Abstract

Arctic terrestrial ecosystems are ideal models for studies of the ecological impacts of climate change, because the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet and vast areas are largely unaffected by human land use, which might otherwise be a confounding factor. Although our basic understanding of how Arctic ecosystems are structured and function is still limited, we are quickly covering new ground, because of their simplicity relative to lower latitude ecosystems. This talk will outline how studies of these simpler ecosystems can advance general ecological theory and provide examples from ongoing work in Greenland.

Short CV

Toke Thomas Høye is a JCS junior fellow at AIAS and a population ecologist and senior scientist at Dept. of Bioscience. His is an expert in species responses to global change with more than 40 peer-reviewed publications including top journals like Science and Nature Climate Change. His research group currently includes one post doc, three PhD students and three MSc students.

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The AIAS Fellows' Seminar is a session of seminars held by the AIAS fellows or by other speakers proposed by the fellows. In each seminar, one fellow will present and discuss his/her current research and research project, closing off with a question and discussion session.

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