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Overview

James D. M. Speed is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecological Modeling.

Their work covers diverse topics, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology

James D. M. Speed has published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Environmental Evidence
  • Oikos
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • International Journal of Healthcare Simulation
  • Global Change Biology

They have collaborated extensively with a range of co-authors, most notably Katariina Vuorinen, Isabel C. Barrio, Gunnar Austrheim, Anders Lorentzen Kolstad, and Matthew Gentle.

Recent publications by James D. M. Speed include:

  • "SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature" (2020) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Species data for understanding biodiversity dynamics: The what, where and when of species occurrence data collection" (2021) published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence
  • "Stomping in silence: Conceptualizing trampling effects on soils in polar tundra" (2020) published in Functional Ecology
  • "Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators" (2022) published in Diversity and Distributions

Best Publications

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

    Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Pieter S. A. Beck;Martin Wilmking

  • 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

  • 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

  • Experimental evidence for herbivore limitation of the treeline

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

  • What are the impacts of reindeer/caribou (Rangifer tarandus L.) on arctic and alpine vegetation?: A systematic review

    Claes Bernes;Kari Anne Bråthen;Bruce C. Forbes;James David Mervyn Speed

  • The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)

    Aud Helen Halbritter Rechsteiner;Hans J. De Boeck;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Sabine Reinsch

  • Elevational advance of alpine plant communities is buffered by herbivory

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

  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

    H. J. D. Thomas;A. D. Bjorkman;A. D. Bjorkman;I. H. Myers-Smith;S. C. Elmendorf

  • What is the influence of a reduction of planktivorous and benthivorous fish on water quality in temperate eutrophic lakes? : A systematic review

    Claes Bernes;Stephen R. Carpenter;Anna Gårdmark;Per Larsson

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

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

  • Plant community properties predict vegetation resilience to herbivore disturbance in the Arctic

    James D. M. Speed;James D. M. Speed;Elisabeth J. Cooper;Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir;René Van Der Wal

  • Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • 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

  • Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size-related traits across the tundra biome

    H. J. D. Thomas;I. H. Myers‐Smith;A. D. Bjorkman;A. D. Bjorkman;S. C. Elmendorf

  • Predicting Habitat Utilization and Extent of Ecosystem Disturbance by an Increasing Herbivore Population

    James D.M. Speed;Sarah J. Woodin;Hans Tømmervik;Mikkel Peter Tamstorf

  • Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators

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  • Stomping in silence : Conceptualizing trampling effects on soils in polar tundra

    Maria Tuomi;Maria Tuomi;Maria Väisänen;Maria Väisänen;H Ylänne;H Ylänne;Francis Q. Brearley

  • Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome

    Isabel C. Barrio;Elin Lindén;Mariska Te Beest;Johan Olofsson

  • The response of plant diversity to grazing varies along an elevational gradient

    James D. M. Speed;Gunnar Austrheim;Atle Mysterud

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar Austrheim
Gunnar Austrheim Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir
Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir University of Iceland
Bente J. Graae
Bente J. Graae Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Atle Mysterud
Atle Mysterud University of Oslo
Juha M. Alatalo
Juha M. Alatalo Qatar University
Bruce C. Forbes
Bruce C. Forbes University of Lapland
Alison J. Hester
Alison J. Hester James Hutton Institute
Erling Johan Solberg
Erling Johan Solberg Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Sarah C. Elmendorf
Sarah C. Elmendorf Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Esther Lévesque
Esther Lévesque Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

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