Faculty of Education

Brynhildur Bjarnadóttir

Associate Professor
460 8586

Location

  • O204
  • Sólborg

Specialisation

Education of Natural Science Forest ecology Environmental education Outdoor education
Research portal - Brynhildur Bjarnadóttir 

General information

Courses 2025 - 2026

RVN0156160
Natural Science in Learning and Play
GRK0112090
Local studies
NÁV0156240
Natural Science and Natural Science Teaching
NSY0156130
Teaching Natural Sciences and Mathematics to Younger Children
GRK0112090
Local studies
NÁV0156240
Natural Science and Natural Science Teaching

Education

2009
University of Lund, Sweden, Doktorspróf Ecophysiology
1999
University of Iceland, Viðbótardiplóma Teaching certificate
1997
University of Iceland, BS Biology

Research

2026
Winter fluxes determine the annual carbon balance of an unmanaged subarctic drained peatland. Journal article
2024
Grenndarkennsla og vettangsferðir í nærsamfélagi skóla. Journal article
2023
Reviews and syntheses: Greenhouse gas emissions from drained organic forest soils – synthesizing data for site-specific emission factors for boreal and cool temperate regions. Journal article
2021
Carbon and water balance of an afforested shallow drained peatland in Iceland. Journal article
2019
Cultural ecosystem services provided by the biodiversity of forest soils: A European review. Journal article
2019
Belowground Biodiversity Relates Positively to Ecosystem Services of European Forests. Journal article
2019
Reviews and syntheses: Greenhouse gas exchange data from drained organic forest soils - a review of current approaches and recommendations for future research. Journal article
2018
Áhrif eitrunar á útbreiðslu skógarkerfils. Journal article
2017
The emissions of nitrous oxide and methane from natural soil temperature gradients in a volcanic area in southwest Iceland. Journal article
2017
Mapping policies for surface water protection zones on forest land in the Nordic–Baltic region: Large differences in prescriptiveness and zone width. Journal article
2016
Assessing the functionality of a campus carbon calculator in international settings. Conference paper
2015
Soil nematode communities on Surtsey, 50 years after the formation of the volcanic Island. Journal article
2015
Soil nematode communities on Surtsey, 50 years after the formation of the volcanic island. Journal article
2014
Estimating Ice Encasement Tolerance of Herbage Plants.
2014
Vísi-Gísli og fyrstu gróðurtilraunir á Íslandi. Journal article
2013
Kolefnisbinding í ungum lerkiskógi á Austurlandi. Journal article
2011
Kolefnisforði í ungum lerkitrjám á Héraði. Journal article
2009
A young afforestation area in Iceland was a moderate sink to CO2 only a decade after scarification and establishment. Journal article
2009
Carbon stocks and fluxes in a young Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) plantation in Iceland. Book
2009
Effects of afforestation on the carbon cycle. Book
2009
Kolefnisbinding í Vallanesi á Héraði. Journal article
2009
Leaf area index is the principal scaling parameter for both gross photosynthesis and ecosystem respiration of Northern deciduous and coniferous forests. Book
2009
Seasonal and annual variation of carbon fluxes in a young siberian larch (Larix sibirica) plantation in Iceland. Book
2009
Single tree biomass and volume functions for young Siberian larch trees (Larix sibirica) in eastern Iceland. Book
2008
Kolefnisbinding : bókhald og rannsóknir. Journal article
2008
Kolefnisbinding með skógrækt : yfirlit og aðferðir. Journal article
2008
Lífmassa- og rúmmálsföll fyrir ung lerkitré (Larix sibirica) á Austurlandi. Journal article
2007
Estimate of annual carbon balance of a young Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) plantation in Iceland. Journal article
2007
Beinar mælingar á kolefnisbindingu ungskógar á Austurlandi. Journal article
2007
Kolefnisbinding með nýskógrækt : nýjustu rannsóknaniðurstöður. Journal article
2005
Biomass and composition of understory vegetation and the forest floor carbon stock across Siberian larch and mountain birch chronosequences in Iceland. Journal article
2004
Beinar mælingar á kolefnisbindingu skógræktarsvæða. Journal article
2004
Spider (Araneae) populations in hayfields and pastures in northern Iceland. Journal article
2003
Áhrif túnræktunar á köngulær í graslendi. Journal article