Vegetation

Marianne Evju

plant ecology, monitoring of biodiversity, nature types, demography and population dynamics, plant-herbivore interactions

Tor Erik Brandrud

Mycology (Taxonomy and Ecology of Mycorrhizal Fungi), Ecology of Aquatic macrophytes (Higer Plants and Mosses, including Aquatic Weeds; Effect Studies and Management), Vegetation ecology, Acidification Research, Nature conservancy and management (freshwater and terrestrial anvironments), Biodiversity

Kristine Bakke Westergaard

Arctic-alpine and boreal botany, biosystematics, plant geography, conservation genetics and genomics, vegetation ecology, floristics. Alien species: monitoring occurrences and pathways, identification of door knockers, and risk assessments.

Egil Bendiksen

Botany, mycology, forest ecology, environmental gradients in forest, species and area management, threatened and vulnerable species

Odd Egil Stabbetorp

Research Ecologist Field of work: Vegetation ecology, botany, population ecology, population genetics, conservation biology, species and area management, agricultural landscapes, environmental impact assessments, landscape analysis, geographic information systems (GIS).

Annika Hofgaard

Vegetation ecology; Boreal and sub-arctic ecosystems; Climate impacts; Climate-vegetation-animal interactions; Natural forest dynamics; Treeline dymanics; Biodiversity; Permafrost change

Dagmar Hagen

Hans Anders Tømmervik

Vegetation ecology, ecophysiology, remote sensing, vegetation mapping and monitoring, reindeer pasture monitoring, forestry, GIS, environmental impact assessments (vegetation, flora, reindeer)

Jarle Werner Bjerke

• Research on climate effects, especially related to climate change and extreme weather events in boreal and Arctic areas;
• Experimental studies for providing baselines for modeling og on-going and future ecosystem change due to climate change;
• Grazing ecology, especially related to effects of reindeer and goose;
• Anthropogenic effects, especially changes in land use (e.g. afforestation, industry, reduced outfield grazing) and air pollution, plus indirect effects via climate change, as listed above;
• Evaluations of biological diversity
• Taxonomy and systematics, especially on some lichen genera
• Impact assessments prior to planned land use changes.

Siri Lie Olsen

Vegar Bakkestuen

Major practical experience includes: Thorough knowledge of different GIS applications, e.g. ArcView, ArcGIS, ArcInfo, ERDAS IMAGINE, Surfer, Idrisi, MapObjects, Grass, MapFactory, Splus SpatialStatistics. Thorough knowledge of Avenue, script language of ArcView. Development of scripts and extensions for ArcView Knowledge of VisualBasic programming Digital landscape- and terrain analyses Spatial statistics Studies of vegetation structure and vegetation dynamics Regional studies of impacts of acid deposition on terrestrial plant biota, - vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and fungi. Fieldwork design, sampling protocols and data analyses Numerical and statistical treatment of field data, including multivariate analyses like CA, DCA and direct gradient analyses; e.g. CCA constrained ordination

Heidi Elin Myklebost

Vegetasjonsøkologi, vegetasjonsovervåking, naturtypekartlegging etter NiN.

Zander Venter

Remote sensing (satellite and aerial), vegetation ecology, ecosystem services, pollution, GIS

Anders Lyngstad

Katarzyna Anna Ostapowicz