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Ole Reidar Vetaas

Professor, Biogeografi
  • E-postOle.Vetaas@uib.no
  • Telefon+47 55 58 93 24+47 958 76 455
  • Besøksadresse
    Fosswinckels gate 6
    Lauritz Meltzers hus
    5007 Bergen
  • Postadresse
    Postboks 7802
    5020 Bergen
Vitenskapelig artikkel
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Volcanic ash deposition as a selection mechanism towards woodiness. npj biodiversity.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Restoring heathlands after afforestation on two islands in western Norway. Nordic Journal of Botany (NJB). 16 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Combining in-situ monitoring and remote sensing to detect spatial patterns of volcanic sulphur impact on pine needles. Forest Ecology and Management.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target. Biodiversity and Conservation.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Pteridophyte species richness in the central Himalaya is limited by cold climate extremes at high elevations and rainfall seasonality at low elevations. Ecology and Evolution.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). High species turnover and low intraspecific trait variation in endemic and non-endemic plant species assemblages on an oceanic island. Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS).
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Geodiversity and biodiversity on a volcanic island: The role of scattered phonolites for plant diversity and performance. Biogeosciences. 1691-1703.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Investigating elevational gradients of species richness in a Mediterranean plant hotspot using a published flora. Frontiers of Biogeography. 11 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Impacts of forest fire on understory species diversity in canary pine ecosystems on the island of la palma. Forests.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Do sub-groups of butterflies display different elevational distribution patterns in the Eastern Himalaya, India? Frontiers of Biogeography. 1-18.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure. Ecology and Evolution.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Co-occurrence frequency in vegetation patches decreases towards the harsh edge along an arid volcanic elevational gradient<sup>a</sup>. Frontiers of Biogeography. 12 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). A pan-Himalayan test of predictions on plant species richness based on primary production and water-energy dynamics. Frontiers of Biogeography. 18 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Microtopography driven plant species composition in alpine region: a fine-scale study from Southern Norway. Journal of Mountain Science. 542-555.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Changes in plant species richness after cessation of forest disturbance. Applied Vegetation Science.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Assessing the Potential Replacement of Laurel Forest by a Novel Ecosystem in the Steep Terrain of an Oceanic Island. Remote Sensing.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). A grid-based map for the Biogeographical Regions of Europe. Biodiversity Data Journal.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Principal factors controlling biodiversity along an elevation gradient: Water, energy and their interaction. Journal of Biogeography.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). GrassPlot v. 2.00 – first update on the database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Palaearctic Grasslands. 26-47.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (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 Linnean Society. 333-344.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Effects of weather and hunting on wild reindeer population dynamics in Hardangervidda National Park. Population Ecology.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Weighted average regression and environmental calibration as a tool for quantifying climate-driven changes in vegetation. Journal of Plant Ecology. 460-473.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Scale sensitivity of the relationship between alpha and gamma diversity along an alpine elevation gradient in central Nepal. Journal of Biogeography. 804-814.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Remote sensing of ?-diversity: Evidence from plant communities in a semi-natural system. Applied Vegetation Science.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1837-1842.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Parapatric subspecies of Macaca assamensis show a marginal overlap in their predicted potential distribution: Some elaborations for modern conservation management. Ecology and Evolution. 9712-9727.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Downhill shift of alpine plant assemblages under contemporary climate and land-use changes. Ecosphere. 1-15.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Climatic variables determining Rhododendron sister taxa distri-butions and distributional overlaps in the Himalayas. Frontiers of Biogeography. 1-13.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). An intercontinental comparison of niche conservatism along a temperature gradient. Journal of Biogeography. 1104-1113.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Water-energy dynamics, habitat heterogeneity, history, and broad-scale patterns of mammal diversity. Acta Oecologica. 176-186.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 1097-1107.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Land-use change under a warming climate facilitated upslope expansion of Himalayan silver fir (Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach). Plant Ecology. 993-1002.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Does tree canopy closure moderate the effect of climate warming on plant species composition of temperate Himalayan oak forest? Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 948-957.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Do composition and richness of woody plants vary between gaps and closed canopy patches in subtropical forests? Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 1129-1139.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Consumption patterns of fuelwood in rural households of Dolakha District, Nepal: reflections from community forest user groups. Small-scale Forestry. 16 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Does agroforestry conserve trees? A comparison of tree species diversity between farmland and forest in mid-hills of central Himalaya. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2047-2061.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Pastoral abandonment, shrub proliferation and landscape changes: a case study from Gorkha, Nepal. Landscape Research. 53-69.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). North Atlantic Islands with native and alien trees: are there differences in diversity and species-area relationships? Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 213-225.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Effects of topography and land use on woody plant species composition and beta diversity in an arid Trans-Himalayan landscape, Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science. 1112-1122.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Ecological consequences of land use change: Forest structure and regeneration across the forest-grassland ecotone in mountain pastures in Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science. 838-849.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Do vascular plants and bryophytes respond differently to coniferous invasion of coastal heathlands? Biological Invasions. 775-791.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Restoration potential of native forests after removal of Picea abies plantations. Forest Ecology and Management. 77-87.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Invasion of Calluna heath by native and non-native conifers: the role of succession, disturbance and allelopathy. Plant Ecology. 975-985.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Effects of invasion by introduced versus native conifers on coastal heathland vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 744-754.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Effect of anthropogenic disturbance on plant species diversity in oak forest in Nepal, central Himalaya. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 9 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Asessment of carbon balance in community forest in Dolakha, Nepal. Small-scale Forestry. 507-517.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Vegetation Changes in the Red Sea Hills: from mist oasis to arid shrub. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 527-539.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Land-cover changes during the past 50 years in the semi-arid tropical forest region of northern Peru. Erdkunde. 57-75.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). A comparison of systematic versus stratified-random sampling design for gradient analyses: a case study in subalpine Himalaya, Nepal. Phytocoenologia. 191-202.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). A comparison of systematic versus stratified-random sampling design for gradient analyses: a case study in subalpine Himalaya, Nepal. Phytocoenologia. 191-202.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Orchid species richness along Himalayan elevational gradients. Journal of Biogeography. 1821-1833.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2010). Farming flexibility and food security under climatic uncertainty: Manang, Nepal Himalaya. Area (London 1969). 228-238.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). The forest ecotone effect on species richness in an arid trans-Himalayan landscape of Nepal. Folia Geobotanica. 247-262.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Temporal changes in species diversity and composition in abandoned fields in a trans-Himalayan landscape, Nepal. Plant Ecology. 383-399.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Medicinal plants of Nepal: Distribution pattern along an elevational gradient and effectiveness of existing protected areas for their conservation. Banko Jankari. 16-22.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression. Ecography. 193-204.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Patterns of woody plant species richness in the Iberian Peninsula: environmental range and spatial scale. Journal of Biogeography. 1863-1878.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Risk management by communal decision in trans-Himalayan farming: Manang valley in central Nepal. Human Ecology. 453-460.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Does Regulated Land Use Allow Regeneration of Keystone Forest Species in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Central Himalaya? Mountain Research and Development Journal. 345-351.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2006). Establishment of Pinus wallichiana on a Himalayan Glacier Foreland: Stochastic Distribution or Safe Sites? Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research. 584-592.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2006). Can Rapoport's rule explain tree species richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient, Nepal? Diversity and Distributions: A Journal of Conservation Biogeography. 373-378.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Pteridophyte richness, climate and topography in the Iberian Peninsula: comparing spatial and nonspatial models of richness patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 155-165.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2004). Relationship between plant species richness and biomass in an arid sub-alpine grassland of the Central Himalayas, Nepal. Folia Geobotanica. 57-71.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2004). Fragile mountain - Fragile people? Understanding the fragility in the Himalayas. Mountain Research and Development Journal. 174-175.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2004). Fern species richness along a central Himalayan elevational gradient, Nepal. Journal of Biogeography. 389-400.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). The effect of canopy disturbance on species richness in a central Himalayan oak forest. Plant Ecology. 29-38.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). Relationships between floristic gradients in a primary succession. Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 665-676.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). En sammenligning av det biologiske og det antropologiske nisjebegrep, med utgangspunkt i Barths studier. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. 12-12.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). En Sammenligning av det biologiske og det antropologiske nisje begrep, med utgangspunkt i Barths studier. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. 12.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1994). The influence of Acacia tortilis stands on soilproperties in arid north-eastern Sudan. Acta Oecologica.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1994). Primary succession of plant assemblages on a glacier foreland - Bødalsbreen, southern Norway. Journal of Biogeography. 297-308.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1993). Spatial and temporal vegatation changes along a moisture gradient in north-eastern Sudan. Biotropica. 164-175.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1993). Primary succession of plant assemblages on a glacier foreland - Dødalsbreen, Southern Norway. Journal of Biogeography.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1993). Effect of spatial arrangement of environmental variables on ordination results from a disturbed humidity gradient in north-eastern Sudan. Coenoses. 27-37.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1992). Micro-site effects of trees and shrubs in dry savanna. Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 337-344.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1992). Micro-site Effects of Trees and Schrubs in Dry Savannas. Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 337-344.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1992). Gradients in field-layer vegetation on an arid misty mountain plateau in the Sudan. Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 527-534.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1992). Gradients in Field-Layer Vegetation on an Arid Misty Mountain Plateau in the Sudan. Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS). 257-534.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1991). Micro- and Meso-Gradients in Field-Layer Vegetation on Arid Misty Mountain, Erkowit, North-Eastern Sudan. Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS).
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1990). Landscape Ecology in a European Tradition. PM. 54-55.
Rapport
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1994). Survival on Meagre Resources: Hadendowa pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills. Final report The Red Sea Area Programme. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1991). Changes in Abundance of Perennial Species in Erkowit, North Eastern Sudan. 16. 16. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1985). Den gotlandske reisen. 1987. Hovedfagsekskursjon, rapport.Under ledelse av prof. Olav Gjærevoll og Thyra Solem. B 205 Regional plantegeografi. .
Faglig foredrag
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Population Structure and Regeneration Status of Dominant Tree Species in Trans-himalayan Region, Nepal.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Population Structure and Regeneration Status of Dominant Tree Species in Trans-himalayan Region, Nepal.
Vitenskapelig foredrag
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Restoring coastal heathlands after afforestation- on two islands in Western Norway. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Why are cultural landscapes rich in species and why do they have different conservation values in rich and poor countries?
  • Vis forfatter(e) (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.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Post Fire Natural Regeneration of Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jackson in Pisang, Manang, Nepal.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Globalisation processes in Himalayan mountain communities: more development than marginalisation.
Leder
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Mountain biodiversity and elevational gradients. Frontiers of Biogeography. 1-4.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2006). Biological relativity to water-energy dynamics: a potential unifying theory? Journal of Biogeography. 1866-1867.
Anmeldelse
  • Vis forfatter(e) (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. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. 122-123.
Vitenskapelig antologi/Konferanseserie
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Local Effects of Global Changes in the Himalayas: Manang, Nepal. Universitetet i Bergen.
Fagbok
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Local Effects of Global Changes in the Himalayas: Manang, Nepal. Universitetet i Bergen.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). Survival on Meagre Resources: Hadendowa Pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills. Nordiska Afrikainstituttet, Uppsala.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). "Survival on Meagre Resources". Nordiska Afrikainstituttet, Uppsala.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). "Survival on Meagre Resources". Nordiska Afrikainstituttet, Uppsala.
Kompendium
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1995). Survival on Meagre Resources - Hadendowa Pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills. Final Report on The Red Sea Programme.
Mastergradsoppgave
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Regeneration of pine on the aeolian sand dunes in Starmoen nature reserve, south-east Norway.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Regeneration of Shorea robusta and Schima wallichii under Community Forest Management in Ludikhola watershed, Gorkha district, Nepal.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2006). Species richness across the forest-line ecotone in an arid trans-Himalayan landscape of Nepal.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2004). Succession and diversity in abandoned crop fields at high elevations in the Central Himalayas.
Populærvitenskapelig artikkel
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Kulturlandskap i nord og sør - betraktninger i rom. Naturen. 175-183.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Kulturlandskap i drastisk endring - betraktninger i tid. Naturen. 184-193.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). Klimagrenser for Rhododendron i arboreter og Himalaya (Nepal). Årringen. 14-17.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1992). Fraktaler - en ny måte å se naturen på. Naturen. 250-254.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1991). Environmental Variability in the Sahel and its Constraints on Animal Husbandry. Forum for utviklingsstudier. 215-228.
Doktorgradsavhandling
  • Vis forfatter(e) (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.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Spatiotemporal dynamics of plant assemblages under changing climate and land-use regimes in central Nepal Himalaya.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Spatial dynamics of species distributions in an anthropogenic landscape in the context of climate change.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). The disturbance-diversity relationship: integrating biodiversity conservation and resource management in anthropogenic landscapes.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1992). The interaction between biotic and abiotic factors controlling temporal and spatial dynamics of arid vegetation in Erkowit, north-eastern Sudan.
Intervju
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Amerikanske trær innvaderer Fløyen.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Species compostion and regeneration of coniferous forest in Manang. 9 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Species composition and regeneration of coniferous forest in Manang. 8 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Globalisation and peoples' livelihood: Assessment and prediction for Manang, trans-himalayas, Nepal. 23 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Global changes and its effect on glacier and culture landscapes: historical and future considerations. 17 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). Tautologier - et problem eller ikke-problem i biologiske vitenskaper? 6 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). Vegetation dynamics in the Red Sea Hills - Continuties and changes. 22 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). Vegetation Dynamics in the Red Sea Hills - Continuities and Changes.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). The natural environment of the Red Sea Hills - lessons in variability. 22 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1996). The Natural Environment of the Red Sea Hills - Lessons in Variability.
Poster
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Spatial ecology and summer grazing areas of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Hardangervidda, Norway.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Hardangervidda National Park (HNP), Norway.
Errata
  • Vis forfatter(e) (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). Biodiversity and Conservation. 3175-3177.
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (PECON). 41-49.

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