Dr.scient. i planteøkologi, Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap, 2005.
Avhandling: Direct and indirect effects of climate change on alpine plant community diversity: the abiotic environment modifies species interactions. (Direkte og indirekte effekter av klimaforandring på alpine plantesamfunn: det abiotiske miljøet modifiserer samspillet mellom arter.)

Klanderud, K. Effects of simulated environmental change on species abundance and composition of an alpine plant community. Submitted

Klanderud, K. & Totland, Ø. Invasability, dispersal limitations and diversity in an alpine plant community under global warming. Submitted

Klanderud, K. 2005. Climate change effects on species interactions in an alpine plant community. - Journal of Ecology 93: 127-137.

Klanderud, K. & Totland, Ø. 2005. Simulated climate change altered dominance hierarchies and plant community diversity of an alpine biodiversity-hotspot. - Ecology 86: 2047-2054.

Klanderud, K. & Totland, Ø. 2005. The relative importance of neighbours and abiotic environmental factors for population dynamic parameters of two alpine plant species. - Journal of Ecology 93: 493-501.

Klanderud, K. & Totland, Ø. 2004. Habitat dependent nurse-effects of the dwarf shrub Dryas octopetala on alpine and arctic plant community structure. - Ecoscience 11: 410-420.

Klanderud, K. & Birks, H.J.B. 2003. Nylige endringer i Jotunheimens flora – et resultat av klimaforandring? - Naturen 127: 61-69.

Klanderud, K. & Birks, H.J.B. 2003. Recent increases in species richness and shifts in altitudinal distributions of Norwegian mountain plants. - The Holocene 13: 1-6.