Research interests:
In collaboration with reindeer herding communities, I investigate the drivers behind reindeer movements and reindeer husbandry land use, and how these drivers control the ability to utilise the natural pastures and sustain a viable production. I have also studied how the habitat selection of both reindeer and freely ranging horses affects the landscape and biodiversity. I strive for a holistic perspective in my research, evaluating drivers both within and from the system.
Research Goal:
To understand drivers of animal behavior, habitat selection and life history patterns, and specifically how human impact (from both herders and from human caused disturbance) affect reindeer behavior and use of the landscape.
Research Skills: Co-production of knowledge together with stakeholders. Working with collecting, handling and analyzing large (GPS) data set using open source software (R, QGIS, PostgreSQL), planning and conducting extensive fieldwork, design of pellet-group count inventories.
Activity in the scientific society:
Several referee-assignments for biological and ecological journals, such as Polar Biology, Ecography, Oecologica, Global Change Biology, Wildlife Biology, Mammalian biology, Ambio, PloSOne, Arctic, Rangifer and in the Orgnisation and Scientific committee for conferences, such as Arctic Ungulate Conference - AUC, Jokkmokk August, 2019
Editor-in-chief for the Rangifer journal
Activity with stakeholders outside the scientific society:
Expert on management issues concerning reindeer husbandry and infrastructure impact, give lectures to stakeholders connected environmental management and reindeer husbandry in Sweden.
