Ruben Roos

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Partner institution: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
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e-mail: Ruben.erik.roos@nmbu.no

PhD title: Functional traits across primary producer groups and their effects on alpine arthropod communities

Description of research project:
The aim of my project is two-fold. First, I study functional traits of vascular plants, lichens, and mosses across an altitudinal gradient in Southern Norway. Here, I am particularly interested in how community-level mean traits change across the gradient, and whether species turnover or intraspecific variation drives the changes in traits. Second, I study how lichen traits relate to micro-invertebrate (mites and springtails) communities and functional diversity.