Bilde av Bråthen, Kari Anne
Bilde av Bråthen, Kari Anne
Professor Department of Arctic and Marine Biology kari.brathen@uit.no +4777646629 You can find me here

Kari Anne Bråthen


Job description

I am a community ecologist with focus on biodiversity of plants and the interactions that plants have with other organism groups.


  • Maria Wilhelmina Tuomi, Tove Hilde Ågnes Utsi, Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Claire W. Armstrong, Victoria Gonzalez, Snorre Hagen et al.:
    The increase of an allelopathic and unpalatable plant undermines reindeer pasture quality and current management in the Norwegian tundra
    Communications Earth & Environment 2024 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Minh Nhat Pham, Claire W. Armstrong, Kari Anne Braathen, Maria Wilhelmina Skalska-Tuomi :
    Controlling the stock or the habitat – The crisis of native invasive encroachment in the grazing land of Norwegian reindeer husbandry
    Journal of Environmental Management 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Matteo Petit Bon, Kari Anne Bråthen, Virve Ravolainen, Gianluigi Ottaviani, Hanna Böhner, Ingibjørg Jonsdottir :
    Herbivory and warming have opposing short-term effects on plant-community nutrient levels across high-Arctic tundra habitats
    Journal of Ecology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Francisco I. Pugnaire, Karoline Helene Aares, Mohamed Alifriqui, Kari Anne Bråthen, Christian Kindler, Christian Schöb et al.:
    Home-field advantage effects in litter decomposition is largely linked to litter quality
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Matteo Petit Bon, Brage Bremset Hansen, Maarten J.J.E. Loonen, Alessandro Petraglia, Kari Anne Bråthen, Hanna Böhner et al.:
    Long-term herbivore removal experiments reveal different impacts of geese and reindeer on vegetation and ecosystem CO2-fluxes in high-Arctic tundra
    bioRxiv 2023 FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Eva Breitschopf, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    Perception and appreciation of plant biodiversity among experts and laypeople
    People and Nature 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Matteo Petit Bon, Brage Bremset Hansen, Maarten J. J. E Loonen, Alessandro Petraglia, Kari Anne Braathen, Hanna Böhner et al.:
    Long-term herbivore removal experiments reveal how geese and reindeer shape vegetation and ecosystem CO2-fluxes in high-Arctic tundra
    Journal of Ecology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marie Spohn, Sumanta Bagchi, Lori A. Biederman, Elizabeth T. Borer, Kari Anne Braathen, Miguel N. Bugalho et al.:
    The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate
    Nature Communications 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Maria Tuomi, Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur, Katrine S. Hoset, Eeva M Soininen, Eero J. Vesterinen, Tove Aagnes Utsi et al.:
    Novel frontier in wildlife monitoring: Identification of small rodent species from fecal pellets using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS)
    Ecology and Evolution 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Vladimir Mikryukov, Olesya Dulya, Alexander Zizka, Mohammad Bahram, Niloufar Hagh-Doust, Sten Anslan et al.:
    Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity
    Science Advances 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Inger Greve Alsos, Dilli Prasad Rijal, Dorothee Ehrich, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Nigel Yoccoz, Peter D. Heintzman et al.:
    Postglacial species arrival and diversity buildup of northern ecosystems took millennia
    Science Advances 28. September 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Leho Tedersoo, Vladimir Mikryukov, Alexander Zizka, Mohammad Bahram, Niloufar Hagh-Doust, Sten Anslan et al.:
    Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi
    Global Change Biology 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elin Lindén, Mariska te Beest, Ilka Aubreu, Thomas Moritz, Maja K. Sundqvist, Isabel C. Barrio et al.:
    Circum-Arctic distribution of chemical anti-herbivore compounds suggests biome-wide trade-off in defence strategies in Arctic shrubs
    Ecography 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Antony Brown, Dilli Prasad Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Charlotte, L. Clarke, Hans Peter Blankholm, Helge Irgens Høeg et al.:
    Paleoeconomy more than demography determined prehistoric human impact in Arctic Norway
    PNAS Nexus 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Dilli Prasad Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Youri Lammers, Nigel Yoccoz, Kelsey Lorberau, Iva Pitelkova et al.:
    Sedimentary ancient DNA shows terrestrial plant richness continuously increased over the Holocene in northern Fennoscandia
    Science Advances 30. July 2021 ARKIV / PROSJEKT / DOI
  • Matteo Petit Bon, Katarina Gunnarsdotter Inga, Tove Aagnes Utsi, Ingibjørg Jonsdottir, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    Forage quality in tundra grasslands under herbivory: Silicon-based defences, nutrients and their ratios in grasses
    Journal of Ecology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kari Anne Bråthen, Francisco I Pugnaire, Richard D Bardgett :
    The paradox of forbs in grasslands and the legacy of the mammoth steppe
    Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Matteo Petit Bon, Hanna Bøhner, Kari Anne Bråthen, Virve Ravolainen, Ingibjørg Jonsdottir :
    Variable responses of carbon and nitrogen contents in vegetation and soil to herbivory and warming in high-Arctic tundra
    Ecosphere 21. September 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Leho Tedersoo, Vladimir Mikryukov, Sten Anslan, Mohammad Bahram, Abdul Nasir Khalid, Adriana Corrales et al.:
    The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research
    Fungal diversity 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur, Arnaud Tarroux, Kari Anne Bråthen, Paco Bustamante, Sebastien Descamps :
    Using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to estimate carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition in animal tissues
    Ecology and Evolution 07. June 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Victoria Gonzalez, Bente Lindgård, Rigmor Reiersen, Snorre Hagen, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    Niche construction mediates climate effects on recovery of tundra heathlands after extreme event
    PLOS ONE 04. February 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anna Katharina Pilsbacher, Bente Lindgård, Rigmor Reiersen, Victoria Gonzalez, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    Interfering with neighbouring communities: Allelopathy astray in the tundra delays seedling development
    Functional Ecology 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Matteo Petit Bon, Katarina Gunnarsdotter Inga, Ingibjørg Jonsdottir, Tove Aagnes Utsi, Eeva M Soininen, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    Interactions between winter and summer herbivory affect spatial and temporal plant nutrient dynamics in tundra grassland communities
    Oikos 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Maria Tuomi, Maria Väisänen, H Ylänne, Francis Q. Brearley, Isabel C. Barrio, Kari Anne Bråthen et al.:
    Stomping in silence: Conceptualizing trampling effects on soils in polar tundra
    Functional Ecology 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Matteo Petit Bon, Hanna Bohner, Sissel Kaino, Torunn Moe, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    One leaf for all: Chemical traits of single leaves measured at the leaf surface using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy
    Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Michael J O'Brien, Luis Fernando Tavares de Menezes, Kari Anne Bråthen, Gianalberto Losapio, Francisco I. Pugnaire :
    Facilitation mediates species presence beyond their environmental optimum
    Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution and systematics 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur, Marjorie Bison, Adriaan Smis, Hanna Bohner, Eric Struyf, Patrick Meire et al.:
    Towards a global arctic-alpine model for Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) predictions of foliar nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon content
    Scientific Reports 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Victoria Gonzalez, Mikel Moriana Armendariz, Snorre Hagen, Bente Lindgård, Rigmor Reiersen, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    High resistance to climatic variability in a dominant tundra shrub species
    PeerJ 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Petteri Kiilunen, Tuija Maliniemi, Janne Alahuhta, John Arvid Grytnes, Kari Anne Bråthen, Konsta Happonen et al.:
    Temporal changes in pollination ecosystem service in high-latitude environments
    2022
  • Kari Anne Bråthen :
    Utvikling i økosystemets primærproduksjon
    2021
  • Kari Anne Bråthen, Maria Tuomi, Tove Aagnes Utsi, Claire W. Armstrong :
    MONEC - Et tverrfaglig prosjekt for fremme av utmark med stort biologisk mangfold
    2021 DATA
  • Kari Anne Bråthen, Kathrine Torday Gulden, Victoria Gonzalez :
    Krekling kan ødelegge utmark
    19. April 2021
  • Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Ingrid Marie Garfelt Paulsen, Eva Fuglei, Jesper Bruun Mosbacher, Virve Ravolainen et al.:
    Norwegian Arctic tundra: a panel-based assessment of ecosystem condition
    2021 FULLTEKST
  • Tove Aagnes Utsi, Nigel Yoccoz, Claire Armstrong, Victoria Gonzalez, Snorre Hagen, Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir et al.:
    Evergreening of the tundra – blindspot in the management of a social-ecological system?
    2021
  • Inger Greve Alsos, Anne Elisabeth Bjune, Kari Anne Bråthen, Charlotte Clarke, Mary E. Edwards, Dorothee Ehrich et al.:
    The use of ancient DNA in palaeoecological studies
    2020
  • Dilli Prasad Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Youri Lammers, Kari Anne Bråthen, Nigel Yoccoz, Antony Brown et al.:
    Temporal pattern of terrestrial plant diversity in northern Fennoscandia
    2020
  • Inger Greve Alsos, Peter D. Heintzman, Dilli Prasad Rijal, Antony Brown, Charlotte L. Clarke, Anne Elisabeth Bjune et al.:
    Ancient sedimentary DNA reveals long-term impact of climate change on northern flora
    2020 PROSJEKT
  • Inger Greve Alsos, Peter D. Heintzman, Antony Brown, Dilli Prasad Rijal, Kelsey Lorberau, Youri Lammers et al.:
    Using ancient sedimentary DNA to explore long-term effect of climate change on vegetation
    2020
  • Inger Greve Alsos, Anne Elisabeth Bjune, Kari Anne Bråthen, Clark Charlotte, Mary E. Edwards, Dorothee Ehrich et al.:
    Using ancient and modern DNA to understand effect of climate change on vascular plants
    2020
  • Dilli Prasad Rijal, Kelsey Lorberau, Jutta Kapfer, Leif-Einar Støvern, Inger Greve Alsos, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    Tracking the past using the present: does sedimentary DNA capture the dominant vegetation growing around a lake?
    2019
  • Inger Greve Alsos, Peter D. Heintzman, Antony Brown, Dilli Prasad Rijal, Kelsey Lorberau, Youri Lammers et al.:
    How ancient sediment DNA can improve our understanding of past vegetation and the impact of climate change
    2019 PROSJEKT
  • Kelsey Lorberau, Kari Anne Bråthen :
    An analysis of what ecological shortfalls paleoecological data is most suited to address: the case of ancient DNA of plants
    2019
  • Dilli Prasad Rijal, Kelsey Lorberau, Peter D. Heintzman, Youri Lammers, Jutta Kapfer, Einar Støvern et al.:
    Comparing sedimentary environmental DNA-based vegetation to current vegetation composition around lakes
    2019 PROSJEKT
  • Dilli Prasad Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Youri Lammers, Hans Peter Blankholm, Antony Brown, Kari Anne Bråthen et al.:
    Impact of climate and anthropogenic factors on vegetation history: an ancient DNA based vegetation reconstruction from Varanger, northern Norway
    2019 PROSJEKT
  • Dilli Prasad Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Youri Lammers, Hans Peter Blankholm, Antony Brown, Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur et al.:
    Ancient sedimentary DNA reveals both climatic and human impact on vegetation history in Varanger, northern Norway
    2019 PROSJEKT
  • Peter D. Heintzman, Dilli Prasad Rijal, Sandra Garces Pastor, Kelsey Lorberau, Youri Lammers, Charlotte L. Clarke et al.:
    ECOGEN: a project to examine ecosystem changes and species persistence over time using lake sediment DNA
  • Dilli Prasad Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Youri Lammers, Hans Peter Blankholm, Antony Brown, Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur et al.:
    Ancient sedimentary DNA reveals both climatic and human impact on vegetation history in Varanger, northern Norway
  • Inger Hansen, Svein Morten Eilertsen, Ole Jakob Sørensen, Torill Mørk, Kari Anne Bråthen, Bernt Johansen et al.:
    Tap av tamrein – et kunnskapsgrunnlag
    2019 ARKIV
  • Dilli Prasad Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Youri Lammers, Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur, Iva Pitelkova, Hans Peter Blankholm et al.:
    Ancient DNA reveals vegetation history near the archeological site in Varanger, northern Norway
    2018 PROSJEKT
  • Isabel C. Barrio, Elin Lindén, Mariska te Beest, Johan Olofsson, Adrian Rocha, Eeva M Soininen et al.:
    Publisher Correction to: Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome
    Polar Biology 2018 DOI

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    Research interests

    I am interested in the functionality of plants in their ecosystems, especially in interaction with herbivores, and how plants and plant communities transform under climate change. I am also interested in what promotes biodiversity and how plant and ecosystem functionality is linked to biodiversity. Projects that I am currently involved in are;

    MONEC - To manage or not: assessing the benefit of managing ecosystem disservices

    COAT - Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra

    ECOGEN - Ecosystem change and species persistence over time: a genome-based approach