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Håvard Kauserud

Håvard Kauserud

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
12966
World Ranking
2944
National Ranking
42

Håvard Kauserud 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 Håvard Kauserud sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 179 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Håvard Kauserud 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 Håvard Kauserud sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Håvard Kauserud is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research spans multiple facets of fungal ecology and plant science, with a focus on interactions between fungi and plants, forest ecology, and biodiversity studies.

Kauserud's recent publications include the following:

  • ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology (2023, Fungal Ecology)
  • Soil depth matters: shift in composition and inter-kingdom co-occurrence patterns of microorganisms in forest soils (2021, FEMS Microbiology Ecology)
  • The influence of intraspecific sequence variation during DNA metabarcoding: A case study of eleven fungal species (2021, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • In vitro evidence of root colonization suggests ecological versatility in the genus Mycena (2020, New Phytologist)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Adina Howe
  • Aaron Phillips
  • Petr Baldrian
  • Katharina Riedel
  • Ruben Lopez Mondejar

Kauserud's work is often published in venues such as:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fungal Ecology
  • Molecular Ecology

Their research covers various interconnected fields:

  • Plant Science
  • Insect Science
  • Cell Biology
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Key topics in their work include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Best Publications

  • ITS as an environmental DNA barcode for fungi: an in silico approach reveals potential PCR biases

    Eva Bellemain;Tor Carlsen;Christian Brochmann;Eric Coissac

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

    Sergei Põlme;Sergei Põlme;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;Björn D. Lindahl

  • Fungal community analysis by high-throughput sequencing of amplified markers - a user's guide

    Björn D. Lindahl;R. Henrik Nilsson;Leho Tedersoo;Kessy Abarenkov

  • The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

    Daniel C. Eastwood;Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Andrzej Majcherczyk

  • ITS1 versus ITS2 as DNA metabarcodes for fungi.

    R. Blaalid;S. Kumar;R. H. Nilsson;K. Abarenkov

  • DNA metabarcoding-Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions.

    Lucie Zinger;Aurélie Bonin;Inger G. Alsos;Miklós Bálint

  • New environmental metabarcodes for analysing soil DNA: potential for studying past and present ecosystems.

    Laura S. Epp;Sanne Boessenkool;Eva P. Bellemain;James Haile;James Haile

  • Climate variation effects on fungal fruiting

    Lynne Boddy;Ulf Büntgen;Ulf Büntgen;Simon Egli;Alan C. Gange

  • Mushroom fruiting and climate change

    Håvard Kauserud;Leif Christian Stige;Jon Olav Vik;Rune H. Økland

  • Changes in the root-associated fungal communities along a primary succession gradient analysed by 454 pyrosequencing

    Rakel Blaalid;Tor Carlsen;Surendra Kumar;Rune Halvorsen

  • Don't make a mista(g)ke: is tag switching an overlooked source of error in amplicon pyrosequencing studies?

    Tor Carlsen;Anders Bjørnsgaard Aas;Daniel Lindner;Trude Vrålstad

  • Improving ITS sequence data for identification of plant pathogenic fungi

    R. Henrik Nilsson;Kevin D. Hyde;Julia Pawłowska;Martin Ryberg

  • Environmental microbiology through the lens of high-throughput DNA sequencing: Synopsis of current platforms and bioinformatics approaches

    Ramiro Logares;Thomas H.A. Haverkamp;Surendra Kumar;Anders Lanzén

  • Modelling and predicting fungal distribution patterns using herbarium data

    Anders K. Wollan;Vegar Bakkestuen;Håvard Kauserud;Gro Gulden

  • Warming-induced shift in European mushroom fruiting phenology

    Håvard Kauserud;Einar Heegaard;Ulf Büntgen;Ulf Büntgen;Rune Halvorsen

  • High diversity of root associated fungi in both alpine and arctic Dryas octopetala

    Marit Frederikke Markussen Bjorbækmo;Tor Carlsen;Anne Brysting;Trude Vrålstad

  • Fungal palaeodiversity revealed using high-throughput metabarcoding of ancient DNA from arctic permafrost

    Eva Bellemain;Marie L. Davey;Marie L. Davey;Håvard Kauserud;Laura S. Epp

  • Climate change and spring-fruiting fungi.

    Håvard Kauserud;Einar Heegaard;Einar Heegaard;Mikhail A. Semenov;Lynne Boddy

  • Fungi ahoy! Diversity on marine wooden substrata in the high North

    Teppo Rämä;Jenni Nordén;Marie Davey;Marie Davey;Marie Davey;Geir Harald Mathiassen

  • High diversity of fungi associated with living parts of boreal forest bryophytes

    Håvard KauserudH. Kauserud;Håvard KauserudH. Kauserud;Cecilie MathiesenC. Mathiesen;Cecilie MathiesenC. Mathiesen;Mikael OhlsonM. Ohlson;Mikael OhlsonM. Ohlson

  • Employing 454 amplicon pyrosequencing to reveal intragenomic divergence in the internal transcribed spacer rDNA region in fungi.

    Daniel L. Lindner;Tor Carlsen;R. Henrik Nilsson;Marie Davey;Marie Davey

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulf Büntgen
Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge
Einar Heegaard
Einar Heegaard Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Lynne Boddy
Lynne Boddy Cardiff University
Claus Bässler
Claus Bässler Goethe University Frankfurt
Alan C. Gange
Alan C. Gange Royal Holloway University of London
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
Mikael Ohlson
Mikael Ohlson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Mohammad Bahram
Mohammad Bahram Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Urmas Kõljalg
Urmas Kõljalg University of Tartu
Thomas W. Kuyper
Thomas W. Kuyper Wageningen University & Research

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