Research interests
- Vegetation dynamics in forested boreal ecosystems, in a national and international perspective.
- Evaluation and assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem servises.
- Ecosystem effects of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha).
Ongoing projects
Running the vegetation part of the national monitoring program Integrated monitoring.
Coordinator of the Swedish LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) network, LTER-Swe.
National Contact Point in the 4 year EU-project BESAFE, about assessning and evaluate arguments for preservation of biodiversity and ecosystem servises.
Member of the EnvEurope, a 4 year Life+ project for assessning environmental quality and pressures across Europe
National co-ordinator of the Swedish LTER network (Long Trerm Ecological Monitoring).
Runnning the site miljostatistik.se, with guidance in statistics for environmental assessment.
Appointments
Council member and SLU represetative in ALTER-Net, a European Network of Excellence for biodiversity and long term ecological monitoring,
Teaching
Student supervision (active students)
Assistant supervisor for the PhD student Emma Göthe.
Selected publications
(complete list is found here)
Pedroli, B., Elbersen, B., Frederiksen, P., Grandin, U., Heikkilä, R., Krogh, P.H., Izakovičová, Z., Johansen, A., Meiresonne, L., Spijker, J. 2012. Is energy cropping in Europe compatible with biodiversity? – Opportunities and threats to biodiversity from land-based production of biomass for bioenergy purposes. Biomass and Bioenergy (published online)
Grandin, U. 2011. Epiphytic algae and lichen cover in boreal forests - a long-term study along a N and S deposition gradient. AMBIO 40: 857-866.
Grandin, U. 2011. Understorey vegetation stability and dynamics in unmanaged boreal forests along a deposition gradient in Sweden. AMBIO 40: 867-877.
Goedkoop, W., Naddafi, R.& Grandin, U. 2011. Retention of n and p by zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha Pallas) and its quantitative role in the nutrient budget of eutrophic lake Ekoln, Sweden. Biological Invasions 5: 1077-1086.
Hallstan S., Grandin, U., Goedkoop W. 2010. Current and modeled potential distribution of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in Sweden. Biological invasions 12: 285-296
Harrison P., Vanderwalle M., Sykes M., Berry P., Bugter R., de Bello F., Feld C., Grandin U., Harrington R., Haslet J., Jongman R., Luck G., da Silva P., Moora M., Settele J., Sousa J., Zobel M. 2010. Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 2791-2821
Paillet Y., Bergès L., Hjälten J., Ódor P., Avon C., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Bijlsma R-J., DeBruyn L., Fuhr M., Grandin U., Kanka R., Lundin L., Luque S., Magura T., Matesanz S., Mészáros I., Sebastià M-T., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Tóthmérész B., Uotila A., Vallandares F., Vellak K., Virtanen R. 2010. Biodiversity differences between managed and unmanaged forests: Meta-analysis of species richness in Europe. Conservation Biology 24: 101-112
Paillet Y., Bergès L., Hjälten J., Ódor P., Avon C., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Bijsma R-J., de Bryn L., Fuhr M., Grandin U., Kanka R., Lundin L., Luque S., Magura T., Matesanz S., Mészáros I., Sebastià M.-T., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Tóthmérész B., Uotila A., Valdares F., Vellak K., Virtanen R. 2010. Compromises in Data Selection in a Meta-Analysis of Biodiversity in Managed and Unmanaged Forests: Response to Halme et al. Conservation Biology 24: 1157-1160
Feld C.K., da Silva P.M., Sousa J.P., de Bello F., Bugter R., Grandin U., Hering D., Lavorel S., Mountford O., Pardo I., Pärtel M., Römbke J., Sandin L., Jones B.K., Harrison P. 2009. Indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem services: a synthesis across ecosystems and spatial scales Oikos 118: 1862-1871
Hagman J., Mårtensson A., Grandin U. 2009. Cultivation Practices and Potato Cultivars Suitable for Organic Potato Production. Potato Research 52: 319-330.
Grandin U. 2006. PC-ORD version 5: A user-friendly toolbox for ecologists Journal of vegetation science vol. 17 843-844.