Publications

Peer-reviewed publications (published and in preparation)

2023

  • Rieksta, J., Li T., Martin C.D., Høye T.T., Rinnan R.
    Volatile responses to mimicked insect herbivory and experimental warming at two elevations in Greenlandic tundra.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10100

  • Rieksta, J., Li T., Martin C.D., Simin T., Aeppli L.C.B., Høye T.T., Rasmussen M.A., Rinnan R.
    Seasonal and elevational variability in dwarf birch VOC emissions in Greenlandic tundra.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007475


2021

  • Rieksta, J.
    Effects of insect herbivory and changing climate on biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in the Arctic.
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 135 p. (PhD thesis)

  • Ryde, I., Li, T., Rieksta, J., Marques dos Santos, B., Neilson, E.H.J., Gericle O., Jepsen, J.U., Borchmann H.L.R., Holm, S.H., Rinnan R.
    Seasonal and elevational variability in the induction of specialized compounds from mountain birch (Betula pubescens var. pumila) by winter moth larvae (Operophtera brumata).
    Tree Physiology, 41(6), 1019–1033.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpab023

  • Rieksta, J., Li, T., Michelsen, A., & Rinnan, R.
    Synergistic effects of insect herbivory and changing climate on plant volatile emissions in the subarctic tundra.
    Global Change Biology, 27(20), 5030–5042.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15773


2020

  • Rieksta J., Li T, Junker R.R, Jepsen J.U., Ryde I., Rinnan R.
    Insect herbivory strongly modifies mountain birch volatile emissions.
    Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.558979

  • Brūmelis, G., Rieksta, J., Zviedre E., Ikauniece S.
    Ecological restoration by canopy thinning in a Quercus robur forest can cause development of a dense shrub layer.
    Environmental and Experimental Biology, 18: 77–82.
    http://doi.org/10.22364/eeb.18.07

  • Blonder, B., Graae, B.J., Greer, B., Haagsma, M., Helsen, K., Kapás, R.E., Pai, H., Rieksta, J., Sapena, D., Still, C.J., & Strimbeck, R.
    Remote sensing of ploidy level in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.).
    Journal of Ecology, 108(1), 175–188.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13296

Presentations, posters, conferences

2024

  • Against Research Monoculture Symposium. Biodiversity across Arts, Sciences & Humanities (invited keynote)
  • VILLUM Fellow Symposium (invited keynote)
  • GRC 2024: Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions and Impacts in the Anthropocene. Rieksta J., Holst T., Martin C.D., Rieksta J., Smart A.S., Rinnan R., Seco R. “VOC fluxes of a subarctic mountain birch forest” (conference talk)

2023

  • Spanish Terrestrial Ecology Association, Seco R., Holst T., Martin C.D., Rieksta J., Smart A., Rinnan R., “Trace gas exchange by subarctic vegetation under global change” (conference talk)
  • 1st International Meeting on the Gas Phase in Plants, Rinnan R., Rieksta J., Smart A., Engroff A., Martin C.D., Holst T., Li T., Seco R., “Mountain birch volatile emissions in response to insect herbivory” (conference talk)
  • OIKOS, Norway, Rieksta J., Li T., Martin C.D., Aeppli L.C.B., Simin T., Høye T.T., Rasmussen M.A., Rinnan R., “Dwarf birch volatile emissions and plant functional traits in Greenlandic tundra” (conference talk)
  • EGU General Assembly, hybrid, Rieksta J., Li T., Borchmann L. R., Rinnan R., “Quantitative relationships between insect herbivory severity and BVOC emissions in a Subarctic Mountain birch forest” (conference talk)

2022

  • University of Copenhagen BIO Conference, Rieksta J., “Mountain birch forest volatile emissions in the Subarctic – impact of herbivory stress” (conference talk)

2021

  • British Ecological Society, online. Rieksta J., Li T., Rinnan R. “Low-intensity insect herbivory strongly modifies volatile emissions of mountain birch” (conference talk)

2020

  • PhD Day 2020 online edition, “Joint effects of insect herbivory and long-term in situ warming on plant volatile emissions in a Subarctic tundra” (conference talk)

2019

  • Plant, Cell & Environment 40th Anniversary Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland. Rieksta J., Li T., Junker R.R., Rinnan R. “Insect herbivory – a hidden contributor to plant volatile emissions in the high latitudes” (poster presentation)

2018

  • PhD Day, Copenhagen, Denmark. Rieksta J., Rinnan R., Li T. “Effects of insect herbivory and warming on BVOC emissions in the Arctic” (poster presentation)
  • Nordic OIKOS Conference, Trondheim, Norway. Rieksta J., Graae, B. J., Helsen, K., Kapás, R. E., Strimbeck, R., Blonder B. “Breakdown of leaf economic tradeoffs at fine scale in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) focal clones, Colorado” (poster presentation)

2017

  • NTNU Sustainability Science Conference, Trondheim, Norway. Asante E.O., Yusra I., Rieksta J., Nguyen T.V. “Designing a sustainable composting model to overcome peat-cutting” (poster presentation)

Public outreach

  • Center for Volatile interactions video series “Meet the scientists”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lKmviAQa7U
  • Exhibition organizer for “Duftetur/Scented tour” in Ringve Botanical Garden, Trondheim, Norway (2023)
  • Interview for “Changing Perspectives – Access Abisko Values. The dynamics of nature’s contribution to people in a changing climate” (2022)
  • Blog post in “The herbivory network webpage: Studying herbivory in arctic and alpine ecosystems”: “Synergistic effects of insect herbivory and changing climate on plant volatile emissions in the subarctic tundra” (2021)
  • Invited seminar talk “Volatiles in the Arctic” for student organization “Spīdola”, Latvia (2020)
  • Representation of Arctic research from University of Copenhagen at Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education stand in Circle Arctic Circle Assembly 2019, Reykjavík, Iceland (2019)