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Head of Tromsø Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden The Arctic University Museum of Norway jarle.w.bjerke@uit.no +4777646383 +4791864155 Tromsø You can find me here

Jarle W. Bjerke


Job description

Research fields: botany, environment, and ecology, especially related to biodiversity, taxonomy, indigenous issues, climate change and land use change, often in international and interdisciplinary research groups.

More than 25 years of scientific research have resulted in over 250 scientific publications, of which approximately 116 articles in international scientific journals.


  • Gareth K. Phoenix, Jarle W. Bjerke, Robert G. Björk, Daan Blok, Anders Bryn, Terry V. Callaghan et al.:
    Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences
    PLoS Climate 2025 ARKIV / DOI
  • Eirik Aasmo Finne, Jarle W. Bjerke, Frode Stordal, Lena M. Tallaksen :
    Lichens are more tolerant against winter warming stress than vascular and non-vascular plants: Insights from an alpine field experiment
    Journal of Ecology 2025 DOI
  • Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Hans Tømmervik, Marius Warg Næss, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Misreading or living in denial? Reindeer overstocking and long-term effects on vegetation: An experimental approach
    Ecosphere 2025 ARKIV / DATA / DOI
  • Sirpa Rasmus, Johanna Yletyinen, Simo Sarkki, Mia Landauer, Maria Wilhelmina Tuomi, Marit Klemetsen Arneberg et al.:
    Policy documents considering biodiversity, land use, and climate in the European Arctic reveal visible, hidden, and imagined nexus approaches
    One Earth 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ivana Živojinović, Jerbelle Elomina, Helga Pülzl, Karen Calanasan, Isidora Dabić, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir et al.:
    Exploring land use conflicts arising from economic activities and their impacts on local communities in the European Arctic
    Journal of Land Use Science 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Vigdis Nygaard, Sigrid Engen, Leena Suopajärvi, Anna Guðrún Edvardsdóttir, Audun Iversen, R. Bogadóttir et al.:
    Industry-specific impacts of global drivers in the European Arctic
    Journal of Land Use Science 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Kristin Magnussen, Ryan M. Bright, Ståle Navrud, Rasmus Erlandsson, Eirik Aasmo Finne et al.:
    Synergies and trade-offs between provisioning and climate-regulating ecosystem services in reindeer herding ecosystems
    Science of the Total Environment 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Efrén López-Blanco, Hans Tømmervik, Anja Striberny, Corine Davids, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir et al.:
    Nordic boreo-arctic lands under rapid climatic change: A review of recent and future trends and extreme events
    Earth-Science Reviews 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Arve Elvebakk, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Papaver recircumscribed: A review of neighbouring Papaveraceae genera, including Afropapaver nom. et stat. nov. and Oreomecon, a large, Arctic-Alpine genus
    PhytoKeys 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Richard L. Thoman, Twila A. Moon, Liss Marie Andreassen, Thomas J. Ballinger, Logan T. Berner et al.:
    State of the Climate in 2023: The Arctic
    Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS) 2024 DOI
  • Rasmus Erlandsson, Marit Klemetsen Arneberg, Hans Tømmervik, Eirik Aasmo Finne, Lennart Nilsen, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring of lichen ground cover
    Fungal ecology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marius Lambert, Hui Tang, Kjetil Schanke Aas, Frode Stordal, Rosie Fisher, Jarle Werner Bjerke et al.:
    Integration of a Frost Mortality Scheme Into the Demographic Vegetation Model FATES
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Eirik Aasmo Finne, Jarle W. Bjerke, Rasmus Erlandsson, Hans Tømmervik, Frode Stordal, Lena M. Tallaksen :
    Variation in albedo and other vegetation characteristics in non-forested northern ecosystems: the role of lichens and mosses
    Environmental Research Letters 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Twila A. Moon, Richard L. Thoman, Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Brandon Ahmasuk, Stacia A. Backensto, Thomas J. Ballinger et al.:
    State of the Climate in 2022: The Arctic
    Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS) 2023 DOI
  • Stef Bokhorst, Jarle W. Bjerke, Gareth K. Phoenix, Laura Jaakola, Hanne Mæhre, Hans Tømmervik :
    Sub-arctic mosses and lichens show idiosyncratic responses to combinations of winter heatwaves, freezing and nitrogen deposition
    Physiologia Plantarum : An International Journal for Plant Biology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Hans Tømmervik, Tommaso Julitta, Lennart Nilsen, Taejin Park, Andreas Burkart, Katarzyna Anna Ostapowicz et al.:
    The northernmost hyperspectral FLoX sensor dataset for monitoring of high-Arctic tundra vegetation phenology and Sun-Induced Fluorescence (SIF)
    Data in Brief 22. September 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Rasmus Ingel Erlandsson, Jarle W. Bjerke, Eirik Aasmo Finne, Ranga B. Myneni, Shilong Piao, Xuhui Wang et al.:
    An artificial intelligence approach to remotely assess pale lichen biomass
    Remote Sensing of Environment 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Arve Elvebakk, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Nå har vi 38 nye navn på valmuene
    Forskning.no 07. January 2025 FULLTEKST
  • Arve Elvebakk, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Nå har vi 38 nye navn på valmuene!
    12. January 2025
  • Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Tromsø arktisk-alpine botaniske hage 30 år i 2024
    17. September 2025
  • Jarle Werner Bjerke :
    Impacts of climate change on Arctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems
    2024
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Kristin Magnussen, Ryan M. Bright, Ståle Navrud, Rasmus Erlandsson, Eirik Aasmo Finne et al.:
    Corrigendum to “Synergies and trade-offs between provisioning and climate-regulating ecosystem services in reindeer herding ecosystems” [Sci.Total Environ. 927 (2024) 171914]
    Science of the Total Environment 2024 DOI
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Hans Tømmervik, Marit Klemetsen Arneberg, Dorothee Ehrich :
    Når alt påvirker alt, klarer arktisk politikk å henge med?
    2024 DATA / FULLTEKST
  • Helge M. Markusson, Jarle W. Bjerke, Hans Tømmervik, Marit Klemetsen Arneberg, Dorothee Ehrich :
    Hva får myndighetene vite om Arktis? - Det er sjeldent lokalsamfunn og lokale næringer i nord blir ansett som aktører med evne og makt i store saker der klima og biologisk mangfold er under press.
    12. May 2024 FULLTEKST / DATA
  • Elin M. Wersland, Jarle W. Bjerke, Eva Mari Skulgam :
    30-åringen har fått en oppsiktsvekkende gave
    30. July 2024
  • Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Biodiversidad y los impactos de cambios climáticos: una comparación de Chile y Noruega
    2024
  • Elin M. Wersland, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Klimaendringer i nord: -Dette er den største trusselen
    01. August 2024
  • Sigbjørn Lægdene Stenvaag, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Ny sjef i botanisk hage
    03. April 2024
  • Arve Elvebakk, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Bjørn M. Thon – en hovedperson for utviklinga av Botanisk Hage – har fylt 80 år
    02. October 2024 FULLTEKST
  • Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Tromsø Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden – part of The Arctic University Museum of Norway
    2024
  • Jarle W. Bjerke :
    New curator of Tromsø Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden: a short introduction
    2024
  • Christel Slettli Hansen, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Ny leder av Botanisk hage: - Botanikk skal være litt eventyrlig
    27. March 2024 FULLTEKST
  • Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Botanisk ekskursjon til Straumsbukta i villblomstens ånd
    2024 OMTALE
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Martin Hajman, Kristian Nyvoll, Eva Mari Skulgam :
    Glimt fra botanisk hages jubileumssesong 2024
    2024
  • G.V. Frost, M.J. Macander, U.S. Bhatt, L.T. Berner, Jarle W. Bjerke, H.E. Epstein et al.:
    Tundra Greenness
    2023 DOI
  • Marius Lambert, Hui Tang, Kjetil Schanke Aas, Frode Stordal, Jarle Werner Bjerke, Rosie Fisher et al.:
    Winter survival of vegetation in the Arctic-boreal region: Integrating cold hardiness and frost mortality schemes into CLM-FATES
    2023
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Lena M. Tallaksen, Frode Stordal, Yeliz A. Yilmaz :
    EMERALD Open Science Day - Summary of Group Discussions
    2023
  • Jarle W. Bjerke :
    An introduction to the European Union's Horizon project 'ArcticHubs'
    2023
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Hans Tømmervik :
    Synergies and trade-offs between provisioning and climate-regulating ecosystem services from reindeer herding areas
    2023
  • Anna Huseby, Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Klar melding: -For kvar myrflate som forsvinn aukar risikoen for vasskader
    23. August 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Klimaet i Norge nå og i framtiden - effekter på vegetasjon og reinbeiter
    2023
  • Jarle Werner Bjerke, Eirik Aasmo Finne :
    Variasjon i albedo og andre karakteristikker av vegetasjon i åpne og nordlige økosystemer: rollen til lav og moser
    2023
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Eirik Aasmo Finne :
    Variasjon i albedo og andre karakteristikker av vegetasjon i åpne og nordlige økosystemer: Rollen til lav og moser
    2023
  • Jarle Werner Bjerke, Eirik Aasmo Finne :
    Arctic Climate Change and its impacts
    2023
  • Knut Anders Finnset, Jarle W. Bjerke, Hans Tømmervik :
    Her er grafen som får forskerne til å fortvile
    25. December 2022 FULLTEKST
  • Jarle W. Bjerke, Kristian Wollen Steen :
    Store matter med reinlav kjøler ned klimaet
    13. December 2022 FULLTEKST
  • Jarle W. Bjerke :
    Climate change impacts on semi-natural areas in Norway
    2022
  • Ingunn Tombre, Jarle W. Bjerke, Sanne Bech Holmgaard, Einar Eythórsson :
    Gjess i landskap med mennesker i et varmere klima
    Ottar 2022
  • Leena Suopajärvi, Vigdis Nygaard, AG Edvardsdóttir, Audun Iversen, Katri-Maaria Kyllönen, Pamela Lesser et al.:
    Global economic drivers in the development of different industrial hubs in the European Arctic
    2022 ARKIV
  • G.V. Frost, Matthew J. Macander, U S Bhatt, L.T. Berner, Jarle W. Bjerke, H.E. Epstein et al.:
    Tundra Greenness
    2022 DOI

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