• Dispersal limitations matter for microbial morphospecies 

      Telford, Richard J.; Vandvik, Vigdis; Birks, Harry John Betteley (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006)
      In contrast with macroorganisms, whose geographical ranges are typically restricted, many microbial species appear to have cosmopolitan distributions. This observation has been explained as a consequence of ubiquitous ...
    • Distinguishing the roles of dispersal in diversity maintenance and in diversity limitation 

      Vandvik, Vigdis; Goldberg, Deborah E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2005-07)
      In recent years, a considerable research effort has gone into studying how dispersal might affect the diversity of local communities. While this general topic has received attention from theoretical and empirical ecologists ...
    • Editorial: Responses to climate change in the cold biomes 

      De Boeck, Hans J.; Hiltbrunner, Erika; Jentsch, Anke; Vandvik, Vigdis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-28)
    • Environmental drivers of increased ecosystem respiration in a warming tundra 

      Maes, S.L.; Dietrich, J.; Midolo, G.; Schwieger, S.; Kummu, M.; Vandvik, Vigdis; Aerts, R.; Althuizen, Inge; Biasi, C.; Björk, R.G.; Böhner, Hanna; Carbognani, M.; Chiari, G.; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Clemmensen, K.E.; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Elberling, Bo; Faubert, P.; Fetcher, N.; Forte, T.G.W.; Gaudard, Joseph; Gavazov, K.; Guan, Z.; Guðmundsson, J.; Gya, Ragnhild; Hallin, S.; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Haugum, Siri Vatsø; He, J.-S.; Hicks Pries, Pries; Hovenden, M.J.; Jalava, M.; Jónsdóttir, I.S.; Juhanson, J.; Jung, J.Y.; Kaarlejärvi, E.; Kwon, M.J.; Lamprecht, R.E.; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Lee, Hanna; Marushchak, M.E.; Michelsen, A; Munir, T.M.; Myrsky, E.M.; Nielsen, C.S.; Nyberg, M.; Olofsson, J.; Óskarsson, H.; Parker, T.C.; Pedersen, E.P.; Petit Bon, Matteo; Petraglia, A.; Raundrup, K.; Ravn, N.M.R.; Rinnan, R.; Rodenhizer, H.; Ryde, I.; Schmidt, N.M.; Schuur, E.A.G.; Sjögersten, S.; Stark, S.; Strack, M.; Tang, J.; Tolvanen, A.; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Väisänen, M.K.; van Logtestijn, Logtestijn; Voigt, C.; Walz, J.; Weedon, J.T.; Yang, Y.; Ylänne, H.; Björkman, Mats Peter; Sarneel, J.M.; Dorrepaal, E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems are large reservoirs of organic carbon1,2. Climate warming may stimulate ecosystem respiration and release carbon into the atmosphere3,4. The magnitude and persistency of this stimulation ...
    • Evolutionary rescue as a mechanism allowing a clonal grass to adapt to novel climates 

      Münzbergová, Zuzana; Vandvik, Vigdis; Hadincová, Věroslava (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Filing gaps in our understanding of species' abilities to adapt to novel climates is a key challenge for predicting future range shifts and biodiversity loss. Key knowledge gaps are related to the potential for evolutionary ...
    • From a crisis to an opportunity: Eight insights for doing science in the COVID‐19 era and beyond 

      Chacón-Labella, Julia; Boakye, Mickey; Enquist, Brian J.; Farfan-Rios, William; Gya, Ragnhild; Halbritter Rechsteiner, Aud Helen; Middleton, Sara L.; von Oppen, Jonathan; Pastor-Ploskonka, Samuel; Strydom, Tanya; Vandvik, Vigdis; Geange, Sonya Rita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The COVID-19 crisis has forced researchers in Ecology to change the way we work almost overnight. Nonetheless, the pandemic has provided us with several novel components for a new way of conducting science. In this perspective ...
    • Functional traits of alpine plant communities show long-term resistance to changing herbivore densities 

      Vuorinen, Katariina Elsa Maria; Austrheim, Gunnar; Mysterud, Atle; Gya, Ragnhild; Vandvik, Vigdis; Grytnes, John Arvid; Speed, James David Mervyn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Herbivores shape vegetation by suppressing certain plant species while benefitting others. By thus modifying plant species functional composition, herbivores affect carbon cycling, albedo, vegetation structure and species' ...
    • Functional traits, not productivity, predict alpine plant community openness to seedling recruitment under climatic warming 

      Meineri, Eric Pierre F; Klanderud, Kari; Guittar, John; Goldberg, Deborah E; Vandvik, Vigdis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Understanding the degree to which plant communities are open to seedling recruitment is key to predicting how they will be impacted by climate change. We experimentally assessed whether communities assembled under colder ...
    • Gender gaps in the performance of Norwegian biology students: the roles of test anxiety and science confidence 

      Cotner, Sehoya Harris; Jeno, Lucas Matias; Walker, J. D; Jørgensen, Christian; Vandvik, Vigdis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background: Understanding student motivational factors such as test anxiety and science confidence is important for increasing retention in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), especially for underrepresented ...
    • Genetic differentiation and plasticity interact along temperature and precipitation gradients to determine plant performance under climate change 

      Münzbergová, Zuzana; Hadincová, Věroslava; Skálová, Hana; Vandvik, Vigdis (Journal article, 2017-09)
      1. Understanding species' abilities to cope with changing climate is a key prerequisite for predicting the future fates of species and ecosystems. Despite considerable research on species responses to changing climate, ...
    • Germination and seedling growth of Calluna vulgaris is sensitive to regional climate, heathland succession, and drought 

      Birkeli, Kristine; Gya, Ragnhild; Haugum, Siri Vatsø; Velle, Liv Guri; Vandvik, Vigdis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The coastal heathlands of Northwest Europe are highly valued cultural landscapes, that are critically endangered due to land use and climatic changes, such as increased frequency and severity of drought events. Our study ...
    • Germination ecology of the clonal grassland herb Knautia arvensis: Regeneration strategy and geographic variation. 

      Vandvik, Vigdis; Vange, Vibekke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2003)
      We investigated germination responses and seed recruitment in the clonal grassland herb Knautia arvensis (Dipsacaceae) throughout the species’ distributional range in Norway. Four predicted relationships between germination ...
    • Global maps of soil temperature 

      Lembrechts, Jonas J.; van den Hoogen, Johan; Aalto, Juha; Ashcroft, Michael B.; De Frenne, Pieter; Kemppinen, Julia; Kopecký, Martin; Luoto, Miska; Maclean, Ilya M. D.; Crowther, Thomas W.; Bailey, Joseph J.; Haesen, Stef; Klinges, David H.; Niittynen, Pekka; Scheffers, Brett R.; Van Meerbeek, Koenraad; Aartsma, Peter; Abdalaze, Otar; Abedi, Mehdi; Aerts, Rien; Ahmadian, Negar; Ahrends, Antje; Alatalo, Juha M.; Alexander, Jake M.; Altman, Jan; Allonsius, Camille Nina; Ammann, Christof; Andres, Christian; Andrews, Christopher; Ardö, Jonas; Arriga, Nicola; Arzac, Alberto; Aschero, Valeria; Leandro de Assis, Rafael; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Graae, Bente Jessen; Rechsteiner, Aud Helen Halbritter; Haugum, Siri Vatsø; Lang, Simone; Lynn, Joshua Scott; Moriana Armendariz, Mikel; Petit Bon, Matteo; Smith, Stuart; Sørensen, Mia Vedel; Speed, James David Mervyn; Vandvik, Vigdis; Wedegärtner, Ronja Elisabeth Magdalene; Nijs, Ivan; Lenoir, Jonathan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation ...
    • Globally important plant functional traits for coping with climate change 

      Kühn, Nicola; Tovar, Carolina; Carretero, Julia; Vandvik, Vigdis; Enquist, Brian J.; Willis, Katherine Jane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The last decade has seen a proliferation of studies that use plant functional traits to assess how plants respond to climate change. However, it remains unclear whether there is a global set of traits that can predict ...
    • The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx) 

      Halbritter Rechsteiner, Aud Helen; De Boeck, Hans J.; Eycott, Amy Elizabeth; Reinsch, Sabine; Robinson, David A.; Vicca, Sara; Berauer, Bernd; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Estiarte, Marc; Grünzweig, José M.; Gya, Ragnhild; Hansen, Karin; Jentsch, Anke; Lee, Hanna; Linder, Sune; Marshall, John; Peñuelas, Josep; Schmidt, Inger Kappel; Stuart-Haëntjens, Ellen; Wilfahrt, Peter; Vandvik, Vigdis; Abrantes, Nelson; Almagro, María; Althuizen, Inge; Barrio, Isabel C.; te Beest, Mariska; Beier, Claus; Beil, Iilka; Berry, Z. Carter; Birkemoe, Tone; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Blonder, Benjamin; Blume-Werry, Gesche; Bohrer, Gil; Campos, Isabel; Cernusak, Lucas S.; Chojnicki, Bogdan H.; Cosby, Bernhard J.; Dickman, Lee T.; Djukic, Ika; Filella, Iolanda; Fuchslueger, Lucia; Gargallo-Garriga, Albert; Gillespie, Mark Andrew; Goldsmith, Gregory R.; Gough, Christopher; Halliday, Fletcher W.; Hegland, Stein Joar; Hoch, Gunter; Holub, Petr; Jaroszynska, Francesca Orinda Holl; Johnson, Daniel M.; Jones, Scott B.; Kardol, Paul; Keizer, Jan J.; Klem, Karel; Konestabo, Heidi Sjursen; Kreyling, Jürgen; Kröel-Dulay, György; Landhäusser, Simon M.; Larsen, Klaus S.; Leblans, Niki; Lebron, Inma; Lehmann, Marco M.; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Lenz, Armando; Linstädter, Anja; Llusià, Joan; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Malyshev, Andrey V.; Mänd, Pille; Marshall, Miles; Matheny, Ashley M.; McDowell, Nate; Meier, Ina C.; Meinzer, Frederick C.; Michaletz, Sean T.; Miller, Megan L.; Muffler, Lena; Oravec, Michal; Ostonen, Ivika; Porcar-Castell, Albert; Preece, Catherine; Prentice, Iain C.; Radujković, Dajana; Ravolainen, Virve; Ribbons, Relena; Ruppert, Jan C.; Sack, Lawren; Sardans, Jordi; Schindlbacher, Andreas; Scoffoni, Christine; Sigurdsson, Bjarni D.; Smart, Simon M; Smith, Stuart; Soper, Fiona; Speed, James David Mervyn; Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne; Sydenham, Markus A. K.; Taghizadeh-Toosi, Arezoo; Telford, Richard J.; Tielborger, Katja; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Urban, Otmar; van der Ploeg, Martine; Van Langenhove, Leandro; Večeřová, Kristýna; Ven, Arne; Verbruggen, Erik; Vik, Unni; Weigel, Robert; Wohlgemuth, Thomas; Wood, Lauren K.; Zinnert, Julie; Zurba, Kamal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-05)
      1. Climate change is a world‐wide threat to biodiversity and ecosystem structure, functioning and services. To understand the underlying drivers and mechanisms, and to predict the consequences for nature and people, we ...
    • The importance of Biotic vs. Abiotic drivers of local plant community composition along regional bioclimatic gradients 

      Klanderud, Kari; Vandvik, Vigdis; Goldberg, Deborah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06-19)
      We assessed if the relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors for plant community composition differs along environmental gradients and between functional groups, and asked which implications this may have in a ...
    • Intraspecific trait variability is a key feature underlying high Arctic plant community resistance to climate warming 

      Jonsdottir, Ingibjørg; Halbritter Rechsteiner, Aud Helen; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Althuizen, Inge; Haugum, Siri Vatsø; Henn, Jonathan J.; Björnsdóttir, Katrín; Maitner, Brian Salvin; Malhi, Yadvinder; Michaletz, Sean T.; Roos, Ruben Erik; Klanderud, Kari; Lee, Hanna; Enquist, Brian J.; Vandvik, Vigdis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      In the high Arctic, plant community species composition generally responds slowly to climate warming, whereas less is known about the community functional trait responses and consequences for ecosystem functioning. The ...
    • Introducing the index-based ecological condition assessment framework (IBECA) 

      Jakobsson, Simon; Evju, Marianne; Framstad, Erik; Imbert, Alexis; Lyngstad, Anders; Sickel, Hanne; Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Vandvik, Vigdis; Velle, Liv Guri; Aarrestad, Per Arild; Nybø, Signe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Sustainable nature management and ecosystem conservation depends critically on scientifically sound and stakeholder-relevant analytical frameworks for monitoring and assessing ecological condition. Several general frameworks ...
    • Life after fire: smoke and ash as germination cues in ericads, herbs and graminoids of northern heathlands 

      Bargmann, Tessa; Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Vandvik, Vigdis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-02)
      Question: What is the impact of the fire cues smoke and ash on seed germination of important functional groups in the heathland system, namely ericads, herbs and graminoids? We predict that if germination from heathland ...
    • Long-Term Climate Regime Modulates the Impact of Short-Term Climate Variability on Decomposition in Alpine Grassland Soils 

      Althuizen, Inge; Lee, Hanna; Sarneel, Judith M.; Vandvik, Vigdis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12)
      Decomposition of plant litter is an important process in the terrestrial carbon cycle and makes up approximately 70% of the global carbon flux from soils to the atmosphere. Climate change is expected to have significant ...