Laura Bartra Cabre

Om

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

R seminar (R course for beginners)

Background

2020 - M.Sc in Ecology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
- Master thesis: "Disentangling the drivers of European
  badger activity at multiple temporal scales"
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"

Publikasjoner

2024

Barbero-Palacios, Laura; Barrio, Isabel C.; García Criado, Mariana; Kater, Ilona; Petit Bon, Matteo; Kolari, Tiina H. M.. (2024) Herbivore diversity effects on Arctic tundra ecosystems: a systematic review. Environmental Evidence
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
Bartra Cabre, Laura; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Layton-Matthews, Kate; Loonen, Maarten J. J. E.; Fuglei, Eva. (2024) The role of indirect interspecific effects in the stochastic dynamics of a simple trophic system. Journal of Animal Ecology
Vitenskapelig artikkel

2020

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
Vitenskapelig artikkel

Tidsskriftspublikasjoner

Barbero-Palacios, Laura; Barrio, Isabel C.; García Criado, Mariana; Kater, Ilona; Petit Bon, Matteo; Kolari, Tiina H. M.. (2024) Herbivore diversity effects on Arctic tundra ecosystems: a systematic review. Environmental Evidence
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
Bartra Cabre, Laura; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Layton-Matthews, Kate; Loonen, Maarten J. J. E.; Fuglei, Eva. (2024) The role of indirect interspecific effects in the stochastic dynamics of a simple trophic system. Journal of Animal Ecology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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
Vitenskapelig artikkel

Formidling

2023

Vitenskapelig foredrag

Bartra Cabre, Laura; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena. (2023) Arctic vegetation community under climatic perturbations. Norwegian University of Life Sciences Oikos Norway Conference 2023 , Ås, Norway 2023-02-13 - 2023-02-15
Vitenskapelig foredrag

Bartra Cabre, Laura; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Grøtan, Vidar. (2023) Understanding community-dynamic impacts of extreme climatic events: a high-Arctic case study . Leibniz-IZW Academy Wildlife Research and Conservation 2023 , Berlin 2023-09-07 - 2023-09-11

2022

Poster

Bartra 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 (BES) British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2022 , Edinburgh 2022-12-19 - 2022-12-19
Vitenskapelig foredrag

Bartra Cabré, Laura; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Grøtan, Vidar; Hansen, Brage Bremset. (2022) Community dynamics under climatic perturbations. Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, NTNU NTNU CBD, SAC meeting , Røros 2022-10-17 - 2022-10-20
Vitenskapelig foredrag

Bartra 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. Aarhus University Oikos Nordic Conference 2022 , Aarhus 2022-06-06 - 2022-06-08
Vitenskapelig foredrag

Bartra 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. Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, NTNU NTNU CBD lunch seminars , Trondheim 2022-05-31 - 2022-05-31

Språkvelger

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