Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir recently answered RUV.is, the Icelandic National television, questions about forestry management in Iceland and warns about extensive planting of invasive tree species, during the evening television news. Find more about this interesting interview on ruv.is here: https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2023-08-28-skograekt-fyrir-loftslag-alls-ekki-sjalfsogd-390560 (in Icelandic)
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A new project to teach about moss diversity!
Hello! I (Bastien) recently started a new project in order to get people to better understand what mosses are, what they bring to ecosystems and how amazing they are (in total objectivity of course)! This will consist in a series of publications (more or less every two weeks) going deeper and deeper into bryophyte complexity,…
Welcome Bastien!
Bastien is a new PhD student coming to us from France. His project will focus on uncovering the mysterious nature of bryophyte ecology in Iceland. Welcome!
Sumjee’s first PhD paper published!
The first paper of Sumjee’s PhD has just been accepted in the Journal of Arid Environments. The paper, titled: “Rangeland degradation in Mongolia: A systematic review of the evidence” reviews literature on rangeland degradation in Mongolia, with a special focus on the grey literature. The study shows that rangeland degradation has become an increasing environmental…
Congratulations Dr. Klarenberg!
Last Friday Ingeborg defended her PhD thesis at the University of Iceland. The title of her dissertation is: Bacterial communities of lichens and mosses and nitrogen fixation in a warming climate. Congratulations Dr Klarenberg! The opponents were Dr. James Bradley, Queen Mary University of London, and Dr. Pauline Vannier, Research scientist at Matís. They did…
TUNDRAsalad in the news!
The TUNDRAsalad project was featured in the local news in Austurfrétt (in Icelandic)! TUNDRAsalad recently received permission for building up the fences for the coordinated experiment in Vesturöræfi, in East Iceland, from the local authorities in Múlaþing.
Welcome and congratulations Ian!
The Tundra Ecology Lab welcomes its newest member, Ian Klupar, who has arrived now in Iceland all the way from Alaska to do his PhD. Ian received very good news this week about the funding of his PhD project, titled “Alternative stable states of degraded rangeland ecosystems in a warmer world” by the PhD funds…
Towards a functional classification of mosses
Mosses are an important part of northern ecosystems but they are challenging to identify and often get lumped into a broad “moss” functional group in ecological studies. This new paper co-authored by Inga Svala, finally proposes a useful grouping of mosses into ecologically relevant and easily distinguishable bryophyte functional groups. The groupings are based on…
Field work for the herbivore map is ongoing
The poop counting team has been working hard on the herbivore map validation this summer, but the end is in sight with over 50 sites monitored across the Icelandic Highlands!
Successful main field season at the FENCES sites
The main field campaign at the FENCES sites took place Jul 31 to Aug 8. Very good weather and very effective field team, so we got everything done really quickly!