Publications

Last five years, as of 21/01/2023:

A. Peer-reviewed scientific articles

  • Barnes PW, Robson TM, et al., (2023) UNEP EEAP: Interactive effects of changes in UV radiation and climate on terrestrial ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and feedbacks to the climate system. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, Accepted 13/01/2023.
  • Durand M, Robson TM (2023) Canopy architecture determines how wind affects sunflecks. Revised for New Phytologist.
  • Israel D, Lee SH, Robson* TM, Zwiazek* JJ (2022) Plasma membrane aquaporin PIP2;3 facilitates hydrogen peroxide transport into root cells, meaning Arabidopsis knockout mutants lacking this function grow more when under oxidative stress. BMC Plant Biology 22, 566. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03962-6
  • Hartikainen SM, Robson TM (2022) The roles of species’ relatedness and climate of origin in determining optical leaf traits over large set of taxa from high elevation and latitude. Frontiers in Plant Science 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1058162
  • Israel D, Durand M, Salmon Y, Zwiazek JE, Robson TM, (2023) Genome-wide identification of Fagus sylvatica aquaporins and their comparative spring and late-summer expression profiles. Trees: Structure and Function 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-022-02376-z
  • Wang Q-W*, Pieristè M*, Kotilainen TK, Forey E, Chauvat M, Kurokawa H, Robson TM, Jones AG. (2022) The crucial role of blue light as a driver of litter photodegradation in terrestrial ecosystems.  Plant & Soil, http://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05596-x
  • Brelsford CC, Trasser M, Paris T, Hartikainen SM, Robson TM. (2022) Understorey light quality influences leaf pigments and leaf phenology in different plant functional types. Physiologia Plantarum, 174( 3), e13723. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13723
  • Durand M, Stangl ZR, Salmon Y, Burgess AJ, Murchie EH, and RobsonTM. (2022) Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica. New Phytologist. 235:1365–1378.  https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18222
  • Pieristè M, Hartikainen SM, Jones AG, Kotilainen TK, Peltonen AM, Loehr JA, Robson TM (2022) Practical activities promoting engagement in research into forest ecology. Citizen Science Theory and Practice. 7(1): 27, pp. 1–15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.455.
  • Solanki T, García Plazaola JI, Robson TM*, Fernandez-Marin B* (2022) Comparative Assessment of Changes in Leaf Transmittance in Alpine Plant Species Following Freezing. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-022-00189-0
    • Barnes PW, Robson TM, Neale PJ, Williamson CE, Zepp RG, Madronich S, Wilson SR, Andrady AL, Heikkilä AM, Bernhard GH, Bais AF, Neale RE, et al. (2022) Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2021. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-022-00176-5
    • Robson TM, Pieristè M, Durand M, Kotilainen TK, Aphalo PJ. (2022) How can the spectral quality of sunlight be managed to benefit plant production. Plants People Planet. Submitted 28/08/2021. Major Revision 22/10/2021. Accepted 08/02/2022.
    • Wang Q-W, Robson TM, Pieristè M, Kenta T, Kurokawa (2022) Photodegradation dynamics below a forest canopy. Science of the Total Environment 820 153185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153185
    • Seeber J, Tasser E, Rubatscher D, Loacker I, Lavorel S, Robson TM, et al., Bahn M. (2022) Effect of land use on carbon and nitrogen pool partitioning in European mountain grasslands. Science of the Total Environment, 822, 153380 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153380 STOTEN-D-21-19604R2
  • Durand M, Murchie E, Lindfors A, Urban O, Aphalo PJ Robson TM (2021) Diffuse solar radiation and canopy photosynthesis in a changing environment. Ag. For Met. 311 108684 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108684 Submitted 14/03/2021, Accepted 11/10/2021.
  • Burgess AJ, Durand M, Gibbs JA, Retkute R, Robson TM*, Murchie EH*. (2021) The effect of canopy architecture on the patterning of ‘windflecks’ within a wheat canopy. Plant Cell and Environment 44(11), 3524– 3537. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14168 Submitted 15/06/2021, minor revisions 04/08/2021, accepted 14/08/2021.
  • Barnes PW, Bornman JF, Pandey KK, Bernhard GH, Bais AF, Neale RE, Robson TM Neale PJ, Williamson CE, Zepp RG Madronich S, Wilson SR, Andrady AL, Heikkilä AM, Robinson SA. (2021) The Success of the Montreal Protocol in reducing Interactive Effects of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Climate Change on the Environment. Global Change Biology, 27, 5681– 5683. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15841 Submitted 29/07/2021, accepted 10/08/2021.
  • Wang Q-W, Liu C, Robson TM, Hikosaka K, Kurokawa H (2021) Leaf density and chemical composition explain variation in leaf mass area with spectral composition among 11 widespread forbs in a common garden. Physiologia Plantarum. 173:698–708 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13512 Submitted 14/02/2021, accepted with minor revisions 16/06/2021. Accepted 23/07/2021, published 26/07/2021.
  • Durand M, Matule B, Burgess A, Robson TM (2021) A method to identify and measure sunfleck properties from irradiance time series of fluctuating light in agricultural crop canopies. Ag. For Met. 308-309 108554 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108554  Submitted 25/02/2021. Accepted 12/07/2021, published 03/08/2021.
  • Robson TM, Bernhard GH, Bais AF, Seddon AWR, Barnes PW (2021) Floral-bullseyes and stratospheric ozone (Letter) Current Biology 31, R879–R890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.019  Submitted 04/01/2021 resubmitted 23/02/2021 & 01/03/2021, accepted 12/05/2021, published 26/07/2021/
  • Porcar-Castell JA, et al. [inc. Robson TM] (2021) Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence reveals plant photosynthetic function from the molecule to the planet. Nature Plants. (submitted 09-10-2020 resubmitted 17/02/2021 accepted 04/06/2021, published 09/08/2021) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00980-4
  • Israel D, Khan S, Warren CR, Zwiazek J,* Robson TM* (2021) The contribution of PIP2-type aquaporins to photosynthesis in response to increased vapour pressure deficit. Journal of Experimental Botany Accepted 20-04-2021, published 30-04-2021, erab187, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab187
  • Seddon AWR, Festi D, Nieuwkerk M, Hamre B, Krüger LC, Östman S, Robson TM (2021) Pollen-chemistry variations along elevation gradients and their implications for the development of a proxy for UV-B radiation in the plant-fossil record. Journal of Ecology 15-05-2021. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13720
  • Torresan C, Benito Garzón M, O’Grady M, Robson TM, Picchi G, Panzacchi P, Tomelleri E, Smith M, Marshall J, Wingate L, Tognetti R. Rustad L, Kneeshaw D (2021) A new generation of sensors and monitoring tools to support climate-smart forestry practices. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0295  Accepted 10-01-2021.
  • Barnes PW, Bornman JF, Pandey KK, [co-chairs] Bernhard GH, Neale RE, Neale PJ, Zepp RG, Wilson SR, Andrady AL, Bais AF, McKenzie RL, Aucamp PJ, Young PJ, Liley BJ, Lucas RM, Yazar S, Rhodes LE, Byrne SN, Hollestein LM, Olsen CM, Young AR, Robson TM, Jansen MAK, Robinson SA, Ballaré CL Williamson CE, Rose KC, Banaszak AT, Häder D-P, Hylander S, Wängberg S-Å, Austin AT, Hou W-C, Paul ND, Madronich S, Sulzberger B, Solomon KR, Li H, Schikowski T, Longstreth JD, Heikkilä AM, White CC. (2021), Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2020. Summary Update for Policy Makers. WHO/WMO Report. 1-18 pp
  • Neale, RE, Barnes, PW, Robson, TM, Neale, PJ, Williamson, CE, Zepp, RG, Wilson, SR, Madronich, S, Andrady, AL, Heikkilä, AM, Bernhard, GH, Bais, AF, Aucamp, PJ, Banaszak, AT, Bornman, JF, Bruckman, LS, Byrne, SN, Foereid, B, Häder, D.-P, Hollestein, LM, Hou, W.-C, Hylander, S, Jansen, MAK, Klekociuk, AR, Liley, JB, Longstreth, J, Lucas, RM, Martinez-Abaigar, J, McNeill, K, Olsen, CM, Pandey, KK, Rhodes, LE, Robinson, SA, Rose, KC, Schikowski, T, Solomon, KR, Sulzberger, B, Ukpebor, JE, Wang, Q.-W, Wängberg, S.-Å, White, CC, Yazar, S, Young, AR, Young, PJ, Zhu, L, & Zhu, M (2021) Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2020. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 20, 1–67 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-020-00001-x
  • Fernández-Marín B, Sáenz A, Solanki T, Robson TM, García-Plazaola JI, (2021) Alpine forbs rely on different photoprotective strategies during spring snow melt. Physiologia Plantarum. 2021; 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13342
  • Wang F, Israel D, Ramírez-Valiente J-A, Sánchez-Gómez D, Aranda I, Aphalo PJ, Robson TM. (2021) Seedlings from marginal and core populations of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) respond differently to imposed drought and shade. Trees Structure and Function, 35, 53-67.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-02011-9
  • Wang QW, Pieristè M, Kenta T, Liu C, Robson TM, Kurokawa H (2021) Photodegradation enhances litter decomposition modulated with canopy openness in a temperate forest. New Phytologist, 229 (5) March 2021 NPH17022 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17022
  • Kotilainen T, Aphalo PJ, Brelsford CC, Böök H, Heikkilä A, Hernandez R, Kylling A, Lindfors AV, Robson TM. (2020) Geophysical factors affecting spectral photon ratios relevant for plant photobiology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 291 108041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108041
  • Pieristè M, Sahraoui AL-H, Meglouli H, Laruelle F, Delporte P, Forey E, Robson TM, Chauvat M. (2020) Sunlight affects the microbial functional structure of beech leaf litter. Plant and Soil https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04557-6
  • Wang Q-W, Robson TM, Pieristè M, Oguro M, Oguchi R, Murai Y, Kurokawa H. (2020) Testing trait plasticity to the spectral composition of sunlight in forest understorey species differing in shade tolerance. Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13384
  • Bernhard GH, Neale RE, Barnes PW, Neale PJ, Zepp RG, Wilson SR, Andrady AL, Bais AF, McKenzie RL, Aucamp PJ, Young PJ, Liley BJ, Lucas RM, Yazar S, Rhodes LE, Byrne SN, Hollestein LM, Olsen CM, Young AR, Robson TM, Bornman JF, Jansen MAK, Robinson SA, Ballaré CL Williamson CE, Rose KC, Banaszak AT, Häder D-P, Hylander S, Wängberg S-Å, Austin AT, Hou W-C, Paul ND, Madronich S, Sulzberger B, Solomon KR, Li H, Schikowski T, Longstreth JD, Pandey KK, Heikkilä AM, White CC. (2020), Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2019. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences https://doi.org/10.1039/D0PP90011G (also published as a WHO/WMO Report).
  • Gárate-Escamilla H, Brelsford CC, Hampe A, Robson TM, Benito Garzón M. (2020) Greater capacity to exploit warming temperatures in northern populations of European beech is partly driven by delayed leaf senescence. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 284, 107908.  http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/707307v1 Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107908
  • Hartikainen SM, Pieristè M, Lassila J, Robson TM. (2020) Seasonal patterns in spectral irradiance and leaf UV-A absorbance under forest canopies. Frontiers in Plant Science: Functional Plant Ecology, 10, 1762-  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01762
  • Legay N, Clément J-C, Grassein F, Lavorel S, Lemauviel-Lavenant S, Personeni E, Poly F, Pommier T, Robson TM, Mouhamadou B, Binet M-N. (2020) Plant growth drives soil nitrogen cycling and N-related microbial activity through changing root traits. Fungal Ecology 44 100910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100910.
  • Pieristè M, Neimane S, Nybakken L, Solanki T, Jones AG, S, Forey E, Chauvat M, Ņečajeva J, Robson TM. (2020) Ultraviolet radiation accelerates photodegradation under controlled conditions but slows the decomposition of leaf litter from forest stands in southern Finland. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. PLAPHY5920 146, 42–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PLAPHY.2019.11.005
  • Wang F, Robson TM, Casal JJ, Shapigozov A, Aphalo PJ. (2020) Contributions of cryptochromes and phototropins to stomatal opening through the day. Functional Plant Biology 47(3) 226-238 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP19053  
  • Robson TM, Aphalo PJ. (2019) Transmission of ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared solar radiation to plants within a seasonal snow pack. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences. 18, 1963-1971 https://doi.org/10.1039/C9PP00197B
  • Barnes PW, UNEP EEAP [inc. Robson TM] (2019) Global change and human action: Causes and consequences of interactions between stratospheric ozone, solar ultraviolet radiation, and climate. Nature Sustainability  2, 569–579 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0314-2
  • Pieristè M, Chauvat M, Kotilainen TK, Jones AG, Aubert M, Robson TM, Forey E. (2019) Solar UV-A radiation and blue light enhance tree leaf litter decomposition in a temperate forest by accelerating photodegradation rate. Oecologia, 191(1), 191-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04478-x
  • Brelsford CC, Nybaken L, Kotilainen TK, Robson TM (2019) The influence of spectral composition on spring and autumn phenology in trees. Tree Physiology, 39, 925–950. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz026  OSF Preprints https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/8q5wz
  • Benito-Garzón M, Robson TM, Hampe A. (2019) ΔTraitSDM: Species distribution models that account for local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity. New Phytologist. 222, 1757–1765 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15716
  • Bornman JF, Barnes PW, Robson TM, Robinson SA, Jansen MAK, Ballaré CL, Flint SD. (2019) Linkages between stratospheric ozone, UV radiation and climate change and their implications for terrestrial ecosystems. UNEP EEAP report. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 18, 681-716 and WHO/WMO Parties to the Montreal Protocol. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8PP90061b
  • Gárate-Escamilla H, Hampe A, Vizcaíno-Palomar N, Robson TM, Benito Garzón M. (2019) Range-wide variation in local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity of fitness-related traits in Fagus sylvatica and their implications under climate change. Global Ecol Biogeogr. 28, 1336–1350. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12936  bioRxiv 513515; https://doi.org/10.1101/513515 ; 00: 1–15.
  • Robson TM et al., [UV4Plants Group] (2019) A perspective on ecologically relevant plant-UV research and its practical application. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 18, 970-988. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8PP00526E
  • Seddon AWR, Festi D, Robson TM, Zimmerman B (2019) Fossil pollen and spores as a tool for reconstructing ancient solar-ultraviolet irradiance received by plants: an assessment of prospects and challenges using proxy-system modelling Accepted in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 18, 275-294. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8pp00490k
  • Solanki T, Aphalo PJ, Neimane S, Hartikainen SM, Pieristè M, Shapiguzov A, Porcar-Castell JA, Atherton J, Heikkilä A, Robson TM (2019) UV-screening and springtime recovery of photosynthetic capacity in leaves of Vaccinium vitis-idaea above and below the snow pack. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 134, 40-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.09.003
  • Ramírez-Valiente J-A, Aranda I, Sanchéz-Gómez D, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Valladares F, Robson TM (2019) Increased root investment can explain the higher survival of seedlings of ‘mesic’ Quercus suber than ‘xeric’ Quercus ilex during a summer drought. Tree Physiology 31, 64–75. tpy084 https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpy084
  • Brelsford CC, Morales LO, Nezval J, Kotilainen T, Hartikainen SM, Aphalo PJ, Robson TM (2019) Do UV-A radiation and blue light during growth prime leaves to cope with acute high-light in photoreceptor mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana? Physiologia Plantarum 165(3) 537-554  https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12749
  • Barnes PW , Jansen MAK, Jenkins GI, Vandenbussche F, Brelsford CC, Banas AK, Bilger W, Castagna A, Festi D, Gaberščik A, Germ M, Golob A, Hauser M-T, Llorens L, Martinez-Abaigar J, Morales LO, Neugart S, Pieristè M, Rai N, Ryan L, Santin M, Seddon AWR, Stelzner J, Tavridou E, Łabuz J, Robson TM (2018) Importance and direction of current and future plant-UV research UV4Plants Bulletin 2, 19-32. https://doi.org/10.19232/uv4pb.2018.2.11
  • Hartikainen SM, Jach A, Grané A. Robson, TM. (2018) Assessing scale-wise similarity of curves with a thick pen: as illustrated through comparisons of spectral irradiance. Ecology & Evolution 8, 10206-10218. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4496
  • Robson TM, Benito-Garzón M, Coste52Beech Consortium (2018) Phenotypic trait variation measured on European genetic trials of Fagus sylvatica L. Scientific Data 5, Article number: 180149 https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.149
  • Kotilainen TK, Robson TM, Hernández R. (2018) Light quality characterization under climate screens and shade nets for controlled-environment agriculture. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0199628. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199628
  • Brelsford CC, Robson TM (2018) Blue light advances bud burst in branches of three temperate deciduous tree species under short-day conditions. Trees Structure & Function 32(4) 1157-1164  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-018-1684-1 (pre-print on biorxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/259101)

B Authored & Edited Books

Jansen MAK, Robson TM, Klem K, Urban O. (2017) UV-B induced morphological changes; an enigma. Chapter 5 in B Jordan. Plant UV Biology, CABI publishers, p 58-71.

Barnes PW, Robson TM, Tobler MA, Bottger IN, Flint SD. (2017) Plant responses to fluctuating UV environments. Chapter 6 in B. Jordan. Plant UV Biology, CABI publishers, p 72-89.

Aphalo PJ, Albert A, Robson TM, Kotilainen TK. (2016) R for Photobiology: Theory and recipes for common calculations. LeanPub, Helsinki, 9 August 2016

C. Published Databases

Robson TM. (2020) Interactive effects of sun-shade and dry-wet treatments on seedlings of four beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) provenances. (Version 0.0.1) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3748854

Wang Q-W, Robson TM, Pieristè M, Oguro M, Oguchi R, Murai Y, Kurokawa H. (2020) Testing trait plasticity over the range of spectral composition of sunlight in forb species differing in shade tolerance, v3, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.g4f4qrfms

Robson TM., Benito Garzón M., Cost e52 Beech Consortium (2018) BeechCOSTe52 Database) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1040664

Hartikainen SM, Jach A, Grané A. Robson, TM. (2018) Spectral irradiance at Lammi Biological Station Research Forest 2015: For assessing scale-wise similarity of curves with a thick pen) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1246597

Robson TM, Kotilainen TK. (2018) Transmittance of spectral irradiance by climate screens and nets used in horticulture and agriculture (Version 1.1.1) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1561317