Browsing NINA Brage by Subject "body mass"

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    • Body condition and feather molt of a migratory shorebird during the non-breeding season 

      Alfaro, Matilde; Sandercock, Brett; Liguori, Luciano; Arim, Matias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Migratory shorebirds have some of the highest fat loads among birds, especially species which migrate long distances. The upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda makes long distance migrations twice a year, but variation ...

    • Eyes on the future: buffering increased costs of incubation by abandoning offspring 

      Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Erikstad, Kjell E.; Sandvik, Hanno; Tveraa, Torkild; Bustnes, Jan Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Life history theory states that the resources invested in current reproduction must be traded off against resources needed for survival and future reproduction. Long-lived organisms have a higher residual reproductive value ...

    • Little impact of over-winter parasitism on a free-ranging ungulate in the high Arctic 

      Carlsson, Anja M.; Albon, Steve D.; Coulson, Stephen J.; Ropstad, Erik; Stien, Audun; Wilson, Kenneth; Loe, Leif Egil; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Irvine, Robert Justin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      1. Macroparasites have a central place in wildlife ecology because they have the potential to regulate host populations through effects on reproduction and/or survival. However, there remains a paucity of studies that have ...

    • Miljøkvalitetsnorm for villrein. Forslag fra en ekspertgruppe 

      Kjørstad, Morten; Bøthun, Siri Wølneberg; Gundersen, Vegard; Holand, Øystein; Madslien, Knut; Mysterud, Atle; Myren, Ingrid Nerhoel; Punsvik, Tor; Røed, Knut H.; Strand, Olav; Tveraa, Torkild; Tømmervik, Hans; Ytrehus, Bjørnar (NINA Rapport;1400, Research report, 2017)
      Kjørstad, M., Bøthun, S. W., Gundersen, V., Holand, Ø., Madslien, K., Mysterud, A., Myren, I. N., Punsvik, T., Røed, K. H., Strand, O., Tveraa, T., Tømmervik, H., Ytrehus, B. & Veiberg, V. (red.). 2017. Miljøkvalitetsnorm ...