Sonya is a Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Vigdis Vandvik at the University of Bergen, Norway. She is working part of the EMERALD research group, which is trying to better understand the terrestrial ecosystem-climate interactions of alpine and arctic systems. Her role is to improve our process based understanding of these relationships by synthesizing across observational and experimental research approaches.

Sonya undertook her PhD at The Australian National University, studying with Professor Adrienne Nicotra in the Division of Ecology and Evolution. Her PhD involved working as part of a collaborative project which was conducting a comparative ecological study on phenotypic plasticity in water use traits, using a multi-site, multi-species design. In addition to this, she also investigated Australian alpine plant ecology, in particular, responses to increasing temperatures, and reduced water availability across elevational gradients.

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Halbritter, Aud Helen; Atkinson, Joe; Maré, Celesté et al. (2025). Effects of warming, nitrogen and grazing on plant functional traits differ between alpine and sub‐alpine grasslands. (ekstern lenke)
• Vandvik, Vigdis; Halbritter, Aud Helen; Macias-Fauria, Marc et al. (2025). Plant traits and associated ecological data from global change experiments and climate gradients in Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Arnold, Pieter A.; Noble, Daniel W. A.; Nicotra, Adrienne B. et al. (2025). A Framework for Modelling Thermal Load Sensitivity Across Life. (ekstern lenke)
• Barrio, Isabel C.; Vuorinen, Katariina Elsa M; Barbero-Palacios, Laura et al. (2025). Emerging priorities in terrestrial herbivory research in the Arctic. (ekstern lenke)
• Aas, Elin Cecilie Ristorp; Althuizen, Inge; Tang, Hui et al. (2024). Implications of climate and litter quality for simulations of litterbag decomposition at high latitudes. (ekstern lenke)
• Halbritter, Aud Helen; Vandvik, Vigdis; Cotner, Sehoya Harris et al. (2024). Plant trait and vegetation data along a 1314 m elevation gradient with fire history in Puna grasslands, Perú. (ekstern lenke)
• Keetz, Lasse Torben; Lieungh, Eva; Karimi-Asli, Kaveh et al. (2023). Climate–ecosystem modelling made easy: The Land Sites Platform. (ekstern lenke)
• Courtney Jones, Stephanie K.; Geange, Sonya Rita; Hanea, Anca et al. (2023). IDEAcology: An interface to streamline and facilitate efficient, rigorous expert elicitation in ecology. (ekstern lenke)
• Gya, Ragnhild; Geange, Sonya Rita; Lynn, Joshua et al. (2023). A test of local adaptation to drought in germination and seedling traits in populations of two alpine forbs across a 2000 mm/year precipitation gradient. (ekstern lenke)
• Kausrud, Kyrre; Vandvik, Vigdis; Flø, Daniel et al. (2022). Impacts of climate change on the boreal forest ecosystem. (ekstern lenke)
• Rueness, Eli Knispel; Asmyhr, Maria Gulbrandsen; Basic, Dean et al. (2022). The release of common pheasants and grey partridges for pointing dog training- consequences for biodiversity, animal welfare and health. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on biodiversity of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. (ekstern lenke)
• Vandvik, Vigdis; Althuizen, Inge; Jaroszynska, Francesca et al. (2022). The role of plant functional groups mediating climate impacts on carbon and biodiversity of alpine grasslands. (ekstern lenke)
• Nicotra, Adrienne B.; Geange, Sonya Rita; Bahar, Nur H.A. et al. (2022). An innovative approach to using an intensive field course to build scientific and professional skills. (ekstern lenke)
• Yannelli, Florencia A.; Bazzichetto, Manuele; Conradi, Timo et al. (2022). Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science: a horizon scan by early-career researchers. (ekstern lenke)
• Hennessy, Emily A.; Acabchuk, Rebecca; Arnold, Pieter A. et al. (2021). Ensuring Prevention Science Research is Synthesis-Ready for Immediate and Lasting Scientific Impact. (ekstern lenke)
• Camac, James; Umbers, Kate; Morgan, John et al. (2021). Predicting species and community responses to global change using structured expert judgement: An Australian mountain ecosystems case study. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Holloway-Phillips, Meisha-Marika; Briceno, Veronica et al. (2020). Aciphylla glacialis mortality, growth and frost resistance: a field warming experiment. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Oppen, Jonathan von; Strydom, Tanya et al. (2020). Next‐generation field courses: Integrating Open Science and online learning. (ekstern lenke)
• Thurman, Lindsey; Stein, Bruce; Beever, Erik et al. (2020). Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change. (ekstern lenke)
• Nakagawa, Shinichi; Gunn, Adam; Lagisz, Malgorzata et al. (2020). A new ecosystem for evidence synthesis. (ekstern lenke)
• Chacón-Labella, Julia; Boakye, Mickey; Enquist, Brian J. et al. (2020). From a crisis to an opportunity: Eight insights for doing science in the COVID‐19 era and beyond. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Briceno, Veronica; Aitken, Nicola et al. (2017). Phenotypic plasticity and water availability: responses of alpine herb species along an elevation gradient. (ekstern lenke)

Poster

• Skogstad, Eirik Pettersen; Vandvik, Vigdis; Geange, Sonya Rita (2025). Understanding the drought tolerance of Norwegian dwarf-shrubs via hydraulic traits. (ekstern lenke)
• Rezsöhazy, Jeanne; Fisher, Rosie; Geange, Sonya Rita et al. (2025). A new implementation of dwarf-shrub plant functional type within the CLM-FATES land-surface model. (ekstern lenke)
• Stava, Eline Taule; Grape, Victoria H.; Geange, Sonya Rita et al. (2023). Good neighbors: Bryophytes’ role as water regulators in alpine grasslands.. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Barraclough, Alicia May Donnellan; Wedegärtner, Ronja Elisabeth Magdalene et al. (2022). A global perspective on the impacts and management of alien invasive species in mountain regions. (ekstern lenke)
• Demeaux, Morgane; Vandvik, Vigdis; Kardol, Paul et al. (2022). Direct and indirect climate impacts on the biodiversity and functioning of the underground ecosystem. (ekstern lenke)
• Aas, Kjetil Schanke; Lambert, Marius; Tang, Hui et al. (2022). Recent high-latitude vegetation developments in CLM-FATES. (ekstern lenke)
• Egelkraut, Dagmar Dorothea; Geange, Sonya Rita; Ocampo-Zuleta, Korina et al. (2022). Fire and Elevation affect Plant Communities and Functional Traits in Peruvian Puna Grasslands. (ekstern lenke)
• Fouilloux, Anne Claire; Tang, Hui; Lieungh, Eva et al. (2020). Climate JupyterLab as an interactive tool in Galaxy. (ekstern lenke)
• Thorvaldsen, Pål; Velle, Liv Guri; Haugum, Siri Vatsø et al. (2020). Calluna die-back after winter drought and the role of land use and environmental variation. (ekstern lenke)
• Fouilloux, Anne Claire; Tang, Hui; Lieungh, Eva et al. (2020). FATES on GALAXY facilitates ecologist and climate modeler collaboration. (ekstern lenke)
• Thorvaldsen, Pål; Velle, Liv Guri; Haugum, Siri Vatsø et al. (2020). Calluna dieback from winter drought, the role of land use and environmental variations. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig foredrag

• Geange, Sonya Rita; Bartholomée, Océane; Vandvik, Vigdis (2025). The biotic interactions of ericaceous shrubs: a global review. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Torre, Alba; Sangha, Sebastian et al. (2025). Temperature extremes from a leaf perspective: Micro- vs macro-climate predictors of dwarf-shrub thermal tolerance limits. (ekstern lenke)
• Halbritter, Aud Helen; Althuizen, Inge; Demenaux, Morgane et al. (2024). Climate change impacts on biodiversity and multifunctionality across a boreal landscape. (ekstern lenke)
• Lieungh, Eva; Yilmaz, Yeliz; Tang, Hui et al. (2023). Complementary field and modelling experiments: alpine vegetation under climate warming. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Barraclough, Alicia May Donnellan; Wedegärtner, Ronja Elisabeth Magdalene et al. (2022). A global perspective on the impacts and management of alien invasive species in mountain regions. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Barraclough, Alicia May Donnellan; Wedegärtner, Ronja Elisabeth Magdalene et al. (2022). A global perspective on the impacts and management of alien invasive species in mountain regions. (ekstern lenke)
• Tang, Hui; Aas, Kjetil Schanke; Althuizen, Inge et al. (2022). Update on the implementation of moss in CTSM-FATES. (ekstern lenke)
• Gya, Ragnhild; Geange, Sonya Rita; Lynn, Joshua Scott et al. (2022). A test of local adaptation to drought in germination and seedling traits in populations of two alpine forbs across a 2000 mm/year precipitation gradient. (ekstern lenke)
• Gya, Ragnhild; Geange, Sonya Rita; Lynn, Joshua Scott et al. (2021). A test of local adaptation to drought in germination and seedling traits in populations of two alpine forbs across a 2000 mm/year precipitation gradient. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita (2021). NorESM land sites platform: A collaborative effort to better represent high-latitude systems in earth models. (ekstern lenke)
• Fouilloux, Anne Claire; Tang, Hui; Lieungh, Eva et al. (2020). Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) with Community Land Model in Galaxy. (ekstern lenke)

Annet

• Vandvik, Vigdis; Halbritter, Aud Helen; Geange, Sonya Rita et al. (2024). PFTCourses plant functional traits, carbon fluxes, temperatures, and spectral data from climate and global change experiments along climate gradients in Western Norway. (ekstern lenke)

Faglig foredrag

• Geange, Sonya Rita; Dawson, Hilary Rose; Phiri, Akuonani et al. (2024). The importance of intraspecific trait variation in dwarf shrubs across coastal, alpine and arctic heathlands. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Oudine, Yanis; Touriera, Matheo et al. (2024). Macro- vs micro-climate? Scaling insights from dwarf shrub heathlands in the field to land-surface models. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Dawson, Hilary Rose; Phiri, Akuonani et al. (2024). The importance of intraspecific trait variation in dwarf shrubs across coastal, alpine and arctic heathlands. (ekstern lenke)
• Vandvik, Vigdis; Althuizen, Inge; Demeaux, Morgane et al. (2024). How vegetation mediates soil microclimate and functioning - with implications for climate feedbacks. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita (2022). Invasive Species: What happens when they're not all bad?. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita (2021). Bridging earth system modelling and ecological insights: a model platform for the functionally assembled terrestrial ecosystem simulator with community land model (CLM-FATES). (ekstern lenke)
• Tang, Hui; Aas, Kjetil Schanke; Finne, Eirik Aasmo et al. (2021). The impact of moss and lichen on hydrological cycle at surface: a study using CLM-FATES. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Arnold, Pieter; Catling, Alexandra et al. (2020). Plant thermal tolerance: a global synthesis for future research. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review

• Järnegren, Johanna; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Husa, Vivian et al. (2023). Assessment of risk and risk-reducing measures related to the introduction and dispersal of the invasive alien carpet tunicate Didemnum vexillum in Norway.. (ekstern lenke)
• Nielsen, Anders; Kirkendall, Lawrence Richard; Stenberg, Johan A. et al. (2023). Risk assessment of the predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus for biological control of varroa mites in beehives. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. (ekstern lenke)
• Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Braastad, Bjarne Olai; Dale, Svein et al. (2023). Assessment of the risks posed by domestic cats (Felis catus) to biodiversity and animal welfare in Norway. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biodiversity of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. (ekstern lenke)
• Kirkendall, Lawrence Richard; Bryn, Anders; Flø, Daniel et al. (2023). Assessment of the risk to Norwegian biodiversity from private import and keeping of Northern Cardinal. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biodiversity of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. (ekstern lenke)
• Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen et al. (2022). Assessment of risks to wildlife and animal welfare associated with Lodden, Sami traditional hunting of ducks in spring. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biodiversity of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. (ekstern lenke)
• Rixen, Christian; Høye, Toke Thomas; Macek, Petr et al. (2022). Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems. (ekstern lenke)
• Kausrud, Kyrre Linné; Vandvik, Vigdis; Flø, Daniel et al. (2022). Impacts of climate change on the boreal forest ecosystem. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. (ekstern lenke)
• Geange, Sonya Rita; Arnold, Pieter A.; Catling, Alexandra A. et al. (2021). The thermal tolerance of photosynthetic tissues: a global systematic review and agenda for future research. (ekstern lenke)

Leder

• Gya, Ragnhild; Birkeli, Kristine; Dahle, Ingrid Johnsen et al. (2023). Registered Reports: A new chapter at Ecology & Evolution. (ekstern lenke)

Rapport

• Kausrud, Kyrre; Vandvik, Vigdis; Flø, Daniel et al. (2022). Klimaendringer og virkninger på hovedøkosystem skog.. (ekstern lenke)

Leserinnlegg

• Geange, Sonya Rita; Strydom, T.; Oppen, Jonathan von et al. (2021). NEXT GENERATION FIELD COURSES: ENHANCING ECR DEVELOPMENT THROUGH OPEN SCIENCE AND ONLINE LEARNING. (ekstern lenke)

Museumsutstilling

• Bryn, Anders; Dalen, Thea Grobstok; Finne, Eirik Aasmo et al. (2020). Natur i endring - en vandreutstilling. (ekstern lenke)

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