Publications

Erkelenz, J.*, Geange, S.R.*, Atkinson, J*, et al. & Vandvik, V. (in press). Intraspecific Functional Trait Responses to Experimental Warming Vary With Precipitation and Growth Form. Journal of Vegetation Science e70098.

Halbritter, A. H., Atkinson, J., Maré, C., Ahler, S. J., Andersen, E. A., Bradler, P. M., Correia, M., Elsy, A., Eshelman, S.E., Geange, S.R. … & Vandvik, V. (2025). Effects of Warming, Nitrogen and Grazing on Plant Functional Traits Differ Between Alpine and Sub‐Alpine Grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 36(5), e70061.

Vandvik, V., Halbritter, A. H., Macias-Fauria, M., Maitner, B. S., Michaletz, S. T., Telford, R. J., Bison, N., Chacon-Labella, J., Cotner, S., Egelkraut, D., Garen, J., Gaudard, J., Geange, S.R. et al. … & Enquist, B. J. (2025). Plant traits and associated ecological data from global change experiments and climate gradients in Norway. Scientific Data, 12(1), 1477.

Arnold, P. A., Noble, D. W., Nicotra, A. B., Kearney, M. R., Rezende, E. L., et al Geange, S.R. et al. … & Bennett, J. M. (2025). A framework for modelling thermal load sensitivity across life. Global Change Biology, 31(7), e70315.

Barrio, I. C., Vuorinen, K. E., Barbero-Palacios, L., Defourneaux, M., Bon, M. P., Greer, E. A., …Geange, S.R., et al. & Kamenova, S. (2025). Emerging priorities in terrestrial herbivory research in the Arctic. Arctic Science, 11, 1-26.

Aas, E. R., Althuizen, I., Tang, H., Geange, S.R, Lieungh, E., Vandvik, V., & Berntsen, T. K. (2024). Implications of climate and litter quality for simulations of litterbag decomposition at high latitudes. Biogeosciences, 21(16), 3789-3817.

Halbritter, A. H., Vandvik, V., … Geange, S.R…. & Enquist, B. J. (2024). Plant trait and vegetation data along a 1314 m elevation gradient with fire history in Puna grasslands, Perú. Scientific Data, 11(1), 225.

IPBES (Contributing Author) (2023). IPBES thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control. Chapter 3: Indirect and direct drivers affecting the introduction, establishment and spread of invasive alien species (3.1.1.1, 3.2.2.3, 3.3.1.6., and 3.4.4).

Jones, S.C., Geange, S.R., Hanea, A., Camac, J., Hemming, V., Doobov, B., Morgan, J., Leigh, A., and Nicotra, A.B. (2023). IDEAcology: Streamlining elicitation of expert judgement in ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Keetz, L, Lieungh, E., Karimi-Asli, K., Geange, S.R., Gelati, E., Tang, H., Yilmaz, Y., Aas., K.S., Athuizen, I., Bryn, A., Falk, S., Fisher, R., Fouilloux, A., Horvath, P., Indrehus, S., Lee, H., Parmentier, F.J.W., Pirk, N., Vandvik, V., Vollsnes, A., Skarpaas, O., Stordal, F., Tallaksen, L. (2023) Mechanistic ecosystem modelling made easy: the NorESM Land Sites Platform. Global Change Biology

Gya, R., Birkeli, K., Dahle, I.J., Foote, C.G., Geange, S.R., Lynn, J.S., Töpper, J.P., Vandvik, V., Zernichow, C. and Jenkins, G.B. (2023). Registered Reports: A new chapter at Ecology & Evolution. Ecology and Evolution

Gya, R., Geange, S.R., Lynn, J.S., Spindelböck, J., Zernichow, C., Wallevik, Ø., and Vandvik, V. (2023). To germinate or not to germinate – A test of local adaptation to drought in alpine forb populations across a 2000 mm/year precipitation gradient. Ecology and Evolution

Nicotra, A.B. Geange, S.R., Bahar, B., Carle, H., Catling, A., Garcia, A., Harris, R., Head, M., Jin, M., Keighley, X., Whitehead, M.R., Zurcher, H. and Beckmann, E.A. (2022) An innovative approach to using an intensive field course to build scientific and professional skills. Ecology and Evolution

VKM (Kausrud, K, Vandvik, V., Flø, D., Geange, S.R. et al. (2022). Impacts of climate change on the forest ecosystem. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in endangered species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. VKM Report 2021:XX, ISBN: 978-82-xxxx-xxx-x, ISSN: 2535-4019.

Vandvik, V., Althuizen, I.J.H, Jaroszynska, F.O.H., Krüger, L.C., Lee, H., Goldberg, D.E., Klanderud, K., Olsen, S.L., Telford, R.F., Östmann, S.A.H., Busca, S., Dahle, I.J., Egelkraut, D.D., Geange, S.R., Gya, R., Lynn, J.S., Meineri, E.P., and Halbritter, A.H. (2022). The role of Functional group interactions in mediating climate change impacts on the Carbon dynamics and Biodiversity of alpine ecosystems (FunCaB). Scientific Data

Rixen et al. Geange, S.R., et al. (2022). Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems. Arctic Science

Yannelli, F.A., Andrade, B.O., Anibaba, Q.A., Bazzichetto, M., Bonari, G., Chelli, S., Conradi, T., Ćuk, M., Damasceno, G., Fantinato, E., Geange, S.R., Guuroh, R.T., Holle, M.J.M., Küzmič, F., Lembrechts, J.J., Mosyaftiani, A., Pattison, Z., Šikuljak, T., Teixeira, J., Tordoni, E., Pérez-Valladares, C., and Sperandi, M. (2022). Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science – A horizon scan. Journal of Vegetation Science

Falster, D., Gallagher, R., Wenk, E. H., Wright, I. J., Indiarto, D., Andrew, S. C., … Geange, S.R. …& O’Sullivan, O. S. (2021). AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. Scientific Data

Hennessy, E. Acabchuk, R., Arnold, P., Dunn, A., Foo, Y., Johnson, B.T., Geange, S.R, Haddaway, N., Nakagawa, S., Mapanga, W., Mengersen, K., Page, M.J., Sanchez-Tojar, A., Welch, V., and McGuinness, L. (2021) Ensuring Prevention Science Research is Synthesis-Ready for Immediate and Lasting Scientific Impact. Prevention Science

Camac, J.S., Umbers, K.D., Morgan, J.W., Geange, S.R., Hanea, A., Slatyer, R.A., McDougall, K.L., Venn, S.E., Vesk, P.A., Hoffmann, A.A. and Nicotra, A.B. (2021), ‘Predicting species and community responses to global change using structured expert judgement: An Australian mountain ecosystems case study’. Global Change Biology.

Geange, S. R., Arnold, P.A., Catling, A.A., Coast, O., Cook, A.M., Gowland, K.M, Leigh, A., Notarnicola, R.F., Posch, B.C, Venn, S.E., Zhu., L., and Nicotra, A.B. (2021). ‘The thermal tolerance of photosynthetic tissues: a global systematic review and agenda for future research.’ New Phytologist

Geange, S.R., von Oppen, J., Strydom, T., Boakye, M., Gauthier, T-L.J., Gya, R., Halbritter, A.H., Jessup, L.H., Middleton, S.L., Navarro, J., Pierfederici, M.E., Chacon-Labella, J., Cotner, S., Farfan-Rios, W., Matiner, B.S., ,Michaletz, S., Telford, R.J., Enquist, B.E., and Vandvik, V. (2020). Next generation field courses: Integrating Open Science and online learning. Ecology and Evolution

Chacon Labella, J., Boakye, M., Enquist, B.E., Farfan-Rios, W., Gya, R., Halbritter, A.H., Middleton, S.L., von Oppen, J., Pastor-Ploskonka, S., Strydom, T., Vandvik, S. and Geange, S.R. (2020). From a crisis to an opportunity: Eight insights for doing science in the COVID-19 era and beyond. Ecology and Evolution

Geange, S.R., Holloway-Phillips, M.M., Briceno, V.F. and Nicotra, A.B. (2020) ‘Aciphylla glacialis survival, growth and frost resistance: A field warming experiment’. Australian Journal of Botany

Thurman, L.T., Stein, B.A., Beever, E.A., Foden, W., Geange, S.R., Green, N., Gross, J.E., Lawrence, D.J., LeDee, O., Olden, J.D., Thompson, L.M., and Young, B.E. (2020) ‘Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change‘. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Nakagawa, S., Dunn, A.G., Lagisz, M., Bannach-Brown, A., Grames, E.M., Sanchez-Tojar, A., O’Dea, R.E., Noble, D.W.A., Westgate, M.J., Arnold, P.A., Barrow, S., Bethel, S., Cooper, E., Foo, Y.Z., Geange, S.R., Hennessy, E., Mapanga, W., Mengersen, K., Munera, C., Page, M.J., Welch, V. Evidence Synthesis Hackathon 2019 Participants and Haddaway, N.R. (2020). ‘A new ecosystem for evidence synthesis‘ Nature Ecology and Evolution

Geange, S.R. (2019) Does the individual matter? Quantifying the role of intraspecific varaition and phenotypic plasticity in plant responses to climate change. PhD Thesis, Australian National University

Geange, S.R., Briceno, V.F., Aitken, N.C., Ramirez-Valiente, J.A., Holloway-Phillips, M.M., Nicotra, A.B. (2017) ‘Phenotypic plasticity and water availability: Responses of alpine herb species along an elevation gradient’. Climate Change Responses

Geange, S.R. (2013) The worldwide distribution of Heteronychus arator – Why should we care? AgResearch Internal Report

Geange, S.R. (2012) The impact of foredune de-vegetation (marram control) on downwind plant communities, Mason Bay, Stewart Island. University of Otago, Honours Thesis.

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Presentations

Geange, S.R., and members of the EMERALD Consortium. (2021). NorESM land sites platform: A collaborative effort to better represent high-latitude systems in earth models. OIKOS Norway Conference (Virtual)

Jones, S.C. Geange, S.R., Camac, J., Anca, H., Morgan, J. and Nicotra, A.B. (2020) IDEAcology: Using expert judgement to inform ecological and conservation decision making. Ecological Society of Australia Conference (Virtual)

Fouilloux, A.C., Tang, H., Lieungh, E., Geange, S.R., Horvath, P, Bryn, A. (2020). Climate JupyterLab as an interactive tool in Galaxy. JupyterCon2020, 12-16th October 2020. 

Fouilloux, A.C., Tang, H., Lieungh, E., Geange, S.R., Horvath, P, Bryn, A. (2020). FATES on GALAXY facilitates ecologist and climate modeler collaboration. Bioinformatics Community Conference 2020; 17-25th July, 2020.

Fouilloux, A.C., Tang, H., Lieungh, E., Geange, S.R., Horvath, P, Bryn, A. (2020). Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) with Community Land Model in Galaxy. Bioinformatics Community Conference 2020; 17-25th July, 2020.

Geange, S. R., Arnold, P.A., Catling, A.A., Coast, O., Cook, A.M., Gowland, K.M, Leigh, A., Notarnicola, R.F., Posch, B.C, Venn, S.E., Zhu., L., and Nicotra, A.B. (2020) Plant thermal tolerance: a global synthesis for future research. Oral Presentation EGU General Assembly Conference 

Sonya Geange (ANU), Adrienne Nicotra (ANU), John Morgan (La Trobe), Anca Hanea (UoM), Keith McDougall (OEH), Ary Hoffman (UoM), Susanna Venn (Deakin), James Camac (UoM), Peter Vesk (UoM) Emma Burns (ANU), Michael Doherty (ANU), Louise Gilfedder (UTas), Lydia Guja (ANBG), Geoffrey Hope (ANU), David Keith (UNSW/OEH), Sandra Lavorel (CNRS, France), Joe McAulliffe (ANBG), Scott Mooney (UNSW), James Shannon (LaTrobe), Mel Shroder (NSW Parks), Rachel Slatyer (ANU), Elaine Thomas (Parks Vic), Kate Umbers (WSU), Neville Walsh (RBG Melb), Jennie Whinam (UTas), and Genevieve Wright (OEH). (2019). Assessing Adaptive Capacity in the Australian Alps: An Expert Elicitation Process. (Oral Talk & Poster Presentation) International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck, Austria

Geange, S. R (2018) Phenotypic plasticity and plant water use in a changing climate: a multi-species, multi-site investigation (Oral Presentation) Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) Conference, Brisbane, QLD

Nicotra, A.B. (ANU), Geange, S. R. (ANU), Arnold, P. (ANU), Catling, A. (ANU), Coast, O. (ANU), Cook., A. (UTS), Gowland, K. (ANU), Leigh, A. (UTS), Notarnicola, R. (ANU), Posch, B. (ANU), Venn, S. (Deakin) and Zhu., L. (ANU) (2018). Thermal tolerance of land plants: A systematic review. Oral Presentation. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Adrienne Nicotra (ANU), Sonya Geange (ANU), John Morgan (La Trobe), Anca Hanea (UoM), Keith McDougall (OEH), Ary Hoffman (UoM), Susanna Venn (Deakin), James Camac (UoM), Peter Vesk (UoM) Emma Burns (ANU), Michael Doherty (ANU), Louise Gilfedder (UTas), Lydia Guja (ANBG), Geoffrey Hope (ANU), David Keith (UNSW/OEH), Sandra Lavorel (CNRS, France), Joe McAulliffe (ANBG), Scott Mooney (UNSW), James Shannon (LaTrobe), Mel Shroder (NSW Parks), Rachel Slatyer (ANU), Elaine Thomas (Parks Vic), Kate Umbers (WSU), Neville Walsh (RBG Melb), Jennie Whinam (UTas), and Genevieve Wright (OEH). (2018). Assessing Adaptive Capacity in the Australian Alps: An Expert Elicitation Process. (Poster Presentation) Ecological Society of America Conference, New Orleans, USA

Geange, S. R (2018) Phenotypic plasticity and plant water use in a changing climate: a multi-species, multi-site investigation (Oral Presentation) International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), Bozeman, Montana, US

Adrienne Nicotra (ANU), Sonya Geange (ANU), John Morgan (La Trobe), Anca Hanea (UoM), Keith McDougall (OEH), Ary Hoffman (UoM), Susanna Venn (Deakin), James Camac (UoM), Peter Vesk (UoM) Emma Burns (ANU), Michael Doherty (ANU), Louise Gilfedder (UTas), Lydia Guja (ANBG), Geoffrey Hope (ANU), David Keith (UNSW/OEH), Sandra Lavorel (CNRS, France), Joe McAulliffe (ANBG), Scott Mooney (UNSW), James Shannon (LaTrobe), Mel Shroder (NSW Parks), Rachel Slatyer (ANU), Elaine Thomas (Parks Vic), Kate Umbers (WSU), Neville Walsh (RBG Melb), Jennie Whinam (UTas), and Genevieve Wright (OEH). (2017). Assessing Adaptive Capacity in the Australian Alps: An Expert Elicitation Process. (Poster Presentation) Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia

Geange, S.R (2016) Phenotypic plasticity and plant water use in a changing climate: a multi-species, multi-site investigation. (Poster Presentation) Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Perth, WA, Australia

Geange, S.R, Briceno Rodriguez, V.F. & Nicotra, A.B. (2015) Elevation Influences Aciphylla glacialis Survival, Growth and Frost Resistance: An Open Top Chamber Experiment. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Adelaide

Geange, S.R (2015) Phenotypic Plasticity: Relevance in a Changing Climate. Guest Seminar at Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Geange, S.R, Briceno Rodriguez, V.F., Aitken, N.C., Ramirez-Valiente, J.A & Nicotra, A.B. (2015) Water use traits in Australian alpine plants. (Oral Presentation) 100th Ecological Society of America Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Geange, S.R, Briceno Rodriguez, V.F., Aitken, N.C., Ramirez-Valiente, J.A & Nicotra, A.B. (2015) Water use traits in Australian alpine plants. (Poster Presentation) 58th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science, Brno, Czech Republic

Geange, S.R (2015). Phenotypic Plasticity: Relevance in a Changing Climate. Guest Seminar at the University of Konstanz, Germany

Geange, S.R, Briceno Rodriguez, V.F., Aitken, N.C., Ramirez-Valiente, J.A & Nicotra, A.B. (2014) Water use traits in Australian alpine plants. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Alice Springs

Geange, S.R. (2013) The Worldwide Distribution of Heteronychus arator – Why should we care? AgResearch Internal Report

Geange, S.R (2012) Flower colour influences alpine insect visitation in New Zealand. Invited Postgraduate Day Oral Presentation, Ecological Society of Australia