Vigdis Vandvik

Title: Professor

Phone: +47 55 58 33 32

Cellphone: +47 473 01 794 SMS

E-mail: Vigdis.Vandvik@bio.uib.no

Visiting address: Thormøhlensgt. 53 A/B

I am a plant ecologist with a broad range of research interests, including:

• Community ecology; especially how dispersal and niche processes interact to shape the patterns in diversity and dominance that we observe in nature
• Seed ecology and seedbank dynamics
• Effects of climate change; and how these scale across levels of organization from physiology via populations to communities
• Human land-use regimes, past and present, and their effects on terrestrial ecosystems  

 

Publications in Cristin

BIO 300 - Scientific writing, ethics

BIO 102 - Organismal biology

MSc and PhD supervision

PhD Supervisory committees (*main supervisor)

2013 –       John Guittar: Climate and plant and microbial traits

2013 –       Mari Jokerud*: UVB impacts on plant ecophysiology

2011 –      Tessa Bargmann: Heathlands, biogeography and conservation

2011 –     Siri Lie Olsen: Climate change & species interactions

2009 – 2012     Heidi Saure:  Invasive aliens & biodiversity

2008 –      Collins Bulafu: Biodiversity in tropical forest fragments

2008 –    Perpetra Akite:  Butterfly biodiversity in tropical forest fragments

2008 – 2012   Eric Meineri*: Climate change & plant regeneration

2008 –    Joachim Spindelböck*:   Climate change & population dynamics

2008 –   Jan Håkon Vikane:   Invasives in heathlands

2007 – 2013  Krishna Shestra*: Himalayan treelines      

2007 –  2012     Liv Guri Velle*: Heathlands, fire and climate             

2003 – 2009     Inger Måren*: Heathland seedbanks & fire

 

MSc Supervisory committees (*main supervisor)

2012 –   Ynghild G. Storhaug*:Pollination as an ecosystem service

2011 –   Berhe Luel*:  Fire history in clastal mountains

2011 – 2012  Martha Ramirez*:  Seed rain,  dispersal & climate

2010 –   Ina Bakke Birkeland*:  N-deposition impacts

2009 – 2012     Mari Jokerud*:        N deposition impacts on bogs

2009 – 2010     Sumal Aryal: Land-use and biodiversity in Nepal

2009 – 2010     Astrid Berge*: Dispersal and grassland biodiversity

2009 – 2010   Kristoffer Hauge:  Moth biodiversity in Uganda

2009 –  2010  Christine Pötch:   Climate and resource allocation 

2008 –  2010  Therese Kronstad:  Butterfly biodiversity in Uganda

2008 – 2009  Øystein Langaker:  Beach vegetation at Karmøy

2006 – 2008 Kathrin Bochmühl: Altitude and biodiversity at Svalbard

2006 – 2008  Eva Kittelsen*:  Pasture quality and feral sheep lambs

2005 – 2007  Jan Håkon Vikane*: Population dynamics of Arnica montana

2005 – 2006  Håvard Nilsen*: Biodiversity in fragmented heathlands

2001 – 2002 Jarngerdur Gretarsdottir: Revegetation on Iceland

PARASOL: Developing a method to measure UV-B flux through time using aromatic compounds contained in fossil pollen and leaf cuticle. Norwegian Research Council FRIBIO project 214359 (2012-2015).

EcoSET: Development of a new automated tool for Ecosystem Service Evaluation. The norwegian Academy of Science and Letters project 6158 (2011-2014).

HIMALINES: Legal heworks for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services in the Himalayas. Norwegian Research Council FRIMUF project 190153N10 (2009-2012)      

SEEDCLIM: The role of seeds in a changing climate - linking germination ecophysiology to population and community ecology. Norwegian Research Council NORKLIMA project 184787/v10 (2008-2012)        

THE MATRIX: Influence of the Matrix on Species Richness in Ugandan Forest Fragments. Norwegian Research Council FRIMUF project 184912 (2008-2012)     

INVALIENS: How to prevent invasion of alien species into urban hills and coastal heathland ecosystems: Sustaining biodiversity in cultural landscapes. Norwegian Research Council MILJØ 2015 project 184099 (2008-2011)

RESAMPLE: Vegetation dynamics - Driving forces in vegetation dynamics and their consequences for ecosystem services. Norwegian Research Council MILJØ 2015 project 184133 (2008-2011)

BEGIN: Biodiversity of European Grasslands the Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition. European Science Foundation EuroDIVERSITY CRP (2007–2010)

VILLSAU: Feral sheep in coastal heaths - developing a sustainable local industry in vulnerable cultural landscapes project. Norwegian Research Council AREAL project 178209/I10 (2007–2011)