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Håkan Rydin

Håkan Rydin

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
13022
World Ranking
1891
National Ranking
41

Overview

Håkan Rydin is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden, focusing primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields such as ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, global and planetary change, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including peatlands and wetlands ecology, botany and plant ecology studies, bryophyte studies and records, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, lichen and fungal ecology, and fire effects on ecosystems.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Håkan Rydin include:

  • "Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region," 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • "Mechanisms behind species-specific water economy responses to water level drawdown in peat mosses," 2020, Annals of Botany
  • "Variation in symbiotic N2 fixation rates among Sphagnum mosses," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Climatic drivers of Sphagnum species distributions," 2021, Frontiers of Biogeography
  • "Effects of operational taxonomic unit inference methods on soil microeukaryote community analysis using long-read metabarcoding," 2022, Ecology and Evolution

Håkan Rydin's frequent co-authors are:

  • Gustaf Granath
  • Fia Bengtsson
  • Håkan Hytteborn
  • Zhao-Jun Bu
  • Charles Campbell

The primary venues for publication include PLoS ONE, Journal of Ecology, Annals of Botany, Frontiers of Biogeography, and Ecology and Evolution. Among these, PLoS ONE has published multiple works by this scientist.

Best Publications

  • Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications - a synthesis

    J. Limpens;F. Berendse;Christian Blodau;J. G. Canadell

  • The biology of peatlands

    Håkan Rydin;John K. Jeglum

  • Atmospheric nitrogen deposition promotes carbon loss from peat bogs

    Luca Bragazza;Chris Freeman;Timothy Jones;Håkan Rydin

  • Raised atmospheric CO2 levels and increased N deposition cause shifts in plant species composition and production in Sphagnum bogs

    Frank Berendse;Nico van Breemen;HÅkan Rydin;Alexandre Buttler

  • Competition and coexistence in plant communities

    Jan Bengtsson;Torbjörn Fagerström;Håkan Rydin

  • Response of photosynthesis of Sphagnum species from contrasting microhabitats to tissue water content and repeated desiccation

    B Schipperges;Håkan Rydin

  • Nitrogen content and d15N signature of ombrotrophic Sphagnum plants in Europe: to what extent is the increasing atmospheric N deposition altering the N-status of nutrient-poor mires?

    Luca Bragazza;Juul Limpens;Renato Gerdol;Philippe Grosvernier

  • Nitrogen fertilization reduces Sphagnum production in bog communities.

    Urban Gunnarsson;Håkan Rydin

  • Spatial occurrence and colonisations in patch‐tracking metapopulations: local conditions versus dispersal

    Tord Snäll;P. J. Ribeiro;Håkan Rydin

  • Nutritional constraints in ombrotrophic Sphagnum plants under increasing atmospheric nitrogen deposition in Europe

    Luca Bragazza;Teemu Tahvanainen;Lado Kutnar;Håkan Rydin

  • Effect of water level on desiccation of Sphagnum in relation to surrounding Sphagna

    Håkan Rydin

  • Dynamics or constancy in Sphagnum dominated mire ecosystems? A 40-year study

    Urban Gunnarsson;Nils Malmer;Håkan Rydin

  • Tolerance of Sphagnum to water level

    Håkan Rydin;A. J. S. Mcdonald

  • Colonization-extinction dynamics of an epiphyte metapopulation in a dynamic landscape

    Tord Snäll;Johan Ehrlén;Håkan Rydin

  • Species richness patterns and metapopulation processes – evidence from epiphyte communities in boreo‐nemoral forests

    Swantje Löbel;Tord Snäll;Håkan Rydin

  • Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming Sphagnum mosses: a meta-analysis

    J. Limpens;Gustaf Granath;Urban Gunnarsson;R. Aerts

  • Towards a trait‐based ecology of wetland vegetation

    Helen Moor;Håkan Rydin;Kristoffer Hylander;Mats B. Nilsson

  • Transport of carbon and phosphorus compounds about Sphagnum

    Håkan Rydin;R.S. Clymo

  • Metapopulation processes in epiphytes inferred from patterns of regional distribution and local abundance in fragmented forest landscapes

    Swantje Löbel;Tord Snäll;Håkan Rydin

  • Rapid ecosystem shifts in peatlands: linking plant physiology and succession

    Gustaf Granath;Joachim Strengbom;Håkan Rydin

  • Competition and niche separation in Sphagnum

    Håkan Rydin

  • Peatlands and climate change

    Håkan Rydin;John K. Jeglum

  • Biology of peatlands

    Håkan Rydin;John K. Jeglum;A. Hooijer

Frequent Co-Authors

Luca Bragazza
Luca Bragazza Agroscope
Alexandre Buttler
Alexandre Buttler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Edward A. D. Mitchell
Edward A. D. Mitchell University of Neuchâtel
Juul Limpens
Juul Limpens Wageningen University & Research
Frank Berendse
Frank Berendse Wageningen University & Research
Tord Snäll
Tord Snäll Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Harri Vasander
Harri Vasander University of Helsinki
Tomáš Hájek
Tomáš Hájek University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Monique M. P. D. Heijmans
Monique M. P. D. Heijmans Wageningen University & Research
Renato Gerdol
Renato Gerdol University of Ferrara

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