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7518
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126

Overview

Ole R. Vetaas is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and primarily conducts research within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans a range of specialized subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and general Ecology.

The main topics covered in their research include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Fern and Epiphyte Biology.

Vetaas has authored and co-authored numerous papers published in notable scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target" (2023) in Biodiversity and Conservation
  • "Mountain biodiversity and elevational gradients" (2021) in Frontiers of Biogeography
  • "Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure" (2021) in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Pteridophyte species richness in the central Himalaya is limited by cold climate extremes at high elevations and rainfall seasonality at low elevations" (2022) in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Investigating elevational gradients of species richness in a Mediterranean plant hotspot using a published flora" (2021) in Frontiers of Biogeography

The scientist frequently publishes in multiple journals, notably Frontiers of Biogeography, Biodiversity and Conservation, Ecology and Evolution, Forest Ecology and Management, and the Journal of Vegetation Science.

Frequent collaborators include Carl Beierkuhnlein, Alessandro Chiarucci, Richard Field, Anke Jentsch, and Severin D. H. Irl, reflecting a network of scientific partnerships across various ecological and environmental specializations.

Best Publications

  • Species Richness and Altitude: A Comparison between Null Models and Interpolated Plant Species Richness along the Himalayan Altitudinal Gradient, Nepal

    John Arvid Grytnes;Ole R. Vetaas

  • Distribution of vascular plant species richness and endemic richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient in Nepal

    Ole R. Vetaas;John-Arvid Grytnes;John-Arvid Grytnes

  • Micro‐site effects of trees and shrubs in dry savannas

    Ole R. Vetaas

  • Variation in plant species richness of different life forms along a subtropical elevation gradient in the Himalayas, east Nepal

    Khem Raj Bhattarai;Ole R. Vetaas

  • Fern species richness along a central Himalayan elevational gradient, Nepal

    Khem R. Bhattarai;Ole R. Vetaas;John A. Grytnes

  • Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation

    Manuel J. Steinbauer;Richard Field;John-Arvid Grytnes;Panayiotis Trigas

  • Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression

    L. Mauricio Bini;J. Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Thiago F.L.V.B. Rangel;Thomas S.B. Akre

  • Relationships between biomass and plant species richness in arid-zone grazing lands

    Gufu Oba;Ole R. Vetaas;Nils C. Stenseth

  • Realized and potential climate niches: a comparison of four Rhododendron tree species

    Ole R. Vetaas

  • Can Rapoport's rule explain tree species richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient, Nepal?

    Khem Raj Bhattarai;Ole R. Vetaas

  • Orchid species richness along Himalayan elevational gradients

    Kamal P. Acharya;Ole R. Vetaas;H. J. B. Birks;H. J. B. Birks;H. J. B. Birks

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

  • The effect of canopy disturbance on species richness in a central Himalayan oak forest

    Ole R. Vetaas

  • Pteridophyte richness, climate and topography in the Iberian Peninsula: comparing spatial and nonspatial models of richness patterns

    Dolores Ferrer-Castán;Ole R. Vetaas

  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS AND BIOMASS IN AN ARID SUB-ALPINE GRASSLAND OF THE CENTRAL HIMALAYAS, NEPAL

    Khem Raj Bhattarai;Ole R. Vetaas;John A. Grytnes

  • The effect of environmental factors on the regeneration of Quercus semecarpifolia Sm. in Central Himalaya, Nepal

    Ole R. Vetaas

  • Farming flexibility and food security under climatic uncertainty: Manang, Nepal Himalaya

    Tor Halfdan Aase;Ram P Chaudhary;Ole R Vetaas

  • Primary succession of plant assemblages on a glacier foreland: Bødalsbreen, southern Norway

    Ole R. Vetaas

  • Principal factors controlling biodiversity along an elevation gradient: Water, energy and their interaction

    Ole R. Vetaas;Keshav P. Paudel;Morten Christensen

  • Spatial and Temporal Vegetation Changes Along a Moisture Gradient in Northeastern Sudan

    Ole R. Vetaas

  • Effects of Topography and Land use on Woody Plant Species Composition and Beta Diversity in an Arid Trans-Himalayan Landscape, Nepal

    Shishir Paudel;Ole R. Vetaas

  • Nepal: An Introduction to the Natural History, Ecology and Human Environment of the Himalayas

    Ole Reidar Vetaas

Frequent Co-Authors

John-Arvid Grytnes
John-Arvid Grytnes Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Richard Field
Richard Field University of Nottingham
Alessandro Chiarucci
Alessandro Chiarucci University of Bologna
Carl Beierkuhnlein
Carl Beierkuhnlein University of Bayreuth
Vigdis Vandvik
Vigdis Vandvik University of Bergen
Duccio Rocchini
Duccio Rocchini University of Bologna
Anke Jentsch
Anke Jentsch University of Bayreuth
H. J. B. Birks
H. J. B. Birks University of Bergen
Manuel J. Steinbauer
Manuel J. Steinbauer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
José María Fernández-Palacios
José María Fernández-Palacios University of La Laguna

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