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Dilli Prasad Rijal
Job description
Associate Professor
J. Sakari Salonen,
Niina Kuosmanen,
Inger Greve Alsos,
Peter D. Heintzman,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Frederik Schenk
et al.:
Uncovering Holocene climate fluctuations and ancient conifer populations: Insights from a high-resolution multi-proxy record from Northern Finland
Inger Greve Alsos,
Victor Boussange,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Marieke-Lise Beaulieu,
Antony Gavin Brown,
Ulrike Herzschuh
et al.:
Using ancient sedimentary DNA to forecast ecosystem trajectories under climate change
Roseanna J. Mayfield,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Peter D. Heintzman,
Peter G. Langdon,
Dirk N. Karger,
Antony Gavin Brown
et al.:
Holocene summer temperature reconstruction from plant sedaDNA and chironomids from the northern boreal forest
Inger Greve Alsos,
Victor Boussange,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Marieke-Lise Beaulieu,
Antony Gavin Brown,
Ulrike Herzschuh
et al.:
Using ancient sedimentary DNA to forecast ecosystem trajectories under climate change
Research Square 2023 DOI
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Tanja Lexau Hanebrekke,
Per Arneberg,
Torild Johansen,
Daniela Sint,
Michael Traugott
et al.:
Contaminants reach everywhere: Fish dietary samples should be surface decontaminated prior to molecular diet analysis
Lucas Dane Elliott,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Antony Brown,
Jostein Bakke,
Lasse Topstad,
Peter D. Heintzman
et al.:
Sedimentary Ancient DNA Reveals Local Vegetation Changes Driven by Glacial Activity and Climate
Aloïs Nicolas Revéret,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Peter D. Heintzman,
Antony Gavin Brown,
Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring,
Inger Greve Alsos
:
Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments
Lila Nath Sharma,
B. Adhikari,
M.F. Watson,
B.B. Shrestha,
E. Paudel,
B. Karna
et al.:
Forest canopy resists plant invasions: a case study of Chromolaena odorata in Sal (Shorea robusta) forests of Nepal
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
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
Sandra Garces Pastor,
Inger Greve Alsos,
Peter D. Heintzman,
Youri Lammers,
Eric Coissac,
Sébastien Lavergne
et al.:
High resolution ancient sedimentary DNA shows that alpine plant diversity is associated with human land use and climate change
Mohsen Falahati-Anbaran,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Sverre Lundemo,
Inger Greve Alsos,
Hans K. Stenøien
:
Disentangling the genetic origin of Heracleum persicum (Apiaceae) in Europe: multiple introductions from multiple source populations
Biological Invasions 2021 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
Eric Capo,
Charline Giguet-Covex,
Alexandra Rouillard,
Kevin Nota,
Peter D. Heintzman,
Aurèle Vuillemin
et al.:
Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Torbjørn Alm,
Lennart Nilsen,
Inger Greve Alsos
:
Giant invasive Heracleum persicum: Friend or foe of plant diversity?
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Torbjørn Alm,
Šárka Jahodová,
Hans K. Stenøien,
Inger Greve Alsos
:
Reconstructing the invasion history of Heracleum persicum (Apiaceae) into Europe
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Mohsen Falahati-Anbaran,
Torbjørn Alm,
Inger Greve Alsos
:
Microsatellite markers for Heracleum persicum (Apiaceae) and allied taxa: application of next-generation sequencing to develop genetic resources for invasive species management
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Peter D. Heintzman,
Nigel Gilles Yoccoz,
Antony Gavin Brown,
Inger Greve Alsos,
Kari Anne Bråthen
:
Millennia of spatiotemporal plant diversity trajectories captured by sedimentary ancient DNA
2024
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Inger Greve Alsos
:
From mud to phylogeny: Late Quaternary phylogenetic diversity of terrestrial plants in northern Fennoscandia
2023
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Peter D. Heintzman,
Arve Elvebakk,
Inger Greve Alsos
:
What else is in the mud? Current status and future potential of environmental DNA in bryophyte research
2023
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Arve Elvebakk,
Inger Greve Alsos
:
Ancient DNA of bryophytes: current status and future potential
2022
Elise Kjørstad,
Inger Greve Alsos,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Peter D. Heintzman
:
Planter fortsatte å spre seg mot nord tusener av år etter klimaendringen på slutten av istiden
Eric Capo,
Inger Greve Alsos,
Daniel Ariztegui,
Linda H. Armbrecht,
Ines Barrenechea,
Simon Belle
et al.:
Unifying the sedaDNA scientific community
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
Roseanna J. Mayfield,
Peter G. Langdon,
John A. Dearing,
R. Wang,
Inger Greve Alsos,
Peter D. Heintzman
et al.:
Structural ecosystem change in a Holocene chironomid assemblage
2020 PROSJEKT
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
Dilli Prasad Rijal
:
Comparing sedimentary environmental DNA-based vegetation to current vegetation composition around lakes
2019
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
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
Peter D. Heintzman,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Antony Brown,
Iva Pitelkova,
Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur,
Charlotte L. Clarke
et al.:
Optimization of efficient ancient DNA extraction from lake sediment
2019 PROSJEKT
Peter D. Heintzman,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Inger Greve Alsos
:
Species-specific responses of Arctic vegetation to past climatic changes: inferences from sedimentary ancient DNA
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,
Antony Brown,
Iva Pitelkova,
Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur,
Charlotte L. Clarke
et al.:
Optimization of efficient ancient DNA extraction from lake sediment
2019 SAMMENDRAG / 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
2019 PROSJEKT / SAMMENDRAG
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 SAMMENDRAG / PROSJEKT
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
Peter D. Heintzman,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Antony Gavin Brown,
Iva Pitelkova,
Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur,
Charlotte Clarke
et al.:
Optimization of efficient ancient DNA extraction from lake sediment
2018 PROSJEKT
Inger Greve Alsos,
Mary Elizabeth Edwards,
Per Johan Sjøgren,
Youri Lammers,
Charlotte Clarke,
Antony Gavin Brown
et al.:
Ancient DNA reveal Holocene environmental change with and without human impact
2018 PROSJEKT
Peter D. Heintzman,
Dilli Prasad Rijal,
Antony Gavin Brown,
Iva Pitelkova,
Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur,
Charlotte Clarke
et al.:
Optimization of efficient ancient DNA extraction from lake sediment
2018 PROSJEKT
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Research interests
I am particularly interested in analyzing environmental DNA of ancient to modern samples to reconstruct the history of individuals and ecosystems. I have a broad experience in applying metabarcoding approach in analyzing sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) to reconstruct past ecosystems. Our group has demonstrated use of traits in reconstructing past functional diversity of plants. We have been reconstructing past ecological networks of plants and animals using sedaDNA and aim to reconstruct whole ecosystem.
More recently, I have expanded the application of eDNA to other key components of an ecosystem such as cryptogams (bryophytes, lichens, mushrooms, and other micro fungi). By generating spatial and temporal dynamics of all plants and fungi in concert, I aim to understand how plants interacted in the past and their potential interactions in the future. Such consolidated information of spatial and temporal dynamics of different components of ecosystems will provide more precise plant species distribution models. That in turn is expected to provide management decisions in the face of global change.
