Climate Impacts Research Centre
Researcher
I am interested in the interconnectedness of above and belowground biological processes. How these depend on and relate to each other, thereby shaping ecosystems and their functions. By applying this in the context of harsh Arctic winter conditions, I hope to contribute to our understanding of how Arctic ecosystems will change in a warming world and what feedback effects this may have on a global scale.
I aim to advance our knowledge on the impact of ants on the Arctic ecosystem carbon dynamics. I will explore their impact both using field-based methods, e.g. by sampling ants or measuring fluxes; and using maps from unmanned aerial vehicles. Combining these methods will help us to understand the impact ants have on carbon, but also on invertebrates.
The overarching aim of my research is to understand herbivore-plant interaction from the perspective of both plants and animals and across different biomes. The bulk of my research includes how ungulates interact with temperate forests and how these relationships shift vegetation composition, structure, and succession.
April to June 2016, during my ERASMUS+ exchange to Umeå University, I got to spend two months in Abisko, when participating in the course “Arctic Geoecology”. As my personal interest in sustainability and climate change already grew before coming to Abisko, this was the perfect opportunity to combine both, my private interests and my research interests, in this hot topic.
The Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC) is based at the
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
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