• Climate–ecosystem modelling made easy: The Land Sites Platform 

      Keetz, Lasse Torben; Lieungh, Eva; Karimi-Asli, Kaveh; Geange, Sonya Rita; Gelati, Emiliano; Tang, Hui; Yilmaz, Yeliz A.; Aas, Kjetil Schanke; Althuizen, Inge; Bryn, Anders; Falk, Stefanie; Fisher, Rosie; Fouilloux, Anne; Horvath, Peter; Indrehus, Sunniva; Lee, Hanna; Lombardozzi, Danica; Parmentier, Frans-Jan W.; Pirk, Norbert; Vandvik, Vigdis; Vollsnes, Ane Victoria; Skarpaas, Olav; Stordal, Frode; Tallaksen, Lena M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs) provide a state-of-the-art process-based approach to study the complex interplay between vegetation and its physical environment. For example, they help to predict how terrestrial ...
    • Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science: a horizon scan by early-career researchers 

      Yannelli, Florencia A.; Bazzichetto, Manuele; Conradi, Timo; Pattison, Zarah; Andrade, Bianca O.; Anibaba, Quadri Agbolade; Bonari, Gianmaria; Chelli, Stefano; Cuk, Mirjana; Damasceno, Gabriella; Fantinato, Edy; Geange, Sonya Rita; Guuroh, Reginald Tang; Holle, Mukhlish Jamal Musa; Küzmič, Filip; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Mosyaftiani, Amarizni; Šikuljak, Tijana; Teixeira, Juliana; Tordoni, Enrico; Pérez-Valladares, Cloe X.; Sperandii, Marta G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      With the aim to identify future challenges and opportunities in vegetation science, we brought together a group of 22 early career vegetation scientists from diverse backgrounds to perform a horizon scan. In this contribution, ...
    • 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 ...
    • An innovative approach to using an intensive field course to build scientific and professional skills 

      Nicotra, Adrienne B.; Geange, Sonya Rita; Bahar, Nur H.A.; Carle, Hannah; Catling, Alexandra; Garcia, Andres; Harris, Rosalie J.; Head, Megan L.; Jin, Marvin; Whitehead, Michael R.; Zurcher, Hannah; Beckmann, Elizabeth A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This paper reports on the design and evaluation of Field Studies in Functional Ecology (FSFE), a two-week intensive residential field course that enables students to master core content in functional ecology alongside ...
    • Next-generation field courses: Integrating Open Science and online learning 

      Geange, Sonya Rita; von Oppen, Jonathan; Strydom, Tanya; Boakye, Mickey; Gauthier, Tasha-Leigh J.; Gya, Ragnhild; Halbritter Rechsteiner, Aud Helen; Jessup, Laura H.; Middleton, Sara L.; Navarro, Jocelyn; Peirfederici, Maria Elisa; Chacón-Labella, Julia; Cotner, Sehoya Harris; Farfan-Rios, William; Maitner, Brian S.; Michaletz, Sean T.; Telford, Richard; Enquist, Brian J.; Vandvik, Vigdis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      As Open Science practices become more commonplace, there is a need for the next generation of scientists to be well versed in these aspects of scientific research. Yet, many training opportunities for early career researchers ...
    • Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change 

      Thurman, Lindsey; Stein, Bruce; Beever, Erik; Foden, Wendy B.; Geange, Sonya Rita; Green, Nancy; Gross, John; Lawrence, David; LeDee, Olivia; Olden, Julian; Thompson, Laura; Young, Bruce (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change serves as the basis for climate-adaptation planning and climate-smart conservation, and typically involves an evaluation of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive ...
    • The role of plant functional groups mediating climate impacts on carbon and biodiversity of alpine grasslands 

      Vandvik, Vigdis; Althuizen, Inge; Jaroszynska, Francesca; Krüger, Linn Cecilie; Lee, Hanna; Goldberg, Deborah E.; Klanderud, Kari; Olsen, Siri Lie; Telford, Richard James; Hjortland Östman, Silje Andrea; Busca, Sara; Dahle, Ingrid Johnsen; Egelkraut, Dagmar Dorothea; Geange, Sonya Rita; Gya, Ragnhild; Lynn, Joshua Scott; Meineri, Eric Pierre F; Young, Sherry; Halbritter Rechsteiner, Aud Helen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Plant removal experiments allow assessment of the role of biotic interactions among species or functional groups in community assembly and ecosystem functioning. When replicated along climate gradients, they can assess ...
    • A test of local adaptation to drought in germination and seedling traits in populations of two alpine forbs across a 2000 mm/year precipitation gradient 

      Gya, Ragnhild; Geange, Sonya Rita; Lynn, Joshua; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Wallevik, Øystein; Zernichow, Camilla; Vandvik, Vigdis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Seed regeneration is a critical stage in the life histories of plants, affecting species' abilities to maintain local populations, evolve, and disperse to new sites. In this study, we test for local adaptations to drought ...
    • Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems 

      Rixen, Christian; Høye, Toke Thomas; Macek, Petr; Aerts, Rien; Alatalo, Juha; Andeson, Jill; Arnold, Pieter; Barrio, Isabel C.; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Björkman, Mats P.; Blok, Daan; Blume-werry, Gesche; Boike, Julia; Bokhorst, Stef; Carbognani, Michele; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Convey, Peter; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Coulson, Stephen; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Elberling, Bo; Elmendorf, Sarah; Elphinstone, Cassandra; Forte, T'ai Gladys Whittingham; Frei, Esther R.; Geange, Sonya Rita; Gehrmann, Friederike; Gibson, Casey; Grogan, Paul; Rechsteiner, Aud Helen Halbritter; Harte, John; Henry, Greg H.R.; Inouye, David W.; Irwin, Rebecca; Jespersen, Gus; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala; Jung, Ji Young; Klinges, David H.; Kudo, Gaku; Lämsä, Juho; Lee, Hanna; Lembrechts, Jonas; Lett, Signe; Lynn, Joshua Scott; Mann, Hjalte Mads; Mastepanov, Mikhail; Morse, Jennifer; Myers-Smith, Isla; Olofsson, Johan; Semenchuk, Philipp; Vandvik, Vigdis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Snow is an important driver of ecosystem processes in cold biomes. Snow accumulation determines ground temperature, light conditions and moisture availability during winter. It also affects the growing season’s start and ...