Research Abstract

In my empirical research, I use unique study sites that function as natural experimental sites, such (i) extensive elevation ranges, (ii) mountainous oceanic islands, and (iii) glacier-foreland.

1. Large mountains and their gradients in bioclimate are used to elucidate the mechanism that influences the richness of species. For instance, the Himalayan range has a tropical bioclimate in the lowland and glaciers at the top that mimics the latitudinal gradient from equatorial tropical to the arctic zone. I apply these large-scale temperature elevation gradients as in situ experimental sites because they are superior natural, non-manipulative, or observational experiments in which dramatic changes in climatic characteristics occur over relatively short geographic distances.
2. The experimental situation is even more ideal on discrete sample sites such as isolated oceanic islands with mountains, such as Tenerife and La Palma in the Canary Islands archipelago.
3. Glacier foreland formed during the Little Ice Age (1300-1850) sites is another natural experiment where time since exposed to air is directly linked to distance from the glacier. Here, my study focuses on primary succession and soil development to elucidate what drives the change in vegetation and the landscapes after the glacier has retreated due to climate change.

Projects: Currently, I am working on a project in Nepal that aims to identify the most effective connectivity between existing Protected areas, through Other Effective area-based Conservation Management (OECM), to support biodiversity persistence under a changing climate and in harmony with the local land use system

Another project is in a glacier foreland (Nordfjord, Norway), where we aim to elucidate the effect that certain nitrogen-fixing plants have on the overall succession and soil development —a phenomenon known as facilitation.  Two master students are part of this project.

Distribution of Cotoneaster bullatus Bois Along the Hardangerfjord, Norway. 

Recent papers:
Vetaas et al. 2025: Testing of Drivers for Plant Species Diversity Along Elevational Gradients on Seven Mountainous Islands in the Subtropics, Journal of Vegetation Science. 36 (4), e70053

Gatti, …. Vetaas & Chiarucci 2023: Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target. Biodiv & Conservation, 35:3157-3174 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02644-5

Academic article

• Bhattarai, Prakash; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Zhao, Guang (2025). Do water–energy dynamics drive plant species richness patterns on the high alpine Tibetan plateau?. (external link)
• Wilkens, Vincent; Shatto, Christopher; Walentowitz, Anna et al. (2025). Volcanic eruption and wildfires as compounding drivers of first-year seedling establishment in Canary pine. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Mottl, Ondrej; Felde, Vivian Astrup et al. (2024). Latitudinal gradients in the phylogenetic assembly of angiosperms in Asia during the Holocene. (external link)
• Beirkuhnlein, Carl; Nogales, Manuel; Field, Richard et al. (2023). Volcanic ash deposition as a selection mechanism towards woodiness. (external link)
• Saure, Heidi Iren; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Hassel, Kristian et al. (2023). Restoring heathlands after afforestation on two islands in western Norway. (external link)
• Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla; Zannini, Piero; Piovesan, Gianluca et al. (2023). Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target. (external link)
• Weiser, Frank; Walentowitz, Anna; Baumann, Esther et al. (2023). Combining in-situ monitoring and remote sensing to detect spatial patterns of volcanic sulphur impact on pine needles. (external link)
• Qian, Hong; Kessler, Michael; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2022). Pteridophyte species richness in the central Himalaya is limited by cold climate extremes at high elevations and rainfall seasonality at low elevations. (external link)
• Kienle, David; Walentowitz, Anna; Sungur, Leyla et al. (2022). Geodiversity and biodiversity on a volcanic island: The role of scattered phonolites for plant diversity and performance. (external link)
• Hanz, Dagmar Martina; Beloiu, Mirela; Wipfler, Raja et al. (2022). High species turnover and low intraspecific trait variation in endemic and non-endemic plant species assemblages on an oceanic island. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Robson, Benjamin Aubrey; Suwal, Madan Krishna et al. (2021). A pan-Himalayan test of predictions on plant species richness based on primary production and water-energy dynamics. (external link)
• Musciano, Michele Di; Zannini, Piero; Ferrara, Chiara et al. (2021). Investigating elevational gradients of species richness in a Mediterranean plant hotspot using a published flora. (external link)
• Eibes, Pia M.; Eisenbacher, Judith; Beierkuhnlein, Carl et al. (2021). Co-occurrence frequency in vegetation patches decreases towards the harsh edge along an arid volcanic elevational gradient^a. (external link)
• Cervellini, Marco; Musciano, Michele Di; Zannini, Piero et al. (2021). Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure. (external link)
• Weiser, Frank; Sauer, Anna; Gettueva, Daria et al. (2021). Impacts of forest fire on understory species diversity in canary pine ecosystems on the island of la palma. (external link)
• Dewan, Sailendra; Acharya, Bhoj Kumar; Vetaas, Ole Reidar et al. (2021). Do sub-groups of butterflies display different elevational distribution patterns in the Eastern Himalaya, India?. (external link)
• Bhattarai, Prakash; Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Zhang, Yang-jian et al. (2020). Microtopography driven plant species composition in alpine region: a fine-scale study from Southern Norway. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Shrestha, Krishna Babu; Sharma, Lila Nath (2020). Changes in plant species richness after cessation of forest disturbance. (external link)
• Devkota, Ram Sharan; Field, Richard; Vetaas, Ole Reidar et al. (2020). Assessing the Potential Replacement of Laurel Forest by a Novel Ecosystem in the Steep Terrain of an Oceanic Island. (external link)
• Cervellini, Marco; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Field, Richard et al. (2020). A grid-based map for the Biogeographical Regions of Europe. (external link)
• Qian, Hong; Sandel, Brody; Deng, Tao et al. (2019). Geophysical, evolutionary and ecological processes interact to drive phylogenetic dispersion in angiosperm assemblages along the longest elevational gradient in the world. (external link)
• Biurrun, Idoia; Burrascano, Sabina; Dembicz, Iwona et al. (2019). GrassPlot v. 2.00 – first update on the database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. (external link)
• Bargmann, Tessa; Wheatcroft, Edward; Imperio, Simona et al. (2019). Effects of weather and hunting on wild reindeer population dynamics in Hardangervidda National Park. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Paudel, Keshav Prasad; Christensen, Morten (2019). Principal factors controlling biodiversity along an elevation gradient: Water, energy and their interaction. (external link)
• Slik, J.W. Ferry; Franklin, Janet; Arroyo-Rodríguez, Victor et al. (2018). Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Grytnes, John-Arvid; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2018). Downhill shift of alpine plant assemblages under contemporary climate and land-use changes. (external link)
• Suwal, Madan Krishna; Huettmann, Falk; Regmi, Ganga Ram et al. (2018). Parapatric subspecies of Macaca assamensis show a marginal overlap in their predicted potential distribution: Some elaborations for modern conservation management. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Grytnes, John-Arvid; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2018). Scale sensitivity of the relationship between alpha and gamma diversity along an alpine elevation gradient in central Nepal. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Birks, Harry John Betteley; Grytnes, John-Arvid et al. (2018). Weighted average regression and environmental calibration as a tool for quantifying climate-driven changes in vegetation. (external link)
• Hoffmann, Samuel; Schmitt, Thomas M; Chiarucci, Alessandro et al. (2018). Remote sensing of ?-diversity: Evidence from plant communities in a semi-natural system. (external link)
• Suwal, Madan Krishna; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2017). Climatic variables determining Rhododendron sister taxa distri-butions and distributional overlaps in the Himalayas. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Grytnes, John-Arvid; Bhatta, Kuber Prasad et al. (2017). An intercontinental comparison of niche conservatism along a temperature gradient. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2016). Does tree canopy closure moderate the effect of climate warming on plant species composition of temperate Himalayan oak forest?. (external link)
• Kandel, Pratikshya; Chapagain, Prem Sagar; Sharma, Lila Nath et al. (2016). Consumption patterns of fuelwood in rural households of Dolakha District, Nepal: reflections from community forest user groups. (external link)
• Suwal, Madan Krishna; Shrestha, Krishna Babu; Guragain, Laba et al. (2016). Land-use change under a warming climate facilitated upslope expansion of Himalayan silver fir (Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach). (external link)
• Sharma, Lila Nath; Grytnes, John-Arvid; Måren, Inger Elisabeth et al. (2016). Do composition and richness of woody plants vary between gaps and closed canopy patches in subtropical forests?. (external link)
• Ferrer-Castán, Dolores; Morales-Barbero, Jennifer; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2016). Water-energy dynamics, habitat heterogeneity, history, and broad-scale patterns of mammal diversity. (external link)
• Steinbauer, Manuel J.; Field, Richard; Grytnes, John-Arvid et al. (2016). Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation. (external link)
• Sharma, Lila Nath; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2015). Does agroforestry conserve trees? A comparison of tree species diversity between farmland and forest in mid-hills of central Himalaya. (external link)
• Saure, Heidi Iren; Vandvik, Vigdis; Hassel, Kristian et al. (2014). Do vascular plants and bryophytes respond differently to coniferous invasion of coastal heathlands?. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Vikane, Jan Håkon; Saure, Heidi Iren et al. (2014). North Atlantic Islands with native and alien trees: are there differences in diversity and species-area relationships?. (external link)
• Sharma, Lila Nath; Sharma, Lila Nath; Vetaas, Ole Reidar et al. (2014). Pastoral abandonment, shrub proliferation and landscape changes: a case study from Gorkha, Nepal. (external link)
• Paudel, Shishir; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2014). Effects of topography and land use on woody plant species composition and beta diversity in an arid Trans-Himalayan landscape, Nepal. (external link)
• Sharma, Lila Nath; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Chaudhary, Ram Prasad et al. (2014). Ecological consequences of land use change: Forest structure and regeneration across the forest-grassland ecotone in mountain pastures in Nepal. (external link)
• Saure, Heidi Iren; Vandvik, Vigdis; Hassel, Kristian et al. (2013). Effects of invasion by introduced versus native conifers on coastal heathland vegetation. (external link)
• Shrestha, Krishna Babu; Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Arneberg, Ellen et al. (2013). Effect of anthropogenic disturbance on plant species diversity in oak forest in Nepal, central Himalaya. (external link)
• Vikane, Jan Håkon; Vandvik, Vigdis; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2013). Invasion of Calluna heath by native and non-native conifers: the role of succession, disturbance and allelopathy. (external link)
• Saure, Heidi Iren; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Odland, Arvid et al. (2013). Restoration potential of native forests after removal of Picea abies plantations. (external link)
• Ektvedt, Tone Marie; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Lundberg, Anders (2012). Land-cover changes during the past 50 years in the semi-arid tropical forest region of northern Peru. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Salih, Elsir A; Jurasinski, Gerald (2012). Vegetation Changes in the Red Sea Hills: from mist oasis to arid shrub. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Chaudhary, Ram Prasad; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2012). A comparison of systematic versus stratified-random sampling design for gradient analyses: a case study in subalpine Himalaya, Nepal. (external link)
• Shrestha, Shanti; Karky, Bhaskar Singh; Gurung, Anup et al. (2012). Asessment of carbon balance in community forest in Dolakha, Nepal. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Chaudhary, Ram Prasad; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2012). A comparison of systematic versus stratified-random sampling design for gradient analyses: a case study in subalpine Himalaya, Nepal. (external link)
• Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Birks, Harry John Betteley (2011). Orchid species richness along Himalayan elevational gradients. (external link)
• Aase, Tor Halfdan; Chaudhary, Ram P.; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2010). Farming flexibility and food security under climatic uncertainty: Manang, Nepal Himalaya. (external link)
• Bini, L. Mauricio; Diniz-Filho, Alexandre F.; Rangel, Thiago F. L. V. B. et al. (2009). Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression. (external link)
• Shrestha, Krishna Babu; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2009). The forest ecotone effect on species richness in an arid trans-Himalayan landscape of Nepal. (external link)
• Baniya, Chitra Bahadur; Solhøy, Torstein; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2009). Temporal changes in species diversity and composition in abandoned fields in a trans-Himalayan landscape, Nepal. (external link)
• Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Chaudhary, Ram Prasad; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2009). Medicinal plants of Nepal: Distribution pattern along an elevational gradient and effectiveness of existing protected areas for their conservation. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Ferrar-Castán, D (2008). Patterns of woody plant species richness in the Iberian Peninsula: environmental range and spatial scale. (external link)
• Aase, Tor Halfdan; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2007). Risk management by communal decision in trans-Himalayan farming: Manang valley in central Nepal. (external link)
• Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2007). Does Regulated Land Use Allow Regeneration of Keystone Forest Species in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Central Himalaya?. (external link)
• Mong, Christian Einar; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2006). Establishment of Pinus wallichiana on a Himalayan Glacier Foreland: Stochastic Distribution or Safe Sites?. (external link)
• Bhattarai, Khem Raj; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2006). Can Rapoport's rule explain tree species richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient, Nepal?. (external link)
• Ferrar-Castán, D; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2005). Pteridophyte richness, climate and topography in the Iberian Peninsula: comparing spatial and nonspatial models of richness patterns. (external link)
• Bhattarai, Khem Raj; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Grytnes, John-Arvid (2004). Fern species richness along a central Himalayan elevational gradient, Nepal. (external link)
• Bhattarai, Khem Raj; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Grytnes, John-Arvid (2004). Relationship between plant species richness and biomass in an arid sub-alpine grassland of the Central Himalayas, Nepal. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Knudsen, A. (2004). Fragile mountain - Fragile people? Understanding the fragility in the Himalayas. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1997). Relationships between floristic gradients in a primary succession. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1997). The effect of canopy disturbance on species richness in a central Himalayan oak forest. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1996). En Sammenligning av det biologiske og det antropologiske nisje begrep, med utgangspunkt i Barths studier. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1996). En sammenligning av det biologiske og det antropologiske nisjebegrep, med utgangspunkt i Barths studier. (external link)
• Alstad, G.; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1994). The influence of Acacia tortilis stands on soilproperties in arid north-eastern Sudan. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1994). Primary succession of plant assemblages on a glacier foreland - Bødalsbreen, southern Norway. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1993). Primary succession of plant assemblages on a glacier foreland - Dødalsbreen, Southern Norway. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1993). Effect of spatial arrangement of environmental variables on ordination results from a disturbed humidity gradient in north-eastern Sudan. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1993). Spatial and temporal vegatation changes along a moisture gradient in north-eastern Sudan. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1992). Gradients in Field-Layer Vegetation on an Arid Misty Mountain Plateau in the Sudan. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1992). Micro-site Effects of Trees and Schrubs in Dry Savannas. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1992). Micro-site effects of trees and shrubs in dry savanna. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1992). Gradients in field-layer vegetation on an arid misty mountain plateau in the Sudan. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1991). Micro- and Meso-Gradients in Field-Layer Vegetation on Arid Misty Mountain, Erkowit, North-Eastern Sudan. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1990). Landscape Ecology in a European Tradition. (external link)

Errata

• Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla; Zannini, Piero; Piovesan, Gianluca et al. (2023). Correction to: Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target (Biodiversity and Conservation, (2023), 32, 10, (3157-3174), 10.1007/s10531-023-02644-5). (external link)

Academic lecture

• Saure, Heidi Iren; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Hassel, Kristian et al. (2022). Restoring coastal heathlands after afforestation- on two islands in Western Norway.. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2007). Why are cultural landscapes rich in species and why do they have different conservation values in rich and poor countries?. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2005). Globalisation processes in Himalayan mountain communities: more development than marginalisation. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2005). Vetaas, O.R. Shrestha, K. B. & Panthi, M.P. 2005 Is gamma diversity able to predict variation in alpha diversity along an elevation range? IAVS symp. 2005 Lisboa. (external link)
• Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Chaudhary, Ram Prasad; Lekhak, Hari Datta et al. (2005). Post Fire Natural Regeneration of Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jackson in Pisang, Manang, Nepal. (external link)

Editorial

• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2021). Mountain biodiversity and elevational gradients. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2006). Biological relativity to water-energy dynamics: a potential unifying theory?. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Hobohm, Carsten; Janišová, Monika; Steinbauer, Manuel et al. (2019). Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Vikane, Jan Håkon; Vandvik, Vigdis; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2019). Predicting decline of threatened species, invasiveness of alien species, and invasibility of seminatural habitats: A case study from threatened coastal heathlands and semi-natural grasslands in western Norway. (external link)
• Suwal, Madan Krishna; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2018). Spatial dynamics of species distributions in an anthropogenic landscape in the context of climate change. (external link)
• Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Grytnes, John-Arvid (2018). Spatiotemporal dynamics of plant assemblages under changing climate and land-use regimes in central Nepal Himalaya. (external link)
• Sharma, Lila Nath; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2016). The disturbance-diversity relationship: integrating biodiversity conservation and resource management in anthropogenic landscapes. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1992). The interaction between biotic and abiotic factors controlling temporal and spatial dynamics of arid vegetation in Erkowit, north-eastern Sudan. (external link)

Book review

• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Wagner, Helene H. (2017). Aune-Lundberg, Linda. 2016. Estimation Methods and Uncertainty in Area Frame Surveys of Land Cover. Thesis for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD). Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo No. 1780 Oslo: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. 181 pp. ISSN 1501-7710. (external link)

Poster

• Bargmann, Tessa; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2017). Spatial ecology and summer grazing areas of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Hardangervidda, Norway. (external link)
• Bargmann, Tessa; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2016). Hardangervidda National Park (HNP), Norway. (external link)

Masters thesis

• Risberg, Jon Morten; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2013). Regeneration of pine on the aeolian sand dunes in Starmoen nature reserve, south-east Norway. (external link)
• Klokkeide, Kristin Madsen; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2013). Regeneration of Shorea robusta and Schima wallichii under Community Forest Management in Ludikhola watershed, Gorkha district, Nepal. (external link)
• Birks, Harry John Betteley; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Shrestha, Krishna B. (2006). Species richness across the forest-line ecotone in an arid trans-Himalayan landscape of Nepal. (external link)
• Baniya, Chitra Bahadur; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Salvesen, Per Harald (2004). Succession and diversity in abandoned crop fields at high elevations in the Central Himalayas. (external link)

Popular scientific article

• Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2008). Kulturlandskap i nord og sør - betraktninger i rom. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Måren, Inger Elisabeth (2008). Kulturlandskap i drastisk endring - betraktninger i tid. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1998). Klimagrenser for Rhododendron i arboreter og Himalaya (Nepal). (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1992). Fraktaler - en ny måte å se naturen på. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Kolding, Jeppe (1991). Environmental Variability in the Sahel and its Constraints on Animal Husbandry. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Chaudhary, Ram P.; Aase, Tor Halfdan; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2007). Globalisation and peoples' livelihood: Assessment and prediction for Manang, trans-himalayas, Nepal. (external link)
• Acharya, Kamal P.; Lekhak, Hari D.; Chaudhary, Ram P. et al. (2007). Species compostion and regeneration of coniferous forest in Manang. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2007). Global changes and its effect on glacier and culture landscapes: historical and future considerations. (external link)
• Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Khadka, Subash; Lekhak, Hari Datta et al. (2007). Species composition and regeneration of coniferous forest in Manang. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1997). Tautologier - et problem eller ikke-problem i biologiske vitenskaper?. (external link)
• Manger, Leif Ole; Ati, Hassan Abd el; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1996). Vegetation Dynamics in the Red Sea Hills - Continuities and Changes. (external link)
• Manger, Leif Ole; Krzywinski, Knut; Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1996). The Natural Environment of the Red Sea Hills - Lessons in Variability. (external link)
• A., [Mangler fornavn] Hassan A.; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Manger, Leif Ole (1996). The natural environment of the Red Sea Hills - lessons in variability. (external link)
• Krzywinski, Knut; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Manger, Leif Ole (1996). Vegetation dynamics in the Red Sea Hills - Continuties and changes. (external link)

Non-fiction book

• Chaudhary, Ram P.; Aase, Tor Halfdan; Vetaas, Ole Reidar et al. (2007). Local Effects of Global Changes in the Himalayas: Manang, Nepal. (external link)
• Manger, Leif Ole; Ati, Hassan Abd el; Harir, Sharif et al. (1996). "Survival on Meagre Resources". (external link)
• Manger, Leif Ole; Ati, Hassan Abd el; Harir, Sharif et al. (1996). "Survival on Meagre Resources". (external link)
• Manger, Leif Ole; Ati, Hassan Abd el; Harir, Sharif et al. (1996). Survival on Meagre Resources: Hadendowa Pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills. (external link)

Interview

• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (2007). Amerikanske trær innvaderer Fløyen. (external link)

Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

• Chaudary, Ram P.; Aase, Tor Halfdan; Vetaas, Ole Reidar et al. (2007). Local Effects of Global Changes in the Himalayas: Manang, Nepal. (external link)

Lecture

• Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Chaudhary, Ram Prasad; Lekhak, Hari Datta et al. (2005). Population Structure and Regeneration Status of Dominant Tree Species in Trans-himalayan Region, Nepal. (external link)
• Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Chaudhary, Ram Prasad; Lekhak, Hari Datta et al. (2005). Population Structure and Regeneration Status of Dominant Tree Species in Trans-himalayan Region, Nepal. (external link)

Compendium

• Manger, Leif Ole; Ati, Hassan Abd el; Sharif, Harir et al. (1995). Survival on Meagre Resources - Hadendowa Pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills. Final Report on The Red Sea Programme. (external link)

Report

• Manger, Leif Ole; Ati, Hassan Abd el; Harir, Sherif et al. (1994). Survival on Meagre Resources: Hadendowa pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills. Final report The Red Sea Area Programme. (external link)
• Vetaas, Ole Reidar (1991). Changes in Abundance of Perennial Species in Erkowit, North Eastern Sudan. (external link)
• Arnesen, Trond; Bjørgen, Tor; Denstad, Lisbeth Gederaas et al. (1985). Den gotlandske reisen. 1987. Hovedfagsekskursjon, rapport.Under ledelse av prof. Olav Gjærevoll og Thyra Solem. B 205 Regional plantegeografi. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Vetaas, O.R., Shrestha, K.B.& Sharma, L.N. 2020. Changes in plant species richness after cessation of forest disturbance. Applied Vegetation Science, DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12545.

Vetaas, O.R., K.P. Paudel, & Christensen, M. 2019. Principal factors controlling biodiversity along an elevation gradient: water, energy and their interaction. Journal of Biogeography, 46: 1652-1663.  special issue -  von Humboldt anniversary.

Qian, H, Sandel, B., Deng, T & Vetaas, O.R. 2019, Geophysical, evolutionary and ecological processes interact to drive phylogenetic dispersion in angiosperm assemblages along the longest elevational gradient in the world, Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society, 190, 333–344.

Vetaas, O.R., Grytnes, J.A., Bhatta, K & B.A. Hawkins 2018. An intercontinental comparison of niche conservatism along a temperature gradient. Journal of Biogeography, 45: 1104-1113.

Slik, JWF, Franklin, J…. Vetaas, O.R. et al. 2018.Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 115:1837-1842.

Steinbauer, M. J., Field, R., …Vetaas, O.R. & Beierkuhnlein, C. 2016. Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a globally consistent pattern of endemism. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25: 1097-1107

Vetaas, O.R., Vikane, J.H., Saure, H. I  & Vandvik, V. 2014. North Atlantic islands with native and alien trees: are there differences in diversity and species─area relationships? Journal of Vegetation Science, 25: 213–225.

Vetaas OR & Ferrer-Castan D 2008. Patterns of woody plant species richness in the Iberian Peninsula: environmental range and spatial scale. Journal of Biogeography, 35:1863-1878.

Grytnes, J.A. & Vetaas, O.R. 2002. Species richness and altitude: a comparison between simulation models and interpolated plant species richness along the Himalayan gradient, Nepal. American Naturalist, 159: 294-204.

Vetaas, O.R. & Grytnes, J.A. 2002. Distribution of vascular plant species richness and endemic richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient in Nepal. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 11: 291-301.

 

University of Bergen (NO) Jawhal Nehru University (IN) / Joint Indo-Norwegian research and education on water-related changes in Himalaya / Coordinator / DIKU (.3 mill NOK)

Biodiversity: a function of water and thermodynamics.  project  awaiting  NRC-funding