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Simone I. Lang

Associate Professor - Arctic Terrestrial Biology

simone.lang@unis.no
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Arctic biology

My research evolves around plant communities and their responses and feedback to climate change. I have a special interest in functional traits of bryophytes and lichens, and the ecosystem functions these organism groups fulfill in northern ecosystems. As a member of bioCEED, I conduct research on assessment of practical skills within FieldPass.

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Publications

Simone I. Lang has 56 publications at UNIS

TundraFlux: a database of ecosystem respiration with biotic and abiotic metadata from Arctic and alpine tundra warming experiments

Academic article 2026 Sarah Schwieger, Jan Dietrich, Mats P. Björkman, Judith M. Sarneel, Bowen Li, Joel White, Inge H. J. Althuizen, Christina Biasi, Robert G. Björk, Hanna Böhner, Brage Bremset Hansen, Michele Carbognani, Giorgio Chiari, Casper T. Christiansen, Elisabeth J. Cooper, Hans Cornelissen, Ludovica D'Imperio, Ellen Dorrepaal, Bo Elberling, Patrick Faubert, Ned Fetcher, T'ai G. W. Forte, Joseph Gaudard, Konstantin Gavazov, Zhen-Huan Guan, Jón Guðmundsson, Siri V. Haugum, Jin-Sheng He, Caitlin Hicks Pries, Mark Hovenden, Simone Iris Lang, Gus Jespersen, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Ji Young Jung, Olga Khitun, Birgitte Kortegaard Danielsen, Richard Lamprecht, Mathilde Le Moullec, Hanna Lee, Maija E. Marushchak, Anders Michelsen, Tariq Munir, Eero Myrsky, Kevin K. Newsham, Marion Nyberg, Steven F. Oberbauer, Paulo Olivas, Johan Olofsson, Hlynur Óskarsson, Thomas C. Parker, Matteo Petit Bon, Alessandro Petraglia, Emily Pickering Pedersen, Katrine Raundrup, Nynne R. Ravn, Riikka Rinnan, Heidi Rodenhizer, Ingvild Ryde, Alejandro Salazar, Niels M. Schmidt, Ted Schuur, Sofie Sjögersten, Cecilie Skov Nielsen, Sari Stark, Maria Strack, Jianwu Tang, Sylvia Toet, Anne Tolvanen, Maria Väisänen, Richard Van Logtestijn, Vigdis Vandvik, Carolina Voigt, Josefine Walz, Jeffrey M. Welker, Yuanhe Yang, Henni Ylänne, Sybryn L. Maes

Borealisation of Plant Communities in the Arctic Is Driven by Boreal‐Tundra Species

Academic article 2025 Mariana García Criado, Isabel C. Barrio, James David Mervyn Speed, Anne D. Bjorkman, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Rien Aerts, Juha M. Alatalo, Katlyn R. Betway‐May, Robert G. Björk, Mats P. Björkman, Daan Blok, Elisabeth J. Cooper, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, William A. Gould, Ragnhild Gya, Greg H. R. Henry, Luise Hermanutz, Robert D. Hollister, Annika K. Jägerbrand, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Elina Kaarlejärvi, Olga Khitun, Simone Iris Lang, Petr Macek, Jeremy L. May, Anders Michelsen, Signe Normand, Siri Lie Olsen, Eric Post, Riikka Rinnan, Niels Martin Schmidt, Sofie Sjogersten, Anne Tolvanen, Joachim Paul Töpper, Andrew Trant, Vigdis Vandvik, Tage Vowles

Marine-derived nutrients shape the functional composition of High Arctic plant communities

Academic article 2025 Ruben Erik Roos, Julia Kemppinen, Pekka Niittynen, Vigdis Vandvik, Inge Althuizen, Pernille Bronken Eidesen, Brian J. Enquist, Geir W. Gabrielsen, Jonathan J. Henn, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Kari Klanderud, Simone Iris Lang, Kai Lepley, Marc Macias-Fauria, Brian S. Maitner, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean T. Michaletz, Richard James Telford, Polly Bass, Matiss Castorena, Siri Vatsø Haugum, Yaoqi Li, Mary C. Linabury, Barbara M. Neto-Bradley, Molly Ng, Karolína Pánková, Marcus P. Spiegel, Eleanor R. Thomson, Lucely L. Vilca-Bustamante, Aud Helen Halbritter

Tundra Vegetation Community Type, Not Microclimate, Controls Asynchrony of Above- and Below-Ground Phenology

Academic article 2025 Elise C. Gallois, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Colleen M. Iversen, Verity G. Salmon, Laura L. Turner, Ruby An, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Courtney G. Collins, Madelaine J. R. Anderson, Amanda Young, Lisa Pilkinton, Gesche Blume-Werry, Maude Grenier, Geerte Fälthammar-de Jong, Inge Althuizen, Casper Tai Christiansen, Simone Iris Lang, Cassandra Elphinstone, Greg H. R. Henry, Nicola Rammell, Michelle C. Mack, Craig See, Christian Rixen, Robert D. Hollister

Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems?

Academic article 2021 Signe Lett, Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir, Antoine Becker-Scarpitta, Casper T. Christiansen, Heinjo During, Flemming Ekelund, Greg H.R. Henry, Simone Lang, Anders Michelsen, Kathrin Rousk, Juha Alatalo, Katlyn Rose Betway, Sara Busca Riu, Terry Callaghan, Michele Carbognani, Elisabeth J. Cooper, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Ellen Dorrepaal, Dagmar Dorothea Egelkraut, Tatiana G. Elumeeva, Siri Vatsø Haugum, Robert D. Hollister, Annika K. Jägerbrand, Frida Keuper, Kari Klanderud, Esther Lévesque, Xin Liu, Jeremy L. May, Pascale Michel, Martin Mörsdorf, Alessandro Petraglia, Christian Rixen, Bjorn J.M. Robroek, Agnieszka M. Rzepczynska, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Anne Tolvanen, Vigdis Vandvik, Igor Volkov, Irina Volkova, Kristel van Zuijlen

Svalbard Environment Monitoring System at UNIS

Conference poster 2023 Sebastian Sikora, Hanne H. Christiansen, Stefan Claes, Anna Sjøblom Coulson, Steve J. Coulson, Lukas Frank, Simen Salomonsen Hjelle, Andrew Hodson, Marius Opsanger Jonassen, Alex Klein-Paste, Simone Lang, Aleksey Shestov, Gijsbert Dirk Breedveld

Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic

Academic article 2025 Mariana García Criado, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Anne D. Bjorkman, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Signe Normand, Peter Aastrup, Rien Aerts, Juha M. Alatalo, Lander Baeten, Robert G. Björk, Mats Peter Björkman, Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe, Ethan E. Butler, Elisabeth J. Cooper, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Gergana N. Daskalova, Belen Fadrique, Bruce C. Forbes, Greg H. R. Henry, Robert D. Hollister, Toke Thomas Høye, Ida Bomholt Dyrholm Jacobsen, Annika K. Jägerbrand, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Elina Kaarlejärvi, Olga Khitun, Kari Klanderud, Tiina H. M. Kolari, Simone Iris Lang, Nicolas Lecomte, Jonathan Lenoir, Petr Macek, Julie Messier, Anders Michelsen, Ulf Molau, Robert Muscarella, Marie-Louise Nielsen, Matteo Petit Bon, Eric Post, Katrine Raundrup, Riikka Rinnan, Christian Rixen, Ingvild Ryde, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Niels M. Schmidt, Franziska Schrodt, Sofie Sjögersten, Manuel Steinbauer, Lærke Søndergaard Stewart, Beate Strandberg, Anne Tolvanen, Craig E. Tweedie, Mark Vellend

Introducing the Circum-Arctic Present and Future Ecology of the Soil Food Web Group

Conference abstract 2024 Sylvain Monteux, Gesche Blume-Werry, Stef Bokhorst, Kari Anne Bråthen, Elisabeth Cooper, Stephen James Coulson, Mathilde Dahl, Jan Frouz, Stefan Geisen, Sara Hallin, Rebecca E. Hewitt, Vincent E.J. Jassey, Paul Kardol, Amanda Koltz, Simone Lang, Thomas Parker, Anton Potapov, Aloïs Revéret, Maria Scheel, Andrea Söllinger, Liina Soonvald, Sari Stark, Mette Marianne Svenning, Alexander Tøsdal Tveit, Adrian Wackett, David A Wardle, James T. Weedon, Yoo Kyungsoo

Global maps of soil temperature

Academic article 2021 Jonas J. Lembrechts, Johan van den Hoogen, Juha Aalto, Michael B. Ashcroft, Pieter De Frenne, Julia Kemppinen, Martin Kopecký, Miska Luoto, Ilya M. D. Maclean, Thomas W. Crowther, Joseph J. Bailey, Stef Haesen, David H. Klinges, Pekka Niittynen, Brett R. Scheffers, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Peter Aartsma, Otar Abdalaze, Mehdi Abedi, Rien Aerts, Negar Ahmadian, Antje Ahrends, Juha M. Alatalo, Jake M. Alexander, Camille Nina Allonsius, Jan Altman, Christof Ammann, Christian Andres, Christopher Andrews, Jonas Ardö, Nicola Arriga, Alberto Arzac, Valeria Aschero, Rafael Leandro de Assis, Jakob J. Assmann, Jarle W. Bjerke, Elisabeth J. Cooper, Bente Jessen Graae, Aud Helen Halbritter Rechsteiner, Siri Vatsø Haugum, Simone Lang, Joshua Scott Lynn, Mikel Moriana Armendariz, Matteo Petit Bon, Stuart Smith, Mia Vedel Sørensen, James David Mervyn Speed, Vigdis Vandvik, Ronja Elisabeth Magdalene Wedegärtner, Ivan Nijs, Jonathan Lenoir

Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

Academic review article 2022 Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, P. Convey, Kevin K. Newsham, Jesper Bruun Mosbacher, Eva Fuglei, Virve Ravolainen, Brage Bremset Hansen, Thomas Correll Jensen, A. Augusti, Elisabeth Mackteld Biersma, Elisabeth J. Cooper, Stephen James Coulson, Geir W. Gabrielsen, Jean-Charles Gallet, U. Karsten, Silje Marie Kristiansen, Mette Marianne Svenning, Alexander Tveit, M. Uchida, I. Baneschi, E. Calizza, N. Cannone, E.M. de Goede, M. Doveri, J. Elster, M.S. Giamberini, K. Hayashi, Simone Lang, Y.K. Lee, T. Nakatsubo, V. Pasquali, Ingrid Marie Garfelt Paulsen, Christina Alsvik Pedersen, F. Peng, A. Provenzale, E. Pushkareva, C.A.M. Sandström, Vera Sklet, A. Stach, M. Tojo, B. Tytgat, Hans Tømmervik, D. Velazquez, E. Verleyen, J.M. Welker, Y.-F. Yao, M.J.J.E. Loonen

Courses

AB-329 Arctic Winter Ecology (10 ECTS)

AB-829 Arctic Winter Ecology (10 ECTS)

Project involvements

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FieldPass

In this project, we develop and test preparation and assessment forms that are suited for field and lab related learning outcomes.

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bioCEED

Are you a student or staff at UNIS? Do you want to get involved in biology education development? Do you want to know what UNIS offers besides your regular studies? Then you are in the right place!

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TERRA - Understanding climate, herbivore and belowground feedbacks

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Vegetation and active layer depth

In this project, we aim to understand how warming and moss removal will affect soil temperature and permafrost in the High Arctic.

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Long-term effects of climate warming on vegetation in Svalbard

In this project, we aim to study effects of warming and exclusion of herbivores on plant communities in the High Arctic after up to 20 years of experimental treatment.

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INITIAL - Going BIG: a spatial grid as basis for the Bjørndalen field laboratory

In this project, we have started a long-term monitoring grid on plant communities in the High Arctic.

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GLAD - Glacial microbiomes - in light and darkness

In this project, we have established a site on Foxfonna glacier where cryoconite is sampled in winter and summer.

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Use certification to assess practical skills in lab and field

On this page we provide information on how to create certification protocols for a set of lab and field skills commonly used in terrestrial ecology.

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Preparation through instructional videos

FieldPass has produce several videos for different course leaders in order to help students prepare for field and lab activities.

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Bjørndalen Integrated Gradients (BIG)

Bjørndalen Integrated Gradient (BIG) is a field-laboratory that enables close integration of research and course activities, and a great arena for students to participate and contribute to research projects.

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INSULATE

INSULATE aims to study the effects of climate change, both biotic and abiotic factors on permafrost insulation on a year-round basis in the Arctic.

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The International Tundra Experiment - Endalen, Svalbard

In this project, we aim to study long-term effects of warming and exclusion of herbivores on plant communities in the High Arctic.

News mentions

Royal interest in Arctic science

New FRAM initiative: Research in the Arctic, for those who live there

Publications

“Show me how to use a microscope” – The development and evaluation of certification as direct assessment of practical lab skills

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