Lars Lonsmann Iversen

Assistant Professor,
McGill University

Département de Biologie
E-mail: lars.iversen@mcgill.ca
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Education

PhD in Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark MSc in Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark BSc in Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark


Research

My research sets out to improve our understanding of freshwater ecosystems and how these are responding to global change. Doing so, I study contemporary changes in landform types, the distribution of species functional adaptations to life in water, and the interlinkage between landscape changes and ecosystem functioning. My research combines observational field data, museum collections, public data resources, and modelling to describe the reciprocity between biodiversity and freshwater in the landscape. In addition, I work with method development within biodiversity monitoring, including remote sensing, automated image classification, and environmental DNA based monitoring.

QCBS students

Lindsay Trottier

Ph.D.
(Start: 2023)
Understanding global change in freshwater ecosystems via the functional biogeography of aquatic plants

Grace Fedirchuk

M.Sc.
(Start: 2023)
Other QCBS (co-)supervisor: Irene Gregory-Eaves
Uncovering historic macrophyte assemblage dynamics in southern Quebec lakes using sedimentary DNA

Examples of species studied

Populus tremuloides
Pelobates
Fuscus
Graphoderus bilineatus
Thermomyces lanuginosus


Publications

34- Effects on local oxygen conditions by the invasive macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum
Journal Article
Hoblyn A , Iversen L L ,
2024 Aquatic Botany (Date Added: 2024-03-12)

33- Unlocking ground-based imagery for habitat mapping
Journal Article
Morueta-Holme N , Iversen L , Corcoran D , Rahbek C , Normand S ,
2023 Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2023-12-22)

32- Drivers and effects of construction-sand mining in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal Article
Bendixen M , Noorbhai N , Zhou J , Iversen L L , Huang K ,
2023 Extractive Industries and Society (Date Added: 2023-10-21)

31- Single-Particle Tracking of Thermomyces lanuginosus Lipase Reveals How Mutations in the Lid Region Remodel Its Diffusion
Journal Article
Iversen J F , Bohr S S , Pinholt H D , Moses M E , Iversen L , Christensen S M , Hatzakis N S , Zhang M ,
2023 Biomolecules (Date Added: 2023-07-02)

30- Predicting and controlling ecological communities via trait and environment mediated parameterizations of dynamical models
Journal Article
Blonder B W , Gaüzère P , Iversen L L , Ke P , Petry W K , Ray C A , Salguero‐Gómez R , Sharpless W , Violle C ,
2023 Oikos (Date Added: 2023-07-02)

29- Global change and plant-ecosystem functioning in freshwaters
Journal Article
Pan Y , García-Girón J , Iversen L L ,
2023 Trends in Plant Science (Date Added: 2023-07-02)

28- Prioritizing taxa for genetic reference database development to advance inland water conservation
Journal Article
Monchamp M , Taranu Z E , Garner R E , Rehill T , Morissette O , Iversen L L , Fugère V , Littlefair J E , da Costa N B , Desforges J E , Sánchez Schacht J R , Derry A M , Cooke S J , Barrett R D , Walsh D A , Ragoussis J , Albert M , Cristescu M E , Gregory-Eaves I ,
2023 Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2023-03-23)

27- Changes in forest structure drive temperature preferences of boreal understorey plant communities
Journal Article
Christiansen D M , Iversen L L , Ehrlén J , Hylander K ,
2022 Journal of Ecology (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

26- Changes in forest structure drive temperature preferences of boreal understorey plant communities
Journal Article
Christiansen, DM, Iversen, LL, Ehrlén, J, Hylander, K
Journal of Ecology (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

25- Towards linking freshwater plants and ecosystems via functional biogeography
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Girón, JG, Pan, Y
Aquatic Botany (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

24- Time is running out for sand
Journal Article
Bendixen, M, Best, J, Hackney, C, Iversen, LL
Nature (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

23- Funding agencies can prevent harassment
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Bendixen, M
Science (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

22- Greenland: Build an economy on sand
Journal Article
Bendixen, M, Iversen, LL, Overeem, I
Science (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

21- Are latitudinal richness gradients in European freshwater species only structured according to dispersal and time?
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Jacobsen, D, Sand-Jensen, K
Ecography (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

20- Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Journal Article
Blonder, B, Ray, CA, Walton, JA, Castaneda, M, Chadwick, KD, Clyne, MO, Gaüzère, P, Iversen, LL, Lusk, M, Strimbeck, GR, Troy, S, Mock, KE
Ecological Applications (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

19- Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale
Journal Article
Harfoot, MBJ, Johnston, A, Balmford, A, Burgess, ND, Butchart, SHM, Dias, MP, Hazin, C, Hilton-Taylor, C, Hoffmann, M, Isaac, NJB, Iversen, LL, Outhwaite, CL, Visconti, P, Geldmann, J
Nature Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

18- Rarity in freshwater vascular plants across Europe and North America: Patterns, mechanisms and future scenarios
Journal Article
García-Girón, J, Heino, J, Iversen, LL, Helm, A, Alahuhta, J
Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

17- Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts, synergies, and pathways forward
Journal Article
Bendixen, M, Iversen, LL, Best, J, Franks, DM, Hackney, CR, Latrubesse, EM, Tusting, LS
One Earth (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

16- Separating direct and indirect effects of rising temperatures on biogenic volatile emissions in the Arctic
Journal Article
Rinnan, R, Iversen, LL, Tang, J, Vedel-Petersen, I, Schollert, M, Schurgers, G
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

15- Equilibrium in plant functional trait responses to warming is stronger under higher climate variability during the Holocene
Journal Article
Gaüzère, P, Iversen, LL, Seddon, AWR, Violle, C, Blonder, B
Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

14- Catchment properties and the photosynthetic trait composition of freshwater plant communities
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Winkel, A, Baastrup-Spohr, L, Hinke, AB, Alahuhta, J, Baattrup-Pedersen, A, Birk, S, Brodersen, P, Chambers, PA, Ecke, F, Feldmann, T, Gebler, D, Heino, J, Jespersen, TS, Moe, SJ, Riis, T, Sass, L, Vestergaard, O, Maberly, SC, Sand-Jensen, K, Pedersen, O
Science (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

13- Drivers of net methane uptake across Greenlandic dry heath tundra landscapes
Journal Article
St Pierre, KA, Danielsen, BK, Hermesdorf, L, D'Imperio, L, Iversen, LL, Elberling, B
Soil Biology and Biochemistry (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

12- Sexual conflict and intrasexual polymorphism promote assortative mating and halt population differentiation
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Svensson, EI, Christensen, ST, Bergsten, J, Sand-Jensen, K
Proceedings. Biological sciences (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

11- Promises and perils of sand exploitation in Greenland
Journal Article
Bendixen, M, Overeem, I, Rosing, MT, Bjørk, AA, Kjær, KH, Kroon, A, Zeitz, G, Iversen, LL
Nature Sustainability (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

10- Empirical predictability of community responses to climate change
Journal Article
Gaüzère, P, Iversen, LL, Barnagaud, J-Y, Svenning, J-C, Blonder, B
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

9- Time-restricted flight ability influences dispersal and colonization rates in a group of freshwater beetles
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Rannap, R, Briggs, L, Sand-Jensen, K
Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

8- Geographically varying habitat characteristics of a wide-ranging amphibian, the common spadefoot toad (Pelobates Fuscus), in Northern Europe
Journal Article
Rannap, R, Kaart, T, Iversen, LL, de Vries, W, Briggs, L
Herpetological Conservation and Biology (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

7- Variable history of land use reduces the relationship to specific habitat requirements of a threatened aquatic insect
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Rannap, R, Briggs, L, Sand-Jensen, K
Population Ecology (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

6- Monitoring of animal abundance by environmental DNA - An increasingly obscure perspective: A reply to Klymus et al., 2015
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Kielgast, J, Sand-Jensen, K
Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

5- Niche specialization and functional traits regulate the rarity of charophytes in the Nordic countries
Journal Article
Baastrup-Spohr, L, Iversen, LL, Borum, J, Sand-Jensen, K
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

4- How do low dispersal species establish large range sizes? The case of the water beetle Graphoderus bilineatus
Journal Article
Iversen, LL, Rannap, R, Thomsen, PF, Kielgast, J, Sand-Jensen, K
Ecography (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

3- Seventy years of changes in the abundance of Danish charophytes
Journal Article
Baastrup-Spohr, L, Iversen, LL, Dahl-Nielsen, J, Sand-Jensen, K
Freshwater Biology (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

2- Detection of a Diverse Marine Fish Fauna Using Environmental DNA from Seawater Samples
Journal Article
Thomsen, PF, Kielgast, J, Iversen, LL, Møller, PR, Rasmussen, M, Willerslev, E
PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2022-10-27)

1- Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA
Journal Article
Thomsen, PF, Kielgast, J, Iversen, LL, Wiuf, C, Rasmussen, M, Gilbert, MTP, Orlando, L, Willerslev, E
Molecular Ecology (Date Added: 2022-10-27)