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Jens-Christian Svenning is a macroecologist and biogeographer, with strong interest in plants, animals and people across the world. Alongside basic curiosity about nature, Jens-Christian Svenning is highly motivated to contribute to help overcome the climate and biodiversity crises and promote sustainable societal development. His research includes foci on fundamental drivers of biodiversity, climate change impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, and human-nature interactions from the past to the future, with interest in fundamental issues such as disequilibrium dynamics and top-down trophic effects. Key applied research foci include predictive modelling, the application of informatics and space-borne and other remote sensing technology to ecological and sustainability research, human dependence on and benefits from nature, and rewilding as a promising approach to ecosystem restoration. Jens-Christian Svenning is committed to ensuring the societal benefits of his research and knowledge, working closely with a range of public and private actors on concrete real-world conservation, restoration, and sustainability projects and challenges, as well as doing large amounts of outreach.
Keywords
- Biodiversity
- Biogeography
- Climatic changes
- Macroecology
- Nature conservation
- Nature management
- Mammals
- Plants, flowers and trees
- Tropical ecosystems
- Ecology
- Ecoinformatics
- Nature parks
- Forest
- Landscape
- Nature protection and management
- Effects of climate on animals and plants
- Climate changes and biodiversity
- Biodiversity
- Environment scenarios
Areas of expertise
- Subject area
- Biodiversity
- Ecology
- Climate change
- Invasive species
- Paleoecology
- Future scenarios
- Vegetation
- Forest
- Plants
- Mammals
- Human ecology
- Rewilding
- Ecological restoration
- Conservation
- Ecosystem services
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere
Svenning, J.-C. (PI), le Roux, L. (PI), Ordonez Gloria, A. (PI), Nielsen, T. K. (PI), Riede, F. (PI), Buitenwerf, R. (PI) & Hansen, M. M. (PI)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2028
Project: Research
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wildE: Climate-smart rewilding: ecological restoration for climate change mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity support in Europe
Svenning, J.-C. (CoPI)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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RAMONA: Rangeland Monitoring for Africa using Earth Observation – Continental Demonstrators
Buitenwerf, R. (PI) & Svenning, J.-C. (CoPI)
01/01/2022 → …
Project: Research
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SustainScapes – Sustainable solutions for maintenance of biodiversity and production across landscapes
Svenning, J.-C. (CoPI)
01/03/2021 → 28/02/2026
Project: Research
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Maasai Mara: Maasai Mara Science and Development Initiative
Kallehave, P. (Project manager), Obel, B. (Project manager), Eskildsen, J. K. (Participant), Håkonsson, D. D. (Participant), Svenning, J.-C. (Participant), Balslev, H. (Participant), Bøcher, P. K. (Participant), Kjærgaard, P. C. (Participant), Hartel, J. (Participant), Andersen, C. (Participant), Olesen, J. E. (Participant), Ifversen, J. (Participant), Haubek, D. (Participant), Roepstorff, A. (Participant), A. Bach, L. (Participant) & Mitkidis, P. (Participant)
04/07/2014 → …
Project: Research
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Navigating ecological novelty towards planetary stewardship: challenges and opportunities in biodiversity dynamics in a transforming biosphere
Svenning, J. C., McGeoch, M. A., Normand, S., Ordonez, A. & Riede, F., May 2024, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 379, 1902, 20230008.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Trophic rewilding as a restoration approach under emerging novel biosphere conditions
Svenning, J. C., Buitenwerf, R. & Le Roux, E., 6 May 2024, In: Current Biology. 34, 9, p. R435-R451Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Review › Research › peer-review
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Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities
Lundgren, E. J., Bergman, J., Trepel, J., Roux, E. L., Monsarrat, S., Kristensen, J. A., Pedersen, R. Ø., Pereyra, P., Tietje, M. & Svenning, J. C., 20 Feb 2024, In: Science. 383, 6682, p. 531-537 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Meta-analysis shows that wild large herbivores shape ecosystem properties and promote spatial heterogeneity
Trepel, J., le Roux, E., Abraham, A. J., Buitenwerf, R., Kamp, J., Kristensen, J. A., Tietje, M., Lundgren, E. J. & Svenning, J. C., Apr 2024, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8, 4, p. 705-716 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
34 Citations (Scopus) -
Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens
Pearce, E. A., Mazier, F., Normand, S., Fyfe, R., Andrieu, V., Bakels, C., Balwierz, Z., Bińka, K., Boreham, S., Borisova, O. K., Brostrom, A., de Beaulieu, J. L., Gao, C., González-Sampériz, P., Granoszewski, W., Hrynowiecka, A., Kołaczek, P., Kuneš, P., Magri, D. & Malkiewicz, M. & 17 others, , Nov 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 45, 14 p., eadi9135.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access27 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Palaeoecological reconstructions of Subboreal northwestern European wild horses, Equus ferus Boddaert, 1785
Kveiborg, J. (Lecturer), Uzunidis, A. (Other), Klimscha, F. (Other), Rasmussen, U. L. (Other), Johannsen, N. N. (Other), Klassen, L. (Other) & Svenning, J.-C. (Other)
2 Feb 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Reconstructing the Diet and Landscape Use of Wild Horses from Neolithic North-Western Continental Europe Through Tooth Wear and Isotopic Analyses
Kveiborg, J. (Lecturer), Uzunidis, A. (Other), Richards, M. P. (Other), Rasmussen, U. L. (Other), Klassen, L. (Other), Johannsen, N. N. (Other), Klimscha, F. (Other) & Svenning, J.-C. (Other)
11 Aug 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Et forvildet Europa
Svenning, J.-C. (Lecturer)
28 May 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Kaffe og biodiversitet - Hvad gør vi uden de store dyr?
Svenning, J.-C. (Lecturer)
12 May 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Elefanten i rummet
Svenning, J.-C. (Lecturer)
12 May 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
Prizes
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Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize (Carlsbergfondets Forskningspris)
Svenning, J.-C. (Recipient), 2023
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Distinguished Fellow of the International Biogeography Society
Svenning, J.-C. (Recipient), 2022
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Villum Kann Rasmussens Årslegat til Teknisk og Naturvidenskabelig Forskning
Svenning, J.-C. (Recipient), 2021
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Queen Margrethe II’s Science Award
Svenning, J.-C. (Recipient), 2016
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Press/Media
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Jens-Christian Svenning: – Min forskerkarriere var både inspireret af min far og af min farfars og farmors skipperhjem på Fanø
19/08/2023
1 Media contribution
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Climate change: Millions may migrate due to extreme temperature
23/05/2023
1 Media contribution
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Biodiversity protects against invasions of non-native tree species
23/08/2023
1 Media contribution
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Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere – ECONOVO
25/05/2023
1 Media contribution
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