Dr. Ramona Julia Heim

• Vegetation ecology
• Fire ecology
• Biodiversity
• Plant functional traits
• Arctic

2025

• Heim RJ, Rocha AV, Zemlianskii V, Barrett K, Bültmann H, Breen A, ... Hölzel N, Schaepman-Strub G (2025). Arctic tundra ecosystems under fire—Alternative ecosystem states in a changing climate? Journal of Ecology [https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70022].
• Orndahl KM, Berner LT, Macander MJ, Arndal MF, Alexander HD, Humphreys ER, Loranty MM, Ludwig SM, Nyman J, Juutinen S, Aurela M, Mikola J, Mack MC, Rose M, Vankoughnett MR, Iversen CM, Kumar J, Salmon VG, Yang D, Grogan P, ... Heim RJ, Hölzel N, ... Goetz SJ (2025). Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome. Remote Sensing of Environment, 323: 114717. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114717]
• Strubbe S, Bourski O, Amshoff J, Meinken M, Tarasov V, Volkova V, Heim RJ, ... Heim W  (2025). Tracking the migration of a Bluethroat Luscinia svecica svecica from central Siberia. Journal of Ornithology, 1–6 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-025-02270-8].
• Rietze N, Heim RJ, Troeva E, Schaepman‐Strub G, & Assmann JJ. (2025). Pre‐fire vegetation conditions and topography shape burn mosaics of Siberian tundra fire scars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130(3), e2024JG008608 [https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008608].
• Heim W, Holtmannspötter C, Heim RJ, Meinken M, Niemann N, Temme L, Michler-Kozma D, Gabel F (2025). High microplastic pollution in birds of urban waterbodies revealed by non-invasively collected faecal samples. Science of the Total Environment, 179306. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179306]

2024

• Berner LT, Orndahl KM, Rose M, Tamstorf M, Arndal MF, Alexander HD, … Heim RJ, … 2024. The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset. Scientific Data: 11(1):305 [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03139-w] 

• Allera G, Heim RJ, Förster A, & Heim W (2024). Landscape structure and site characteristics influence whether the northern house martin Delichon urbicum occupies artificial nests. Ecology and Evolution, 14(9), e70261 [https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70261]

• Heim W, Anisimov Y, Bastardot M, Davaasuren B, Nakul G, Anisimova V, ... Heim RJ, ... & Kamp J (2024). Migration routes and adult survival of the critically endangered yellow-breasted bunting Emberiza aureola. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 30593 [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83138-4]

2023

• Heim RJ, Iturrate-Garcia M, Reji Chacko M, Karsanaev SV, Trofim MC, Heijmans M, Schaepman-Strub G (2023) Deciduous tundra shrubs shift toward more acquisitive light absorption strategy under climate change treatments. JGR Biogeosciences: 10.1029/2023JG007657 [https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007657]
• Heim W, Antonov A, Kunz F, Sander MM, Bastardot M, Beermann I, Heim, RJ, Thomas A, Volkova V (2023) Habitat use, survival and migration of a little-known East Asian endemic, the Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10030 [https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10030]

2022

• Heim W, Piironen A, Heim RJ, Piha M, Seimola T, Forsman JT, Laaksonen T (2022) Effects of multiple targeted repelling measures on the behaviour of individually tracked birds in an area of increasing human-wildlife conflict. Journal of Applied Ecology 59:  3027– 3037 [doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14297]
• Heim RJ, Yurtaev A, Bucharova A, Heim W, Kalchugina V, Knorr K-H, Lampei C, Pechkin A, Schilling D, Sulkarnaev F, Hölzel N (2022) Fire in lichen-rich subarctic tundra changes carbon and nitrogen cycling between ecosystem compartments but has minor effects on stocks. Biogeosciences 19: 2729–2740 [doi: 10.5194/bg-2021-277]
• Heim RJ, Heim W, Bültmann H, Kamp J, Rieker D, Yurtaev A, Hölzel N (2022) Fire disturbance promotes biodiversity of plants, lichens and birds in the Siberian subarctic tundra. Global Change Biology 28: 1048–106 [doi: 10.1111/gcb.15963]

2021

• Heim RJ, Bucharova A, Brodt L, Kamp J, Rieker D, Soromotin AV, Yurtaev A, Hölzel N (in press) Post-fire vegetation succession in the Siberian subarctic tundra over 45 years. Science of The Total Environment 760: 143425 [doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143425], Preprint: [doi:10.1101/756163]
• Heim RJ, Heim W, Darman G, Heinken T, Smirenski SM, Hölzel N (2021) Litter removal through fire - a key process for wetland vegetation and ecosystem dynamics. Science of the Total Environment 755: 142659 [doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142659]

2020

• Heim W, Heim RJ, Beermann I, Burkovskiy OA, Gerasimov Y, Ktitorov P, Ozaki K, Panov I, Sander MM, Sjöberg S, Smirenski SM, Thomas A, Tottrup A, Tiunov IM, Willemoes M, Hölzel N, Thorup K, Kamp J (2020) Using geolocator tracking data and ringing archives to validate citizen-science based seasonal predictions of songbird distribution in a data-poor region. Global Ecology and Conservation 24: e01215 [doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01215]

2019

• Heim RJ, Hölzel N, Heinken T, Kamp J, Thomas A, Darman GF, Smirenski SM, Heim W (2019) Post-burn and long-term fire effects on plants and birds in floodplain wetlands of the Russian Far East. Biodiversity and Conservation 28: 1611-1628 [doi:10.1007/s10531-019-01746-3]
• Heim RJ, Chepinoga VV (2019) Subalpine tall-herb vegetation patterns: a case study from the Khamar-Daban Range (southern Baikal region, Eastern Siberia). Botanica Pacifica 8(1): 39–49 [doi: 10.17581/bp.2019.08111]

2018

• Heim W, Pedersen L, Heim RJ, Kamp J, Smirenski SM, Thomas A, Tottrup A, Thorup K (2018) Full annual cycle tracking of a small songbird, the Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope, along the East Asian flyway. Journal of Ornithology 159 (4): 893–899 [doi:10.1007/s10336-018-1562-z]