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Annika Hofgaard publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Annika Hofgaard sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 96 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Annika Hofgaard D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Annika Hofgaard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Annika Hofgaard is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research in Norway and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics such as climate change and permafrost, tree-ring climate responses, cryospheric studies and observations, peatlands and wetlands ecology, fire effects on ecosystems, geology and paleoclimatology research, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Annika Hofgaard has authored or co-authored several scientific papers, some of which include:

  • Is subarctic forest advance able to keep pace with climate change? (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Global fading of the temperature-growth coupling at alpine and polar treelines (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Vegetation response to climate warming across the forest-tundra ecotone: species-dependent upward movement (2020, Journal of Vegetation Science)
  • Environmental Conditions Modulate Warming Effects on Plant Litter Decomposition Globally (2024, Ecology Letters)
  • The missing pieces for better future predictions in subarctic ecosystems: A Torneträsk case study (2020, AMBIO)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Isla H. Myers-Smith, Robert D. Hollister, Haydn J. D. Thomas, Anders Michelsen, and Jørn Olav Løkken.

Their publications are commonly found in the journals Global Change Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecology Letters, Journal of Vegetation Science, and AMBIO.

In addition to articles, Annika Hofgaard has contributed to book publishing. One listed work is Palsmyr - en naturtype vi er i ferd med å miste (2020), published by 32.

Best Publications

  • Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H. R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Bjork

  • Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H.R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Björk

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Global negative vegetation feedback to climate warming responses of leaf litter decomposition rates in cold biomes

    Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Peter M. van Bodegom;Rien Aerts;Terry V. Callaghan

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Structure and regeneration patterns in a virgin Picea abies forest in northern Sweden.

    Annika Hofgaard

  • Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H. R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Anna Maria Fosaa

  • Foraging and movement paths of female reindeer: insights from fractal analysis, correlated random walks, and Lévy flights

    Anders Mårell;John P Ball;Annika Hofgaard

  • Variable temperature effects of Open Top Chambers at polar and alpine sites explained by irradiance and snow depth

    Stef Bokhorst;Ad Huiskes;Rien Aerts;Peter Convey

  • Dendroclimatic response of Picea mariana and Pinus banksiana along a latitudinal gradient in the eastern Canadian boreal forest

    Annika Hofgaard;Jacques Tardif;Yves Bergeron

  • Inter-relationships between treeline position, species diversity, land use and climate change in the Central Scandes Mountains of Norway

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  • Differential Regional Treeline Dynamics in the Scandes Mountains

    Linda Dalen;Annika Hofgaard

  • 50 years of change in a Swedish boreal old‐growth Picea abies forest

    Annika Hofgaard

  • Is subarctic forest advance able to keep pace with climate change

    W. Gareth Rees;Annika Hofgaard;Stéphane Boudreau;David M. Cairns

  • The dynamics of the tundra-taiga boundary: an overview and suggested coordinated and integrated approach to research.

    T.V. Callaghan;R.M.M. Crawford;M. Eronen;A. Hofgaard

  • Latitudinal forest advance in northernmost Norway since the early 20th century

    Annika Hofgaard;Hans Tømmervik;Gareth Rees;Frank Hanssen

  • Contrasting climate- and land-use-driven tree encroachment patterns of subarctic tundra in northern Norway and the Kola PeninsulaThis article is a contribution to the series Tree recruitment, growth, and distribution at the circumpolar forest–tundra transition.

    Sigrun AuneS. Aune;Annika HofgaardA. Hofgaard;Lars SöderströmL. Söderström

  • Tree recruitment above the treeline and potential for climate-driven treeline change

    Annika Hofgaard;Linda Dalen;Håkan Hytteborn;Håkan Hytteborn

  • Climate warming feedback from mountain birch forest expansion: reduced albedo dominates carbon uptake

    Heleen de Wit;Anders Bryn;Annika Hofgaard;Jonas Karstensen

  • Nutrient dynamics of reindeer forage species along snowmelt gradients at different ecological scales

    Anders Mårell;Annika Hofgaard;Kjell Danell

  • Fifty years of tree line change in the Khibiny Mountains, Russia: advantages of combined remote sensing and dendroecological approaches

    Ingrid Ertshus Mathisen;Anna Mikheeva;Olga V. Tutubalina;Sigrun Aune

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir
Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir University of Iceland
Igor Drobyshev
Igor Drobyshev Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sarah C. Elmendorf
Sarah C. Elmendorf Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Gregory H. R. Henry
Gregory H. R. Henry University of British Columbia
Terry V. Callaghan
Terry V. Callaghan University of Sheffield
Robert D. Hollister
Robert D. Hollister Grand Valley State University
Isla H. Myers-Smith
Isla H. Myers-Smith University of Edinburgh
Ulf Molau
Ulf Molau University of Gothenburg
Philip A. Wookey
Philip A. Wookey University of Stirling
Anders Michelsen
Anders Michelsen University of Copenhagen

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