Lars Lonsmann Iversen
Assistant Professor,McGill University
Département de Biologie
E-mail: lars.iversen@mcgill.ca
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EducationPhD in Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
MSc in Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
BSc in Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
ResearchMy research sets out to improve our understanding of freshwater ecosystems and how these are responding to global change. Doing so, I study contemporary changes in landform types, the distribution of species functional adaptations to life in water, and the interlinkage between landscape changes and ecosystem functioning. My research combines observational field data, museum collections, public data resources, and modelling to describe the reciprocity between biodiversity and freshwater in the landscape. In addition, I work with method development within biodiversity monitoring, including remote sensing, automated image classification, and environmental DNA based monitoring.QCBS students Lindsay TrottierPh.D.  Christophe BrabantM.Sc.  Grace FedirchukM.Sc.  Aelis SpillerM.Sc. Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedPopulus tremuloides Pelobates Fuscus Graphoderus bilineatus Thermomyces lanuginosus Publications36- Preface: A unified understanding of macrophyte ecology and adaptations: plant functional traits and trait-based approaches Journal Article Bolpagni R , Iversen L L , Azzella M M , Hussner A , 2024 Hydrobiologia (Date Added: 2024-11-17) 35- Towards a holistic understanding of artisanal aggregate mining in Rwanda Journal Article Bendixen M , Huang K , Dos Santos N , Mugabowindekwe M , Twizere M , Habinema P , Iversen L L , 2024 Extractive Industries and Society (Date Added: 2024-06-19) 34- Effects on local oxygen conditions by the invasive macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum Journal Article Hoblyn A , Iversen L L , 2024 Aquatic Botany (Date Added: 2024-03-12) 33- Unlocking ground-based imagery for habitat mapping Journal Article Morueta-Holme N , Iversen L , Corcoran D , Rahbek C , Normand S , 2023 Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2023-12-22) 32- Drivers and effects of construction-sand mining in Sub-Saharan Africa Journal Article Bendixen M , Noorbhai N , Zhou J , Iversen L L , Huang K , 2023 Extractive Industries and Society (Date Added: 2023-10-21) 31- Single-Particle Tracking of Thermomyces lanuginosus Lipase Reveals How Mutations in the Lid Region Remodel Its Diffusion Journal Article Iversen J F , Bohr S S , Pinholt H D , Moses M E , Iversen L , Christensen S M , Hatzakis N S , Zhang M , 2023 Biomolecules (Date Added: 2023-07-02) 30- Predicting and controlling ecological communities via trait and environment mediated parameterizations of dynamical models Journal Article Blonder B W , Gaüzère P , Iversen L L , Ke P , Petry W K , Ray C A , Salguero‐Gómez R , Sharpless W , Violle C , 2023 Oikos (Date Added: 2023-07-02) 29- Global change and plant-ecosystem functioning in freshwaters Journal Article Pan Y , García-Girón J , Iversen L L , 2023 Trends in Plant Science (Date Added: 2023-07-02) 28- Prioritizing taxa for genetic reference database development to advance inland water conservation Journal Article Monchamp M , Taranu Z E , Garner R E , Rehill T , Morissette O , Iversen L L , Fugère V , Littlefair J E , da Costa N B , Desforges J E , Sánchez Schacht J R , Derry A M , Cooke S J , Barrett R D , Walsh D A , Ragoussis J , Albert M , Cristescu M E , Gregory-Eaves I , 2023 Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2023-03-23) 27- Changes in forest structure drive temperature preferences of boreal understorey plant communities Journal Article Christiansen D M , Iversen L L , Ehrlén J , Hylander K , 2022 Journal of Ecology (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 26- Changes in forest structure drive temperature preferences of boreal understorey plant communities Journal Article Christiansen, DM, Iversen, LL, Ehrlén, J, Hylander, K Journal of Ecology (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 25- Towards linking freshwater plants and ecosystems via functional biogeography Journal Article Iversen, LL, Girón, JG, Pan, Y Aquatic Botany (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 24- Time is running out for sand Journal Article Bendixen, M, Best, J, Hackney, C, Iversen, LL Nature (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 23- Funding agencies can prevent harassment Journal Article Iversen, LL, Bendixen, M Science (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 22- Greenland: Build an economy on sand Journal Article Bendixen, M, Iversen, LL, Overeem, I Science (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 21- Are latitudinal richness gradients in European freshwater species only structured according to dispersal and time? Journal Article Iversen, LL, Jacobsen, D, Sand-Jensen, K Ecography (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 20- Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) Journal Article Blonder, B, Ray, CA, Walton, JA, Castaneda, M, Chadwick, KD, Clyne, MO, Gaüzère, P, Iversen, LL, Lusk, M, Strimbeck, GR, Troy, S, Mock, KE Ecological Applications (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 19- Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale Journal Article Harfoot, MBJ, Johnston, A, Balmford, A, Burgess, ND, Butchart, SHM, Dias, MP, Hazin, C, Hilton-Taylor, C, Hoffmann, M, Isaac, NJB, Iversen, LL, Outhwaite, CL, Visconti, P, Geldmann, J Nature Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 18- Rarity in freshwater vascular plants across Europe and North America: Patterns, mechanisms and future scenarios Journal Article García-Girón, J, Heino, J, Iversen, LL, Helm, A, Alahuhta, J Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 17- Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts, synergies, and pathways forward Journal Article Bendixen, M, Iversen, LL, Best, J, Franks, DM, Hackney, CR, Latrubesse, EM, Tusting, LS One Earth (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 16- Separating direct and indirect effects of rising temperatures on biogenic volatile emissions in the Arctic Journal Article Rinnan, R, Iversen, LL, Tang, J, Vedel-Petersen, I, Schollert, M, Schurgers, G Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 15- Equilibrium in plant functional trait responses to warming is stronger under higher climate variability during the Holocene Journal Article Gaüzère, P, Iversen, LL, Seddon, AWR, Violle, C, Blonder, B Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 14- Catchment properties and the photosynthetic trait composition of freshwater plant communities Journal Article Iversen, LL, Winkel, A, Baastrup-Spohr, L, Hinke, AB, Alahuhta, J, Baattrup-Pedersen, A, Birk, S, Brodersen, P, Chambers, PA, Ecke, F, Feldmann, T, Gebler, D, Heino, J, Jespersen, TS, Moe, SJ, Riis, T, Sass, L, Vestergaard, O, Maberly, SC, Sand-Jensen, K, Pedersen, O Science (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 13- Drivers of net methane uptake across Greenlandic dry heath tundra landscapes Journal Article St Pierre, KA, Danielsen, BK, Hermesdorf, L, D'Imperio, L, Iversen, LL, Elberling, B Soil Biology and Biochemistry (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 12- Sexual conflict and intrasexual polymorphism promote assortative mating and halt population differentiation Journal Article Iversen, LL, Svensson, EI, Christensen, ST, Bergsten, J, Sand-Jensen, K Proceedings. Biological sciences (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 11- Promises and perils of sand exploitation in Greenland Journal Article Bendixen, M, Overeem, I, Rosing, MT, Bjørk, AA, Kjær, KH, Kroon, A, Zeitz, G, Iversen, LL Nature Sustainability (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 10- Empirical predictability of community responses to climate change Journal Article Gaüzère, P, Iversen, LL, Barnagaud, J-Y, Svenning, J-C, Blonder, B Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 9- Time-restricted flight ability influences dispersal and colonization rates in a group of freshwater beetles Journal Article Iversen, LL, Rannap, R, Briggs, L, Sand-Jensen, K Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 8- Geographically varying habitat characteristics of a wide-ranging amphibian, the common spadefoot toad (Pelobates Fuscus), in Northern Europe Journal Article Rannap, R, Kaart, T, Iversen, LL, de Vries, W, Briggs, L Herpetological Conservation and Biology (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 7- Variable history of land use reduces the relationship to specific habitat requirements of a threatened aquatic insect Journal Article Iversen, LL, Rannap, R, Briggs, L, Sand-Jensen, K Population Ecology (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 6- Monitoring of animal abundance by environmental DNA - An increasingly obscure perspective: A reply to Klymus et al., 2015 Journal Article Iversen, LL, Kielgast, J, Sand-Jensen, K Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 5- Niche specialization and functional traits regulate the rarity of charophytes in the Nordic countries Journal Article Baastrup-Spohr, L, Iversen, LL, Borum, J, Sand-Jensen, K Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 4- How do low dispersal species establish large range sizes? The case of the water beetle Graphoderus bilineatus Journal Article Iversen, LL, Rannap, R, Thomsen, PF, Kielgast, J, Sand-Jensen, K Ecography (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 3- Seventy years of changes in the abundance of Danish charophytes Journal Article Baastrup-Spohr, L, Iversen, LL, Dahl-Nielsen, J, Sand-Jensen, K Freshwater Biology (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 2- Detection of a Diverse Marine Fish Fauna Using Environmental DNA from Seawater Samples Journal Article Thomsen, PF, Kielgast, J, Iversen, LL, Møller, PR, Rasmussen, M, Willerslev, E PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2022-10-27) 1- Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA Journal Article Thomsen, PF, Kielgast, J, Iversen, LL, Wiuf, C, Rasmussen, M, Gilbert, MTP, Orlando, L, Willerslev, E Molecular Ecology (Date Added: 2022-10-27) |
