Photo: Siw Killengreen
Dorothee Ehrich
Job description
Researcher in the Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra COAT, where I work mostly with arctic foxes on Varanger Peninsula, but also with red foxes, small rodents, snow and other component of the tundra ecosystem affected by climate change.
Gilles Gauthier,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Maria Belke-Brea,
Florent Dominé,
Ray Alisauskas,
Karin Clark
et al.:
Taking the beat of the Arctic: are lemming population cycles changing due to winter climate?
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences 2024 DOI
Natalia A Sokolova,
Ivan A. Fufachev,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Victor G. Shtro,
Vasiliy A. Sokolov,
Aleksandr A. Sokolov
:
Expansion of voles and retraction of lemmings over 60 years along a latitudinal gradient on Yamal Peninsula
Global Change Biology 2024 DOI
Gerardo Celis,
Peter Ungar,
Aleksandr Sokolov,
Natalia Sokolova,
Hanna Böhner,
Desheng Liu
et al.:
A versatile, semi-automated image analysis workflow for time-lapse camera trap image classification
Clemens Von Baeckmann,
Annett Bartsch,
Helena Bergstedt,
Aleksandra Efimova,
Barbara Widhalm,
Dorothee Ehrich
et al.:
Land cover succession for recently drained lakes in permafrost on the Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia
Simon Lacombe,
Rolf Anker Ims,
Nigel Gilles Yoccoz,
Eivind Flittie Kleiven,
Pedro Guilherme Antunes Lopes Da Silva Nicolau,
Dorothee Ehrich
:
Effects of resource availability and interspecific interactions on Arctic and red foxes' winter use of ungulate carrion in the Fennoscandian low-Arctic tundra
Rob S.A. van Bemmelen,
Børge Moe,
Hans Schekkerman,
Sveinn Are Hanssen,
Katherine R. S. Snell,
Elizabeth M. Humphreys
et al.:
Synchronous timing of return to breeding sites in a long-distance migratory seabird with ocean-scale variation in migration schedules
Anna Caroline Grimsby,
Åshild Ønvik Pedersen,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Jesper Bruun Mosbacher,
Ingrid Marie Garfelt Paulsen,
Frida Kristine Brockmann
et al.:
Spatiotemporal distribution of Arctic herbivores in spring: Potential for competition?
Annett Bartsch,
Helena Bergstedt,
Georg Pointner,
Xaver Muri,
Kimmo Rautiainen,
Leena Leppänen
et al.:
Towards long-term records of rain-on-snow events across the Arctic from satellite data
Olga Pokrovskaya,
Natalia Sokolova,
Susanna Dorothee Ehrich,
Olivier Gilg,
Vasiliy A Sokolov,
Aleksandr A Sokolov
:
Globally threatened Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus nesting in association with Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus in southern Yamal, Russia
Fanny Marie Lou Berthelot,
Ester R. Unnsteinsdóttir,
Jennifer Alejandrina Carbonell Ellgutter,
Susanna Dorothee Ehrich
:
Long-term responses of Icelandic Arctic foxes to changes in marine and terrestrial ecosystems
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
Christopher A. Cockerill,
Malin Hasselgren,
Nicolas Dussex,
Love Dalén,
Johanna von Seth,
Anders Angerbjörn
et al.:
Genomic Consequences of Fragmentation in the Endangered
Fennoscandian Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)
Katariina Elsa Maria Vuorinen,
Gunnar Austrheim,
Jean-Pierre Tremblay,
Isla H. Myers-Smith,
Hans Ivar Hortman,
Peter Anthony Frank
et al.:
Growth rings show limited evidence for ungulates’ potential to
suppress shrubs across the Arctic
Lars Rød-Eriksen,
Siw Turid Killengreen,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Rolf Anker Ims,
Ivar Herfindal,
Arild Landa
et al.:
Predator co-occurrence in alpine and Arctic tundra in relation to fluctuating prey
Magdalena Wutkowska,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Sunil Mundra,
Anna Vader,
Pernille Bronken Eidesen
:
Can root-associated fungi mediate the impact of abiotic conditions on the growth of a High Arctic herb?
Simo Maduna,
Jon Aars,
Ida Fløystad,
Cornelya Klutsch,
Eve Marie Louise Zeyl Fiskebeck,
Øystein Wiig
et al.:
Sea ice reduction drives genetic differentiation among Barents Sea polar bears
Stijn Hofhuis,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Natalia A. Sokolova,
Pim van Hooft,
Aleksandr A. Sokolov
:
Breeding den selection by Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in southern Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Peter S. Ungar,
Blaire Van Valkenburgh,
Alexandria S. Peterson,
Aleksandr A. Sokolov,
Natalya A. Sokolova,
Dorothee Ehrich
et al.:
Dental evidence for variation in diet over time and space in the Arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus
Konstantin F. Tirronen,
Dorothee Ehrich,
D. V. Panchenko,
Love Dalén,
Anders Angerbjörn
:
The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus L.) on the Kola Peninsula (Russia): silently disappearing in the mist of data deficiency?
Alexandra Terekhina,
Alexander Volkovitskiy,
Natalya A. Sokolova,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Ivan A. Fufachev,
Aleksandr A. Sokolov
:
The context of an emerging predation problem: Nenets reindeer herders and Arctic foxes in Yamal
John-André Henden,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Eeva Marjatta Soininen,
Rolf Anker Ims
:
Accounting for food web dynamics when assessing the impact of mesopredator control on declining prey populations
Isabel C. Barrio,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Eeva M Soininen,
Virve Ravolainen,
C. G. Bueno,
Olivier Gilg
et al.:
Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales
Eeva M Soininen,
Isabel C. Barrio,
Ragnhild Bjørkås,
Katrin Björnsdóttir,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Kelly A. Hopping
et al.:
Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map
Nicolas Meyer,
Loïc Bollache,
Matthias Galipaud,
Jérôme Moreau,
François-Xavier Dechaume-Monch,
Eve Afonso
et al.:
Behavioural responses of breeding arctic sandpipers to ground-surface temperature and primary productivity
Science of the Total Environment 2021 DOI
Ivan G. Pokrovsky,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Ivan A. Fufachev,
Rolf Anker Ims,
Olga Kulikova,
Aleksandr Sokolov
et al.:
Nest association between two predators as a behavioral response to the low density of rodents
Nicolas Meyer,
Loïc Bollache,
François‐Xavier Dechaume‐Monc,
Jérôme Moreau,
Eve Afonso,
Anders Angerbjörn
et al.:
Nest attentiveness drives nest predation in arctic sandpipers
Oikos 2020 DOI
Megha Verma,
Henrike Schulte to Bühne,
Mailys Lopes,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Svetlana Sokovnina,
Stijn P. Hofhuis
et al.:
Can reindeer husbandry management slow down the shrubification of the Arctic?
Journal of Environmental Management 03. May 2020 DOI
Jennifer Alejandrina Carbonell Ellgutter,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Siw Turid Killengreen,
Rolf Anker Ims,
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir
:
Dietary variation in Icelandic arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) over a period of 30 years assessed through stable isotopes
Lorenza Urbani,
Morten Tryland,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Eva Fuglei,
Mara Battilani,
Andrea Balboni
:
Ancient origin and genetic segregation of canine circovirus infecting arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Svalbard and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Northern Norway
Tuomas Kankaanpää,
Eero Vesterinen,
Bess Hardwick,
Niels M. Schmidt,
Tommi Andersson,
Paul Eric Aspholm
et al.:
Parasitoids indicate major climate-induced shifts in arctic communities
Jason, J. Taylor,
James P. Lawler,
Mora Aronsson,
Tom Barry,
Anne D. Bjorkman,
Tom Christensen
et al.:
Arctic terrestrial biodiversity status and trends: A synopsis of science supporting the CBMP State of Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Report
Dorothee Ehrich,
Niels M. Schmidt,
Gilles Gauthier,
Ray Alisauskas,
Anders Angerbjörn,
Karin Clark
et al.:
Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends?
Sarah I. Rheubottom,
Isabel C. Barrio,
Mikhail V. Kozlov,
Juha M. Alatalo,
Tommi Andersson,
Ashley L. Asmus
et al.:
Hiding in the background: community-level patterns in invertebrate herbivory across the tundra biome
Ivan A. Fufachev,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Natalia Sokolova,
Vasiliy A Sokolov,
Aleksandr A Sokolov
:
Flexibility in a changing arctic food web: Can rough-legged buzzards cope with changing small rodent communities?
Charlotte, L. Clarke,
Mary, E. Edwards,
Ludovic Gielly,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Paul D.M. Hughes,
Lyudmila M. Morozova
et al.:
Persistence of arctic-alpine flora during 24,000 years of environmental change in the Polar Urals
Dorothee Ehrich,
Alma Elizabeth Thuestad,
Hans Tømmervik,
Per Fauchald,
Vera Helene Hausner
:
Local land use associated with socio-economic development in six arctic regions
Eeva M Soininen,
Isabel C. Barrio,
Ragnhild Bjørkås,
Katrín Björnsdóttir,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Kelly Hopping
et al.:
Correction to: Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map (Environmental Evidence, (2021), 10, 1, (25), 10.1186/s13750-021-00240-0)
Environmental Evidence 2022 DOI
Lars Rød-Eriksen,
Siw Turid Killengreen,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Rolf Anker Ims,
Ivar Herfindal,
Arild Landa
et al.:
Fjellrevens samspill med andre rovdyr i høyfjellet
2022
Lars Rød-Eriksen,
Siw Turid Killengreen,
Dorothee Ehrich,
Rolf Anker Ims,
Ivar Herfindal,
Arild Landa
et al.:
Predator guild interactions in alpine and arctic tundra in relation to fluctuating prey
2022
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
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
Dorothee Ehrich,
Niels M. Schmidt,
Gilles Gauthier,
Ray Alisauskas,
Anders Angerbjörn,
Karin Clark
et al.:
Correction to: Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends?
Ambio 2020 DOI
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,
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
Dorothee Ehrich,
Nigel Gilles Yoccoz
:
Populasjonssykluser hos hare – drevet av rovdyr og spesielt gaupe
Inger Greve Alsos,
Eric Coissac,
Marie Kristine Føreid Merkel,
Youri Lammers,
Adriana Alberti ,
Céline Orvain
et al.:
Towards plant barcode 2.0 and its application in environmental and ancient DNA studies
2019 PROSJEKT / SAMMENDRAG
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
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
Charlotte Clarke,
Mary Elizabeth Edwards,
L Gielly,
Paul D.M. Hughes,
Dorothee Ehrich,
L Morozova
et al.:
Arctic-alpine plants survived past forest expansion: a 24,000-year ancient DNA record from the Polar Urals
2019
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Research interests
- Spatio-temporal variability in trophic interactions in terrestrial arctic ecosystems, and how they are affected by a changing climate
- Management of mesopredators in the low Arctic
- Population genetics and phylogeography of arctic organisms, both animals and plants
Ongoing projects:
COAT - leader for the arctic fox module on Varanger
CHARTER - Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity (EU H2020), lead by Bruce Forbes at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi
Interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in Yamal (Russian Arctic) - NSF project lead by Valeriy Ivanov, University of Michigan.
Norwegian Centre for Arctic Ecosystem Genomics (ArcEGen), lead by Inger Greve Alsos, TMU
Teaching
- BIO-3013/BIO-8016 Ecology of northern food webs sammen together with Rolf Ims and Eeva Soininen
- Teaching at UNIS (Svalbard) as part of the courses AB-201 (biology of arctic predators)
- supervisor master theses in tundra ecology
Possible topics for a master theses:
- Phenology of reproduction of small rodents (grey-sided vole and tundra vole) in eastern Finnmark in the context of climate change
