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Mikael Ohlson is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research spans Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Ecology.

The primary topics of Mikael Ohlson's work include fire effects on ecosystems, tree-ring climate responses, climate change and permafrost, spectroscopy and chemometric analyses, cryospheric studies and observations, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Recent publications by Mikael Ohlson demonstrate a diverse involvement in environmental and plant science research. Key papers include:

  • Discrimination of grass pollen of different species by FTIR spectroscopy of individual pollen grains, 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Combining Chemical Information From Grass Pollen in Multimodal Characterization, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Soil carbon stocks in forest-tundra ecotones along a 500 km latitudinal gradient in northern Norway, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Spatial variation of surface soil carbon in a boreal forest - the role of historical fires, contemporary vegetation, and hydro-topography, 2022, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
  • Synchronic shifts in phenolic compounds and fungal communities during litter decomposition in boreal forests, 2024, Forest Ecology and Management

Mikael Ohlson collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Johan Asplund, Line Nybakken, Vilde L. Haukenes, Jørund Rolstad, and Ken Olaf Storaunet. These frequent co-authors suggest a strong network within the field of environmental and forest sciences.

Their work is published in various scientific venues, with multiple publications in the SSRN Electronic Journal as well as contributions to the Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Plant Science. This indicates a broad dissemination of research across interdisciplinary journals.

Best Publications

  • Interpretation of the charcoal record in forest soils : forest fires and their production and deposition of macroscopic charcoal

    Mikael Ohlson;Elling Tryterud

  • Towards a global assessment of pyrogenic carbon from vegetation fires

    Cristina Santín;Stefan H. Doerr;Evan S. Kane;Caroline A. Masiello

  • Habitat qualities versus long-term continuity as determinants of biodiversity in boreal old-growth swamp forests

    Mikael Ohlson;Lars Söderström;Greger Hörnberg;Olle Zackrisson

  • Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) shows adaptation of grass pollen composition

    Sabrina Diehn;Sabrina Diehn;Boris Zimmermann;Murat Bağcıoğlu;Stephan Seifert;Stephan Seifert

  • The charcoal carbon pool in boreal forest soils

    Mikael Ohlson;Barbro Dahlberg;Tonje Økland;Kendrick J. Brown

  • Growth and ecophysiological acclimation of the foliose lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in forests with contrasting light climates

    Yngvar Gauslaa;Marit Lie;Knut Asbjørn Solhaug;Mikael Ohlson

  • Influence of bryophytes and microrelief conditions on Picea abies seed regeneration patterns in boreal old-growth swamp forests

    Greger Hörnberg;Mikael Ohlson;Olle Zackrisson

  • Stand dynamics, regeneration patterns and long-term continuity in boreal old-growth Picea abies swamp-forests

    Greger Hörnberg;Mikael Ohlson;Olle Zackrisson

  • Identifying the driving factors behind observed elevational range shifts on European mountains

    John‐Arvid Grytnes;Jutta Kapfer;Jutta Kapfer;Gerald Jurasinski;Hilary H. Birks

  • The importance of host tree age, size and growth rate as determinants of epiphytic lichen diversity in boreal spruce forests

    Marit H. Lie;Ulf Arup;John-Arvid Grytnes;Mikael Ohlson

  • Growth of epiphytic old forest lichens across climatic and successional gradients

    Y. Gauslaa;Kristin Palmqvist;K. A. Solhaug;H. Holien

  • Invasion of Norway spruce diversifies the fire regime in boreal European forests.

    Mikael Ohlson;Kendrick J. Brown;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;John-Arvid Grytnes

  • Tree establishment and microhabitat relationships in north Swedish peatlands

    Mikael Ohlson;Olle Zackrisson

  • 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

  • Fatal interactions between Scots pine and Sphagnum mosses in bog ecosystems

    Mikael Ohlson;Rune Halvorsen Økland;Jørn‐Frode Nordbakken;Barbro Dahlberg

  • Seasonal trends in the biomass and structure of bryophyte-associated fungal communities explored by 454 pyrosequencing

    Marie L. Davey;Marie L. Davey;Einar Heegaard;Rune Halvorsen;Mikael Ohlson

  • Effects of an exotic plant and habitat disturbance on pollinator visitation and reproduction in a boreal forest herb

    Ørjan Totland;Anders Nielsen;Anne-Line Bjerknes;Mikael Ohlson

  • How important are choice of model selection method and spatial autocorrelation of presence data for distribution modelling by MaxEnt

    Rune Halvorsen;Sabrina Mazzoni;John Wirkola Dirksen;Erik Næsset

  • BOREAL SWAMP FORESTS : BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS IN AN IMPOVERISHED FOREST LANDSCAPE

    Greger Hörnberg;Olle Zackrisson;Ulf Segerström;Bo W. Svensson

  • Long-term spruce forest continuity – a challenge for a sustainable Scandinavian forestry

    Mikael Ohlson;Elling Tryterud

  • Amplicon-pyrosequencing-based detection of compositional shifts in bryophyte-associated fungal communities along an elevation gradient

    Marie L. Davey;Marie L. Davey;Einar Heegaard;Rune Halvorsen;Håvard Kauserud

Frequent Co-Authors

Håvard Kauserud
Håvard Kauserud University of Oslo
Yngvar Gauslaa
Yngvar Gauslaa Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Janina Kneipp
Janina Kneipp Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Olle Zackrisson
Olle Zackrisson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Richard H. W. Bradshaw
Richard H. W. Bradshaw University of Liverpool
Caroline A. Masiello
Caroline A. Masiello Rice University
Knut Asbjørn Solhaug
Knut Asbjørn Solhaug Norwegian University of Life Sciences
John-Arvid Grytnes
John-Arvid Grytnes Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Evan S. Kane
Evan S. Kane Michigan Technological University
Caroline M. Preston
Caroline M. Preston Natural Resources Canada

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