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Opportunities with Tundra Ecology Lab

BSc and MSc opportunities within existing Tundra Ecology Lab research projects

Projects within the TRAPP project

The Rannís funded TRAPP project offers several opportunities for BSc and MSc students. The project investigates ecosystem processes that keep rangeland ecosystems trapped in a degraded state. We are mainly working in the Icelandic highlands and are particularly interested in studying how different plant functional groups may facilitate or retard ecosystem processes. Examples of student projects:

  • Seed rain and seed banks in degraded rangelands
  • Impacts of climate warming on flowering and seed set in tundra ecosystems
  • Plant functional traits in facilitating and retarding plant species

Contact information:
Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir

isj@hi.is

Rannsóknaverkefni fyrir BS og meistaranema

Verkefnið TRAPP sem fjármagnað af Rannsóknasjóð Rannís býður upp á rannsóknarverkefni fyrir BS og meisteranema. Markmið TRAPP verkefnisins er að rannsaka hvaða vistkerfisferlar viðhalda hnignunarstigi vistkerfa. Rannsóknasvæði okkar eru aðallega á hálendi Íslands og sérstök áhersla er á að rannsaka hvernig mismunandi virknihópar plantna örva eða hindra vistkerfisferla. Dæmi um nemendaverkefni:

  • Fræregn og fræforði jarðvegs í hnignuðum hálendisvistkerfum
  • Áhrif loftslagshlýninar á blómgun og fræframleiðslu
  • Eginleikar plantna sem hafa örvandi og hamlandi áhrif á vistkerfisferla.

Other Herbivory Network projects

Effects of barnacle goose grazing on vegetation – using GPS data to study what type of vegetation barnacle geese are utilizing at different periods of the growing season and their effect on the plant communities – in collaboration with Arnór Sigfússon / Áhrif beitar helsingja á gróður – GPS sendigögn notðu til að rannaka hvar helsingjar eru á beit á mismunandi tímum yfir vaxtartímann og hvaða áhrif beit þeirra hefur á plöntusamfélög – í samvinnnu við Arnór Sigfússon

Can we use NIRS technology to differentiate faeces of different herbivores? – herbivore faeces are a valuable source of information, but differentiating faeces of different species like reindeer and sheep in the field can be challenging. Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) can be used to distinguish faeces of different species of small mammals and its use could be extended to other herbivores as well.

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  • Lab Members
  • Research Projects
    • TRAPP
    • Herbivores in the tundra: linking diversity and function (TUNDRAsalad)
      • WP1. Synthesizing existing knowledge
      • WP2. Implementing a spatially replicated, coordinated field experiment
      • WP3. Accounting for herbivore diversity in management at a regional scale
    • ITEX Sites
    • FENCES experiment
  • Collaborations
  • Publications
  • Opportunities with Tundra Ecology Lab
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