Tanja Kofod Petersen
+4748498734
Schøninghuset, A204, Kalvskinnet, Erling Skakkes gate 47A
About
Discipline/work area
I am currently engaged as a researcher at the NTNU University Museum affiliated with multiple research projects.
Expertise
My previous research mainly dealt with the impact of urbanisation on biodiversity, thus involving a variety of stakeholders. I am experienced in biological modelling, statistical data analyses, and in designing and conducting field studies in various conditions. I have both a great interest in and experience with macroecology, conservation, biodiversity and interdisciplinary work.
Background
- Teacher, Slotshaven Gymnasium (Biology C, Mathematics A)
- M.Sc. in Biology, University of Copenhagen, Section for Ecology and Evolution. Thesis title: “Zoochorous seed dispersal by red deer (Cervus elaphus): comparison of dung, fur and hooves”.
- Exchange student, B.Sc. University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Arctic Biology
- B.Sc. in Biology, University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Geological Museum). Thesis title: “Fossil elasmobranch teeth (Chondrichthyes) from Angola, Western Africa”.
Publications
2022
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Jepsen, Jane Uhd;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Austrheim, Gunnar;
Rusch, Graciela;
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Asplund, Johan;
Bjerke, Jarle W.;
Bjune, Anne Elisabeth;
Eide, Nina Elisabeth;
Herfindal, Ivar;
Ims, Rolf Anker;
Israelsen, Markus Fjellstad;
Kapfer, Jutta;
Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen;
Nordén, Jenni;
Sandercock, Brett;
Stien, Jenny;
Tveito, Ole Einar Ellingbø;
Yoccoz, Nigel.
(2022)
Panel-based Assessment of Ecosystem Condition – a methodological pilot for four terrestrial ecosystems in Trøndelag.
2022. ISBN 978-82-426-4882-2. NINA rapport (2094).
Report
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Frøyen, Yngve Karl;
Austrheim, Gunnar.
(2022)
Urbanisation and land-cover change affect functional, but not compositional turnover of bird communities.
Urban Ecosystems.
Academic article
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Vuorinen, Katariina Elsa M;
Bendiksby, Mika;
Speed, James David Mervyn.
(2022)
Climate and land-use drive the functional composition of vascular plant assemblages across Norway.
Nordic Journal of Botany (NJB).
volum 2022 (7).
Academic article
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Speed, James David Mervyn;
Evankow, Ann;
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Ranke, Peter Sjolte;
Nilsen, Nellie Henriette;
Turner, Grace Winifred;
Aagaard, Kaare;
Bakken, Torkild;
Davidsen, Jan Grimsrud;
Dunshea, Glenn;
Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt;
Hassel, Kristian;
Husby, Magne;
Hårsaker, Karstein;
Koksvik, Jan Ivar;
Prestø, Tommy;
Vange, Vibekke.
(2022)
A regionally coherent ecological fingerprint of climate change, evidenced from natural history collections.
Ecology and Evolution.
volum 12 (11).
Academic article
2021
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod.
(2021)
Tanja Petersen: Uncovering biases in Citizen Science data.
Web pages (information material)
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Austrheim, Gunnar;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar.
(2021)
Biodiversity dynamics in urban areas under changing land-uses.
2021. ISBN 978-82-326-5218-1.
PhD thesis
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Austrheim, Gunnar;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Frøyen, Yngve Karl.
(2021)
Hvilke arter skal vi bo sammen med i byen?.
Forskersonen.no.
Chronicle
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Austrheim, Gunnar.
(2021)
Competitors and ruderals go to town: plant community composition and function along an urbanisation gradient.
Nordic Journal of Botany (NJB).
volum 39 (4).
Academic article
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Austrheim, Gunnar.
(2021)
Species data for understanding biodiversity dynamics: The what, where and when of species occurrence data collection.
Ecological Solutions and Evidence.
volum 2 (1).
Academic article
2020
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Austrheim, Gunnar.
(2020)
Urban aliens and threatened near-naturals: Land-cover affects the species richness of alien- and threatened species in an urban-rural setting.
Scientific Reports.
volum 10.
Academic article
2019
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod.
(2019)
De Nye Naboene.
The Big Challenge, FUTURUM
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . NTNU; Trondheim. 2019-06-16 - 2019-06-19.
Other
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Bruun, Hans Henrik.
(2019)
Can plant traits predict seed dispersal probability via red deer guts, fur, and hooves?.
Ecology and Evolution.
volum 9 (17).
Academic article
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Perrin, Sam.
(2019)
Biodiverse Gardens: Where Doing Less Is More.
Web pages (information material)
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Perrin, Sam.
(2019)
Locating Shark's Teeth in the Phone Book.
Web pages (information material)
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Perrin, Sam.
(2019)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Herbivore.
Web pages (information material)
2018
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Perrin, Sam.
(2018)
Norway’s New Invaders: Filling the Knowledge Gap.
Web pages (information material)
Scientific articles
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Frøyen, Yngve Karl;
Austrheim, Gunnar.
(2022)
Urbanisation and land-cover change affect functional, but not compositional turnover of bird communities.
Urban Ecosystems.
Academic article
-
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Vuorinen, Katariina Elsa M;
Bendiksby, Mika;
Speed, James David Mervyn.
(2022)
Climate and land-use drive the functional composition of vascular plant assemblages across Norway.
Nordic Journal of Botany (NJB).
volum 2022 (7).
Academic article
-
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Evankow, Ann;
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Ranke, Peter Sjolte;
Nilsen, Nellie Henriette;
Turner, Grace Winifred;
Aagaard, Kaare;
Bakken, Torkild;
Davidsen, Jan Grimsrud;
Dunshea, Glenn;
Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt;
Hassel, Kristian;
Husby, Magne;
Hårsaker, Karstein;
Koksvik, Jan Ivar;
Prestø, Tommy;
Vange, Vibekke.
(2022)
A regionally coherent ecological fingerprint of climate change, evidenced from natural history collections.
Ecology and Evolution.
volum 12 (11).
Academic article
-
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Austrheim, Gunnar.
(2021)
Competitors and ruderals go to town: plant community composition and function along an urbanisation gradient.
Nordic Journal of Botany (NJB).
volum 39 (4).
Academic article
-
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Austrheim, Gunnar.
(2021)
Species data for understanding biodiversity dynamics: The what, where and when of species occurrence data collection.
Ecological Solutions and Evidence.
volum 2 (1).
Academic article
-
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Austrheim, Gunnar.
(2020)
Urban aliens and threatened near-naturals: Land-cover affects the species richness of alien- and threatened species in an urban-rural setting.
Scientific Reports.
volum 10.
Academic article
-
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Bruun, Hans Henrik.
(2019)
Can plant traits predict seed dispersal probability via red deer guts, fur, and hooves?.
Ecology and Evolution.
volum 9 (17).
Academic article
Journal publications
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Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Austrheim, Gunnar;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar;
Frøyen, Yngve Karl.
(2021)
Hvilke arter skal vi bo sammen med i byen?.
Forskersonen.no.
Chronicle
Report
-
Jepsen, Jane Uhd;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Austrheim, Gunnar;
Rusch, Graciela;
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Asplund, Johan;
Bjerke, Jarle W.;
Bjune, Anne Elisabeth;
Eide, Nina Elisabeth;
Herfindal, Ivar;
Ims, Rolf Anker;
Israelsen, Markus Fjellstad;
Kapfer, Jutta;
Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen;
Nordén, Jenni;
Sandercock, Brett;
Stien, Jenny;
Tveito, Ole Einar Ellingbø;
Yoccoz, Nigel.
(2022)
Panel-based Assessment of Ecosystem Condition – a methodological pilot for four terrestrial ecosystems in Trøndelag.
2022. ISBN 978-82-426-4882-2. NINA rapport (2094).
Report
-
Petersen, Tanja Kofod;
Austrheim, Gunnar;
Speed, James David Mervyn;
Grøtan, Vidar.
(2021)
Biodiversity dynamics in urban areas under changing land-uses.
2021. ISBN 978-82-326-5218-1.
PhD thesis
Media
2021
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LecturePetersen, Tanja Kofod. (2021) Arealbruk og Biodiversitet i Trondheim. Seksjonsmøte . Seksjon for Truet Natur, Miljødirektoratet; Trondheim (online). 2021-05-26 - 2021-05-26.
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LecturePetersen, Tanja Kofod. (2021) Hvilke arter skal vi bo med i byen?. Miljø- og Klimaforum . Bymiljøetaten, Oslo Kommune; Oslo (online). 2021-11-10 - 2021-11-10.
2020
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LecturePetersen, Tanja Kofod. (2020) Ecology goes to town. Biodiversity dynamics in urban areas under changing land uses. Ecology in the Anthropocene: The fourth conference of the Nordic Society Oikos . Nordic Society Oikos; Reykjavik. 2020-03-03 - 2020-03-05.
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LecturePetersen, Tanja Kofod; Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Grøtan, Vidar. (2020) Biodiversity dynamics in urban areas under changing land-use. Festival of Ecology . British Ecological Society; 2020-12-14 - 2020-12-18.
2019
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InterviewPetersen, Tanja Kofod. (2019) Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson: Rise of the Planet of the Insects. https://ecologyforthemasses.com [Internett]. 2019-03-14.
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LecturePetersen, Tanja Kofod. (2019) Land cover determines threatened and alien species richness in a mixed urban-natural municipality. 4th Conference of the Norwegian Ecological Society . The Arctic University of Norway; The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø. 2019-02-11 - 2019-02-13.
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PosterPetersen, Tanja Kofod; Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Grøtan, Vidar. (2019) Land cover determines threatened and alien species richness in a mixed urban-natural municipality. Biodiversitetssymposiet 2019 . University of Aarhus, University of Copenhagen; University of Aarhus. 2019-01-22 - 2019-01-23.
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PosterPetersen, Tanja Kofod; Moen, Toril Loennechen; Kielland, Øystein Nordeide. (2019) De nye naboene. Fremmedarter i Trondheim- nå og i 2050. Futurum (v. Vitenskapsfestivalen, "The big challenge") . Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet; 2019-06-16 - 2019-06-19.
2018
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PosterPetersen, Tanja Kofod; Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Grøtan, Vidar. (2018) Urban Biodiversity - a redlisted refuge or blacklisted gateway. OIKOS 2018 . Nordic OIKOS; Claridon Hotel and Congress Center. 2018-02-19 - 2018-02-22.