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Ecology

Ecology has to do with interactions in nature. It is the study of how organisms (such as animals, plants and microorganisms) live and work within their habitats, and of how they depend on each other and their surrounding environments. Environmental factors may range from weather, climate, and soil to topography and ocean currents.

Feature

Visiting professor André de Roos shakes up established ideas in theoretical ecology

Mathematicians call him ecologist, ecologists a mathematician. André is a comfortable interdisciplinaire.

Underground threat to our national parks

Jonatan Klaminder reckons it’s time to question our attitudes towards these underground diggers.

Infrastructures

Integrated Science Lab (Icelab)
We take a modelling approach for causal understanding and connect researchers from different backgrounds.
The Mesocosm facility
Conduct large scale water and sediment experiments under highly controlled conditions.
Umeå ancient DNA lab
A DNA-free lab for ancient DNA laboratory works

Latest news

Disease-causing bacteria thrive in browner water

A new thesis reveals how climate change can promote potentially dangerous bacteria in the Baltic Sea.

Outstanding research in focus when the U.S. Ambassador visits the Arctic Centre

The Arctic has become an increasingly important region, not least in connection with climate change.

Major grant will put Umeå at the forefront of tropical climate research

Daniel Metcalfe tries to understand the impacts of climate change on the unique biodiversity of cloud forests.

Research projects

Interactions between terrestrial plants and water chemistry in boreal streams
Research area: Ecology
Duration 1 October 2023 until 31 March 2028
Type of project Research project
Effects of climate change in the Arctic Ocean and the Baltic Sea
Duration 1 May 2023 until 30 April 2025
Type of project Research project
RIPARIANET
Research area: Ecology
Duration 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2026
Type of project Research project
The importance of deep roots in the carbon-climate feedback from thawing permafrost soils
Research area: Ecology
Duration 1 January 2023
Type of project Research project

Research groups

EcoChange Umeå
EcoChange is a strategic research programme that is hosted by Umeå University.
Freshwater ecology
Research area at the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science
Research area: Ecology
Henrik Sjödin Lab
Researches on public health, global health and infectious epidemiology.
Joacim Rocklöv Lab
The group researches what drives the growth and spread of infectious diseases globally.
Research area: Ecology, Infection biology
Marine ecology
Research area at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
Research area: Ecology
Mathematical ecology
Research area at the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science
Research area: Ecology
Restoration ecology
Research area at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences.
Research area: Ecology
Terrestrial ecology
Research area at the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science
Research area: Ecology