• DNA metabarcoding reveals diet overlap between the endangered walia ibex and domestic goats - implications for conservation 

      Mewicha, Berihun Gebremedhin; Flagstad, Øystein; Bekele, Afework; Gelete, Desalegn Chala; Bakkestuen, Vegar; Boessenkool, Sanne; Popp, Magnus; Gusarova, Galina; Schrøder-Nielsen, Audun; Nemomissa, Sileshi; Brochmann, Christian; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Epp, Laura (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Human population expansion and associated degradation of the habitat of many wildlife species cause loss of biodiversity and species extinctions. The small Simen Mountains National Park in Ethiopia is one of the last ...
    • Elucidating nematode diversity and prevalence in moose across a wide latitudinal gradient using DNA metabarcoding 

      Anders, Jason Lee; Davey, Marie Louise; Van Moorter, Bram; Fossøy, Frode; Boessenkool, Sanne; Solberg, Erling Johan; Meisingset, Erling L.; Mysterud, Atle; Rolandsen, Christer Moe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Parasitic nematodes are ubiquitous and can negatively impact their host by reducing fecundity or increasing mortality, yet the driver of variation in the parasite community across a wildlife host’s geographic distribution ...
    • Hybridization of Atlantic puffins in the Arctic coincides with 20th-century climate change 

      Kersten, Oliver Sven; Star, Bastiaan; Krabberød, Anders Kristian; Atmore, Lane; Tørresen, Ole K.; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Descamps, Sebastien; Strøm, Hallvard; Johansson, Ulf S.; Sweet, Paul R.; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Boessenkool, Sanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Arctic is experiencingthe fastest rates of globalwarming,leadingto shiftsin the distributionof its biotaandincreasingthe potentialfor hybridization. However, genomicevidenceof recenthybridization events in theArctic ...