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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3551
World Ranking
8126
National Ranking
139

Vidar Grøtan publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 81 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Vidar Grøtan D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vidar Grøtan sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Vidar Grøtan is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their academic work focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in related subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, and Ecological Modeling.

The research topics that Vidar Grøtan engages with span several key areas: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Vidar Grøtan has published articles in several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their research include the Journal of Animal Ecology, The American Naturalist, Scientific Reports, Ecology, and Ecology Letters.

Among recent research outputs, notable papers include:

  • The Moran effect revisited: spatial population synchrony under global warming, 2020, Ecography
  • Species data for understanding biodiversity dynamics: The what, where and when of species occurrence data collection, 2021, Ecological Solutions and Evidence
  • Climate synchronises shrub growth across a high-arctic archipelago: contrasting implications of summer and winter warming, 2020, Oikos
  • Effects of density, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on the dynamics of British bird communities, 2022, Ecology
  • Harvesting can stabilise population fluctuations and buffer the impacts of extreme climatic events, 2022, Ecology Letters

Throughout their career, Vidar Grøtan has collaborated frequently with various researchers, including Bernt-Erik Sæther, Brage Bremset Hansen, Kate Layton-Matthews, Maarten J. J. E. Loonen, and Aline Magdalena Lee.

Best Publications

  • Climate Events Synchronize the Dynamics of a Resident Vertebrate Community in the High Arctic

    Brage Bremset Hansen;Vidar Grøtan;Ronny Aanes;Ronny Aanes;Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • Population Growth in a Wild Bird Is Buffered Against Phenological Mismatch

    Thomas E. Reed;Vidar Grøtan;Stephanie Jenouvrier;Stephanie Jenouvrier;Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • How Life History Influences Population Dynamics in Fluctuating Environments

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Tim Coulson;Vidar Grøtan;Steinar Engen

  • CLIMATE CAUSES LARGE-SCALE SPATIAL SYNCHRONY IN POPULATION FLUCTUATIONS OF A TEMPERATE HERBIVORE

    Vidar Grøtan;Bernt-Erik SÆther;Steinar Engen;Erling Johan Solberg

  • Seasonal cycles of species diversity and similarity in a tropical butterfly community.

    Vidar Grøtan;Russell Lande;Russell Lande;Steinar Engen;Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • How are species interactions structured in species-rich communities? A new method for analysing time-series data.

    Otso Ovaskainen;Otso Ovaskainen;Gleb Tikhonov;David Dunson;Vidar Grøtan

  • Climate and spatio-temporal variation in the population dynamics of a long distance migrant, the white stork.

    Bernt‐Erik Sæther;Vidar Grøtan;Piotr Tryjanowski;Christophe Barbraud

  • Geographical gradients in the population dynamics of North American prairie ducks

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Magnar Lillegård;Vidar Grøtan;Mark C. Drever

  • The extended Moran effect and large-scale synchronous fluctuations in the size of great tit and blue tit populations

    Bernt Erik Sæther;Steinar Engen;Vidar Grøtan;Wolfgang Fiedler

  • Demographic routes to variability and regulation in bird populations

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Vidar Grøtan;Steinar Engen;Tim Coulson

  • Predicting fluctuations of reintroduced ibex populations: the importance of density dependence, environmental stochasticity and uncertain population estimates.

    Bernt‐Erik Sæther;Magnar Lillegård;Vidar Grøtan;Flurin Filli

  • More frequent extreme climate events stabilize reindeer population dynamics.

    Brage B. Hansen;Marlène Gamelon;Steve D. Albon;Aline M. Lee

  • Spatial and temporal variation in the relative contribution of density dependence, climate variation and migration to fluctuations in the size of great tit populations

    Vidar Grøtan;Bernt-Erik Sæther;Steinar Engen;Johan H. Van Balen

  • The Moran effect revisited: spatial population synchrony under global warming

    Brage B. Hansen;Vidar Grøtan;Ivar Herfindal;Aline M. Lee

  • 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

  • Age, size, and spatiotemporal variation in ovulation patterns of a seasonal breeder, the Norwegian moose (Alces alces).

    Mathieu Garel;Erling Johan Solberg;Bernt‐Erik Sæther;Vidar Grøtan

  • Interactions between demography and environmental effects are important determinants of population dynamics.

    Marlène Gamelon;Vidar Grøtan;Anna L. K. Nilsson;Steinar Engen

  • Geographical variation in the influence of density dependence and climate on the recruitment of Norwegian moose

    Vidar Grøtan;Bernt-Erik Sæther;Magnar Lillegård;Erling J. Solberg

  • Spatial heterogeneity in climate change effects decouples the long‐term dynamics of wild reindeer populations in the high Arctic

    Brage Bremset Hansen;Åshild Ønvik Pedersen;Bart Peeters;Mathilde Le Moullec

  • Annual variation in maternal age and calving date generate cohort effects in moose (Alces alces) body mass

    Erling J. Solberg;Morten Heim;Vidar Grøtan;Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • Evidence for r- and K-selection in a wild bird population: a reciprocal link between ecology and evolution.

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Marcel E. Visser;Vidar Grøtan;Steinar Engen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernt-Erik Sæther
Bernt-Erik Sæther Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Steinar Engen
Steinar Engen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Erling Johan Solberg
Erling Johan Solberg Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Ivar Herfindal
Ivar Herfindal Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Otso Ovaskainen
Otso Ovaskainen University of Jyväskylä
Marcel E. Visser
Marcel E. Visser University of Groningen
Nerea Abrego
Nerea Abrego University of Jyväskylä
Gunnar Austrheim
Gunnar Austrheim Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Steve D. Albon
Steve D. Albon James Hutton Institute
Audun Stien
Audun Stien University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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Best Scientists Citing Vidar Grøtan

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Steinar Engen

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Ivar Herfindal

Ivar Herfindal

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Publications: 28

Audun Stien

Audun Stien

University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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Leif Egil Loe

Leif Egil Loe

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Publications: 20

Otso Ovaskainen

Otso Ovaskainen

University of Jyväskylä

Publications: 19

Atle Mysterud

Atle Mysterud

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Publications: 19

Christophe Barbraud

Christophe Barbraud

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Eva Fuglei

Eva Fuglei

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John D. C. Linnell

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Nigel G. Yoccoz

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Publications: 17

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Marcel E. Visser

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Arpat Ozgul

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