Stockholm university

Research group NG| Historical grassland ecology

Past and present grasslands influence plant species richness and diversity

We investigate how past and present landscape patterns influence present plant populations and diversity in grasslands and associated habitats. Specific landscape patterns are habitat size, connectivity, fragmentation, habitat amount and how people and livestock use the landscape. We use a wide range of data such as historical maps and historical data, GIS, field inventories and experiment together with analyses of plant communities and traits, dispersal processes, landscape genetics and populations size. Our fundamental and applied research will help to protect and restore grassland biodiversity for the future.

Grassland

Group members

Group managers

Sara Cousins

Professor of Physical Geography

Department of Physical Geography
Sara Cousins

Regina Lindborg

Professor of Geography

Department of Physical Geography
Regina Lindborg

Members

Sara Cousins

Professor of Physical Geography

Department of Physical Geography
Sara Cousins

Victor Eriksson

PhD student

Department of Physical Geography

Jessica Lindgren

Research engineer

Department of Physical Geography
Jessica Lindgren

Rozália Kapás

Senior Lecturer

Department of Physical Geography
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Regina Lindborg

Professor of Geography

Department of Physical Geography
Regina Lindborg

Lukas Rimondini Giorgini

PhD student

Department of Physical Geography