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

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

Konferanseforedrag

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

Forelesning

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

Konferanseposter

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

Vitenskapelig litteraturgjennomgang

• Anders Nielsen; Lawrence Richard Kirkendall; Johan A. Stenberg 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)
• Johanna Järnegren; Bjørn Gulliksen; Vivian Husa 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)
• Lawrence Richard Kirkendall; Anders Bryn; Daniel Flø 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)
• Christian Rixen; Toke Thomas Høye; Petr Macek et al. (2022). Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems. (ekstern lenke)
• Erlend Birkeland Nilsen; Bjarne Olai Braastad; Svein Dale 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)
• Bjørnar Ytrehus; Jan Ove Bustnes; Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen 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)
• Sonya Rita Geange; Pieter A. Arnold; Alexandra A. Catling et al. (2021). The thermal tolerance of photosynthetic tissues: a global systematic review and agenda for future research. (ekstern lenke)
• Kyrre Linné Kausrud; Vigdis Vandvik; Daniel Flø 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)

Lederartikkel

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

Forskningsrapport

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

Utstillingsproduksjon

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

Datasett

• Vigdis Vandvik; Aud Helen Halbritter; Sonya Rita Geange 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)

Leserbrev

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

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