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Mads C. Forchhammer

Mads C. Forchhammer

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
11277
World Ranking
5212
National Ranking
75

Overview

Mads C. Forchhammer is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily engages with Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing on various subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, General Health Professions, Ecological Modeling, and Genetics.

The scientist's work spans several topics with emphasis on Cryospheric studies and observations, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Climate change and permafrost, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

Their recent publications include studies that address ecological and climatic dynamics in Arctic environments. Recent papers are:

  • "The neglected season: Warmer autumns counteract harsher winters and promote population growth in Arctic reindeer" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "High Arctic ecosystem states: Conceptual models of vegetation change to guide long-term monitoring and research" (2020, AMBIO)
  • "Contrasting dynamical responses of sympatric caribou and muskoxen to winter weather and earlier spring green-up in the Arctic" (2021, Food Webs)
  • "Annual air temperature variability and biotic interactions explain tundra shrub species abundance" (2021, Journal of Vegetation Science)
  • "Context-dependent fitness costs of reproduction despite stable body mass costs in an Arctic herbivore" (2021, Journal of Animal Ecology)

The publication venues frequently featuring their work include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • AMBIO
  • Food Webs
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

Frequent collaborators consist of Leif Egil Loe, Gabriel Pigeon, Audun Stien, R. Justin Irvine, and Åshild Ønvik Pedersen.

Best Publications

  • The role of biotic interactions in shaping distributions and realised assemblages of species: implications for species distribution modelling

    Mary Susanne Wisz;Julien Pottier;W. Daniel Kissling;Loïc Pellissier

  • Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change

    Eric Post;Eric Post;Mads C. Forchhammer;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Climate change reduces reproductive success of an Arctic herbivore through trophic mismatch.

    Eric Post;Mads C Forchhammer

  • Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species.

    Robert A. Robinson;Humphrey Q. P. Crick;Jennifer A. Learmonth;Ilya M. D. Maclean

  • Breeding phenology and climate⃛

    Mads C. Forchhammer;Eric Post;Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • Synchronization of animal population dynamics by large-scale climate

    Eric Post;Mads C. Forchhammer

  • Rapid advancement of spring in the High Arctic

    Toke T. Høye;Toke T. Høye;Eric Post;Hans Meltofte;Niels M. Schmidt

  • Climate and population density induce long‐term cohort variation in a northern ungulate

    Mads C. Forchhammer;Mads C. Forchhammer;Tim H. Clutton-Brock;Jan Lindström;Steve D. Albon

  • Population dynamics of Norwegian red deer: density-dependence and climatic variation.

    M C Forchhammer;N C Stenseth;E Post;R Langvatn

  • North Atlantic Oscillation timing of long‐ and short‐distance migration

    Mads C. Forchhammer;Eric Post;Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • Common Dynamic Structure of Canada Lynx Populations Within Three Climatic Regions

    Nils Chr Stenseth;Nils Chr Stenseth;Kung Sik Chan;Howell Tong;Howell Tong;Rudy Boonstra;Rudy Boonstra

  • Shorter flowering seasons and declining abundance of flower visitors in a warmer Arctic

    Toke T. Høye;Eric Post;Niels M. Schmidt;Kristian Trøjelsgaard

  • Multiple Effects of Changes in Arctic Snow Cover

    Terry V. Callaghan;Margareta Johansson;Ross D. Brown;Pavel Ya Groisman

  • Phenological sequences reveal aggregate life history response to climatic warming.

    Eric S. Post;Eric S. Post;Christian Pedersen;Christopher C. Wilmers;Mads C. Forchhammer

  • Warming, plant phenology and the spatial dimension of trophic mismatch for large herbivores

    Eric Post;Christian Pedersen;Christopher C Wilmers;Mads C Forchhammer

  • Phenology of High-Arctic Arthropods: Effects of Climate on Spatial, Seasonal, and Inter-Annual Variation

    Toke T. Høye;Mads C. Forchhammer

  • Response of an arctic predator guild to collapsing lemming cycles

    Niels Martin Schmidt;Rolf A. Ims;Toke T. Høye;Olivier Gilg

  • The timing of life-history events in a changing climate.

    Eric Post;Mads C. Forchhammer;Nils Chr. Stenseth;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Long-term responses in arctic ungulate dynamics to changes in climatic and trophic processes

    Mads C. Forchhammer;Eric Post;Nils Chr. Stenseth;David M. Boertmann

  • Environmental variation shapes sexual dimorphism in red deer

    Eric Post;Rolf Langvatn;Mads C. Forchhammer;Mads C. Forchhammer;Nils Chr. Stenseth

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Post
Eric Post University of California, Davis
Niels Martin Schmidt
Niels Martin Schmidt Aarhus University
Toke T. Høye
Toke T. Høye Aarhus University
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Jacob Nabe-Nielsen
Jacob Nabe-Nielsen Aarhus University
Torben R. Christensen
Torben R. Christensen Aarhus University
Terry V. Callaghan
Terry V. Callaghan University of Sheffield
Richard M. Sibly
Richard M. Sibly University of Reading
Chris J. Topping
Chris J. Topping Aarhus University
Valery E. Forbes
Valery E. Forbes University of Minnesota

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