DURIN
The underappreciated roles of dwarf-shrubs in responding to and influencing global climate change
About the research project
DURIN will explore the role of dwarf-shrubs in climate responses and how they feedback across biomes and habitats, integrating plant physiology, ecology, ecosystem, and climate science. Using distributed observational systems, field experiments, and growth chamber studies, we will obtain fundamental knowledge on how climate change directly and indirectly affects this important plant functional group, as well as it’s ecosystem functions and services. This improved process understanding will be integrated into land surface and earth system models to understand the role and contribution of dwarf-shrubs in the feedback from terrestrial vegetation to the climate system.
People
Project manager
Project members
Dagmar Egelkraut Project manager
Sonya Geange Researcher
Kristine Birkeli PhD student
Aud Halbritter Data manager
Richard Telford Coding advisor
Inge Althuizen Collaborator
Brian Enquist Collaborator
Sean Michaletz Collaborator
Håvard Kauserud Collaborator
Liv Guri Velle Collaborator
Mika Kirkhus PhD student
Jeanne Rezsöhazy Post-doctor
