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  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biology

Overview

Bente J. Graae is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist has made significant contributions primarily in the field of environmental science, with 71 publications, and agricultural and biological sciences, with 28 publications. Their work further extends into several subfields, including:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

The main topics explored in their research involve:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Recent publications include:

  • "SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature" (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe" (2020), published in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Habitat fragmentation amplifies threats from habitat loss to mammal diversity across the world's terrestrial ecoregions" (2021), published in One Earth
  • "Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats" (2021), published in Ecology Letters
  • "The European Forest Plant Species List (EuForPlant): Concept and applications" (2022), published in Journal of Vegetation Science

Bente J. Graae frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Pieter De Frenne (26 joint publications)
  • Thomas Vanneste (20 joint publications)
  • Jonathan Lenoir (16 joint publications)
  • Jörg Brunet (16 joint publications)
  • Anna Orczewska (16 joint publications)

They have contributed multiple papers to journals that include:

  • Journal of Vegetation Science (5 publications)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
  • Global Change Biology (2 publications)
  • Annals of Botany (2 publications)

Bente J. Graae has also been recognized as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the Biology section.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;David Anthony Coomes;Lander Baeten

  • Latitudinal gradients as natural laboratories to infer species' responses to temperature

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Bente J. Graae;Francisco Rodríguez‐Sánchez;Annette Kolb

  • Homogenization of forest plant communities and weakening of species–environment relationships via agricultural land use

    Mark Vellend;Kris Verheyen;Kathryn M. Flinn;Hans Jacquemyn

  • Local temperatures inferred from plant communities suggest strong spatial buffering of climate warming across Northern Europe

    Jonathan Lenoir;Bente Jessen Graae;Per Arild Aarrestad;Inger Greve Alsos

  • Effects of a warmer climate on seed germination in the subarctic

    Ann Milbau;Bente Jessen Graae;Anna Shevtsova;Ivan Nijs

  • Stay or go - how topographic complexity influences alpine plant population and community responses to climate change

    Bente Jessen Graae;Vigdis Vandvik;W. Scott Armbruster;Wolf L. Eiserhardt;Wolf L. Eiserhardt

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • On the use of weather data in ecological studies along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients

    Bente J. Graae;Pieter De Frenne;Annette Kolb;Jörg Brunet

  • Linking small-scale topography with microclimate, plant species diversity and intra-specific trait variation in an alpine landscape

    Øystein H. Opedal;W. Scott Armbruster;Bente J. Graae

  • Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes

    Angela T. Moles;Ian R. Wallis;William J. Foley;David I. Warton

  • Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat?

    Angela T. Moles;Begoña Peco;Ian R. Wallis;William J. Foley

  • Temperature effects on forest herbs assessed by warming and transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient

    Pieter De Frenne;Jörg Brunet;Anna Shevtsova;Annette Kolb

  • The impact of forest continuity and management on forest floor vegetation evaluated by species traits.

    Bente Jessen Graae;Pernille Bødtker Sunde

  • Community Assembly in Experimental Grasslands: Suitable Environment or Timely Arrival?

    Rasmus Ejrnæs;Hans Henrik Bruun;Bente Jessen Graae

  • How do bryophytes govern generative recruitment of vascular plants

    Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia;Bente J. Graae;Jacob C. Douma;Oriol Grau

  • A comparison of understorey vegetation between untouched and managed deciduous forest in Denmark

    Bente Jessen Graae;Vibeke Steen Heskjær

  • A hierarchical framework for integrating invasibility experiments incorporating different factors and spatial scales

    Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Jane C. Stout;Bente Jessen Graae;Ivan Nijs

  • Interregional variation in the floristic recovery of post‐agricultural forests

    Pieter De Frenne;Lander Baeten;Bente J. Graae;Jörg Brunet

  • Strong microsite control of seedling recruitment in tundra

    Bente J. Graae;Rasmus Ejrnæs;Simone I. Lang;Eric Meineri;Eric Meineri

Frequent Co-Authors

Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Jörg Brunet
Jörg Brunet Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Martin Diekmann
Martin Diekmann University of Bremen
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Guillaume Decocq
Guillaume Decocq University of Picardie Jules Verne
Ann Milbau
Ann Milbau Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Sara A. O. Cousins
Sara A. O. Cousins Stockholm University
Jan Plue
Jan Plue Stockholm University
Olivier Chabrerie
Olivier Chabrerie University of Picardie Jules Verne

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