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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Gunnar Austrheim is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research largely falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Fire Effects on Ecosystems
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy

Gunnar Austrheim has contributed to multiple publications, with frequent appearances in journals such as Scientific Reports, Forest Ecology and Management, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Ecology, and Journal of Ecology.

Some recent papers include:

  • Species data for understanding biodiversity dynamics: The what, where and when of species occurrence data collection, 2021, Ecological Solutions and Evidence
  • Cool as a moose: How can browsing counteract climate warming effects across boreal forest ecosystems?, 2020, Ecology
  • The relative role of climate and herbivory in driving treeline dynamics along a latitudinal gradient, 2020, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Competitors and ruderals go to town: plant community composition and function along an urbanisation gradient, 2021, Nordic Journal of Botany
  • Net Climate Effects of Moose Browsing in Early Successional Boreal Forests by Integrating Carbon and Albedo Dynamics, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include James D. M. Speed, Tanja K. Petersen, Anders Lorentzen Kolstad, Vidar Grøtan, and Katariina Vuorinen.

Gunnar Austrheim has been recognized as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the Biology category.

Best Publications

  • Transitions in European land-management regimes between 1800 and 2010

    Martin Rudbeck Jepsen;Tobias Kuemmerle;Daniel Müller;Daniel Müller;Karlheinz Erb

  • Landscape change patterns in mountains, land use and environmental diversity, Mid-Norway 1960–1993

    E. G. A. Olsson;G. Austrheim;S. N. Grenne

  • 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

  • Plant species diversity and grazing in the Scandinavian mountains - patterns and processes at different spatial scales

    Gunnar Austrheim;Ove Eriksson

  • Experimental evidence for herbivore limitation of the treeline

    James D. M. Speed;Gunnar Austrheim;Alison J. Hester;Atle Mysterud

  • Land-use impact on plant communities in semi-natural sub-alpine grasslands of Budalen, central Norway

    Gunnar Austrheim;E Gunilla;A Olsson;Eli Grøntvedt

  • Plant diversity patterns in semi-natural grasslands along an elevational gradient in southern Norway

    Gunnar Austrheim

  • Grazing responses in herbs in relation to herbivore selectivity and plant traits in an alpine ecosystem

    Marianne Evju;Gunnar Austrheim;Rune Halvorsen;Atle Mysterud

  • Sheep grazing and rodent populations: evidence of negative interactions from a landscape scale experiment

    Harald Steen;Atle Mysterud;Gunnar Austrheim

  • Density dependent and temporal variability in habitat selection by a large herbivore; an experimental approach

    Ragnhild Mobæk;Atle Mysterud;Leif Egil Loe;Øystein Holand

  • Life history strategies of aspen (Populus tremula L.) and browsing effects: a literature review

    Tor Myking;Fredrik Bøhler;Gunnar Austrheim;Erling J. Solberg

  • Elevational advance of alpine plant communities is buffered by herbivory

    James D. M. Speed;Gunnar Austrheim;Alison J. Hester;Atle Mysterud

  • Large scale experimental effects of three levels of sheep densities on an alpine ecosystem

    Gunnar Austrheim;Atle Mysterud;Bård Pedersen;Rune Halvorsen

  • Growth limitation of mountain birch caused by sheep browsing at the altitudinal treeline

    James D.M. Speed;Gunnar Austrheim;Alison J. Hester;Atle Mysterud

  • Carbon storage in low-alpine grassland soils: effects of different grazing intensities of sheep

    V. Martinsen;J. Mulder;G. Austrheim;A. Mysterud

  • Sheep grazing in the North Atlantic region: A long-term perspective on environmental sustainability

    Louise C. Ross;Gunnar Austrheim;Leif-Jarle Asheim;Gunnar Bjarnason

  • Spatio-temporal variation in large herbivore pressure in Norway during 1949-1999: has decreased grazing by livestock been countered by increased browsing by cervids?

    Gunnar Austrheim;Erling Johan Solberg;Atle Mysterud

  • Species data for understanding biodiversity dynamics: The what, where and when of species occurrence data collection

    Tanja K. Petersen;James D. M. Speed;Vidar Grøtan;Gunnar Austrheim

  • Herb abundance and life-history traits in two contrasting alpine habitats in southern Norway

    Gunnar Austrheim;Marianne Evju;Atle Mysterud

  • How does continuity in grassland management after ploughing affect plant community patterns

    Gunnar Austrheim;E. Gunilla A. Olsson

  • Density-dependent foraging behaviour of sheep on alpine pastures: effects of scale

    K. Kausrud;A. Mysterud;Y. Rekdal;Ø. Holand

Frequent Co-Authors

Atle Mysterud
Atle Mysterud University of Oslo
James D. M. Speed
James D. M. Speed Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Erling Johan Solberg
Erling Johan Solberg Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Alison J. Hester
Alison J. Hester James Hutton Institute
Øystein Holand
Øystein Holand Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Vidar Grøtan
Vidar Grøtan Norwegian University of Science and Technology
John-Arvid Grytnes
John-Arvid Grytnes Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Vigdis Vandvik
Vigdis Vandvik University of Bergen
Leif Egil Loe
Leif Egil Loe Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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