Since 2015, the Plant Functional Traits Courses have collected ecosystem gas fluxes data in China, Peru, Svalbard, western Norway and South Africa. But since 2015, the method to process such data has also evolved a lot, and we have now developed the fluxible R package to make it reproducible and faster. There is now an READ MORE
Tag: DURIN
What do people really know about nature, and the biodiversity crisis?
To solve the biodiversity crisis, we need to stop the spread of alien species, stop sacrificing nature to build stuff, and protect areas and species that need protection. But to do so, people need to understand, know, and value nature and biodiversity. In this project we will try to figure out what people know about READ MORE
In-depth study of microclimate manipulations in a global warming ecology experiment
In this project you get to work with climate data from microclimate loggers, and local climate stations. We use these data to fully disentangle the effect of mini-greenhouses, called Open-Top Chambers (OTCs) that are being used in climate change experiments in alpine and arctic ecosystems worldwide to investigate the effect of climate warming on vegetation. READ MORE
Germination patterns of heathland dwarf shrubs (Durin)
Often when we characterize plant growth and development, we focus on adult’s that are already established. However, one of the most critical life-phases is germination and early seedling establishment. Here we focus on the important coastal heathland ecosystems of Norway, and using seed of Calluna vulgaris collected from across latitudinal gradients, different heathland land-use histories, READ MORE
The environmental requirements of dwarf-shrubs (Durin)
Often when we characterize plant growth and development, we focus on the above-ground, but less-so on the below-ground. Here we focus on the important heathland ecosystems of Norway, and we take a dive below to better understand how these communities are utilizing resources such as water and nutrients below-ground. We have several READ MORE
New collaboration in Durin project: meet Sarah Schwieger
Sarah Schwieger from Umeå University (Sweden) recently received funding for a project in collaboration with Durin. We are excited to have her on the team and look forward to adding valuable insights on belowground processes to the project! Read further to learn more about her and her research plans: I am Sarah Schwieger, a READ MORE
MSc thesis opportunities in project DURIN
Background Dwarf-shrubs (Ericaceae) are a dominant plant functional group across the boreal, arctic, and alpine biomes, where they play important roles for biodiversity, ecology and ecosystem functioning. For example, dwarf-shrubs provide important food resources for grazers, pollinators, and people, they are habitat for other plants, insects, rodents, and birds, and through interactions with belowground fungal READ MORE
Research is not done in a flash in the best of times. Fieldwork, data analyzes and writing take time. But this time it took over ten years, two doctorates and one baby to get there. We have just published a new article in the scientific journal Ecography. The article describes how grass and grass-like species, READ MORE
Internship blog: Roos on the start of her internship
Roos Bruins Slot is one of our interns this year. She is part of the Durin project and works with our PhD student Kristine Birkeli to help collect carbon flux measurements in the field. Get to know Roos better! She writes: “I’m a Dutch Biology student and started my internship with Between the Fjords in READ MORE
Soil carbon stocks
Carbon storage is an important ecosystem service, yet we know very little about how much our ecosystems store. Semi-natural systems are especially understudied. First results show that these ecosystems might be some of the most carbon rich! Question: How much soil carbon is stored in western Norwegian semi-natural ecosystems, specifically coastal heathlands and grasslands? For READ MORE