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2601
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Overview

René van der Wal is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions spanning related subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Social Psychology, Ecological Modeling, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant and animal studies

René van der Wal has contributed to multiple publications, appearing frequently in the following venues:

  • AMBIO
  • People and Nature
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • BioScience
  • Environmental Evidence

Notable recent papers include:

  • Information technology and the optimisation of experience - The role of mobile devices and social media in human-nature interactions, 2021, Geoforum
  • Wildlife in the Digital Anthropocene: Examining human-animal relations through surveillance technologies, 2021, Environment and Planning E Nature and Space
  • The Instagrammable outdoors - Investigating the sharing of nature experiences through visual social media, 2021, People and Nature
  • High Arctic ecosystem states: Conceptual models of vegetation change to guide long-term monitoring and research, 2020, AMBIO
  • Temporal trends in opportunistic citizen science reports across multiple taxa, 2021, AMBIO

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Eeva M. Soininen
  • Jane Uhd Jepsen
  • Nigel G. Yoccoz
  • Isabell Eischeid
  • Åshild Ønvik Pedersen

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis

    Anne-Wil K. Harzing;Ron van der Wal

  • Digital technology and the conservation of nature.

    Koen Arts;Koen Arts;René van der Wal;William M. Adams

  • Poor reproduction in forest passerines from decline of snail abundance on acidified soils

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  • Do herbivores cause habitat degradation or vegetation state transition? Evidence from the tundra

    René van der Wal

  • Arctic mosses govern below-ground environment and ecosystem processes

    J. L. Gornall;I. S. Jónsdóttir;S. J. Woodin;R. Van der Wal

  • The influence of vegetation type, soil properties and precipitation on the composition of soil mite and microbial communities at the landscape scale

    Uffe N. Nielsen;Uffe N. Nielsen;Graham H. R. Osler;Colin D. Campbell;Colin D. Campbell;David F. R. P. Burslem

  • Vertebrate herbivores and ecosystem control: cascading effects of faeces on tundra ecosystems

    René Van Der Wal;Richard D. Bardgett;Kathryn A. Harrison;Audun Stien

  • Mosses mediate grazer impacts on grass abundance in arctic ecosystems

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  • Patterns of Herbivory Along a Prouductivity Gradient: An Empirical and Theoretical Investigation

    Johan van de Koppel;Jef Huisman;Rene van der Wal;Han Olff

  • Public and professional views on invasive non-native species – A qualitative social scientific investigation

    Sebastian Selge;Sebastian Selge;Anke Fischer;René van der Wal

  • Developing an integrated conceptual framework to understand biodiversity conflicts

    Rehema M. White;Anke Fischer;Keith Marshall;Justin M.J. Travis

  • Mosses and the struggle for light in a nitrogen-polluted world.

    René van der Wal;Imogen S. K. Pearce;Rob W. Brooker

  • Contrasting effects of summer and winter warming on body mass explain population dynamics in a food-limited Arctic herbivore.

    Steve D. Albon;R. Justin Irvine;Odd Halvorsen;Rolf Langvatn

  • Invasive plant suppresses charismatic seabird - the construction of attitudes towards biodiversity management options.

    Anke Fischer;René van der Wal

  • Physiological and growth responses of the montane bryophyte Racomitrium lanuginosum to atmospheric nitrogen deposition

    I. S. K. Pearce;Sarah Jane Woodin;R. van der Wal

  • Limitations of recreational camera traps for wildlife management and conservation research: A practitioner’s perspective

    Scott Newey;Scott Newey;Paul Davidson;Paul Davidson;Sajid Nazir;Gorry Fairhurst

  • The impact of herbivores on nitrogen mineralization rate: consequences for salt-marsh succession.

    Harm J. van Wijnen;René van der Wal;Jan P. Bakker

  • The enigma of soil animal species diversity revisited: the role of small-scale heterogeneity.

    Uffe N. Nielsen;Uffe N. Nielsen;Graham H. R. Osler;Colin D. Campbell;Colin D. Campbell;Roy Neilson

  • Interplay between nitrogen deposition and grazing causes habitat degradation

    René Van Der Wal;Imogen Pearce;Rob Brooker;Dave Scott

  • ON FACILITATION BETWEEN HERBIVORES: HOW BRENT GEESE PROFIT FROM BROWN HARES

    René van der Wal;Harm van Wijnen;Sip van Wieren;Olivier Beucher

  • Direct uptake of soil nitrogen by mosses

    Edward Ayres;René van der Wal;Martin Sommerkorn;Richard D Bardgett

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah J. Woodin
Sarah J. Woodin University of Aberdeen
Anke Fischer
Anke Fischer Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Chris Mellish
Chris Mellish University of Aberdeen
Sofie Sjögersten
Sofie Sjögersten University of Nottingham
Jesper Madsen
Jesper Madsen Aarhus University
Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir
Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir University of Iceland
James D. M. Speed
James D. M. Speed Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell University of York
David F. R. P. Burslem
David F. R. P. Burslem University of Aberdeen
Audun Stien
Audun Stien University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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