S.J., Taufik, M., Page, S., Shuttleworth, E.L., McLagan, D., Chenier, G., Clark, A. and Waddington, J.M. (2024). Peat fires and legacy of toxic metal release: An integrative biogeochemical and ecohydrological conceptual framework. Earth Science Reviews DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104867

Milner, A.M., Baird, A.J., Davidson, S.J., Lines, E.R., Abrahams, D., Ahiable, C.A.E., Barsoum, N., Bryant, M., Dear, E., Diack, I., Duley, E., Noach, A., Roland, T.P. and Smedley, D. (2024). The forgotten forests: Incorporating temperate peat-forming wet woodlands as nature-based solutions into policy and practice. Ecological Solutions and Evidence DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12346

Davidson, S.J., Davies, M.A., Wegener, E., Claussen, S., Schmidt, M., Peacock, M. and Strack, M. (2024). Carbon stocks and fluxes from a boreal conifer swamp: filling a knowledge gap for understanding the boreal C cycle. JGR Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2024JG008005

Girkin, N.T. and Davidson, S.J. (2024). Protect peatlands to achieve climate goals. Science DOI: 10.1126/science.adn4001

Davidson, S.J. (2024). Peatlands are nature’s unsung climate warriors. New Statesman URL: https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/biodiversity-nature/2024/06/peatlands-nature-biodiversity-wetlands-climate-change-university-plymouth

2023

Best, K., Zona, D., Briant, E., Lai, C-T., Lipson, D., McEwing, K., Davidson, S.J. and Oechel, W. (2023). Response of CO2 and CH4 emissions from arctic tundra soils to a multifactorial manipulation of water table, temperature and thaw depth. Environmental Research: Ecology DOI: 10.1088/2752-664X/ad089d

Girkin, N.T., Burgess, P.J., Cole, L., Cooper, H.V., Coronado, E.H., Davidson, S.J., Hannam, J., Harris, J., Holman, I., McCloskey, C.S., McKeown, M.M., Milner, A.M., Page, S., Smith, J. and Young, D. (2023). The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands. Carbon Management DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2023.2275578

Peacock, M., Davidson, S.J., Kothawala, D.N., Segersten, J. and Futter, M. (2023). Spatial and seasonal variations in dissolved methane across a large lake. JGR Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2023JG007668

McCarter, C.P.R., Clay, G.D., Wilkinson, S.L., Page, S., Shuttleworth, E.L., Davidson, S.J., Taufik, M., Sigmund, G. and Waddington, J.M. (2023). Peat fires and the unknown risk of legacy metal and metalloid pollution. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acddfc

Wilkinson, S.L., Andersen, R., Morris, P., Davidson, S.J., Granath, G. and Waddington, J.M. (2023). Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release. Nature Climate Change DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01657-w

Prystupa, E., Davidson, S.J., Price, J. and Strack, M. (2023). Response of dissolved organic carbon dynamics to salinity in a constructed fen peatland in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. Hydrological Processes DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14852

2022

UNEP (including Davidson, S.J. as a contributing author) (2022). Global Peatlands Assessment – The State of the World’s Peatlands: Evidence for action toward the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of peatlands. Global Peatlands Initiative, United Nations Environment Programme URL: https://www.unep.org/resources/global-peatlands-assessment-2022

Foster, A.C., Wang, J.A., Frost, G.V., Davidson, S.J. et al. (2022). Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac98d7

Strack, M., Davidson, S.J., Hirano, T. and Dunn, C. (2022). The potential of peatlands as nature-based climate solutions. Current Climate Change Reports DOI: 10.1007/s40641-022-00183-9

Kleinke, K., Davidson, S.J., Schmidt, M., Xu, B. and Strack, M. (2022). How mounds are made matters: seismic line restoration techniques affect peat physical and chemical properties throughout the peat profile. Canadian Journal of Forest Research DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2022-0015

Davidson, S.J., Dazé, E., Byun, E., Hiler, D., Kangur, M., Talbot, J., Finkelstein, S.A. and Strack, M. (2022). The unrecognized importance of carbon stocks and fluxes from swamps in Canada and the USA. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac63d5

Nelson, P.R., Maguire, A.J., Pierrat, Z., Orcutt, E.L., Yang, D., Serbin, S.P., Frost, G.V., Macander, M.J., Magney, T.S., Thompson, D.R., Wang, J., Oberbauer, S.F., Zestai, S.A.V., Davidson, S.J., Epstein, H., Unger, S., Campbell, P.K.E., Carmon, N., Velez-Reyes, M. and Huemmrich, K.F. (2022). Remote sensing of tundra ecosystems using high spectral resolution reflectance: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006697

Schmidt, M., Davidson, S.J. and Strack, M. (2022). CO2 uptake decreased and CH4 emissions increased in first two years of peatland seismic line restoration. Wetlands Ecology and Management DOI: 10.1007/s11273-022-09858-4

2021

Harris, L.J., Richardson, K., Bona, K.A., Davidson, S.J., Finkelstein, S.A., Garneau, M., McLaughlin, J., Nwaishi, F., Olefeldt, D., Packalen, M., Roulet, N.T., Southee, F.M., Strack, M., Webster, K.L., Wilkinson, S.L. and Ray, J. (2021). The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment DOI: 10.1002/fee.2437

Elmes, M., Davidson, S.J. and Price, J.S. (2021). Ecohydrological interactions in a boreal fen–swamp complex, Alberta, Canada. Ecohydrology DOI: 10.1002/eco.2335

Engering, A., Davidson, S.J., Xu, B., Bird, M., Rochefort, L. and Strack, M. (2021). Restoration of a boreal peatland impacted by an in-situ oil sands well-pad 2: greenhouse gas exchange dynamics. Restoration Ecology DOI: 10.1111/rec.13508

Davidson, S.J., Goud, E.M., Malhotra, A., Estey, C.O., Korsah, P. and Strack, M. (2021). Linear disturbances shift boreal peatland plant communities toward earlier peak greenness. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006403

Drever, C.R. et al. (inc. Davidson, S.J.) (2021). Natural climate solutions for Canada. Science Advances DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd6034

Irvine, S., Davidson, S.J., Price, J.S. and Strack, M. (2021). Dissolved organic carbon production and transport within a constructed fen watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Hydrology DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126493

Davidson, S.J., Smith, M., Prystupa, E., Murray, K., Nwaishi, F., Petrone, R. and Strack, M. (2021). High sulfate concentrations maintain low methane emissions at a constructed fen over the first seven years of ecosystem development. Science of the Total Environment DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148014

2020

Davidson, S.J., Goud, E.M., Franklin, C., Nielsen, S. and Strack, M. (2020). Seismic line disturbance alters soil physical and chemical properties across boreal forest and peat soils. Frontiers in Earth Science DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.00281

2019

Arndt, K.A., Santos, M.J., Ustin, S., Davidson, S.J., Stow, D., Oechel, W.C., Tran, T.T.P., Graybill, B. and Zona, D. (2019). Arctic greening associated with lengthening growing season in northern Alaska. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5e26

Davidson, S.J., Strack, M., Bourbonniere, R.A. and Waddington, J.M. (2019). Controls on soil carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) fluxes from a peat swamp vary by hydrogeomorphic setting. Ecohydrology DOI: 10.1002/eco.2162

Davidson, S.J., Elmes, M.C., Rogers, H., van Beest, C., Petrone, R., Price, J.S. and Strack, M. (2019). Hydrogeologic setting overrides any influence of wildfire on pore water dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration and quality at a boreal fen. Ecohydrology DOI: 10.1002/eco.2141

Davidson, S.J., van Beest, C., Petrone, R. and Strack, M. (2019). Wildfire overrides hydrological controls on boreal peatland methane emissions. Biogeosciences DOI: 10.5194/bg-16-2651-2019

2017

Davidson, S.J., Santos, M.J., Sloan, V.L., Reuss-Schmidt, K., Phoenix, G.K., Oechel, W.C. and Zona, D. (2017). Upscaling CH4 fluxes using high-resolution imagery in Arctic tundra ecosystems. Remote Sensing DOI: 10.3390/rs9121227

2016

Davidson, S.J., Santos, M.J., Sloan, V.L., Watts, J.D., Phoenix, G.K., Oechel, W.C. and Zona, D. (2016). Mapping Arctic tundra vegetation communities using field spectroscopy and multispectral satellite data in North Alaska, U.S.A. Remote Sensing DOI: 10.3390/rs8120978

Davidson, S.J., Sloan, V.L., Phoenix, G.K., Wagner, R., Fisher, J.P., Oechel, W.C. and Zona, D. (2016). Vegetation type dominates the spatial variability in CH4 emissions across multiple Arctic tundra landscapes. Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-9991-0

Walker, D.A., Breen, A.L., Druckenmiller, L.A., Wirth, L.W., Fisher, W., Raynolds, M.K., Šibík, J., Walker, M.D., Hennekens, S., Boggs, K., Boucher, T., Buchhorn, M., Bütmann, H., Cooper, D.J., Daniëls, F.J.A., Davidson, S.J. et al. (2016). The Alaska Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA-AK). Phytocoenologia DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2016/0128

Book chapters

Wilkinson, S.L., McCarter, C., Nwaishi, F., Noble, A., Muh, T. and Davidson, S.J. (2024). Climate impacts of anthropogenic disturbances: understudied anthropogenic disturbances and peatland carbon cycling. Peatlands and Climate Change (2nd Edition) International Peatland Society.

Field, K.J., Davidson, S.J., Alghamdi, S.A. and Cameron, D.D. (2017). Magnitude, dynamics and control of the carbon flow to mycorrhizas. Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil: Fertility, Structure, and Carbon Storage.