Dr. Jonathan von Oppen

Pärtel, Meelis, Tamme, Riin, Carmona, Carlos P., Riibak, Kersti, Moora, Mari, Bennett, Jonathan A., Chiarucci, Alessandro, Chytrý, Milan, de Bello, Francesco, Eriksson, Ove, Harrison, Susan, Lewis, Robert John, Moles, Angela T., Öpik, Maarja, Price, Jodi N., Amputu, Vistorina, Askarizadeh, Diana, Atashgahi, Zohreh, Aubin, Isabelle, et al. (2025). Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5

Vandvik, Vigdis, Cotner, Sehoya H., Halbritter, Aud H., Garen, Josef C., Gaudard, Joseph, Zepeda, Verónica, Henn, Jonathan J., Barros, Agustina, Pierfederici, Maria Elisa, Farfan-Rios, William, Cruz, Rudi, Gya, Ragnhild, Seltzer, Lorah, Lepley, Kai, Silman, Miles R., Duran, Sandra M., von Oppen, Jonathan, Enquist, Brian J., Gonzales, Fiorella N., et al. (2024). Plant trait and vegetation data along a 1314 m elevation gradient with fire history in Puna grasslands, Perú [Journal-article]. Scientific Data, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02980-3

Klinges, David H., Baecher, J. Alex, Lembrechts, Jonas J., Maclean, Ilya M. D., Lenoir, Jonathan, Greiser, Caroline, Ashcroft, Michael, Evans, Luke J., Kearney, Michael R., Aalto, Juha, Barrio, Isabel C., De Frenne, Pieter, Guillemot, Joannès, Hylander, Kristoffer, Jucker, Tommaso, Kopecký, Martin, Luoto, Miska, Macek, Martin, Nijs, Ivan, et al. (2024). Proximal microclimate: Moving beyond spatiotemporal resolution improves ecological predictions [Journal-article]. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(9), e13884. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13884

Kemppinen, J., Lembrechts, J. J., Van Meerbeek, K., Carnicer, J., Chardon, N. I., Kardol, P., Lenoir, J., Liu, D., Maclean, I., Pergl, J., Saccone, P., Senior, R. A., Shen, T., Słowińska, S., Vandvik, V., von Oppen, J., Aalto, J., Ayalew, B., Bates, O., et al. (2024). Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13834

von Oppen, Jonathan, Assmann, Jakob J., Bjorkman, Anne D., Treier, Urs A., Elberling, Bo, & Normand, Signe. (2024). Microclimate explains little variation in year-round decomposition across an Arctic tundra landscape [Journal-article]. Nordic Journal of Botany, 3(2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04062

von Oppen, J., Assmann, J. J., Bjorkman, A. D., Treier, U. A., Elberling, B., Nabe-Nielsen, J., & Normand, S. (2022). Cross-scale regulation of seasonal microclimate by vegetation and snow in the Arctic tundra. Global Change Biology, 28(24), 7296–7312. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16426

Lembrechts, J. J., van den Hoogen, J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M. B., De Frenne, P., Kemppinen, J., Kopecký, M., Luoto, M., Maclean, I. M. D., Crowther, T. W., Bailey, J. J., Haesen, S., Klinges, D. H., Niittynen, P., Scheffers, B. R., Van Meerbeek, K., Aartsma, P., Abdalaze, O., Abedi, M., et al. (2022). Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology, 28(9), 3110–3144. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060

von Oppen, Jonathan. (2022). Arctic shrubs between macro- and microclimate: lessons across scales from Western Greenland: Vol. Ph.D. Aarhus University.

Kwon, T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Lamarque, J.-F., Hagedorn, F., Eisenhauer, N., Djukic, I., Caliman, A., Paquette, A., Gutiérrez-Girón, A., Petraglia, A., Augustaitis, A., Saillard, A., Ruiz-Fernández, A. C., et al. (2021). Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480

Chacón-Labella, J., Boakye, M., Enquist, B. J., Farfan-Rios, W., Gya, R., Halbritter, A. H., Middleton, S. L., von Oppen, J., Pastor-Ploskonka, S., Strydom, T., Vandvik, V., & Geange, S. R. (2021). From a crisis to an opportunity: Eight insights for doing science in the COVID-19 era and beyond. Ecology and Evolution, 11(8), 3588–3596. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7026

Geange, S. R., von Oppen, J., Strydom, T., Boakye, M., Gauthier, T.-L. J., Gya, R., Halbritter, A. H., Jessup, L. H., Middleton, S. L., Navarro, J., Pierfederici, M. E., Chacón-Labella, J., Cotner, S., Farfan-Rios, W., Maitner, B. S., Michaletz, S. T., Telford, R. J., Enquist, B. J., & Vandvik, V. (2021). Next-generation field courses: Integrating Open Science and online learning. Ecology and Evolution, 11(8), 3577–3587. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7009

von Oppen, J., Normand, S., Bjorkman, A. D., Blach-Overgaard, A., Assmann, J. J., Forchhammer, M., Guéguen, M., & Nabe-Nielsen, J. (2021). Annual air temperature variability and biotic interactions explain tundra shrub species abundance. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13009

Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Caliman, A., Paquette, A., Gutiérrez-Girón, A., Humber, A., Valdecantos, A., Petraglia, A., Alexander, H., Augustaitis, A., Saillard, A., Fernández, A. C. R., Sousa, A. I., Lillebø, A. I., et al. (2018). Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, 1369–1394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012

Blume-Werry, G., Lindén, E., Andresen, L., Classen, A. T., Sanders, N. J., von Oppen, J., & Sundqvist, M. K. (2018). Proportion of fine roots, but not plant biomass allocation below ground, increases with elevation in arctic tundra. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29(2), 226–235. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12605

Metz, J., von Oppen, J., & Tielbörger, K. (2015). Parental environmental effects due to contrasting watering adapt competitive ability, but not drought tolerance, in offspring of a semi-arid annual Brassicaceae. Journal of Ecology, 103(4), 990–997. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12411