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3650
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Inger Greve Alsos 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 Inger Greve Alsos sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 152 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Inger Greve Alsos 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 Inger Greve Alsos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Inger Greve Alsos is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in ecology, atmospheric science, molecular biology, genetics, and paleontology. The work engages deeply with environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, geology and paleoclimatology, microbial community ecology and physiology, isotope analysis in ecology, genetic diversity and population structure, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, as well as genomics and phylogenetic studies.

The scientist has published extensively in several journals, notably bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Quaternary Science Reviews, Nature, Nature Communications, and Molecular Ecology Resources. Such venues highlight their active participation in multidisciplinary scientific discourse.

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA, 2022, Nature
  • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations, 2021, Quaternary
  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics, 2021, Nature
  • sPlotOpen - An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • The Treasure Vault Can be Opened: Large-Scale Genome Skimming Works Well Using Herbarium and Silica Gel Dried Material, 2020, Plants

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Antony G. Brown
  • Youri Lammers
  • Peter D. Heintzman
  • Éric Coissac
  • Dilli P. Rijal

The scientist's research topics cover a wide range of subjects linked to both environmental and molecular studies, encompassing:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Inger Greve Alsos has been recognized as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the field of biology, reflecting a formal affiliation within a scholarly community.

Best Publications

  • Polyploidy in arctic plants

    C. Brochmann;A. K. Brysting;I. G. Alsos;L. Borgen

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • Frequent long-distance plant colonization in the changing Arctic.

    Inger Greve Alsos;Pernille Bronken Eidesen;Dorothee Ehrich;Inger Skrede

  • Glacial Survival of Boreal Trees in Northern Scandinavia

    Laura Parducci;Laura Parducci;Tina Jørgensen;Mari Mette Tollefsrud;Ellen Elverland

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

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

  • A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA

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  • 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

  • Ancient plant DNA in lake sediments

    Laura Parducci;Keith D. Bennett;Keith D. Bennett;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Inger Greve Alsos

  • Genetic consequences of climate change for northern plants

    Inger Greve Alsos;Dorothee Ehrich;Dorothee Ehrich;Wilfried Thuiller;Pernille Bronken Eidesen;Pernille Bronken Eidesen

  • Nuclear vs. plastid data: complex Pleistocene history of a circumpolar key species.

    P. B. Eidesen;I. G. Alsos;M. Popp;Ø. Stensrud

  • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity : Overview and Recommendations

    Eric Capo;Charline Giguet-Covex;Alexandra Rouillard;Kevin Nota

  • 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

  • Impact of ice ages on circumpolar molecular diversity: insights from an ecological key species.

    I. G. Alsos;T. Engelskjon;L. Gielly;P. Taberlet

  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics

    Yucheng Wang;Yucheng Wang;Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Inger Greve Alsos;Bianca De Sanctis

  • Plant DNA metabarcoding of lake sediments: How does it represent the contemporary vegetation.

    Inger Greve Alsos;Youri Lammers;Nigel Gilles Yoccoz;Tina Jørgensen

  • Past and future range shifts and loss of diversity in dwarf willow (Salix herbacea L.) inferred from genetics, fossils and modelling

    Inger Greve Alsos;Torbjørn Alm;Signe Normand;Christian Brochmann

  • Genetic roadmap of the Arctic: plant dispersal highways, traffic barriers and capitals of diversity.

    Pernille Bronken Eidesen;Pernille Bronken Eidesen;Dorothee Ehrich;Dorothee Ehrich;Vegar Bakkestuen;Inger Greve Alsos

  • Glacial survival may matter after all: nunatak signatures in the rare European populations of two west-arctic species

    Kristine B. Westergaard;Inger G. Alsos;Magnus Popp;Torstein Engelskjøn

  • Sedimentary ancient DNA from Lake Skartjørna, Svalbard: Assessing the resilience of arctic flora to Holocene climate change

    Inger Greve Alsos;Per Sjögren;Mary E Edwards;Mary E Edwards;Jon Y Landvik

  • Humans introduce viable seeds to the Arctic on footwear

    Chris Ware;Dana M. Bergstrom;Eike Müller;Inger Greve Alsos

  • Lake sedimentary DNA accurately records 20th Century introductions of exotic conifers in Scotland

    Per Sjögren;Mary E. Edwards;Ludovic Gielly;Ludovic Gielly;Catherine T. Langdon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary E. Edwards
Mary E. Edwards University of Southampton
Antony G. Brown
Antony G. Brown University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Dorothee Ehrich
Dorothee Ehrich University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Ludovic Gielly
Ludovic Gielly Grenoble Alpes University
Eric Coissac
Eric Coissac Grenoble Alpes University
Nigel G. Yoccoz
Nigel G. Yoccoz University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
John Inge Svendsen
John Inge Svendsen Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Kari Anne Bråthen
Kari Anne Bråthen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
Jan Mangerud
Jan Mangerud University of Bergen

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