Laura Bartra Cabré
About
Research interests
Population and community ecology, demographic modelling, theoretical modelling, trophic interactions, climate change, behavioural ecology, movement ecology, quantitat
Current research
I am an ecologist at the Center for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD) working on the project "Community dynamics in a rapidly warming high Arctic: trophic synchrony in time and space (INSYNC)" as part of the Community Dynamics group.
The aim of my PhD project is to understand and describe community dynamics under climatic perturbations. To do that, I use a combination of experimental, empirical, and theoretical approaches to improve our understanding of how more frequent extreme climatic events (ECEs) may impact species dynamics at a community level. I will use a well-monitored Arctic terrestrial community as an empirical starting point and then generalize through theoretical modelling and simulations of hypothetical yet realistic communities with different life-history traits and trophic structures.
Courses contributions
- BI2033 - Population Ecology
- BI2034 - Community Ecology and Ecosystems
- BI2043 - Biodiversity and Conservation
- BI2045 - Sexual Selection and Communication
- BI3052 - Study design
- RFEL3081 - Natural Resources Management
- RFEL3082 - Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services
Course coordinator
- R seminar (R course for beginners)
Background
- 2020 - M.Sc in Ecology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
- 2017 - B.Sc in Environmental Sciences at the University of Barcelona, Spain
- Bachelor thesis (in collaboration with the University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø): "Beaver (Castor fiber) activity and spatial movement in response to light and weather conditions"
Publications
2020
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Bartra Cabré, Laura;
Mayer, Martin;
Steyaert, Sam;
Rosell, Frank Narve.
(2020)
Beaver (Castor fiber) activity and spatial movement in response to light and weather conditions.
Mammalian Biology.
volum 100.
Academic article
Journal publications
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Bartra Cabré, Laura;
Mayer, Martin;
Steyaert, Sam;
Rosell, Frank Narve.
(2020)
Beaver (Castor fiber) activity and spatial movement in response to light and weather conditions.
Mammalian Biology.
volum 100.
Academic article
Media
2022
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Academic lectureBartra Cabré, Laura; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Grøtan, Vidar. (2022) Impacts of more frequent extreme climatic events on community dynamics in the high Arctic. Oikos Nordic Conference 2022 . Aarhus University; Aarhus. 2022-06-06 - 2022-06-08.
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Academic lectureBartra Cabré, Laura; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Grøtan, Vidar. (2022) Impacts of more frequent extreme climatic events on community dynamics in the high Arctic. NTNU CBD lunch seminars . Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, NTNU; Trondheim. 2022-05-31 - 2022-05-31.
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PosterBartra Cabre, Laura; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Le Moullec, Mathilde. (2022) Extreme winter climatic events impact high-arctic vegetation productivity: a common-garden experiment. British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2022 . British Ecological Society (BES); Edinburgh. 2022-12-19 - 2022-12-19.
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Academic lectureBartra Cabré, Laura; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Grøtan, Vidar; Hansen, Brage Bremset. (2022) Community dynamics under climatic perturbations. NTNU CBD, SAC meeting . Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, NTNU; Røros. 2022-10-17 - 2022-10-20.