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Tanja Kofod Petersen

Tanja Kofod Petersen


tanja.k.petersen@ntnu.no
+4748498734 Schøninghuset, A204, Kalvskinnet, Erling Skakkes gate 47A
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About

CV

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

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2023

  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Kouki, Jari; Leroux, Shawn J.; Potvin, Lynette R.; Tremblay, Jean-Pierre. (2023) Airborne laser scanning reveals uniform responses of forest structure to moose (Alces alces) across the boreal forest biome. Journal of Ecology
    Academic article

2022

  • 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)
    Academic article
  • Speed, James David Mervyn; Evankow, Ann; Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Nilsen, Nellie Henriette; Turner, Grace Winifred. (2022) A regionally coherent ecological fingerprint of climate change, evidenced from natural history collections. Ecology and Evolution
    Academic article
  • Jepsen, Jane Uhd; Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Rusch, Graciela; Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Asplund, Johan. (2022) Panel-based Assessment of Ecosystem Condition – a methodological pilot for four terrestrial ecosystems in Trøndelag. NINA rapport (2094)
    Report
  • 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

2021

  • 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
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Grøtan, Vidar. (2021) Biodiversity dynamics in urban areas under changing land-uses. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2021) Tanja Petersen: Uncovering biases in Citizen Science data.
    Website (informational material)
  • 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
    Feature 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)
    Academic article

2020

  • 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
    Academic article

2019

  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Perrin, Sam. (2019) Biodiverse Gardens: Where Doing Less Is More.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Perrin, Sam. (2019) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Herbivore.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Perrin, Sam. (2019) Locating Shark's Teeth in the Phone Book.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2019) De Nye Naboene. The Big Challenge, FUTURUM
    Other presentation
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Bruun, Hans Henrik. (2019) Can plant traits predict seed dispersal probability via red deer guts, fur, and hooves?. Ecology and Evolution
    Academic article

2018

  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Perrin, Sam. (2018) Norway’s New Invaders: Filling the Knowledge Gap.
    Website (informational material)

Journal publications

  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Kouki, Jari; Leroux, Shawn J.; Potvin, Lynette R.; Tremblay, Jean-Pierre. (2023) Airborne laser scanning reveals uniform responses of forest structure to moose (Alces alces) across the boreal forest biome. Journal of Ecology
    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)
    Academic article
  • Speed, James David Mervyn; Evankow, Ann; Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Nilsen, Nellie Henriette; Turner, Grace Winifred. (2022) A regionally coherent ecological fingerprint of climate change, evidenced from natural history collections. Ecology and Evolution
    Academic article
  • 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; 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
    Academic article
  • 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
    Feature 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)
    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
    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
    Academic article

Report

  • Jepsen, Jane Uhd; Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Rusch, Graciela; Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Asplund, Johan. (2022) Panel-based Assessment of Ecosystem Condition – a methodological pilot for four terrestrial ecosystems in Trøndelag. 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. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Doctoral dissertation

UTSTILLING

  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2019) De Nye Naboene. The Big Challenge, FUTURUM
    Other presentation

INFORMASJONSMATR

  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2021) Tanja Petersen: Uncovering biases in Citizen Science data.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Perrin, Sam. (2019) Biodiverse Gardens: Where Doing Less Is More.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Perrin, Sam. (2019) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Herbivore.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Perrin, Sam. (2019) Locating Shark's Teeth in the Phone Book.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Perrin, Sam. (2018) Norway’s New Invaders: Filling the Knowledge Gap.
    Website (informational material)

Media

2021

  • Lecture
    Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2021) Arealbruk og Biodiversitet i Trondheim. Seksjon for Truet Natur, Miljødirektoratet Seksjonsmøte , Trondheim (online) 2021-05-26 - 2021-05-26
  • Lecture
    Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2021) Hvilke arter skal vi bo med i byen?. Bymiljøetaten, Oslo Kommune Miljø- og Klimaforum , Oslo (online) 2021-11-10 - 2021-11-10

2020

  • Lecture
    Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Grøtan, Vidar. (2020) Biodiversity dynamics in urban areas under changing land-use. British Ecological Society Festival of Ecology 2020-12-14 - 2020-12-18
  • Lecture
    Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2020) Ecology goes to town. Biodiversity dynamics in urban areas under changing land uses. Nordic Society Oikos Ecology in the Anthropocene: The fourth conference of the Nordic Society Oikos , Reykjavik 2020-03-03 - 2020-03-05

2019

  • Lecture
    Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2019) Land cover determines threatened and alien species richness in a mixed urban-natural municipality . The Arctic University of Norway 4th Conference of the Norwegian Ecological Society , The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø 2019-02-11 - 2019-02-13
  • Poster
    Petersen, 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. University of Aarhus, University of Copenhagen Biodiversitetssymposiet 2019 , University of Aarhus 2019-01-22 - 2019-01-23
  • Poster
    Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Moen, Toril Loennechen; Kielland, Øystein Nordeide. (2019) De nye naboene. Fremmedarter i Trondheim- nå og i 2050. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Futurum (v. Vitenskapsfestivalen, "The big challenge") 2019-06-16 - 2019-06-19
  • Interview
    Petersen, Tanja Kofod. (2019) Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson: Rise of the Planet of the Insects. https://ecologyforthemasses.com https://ecologyforthemasses.com [Internet] 2019-03-14

2018

  • Poster
    Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Grøtan, Vidar. (2018) Urban Biodiversity - a redlisted refuge or blacklisted gateway. Nordic OIKOS OIKOS 2018 , Claridon Hotel and Congress Center 2018-02-19 - 2018-02-22
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