Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir
Ecologist
Education
Ph.D. biology, University of Iceland, 2022.
M.Sc. biology, University of Gothenburg and University of Iceland, 2016
B.Sc. biology, University of Iceland, 2013
Work experience
2024– Icelandic Institute of Nature Research
2022–2024 Post-doctoral researcher, South Iceland Research Centre, University of Iceland, Laugarvatn
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir og Sigrún Sigurðardóttir (2024). Áhrif skóga á vaðfugla sem verpa í opnum búsvæðum. Fuglar 14: 40-43.
Pálsdóttir, A.E., Alves, J.A., Gill, J.A., Pálsson, S., Méndez, V. and Gunnarsson, T.G. (2024), Introduction of summer houses into semi-natural habitats: impacts on ground-nesting birds. Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12938.
Pálsdóttir, A. E. (2022). Thesis abstract: Effects of land conversion in sub-Arctic landscapes on densities of ground-nesting birds. Wader study, 129(2), 156-157.
Méndez, V., Alves, J. A., Gill, J. A., Þórisson, B., Carneiro, C., Pálsdóttir, A. E., Vignisson, S. R., & Gunnarsson, T. G. (2022). Effects of pair migratory behavior on breeding phenology and success in a partially migratory shorebird population. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9184. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9184
Pálsdóttir, A. E., Gill, J. A., Alves, J. A., Pálsson, S., Méndez, V., Ewing, H., & Gunnarsson, T. G. (2022). Subarctic afforestation: Effects of forest plantations on ground-nesting birds in lowland Iceland. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 2456-2467. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14238
Pálsdóttir, A. E., Gill, J. A., Pálsson, S., Alves, J. A., Méndez, V., Þórisson, B., & Gunnarsson, T. G. (2022). Effects of overhead power-lines on the density of ground-nesting birds in open sub-arctic habitats. Ibis, 164, 1257-1264. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13089
Böðvar Þórisson, Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir og Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson. (2022). Áhrif umferðar á fuglalíf. Skýrsla unnin fyrir Vegagerðina.
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir. (2022). Effects of land conversion in sub-arctic landscapes on densities of ground-nesting birds. [Doktorsritgerð, Háskóli Íslands]. https://opinvisindi.is/handle/20.500.11815/3293.
Presentations and lectures
The Icelandic Biological Society Conference:
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir, Jennifer A. Gill, Böðvar Þórisson, José Alves, Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, Jónína H. Ólafsdóttir & Tómas G. Gunnarsson. (2023). Nest success in ground-nesting birds across land use gradients
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir, Jennifer A. Gill, Snæbjörn Pálsson, José A. Alves, Verónica Méndez, Harry Ewing & Tómas G. Gunnarsson. (2021). Fragmenting open landscapes: impacts of human infrastructure on breeding waders in Iceland.
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir, Jón Einar Jónsson, Róbert Arnar Stefánsson & Árni Ásgeirsson. (2015) Áhrif varptíma æðarfugls á tíðni afráns hreiðra.
The Icelandic Ecological Society Conference:
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir, Böðvar Þórisson & Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson. (2024). Rapidly changing population numbers of ground-nesting birds in South Iceland.
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir, Jennifer A. Gill, José A. Alves, Snæbjörn Pálsson, Verónica Méndez & Tómas G. Gunnarsson. (2022). Effects of land conversion in sub-arctic landscapes on densities of ground-nesting birds.
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir, José A. Alves, Jenny Gill & Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson. (2018). Impacts of forestry on Icelandic wildlife: do birds avoid forests?
Annual meeting of the University of Iceland Research Centers:
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir. (2022). Áhrif uppbyggingar á láglendi á fuglastofna.
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir. (2019). Áhrif manna á búsvæði fugla.
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir. (2016). Afrán á æðarhreiðrum í Breiðafirði.
International conferences:
Aldís E. Pálsdóttir, José A. Alves, Snæbjörn Pálsson, Jennifer A. Gill & Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson. (2019). International Wader Study Group Conference, 20–23 Sept 2019, Morecambe, UK. https://www.waderstudygroup.org/conferences/2019-morecambe-uk/#2.
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir, Jennifer A. Gill, José Alves, Böðvar Þórisson, Verónica Méndez, Camilo Carneiro, Sölvi R. Vignisson, Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, Rebecca Laidlaw, Harry Ewing, Maite Cerezo Araujo, Jónína H. Ólafsdóttir and Tómas G. Gunnarsson. (2024) Temporal and spatial variation in wader nest success in a subarctic landscape. International Wader Study Group Conference, 20–24 Sept 2024, Montpellier, France.
Computer programmes
Þróun og útgáfa smáforritsins VarpApp, 2023
Uppsetning og gerð efnis fyrir síðuna: Mói - landnotkun og líffræðileg fjölbreytni (www.moi.hi.is), 2023
Teaching
University of Iceland
Kennari í vettvangsnámskeiði í vistfræði - B (LÍF542G), 2021
Kennari í verklegri þróunarfræði (LÍF403G), 2020
Kennari í verklegri dýrafræði (LÍF313G), 2015 & 2019