• Circadian rhythmicity persists through the Polar night and midnight sun in Svalbard reindeer 

      Arnold, Walter; Ruf, Thomas; Loe, Leif Egil; Irvine, R. Justin; Ropstad, Erik; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Albon, Steve D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Studies of locomotor activity in Svalbard reindeer reported the temporary absence of diel rhythms under Arctic photic conditions. However, using Lomb-Scargle periodogram analyses with high statistical power we found diel ...
    • Circum-Arctic distribution of chemical anti-herbivore compounds suggests biome-wide trade-off in defence strategies in Arctic shrubs 

      Lindén, Elin; te Beest, Mariska; Aubreu, Ilka; Moritz, Thomas; Sundqvist, Maja K.; Barrio, Isabel C.; Boike, Julia; Bryant, John P.; Bråthen, Kari Anne; Buchwal, Agata; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Currier, Alain; Egelkraut, Dagmar Dorothea; Forbes, Bruce C.; Hallinger, Martin; Heijmans, Monique; Hermanutz, Luise; Hik, David S.; Hofgaard, Annika; Holmgren, Milena; Huebner, Diane C.; Høye, Toke T.; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S.; Kaarlejärvi, Elina; Kissler, Emilie; Kumpula, Timo; Limpens, Juul; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Normand, Signe; Post, Eric; Rocha, Adrian V.; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Skarin, Anna; Soininen, Eeva M; Sokolov, Aleksandr; Sokolova, Natalia; Speed, James David Mervyn; Street, Lorna E.; Tananaev, Nikita; Tremblay, Jean-Pierre; Urbanowicz, Christine; Watts, David A.; Zimmermann, Heike H.; Olofsson, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Spatial variation in plant chemical defence towards herbivores can help us understand variation in herbivore top–down control of shrubs in the Arctic and possibly also shrub responses to global warming. Less defended, ...
    • Circumpolar dynamics of a marine top-predator track ocean warming rates. 

      Descamps, Sebastian; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Barrett, Robert T; Irons, D; Merkel, Flemming; Robertson, Gregory J.; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Mallory, Mark L; Montevecchi, William A.; Boertmann, D.; Artukhin, Yuri; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe; Erikstad, Kjell E; Gilchrist, H. Grant; Labansen, Aili; Lorentsen, Svein Håkon; Mosbech, Anders; Olsen, Bergur; Petersen, Aevar; Rail, Jean-Francois; Renner, Heather M.; Strøm, H.; Systad, Geir Helge; Wilhelm, Sabina I.; Zelenskaya, Larisa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Global warming is a nonlinear process, and temperature may increase in a stepwise manner. Periods of abrupt warming can trigger persistent changes in the state of ecosystems, also called regime shifts. The responses of ...
    • Citationchaser: A tool for transparent and efficient forward and backward citation chasing in systematic searching 

      Haddaway, Neal R.; Grainger, Matthew; Gray, Charles T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Systematic searching aims to find all possibly relevant research from multiple sources, the basis for an unbiased and comprehensive evidence base. Along with bibliographic databases, systematic reviewers use a variety of ...
    • Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning 

      Gomez-Baggethun, Erik; Barton, David Nicholas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)
      While technological progress has fostered the conception of an urban society that is increasingly decoupled from ecosystems, demands on natural capital and ecosystem services keep increasing steadily in our urbanized planet. ...
    • Classifying grass-dominated habitats from remotely sensed data: The influence of spectral resolution, acquisition time and the vegetation classification system on accuracy and thematic resolution 

      Bradter, Ute; O'Connell, Jerome; Kunin, William E.; Boffey, Caroline W.H.; Ellis, Richard J.; Benton, Tim G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Detailed maps of vegetation facilitate spatial conservation planning. Such information can be difficult to map from remotely sensed data with the detail (thematic resolution) required for ecological applications. For ...
    • Climate and density-dependence cause changes in adult sex ratio in a large Arctic herbivore 

      Peeters, Bart; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Stien, Audun; Irvine, Robert Justin; Aanes, Ronny; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Strand, Olav; Hansen, Brage Bremset (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Peeters, B., V. Veiberg, A. Ø. Pedersen, A. Stien, R. J. Irvine, R. Aanes, B.-E. Sæther, O. Strand, and B. B. Hansen. 2017. Climate and density dependence cause changes in adult sex ratio in a large Arctic herbivore. ...
    • Climate and ecosystem services. The potential of Norwegian ecosystems for climate mitigation and adaptation 

      Rusch, Graciela (NINA Rapport;791, Research report, 2012)
      The concept of ecosystem services encompasses the many benefits that society receives from nature and that are often taken for granted. The conceptual framework highlights the connection between ecosystems and its components, ...
    • Climate and land‑cover change alter bumblebee species richness and community composition in subalpine areas 

      Fourcade, Yoan; Åström, Sandra Charlotte Helene; Öckinger, Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Climate and land-use change are recognised as the two main drivers of the ongoing reorganisation of Earth’s biodiversity, but understanding precisely their role in shaping species’ distributions and communities remains ...
    • Climate change and the increasing impact of polar bears on bird populations 

      Prop, Jouke; Aars, Jon; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen; Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Bech, Claus; Bourgeon, Sophie; Fouw, Jimmy de; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Lang, Johannes; Noreen, Elin; Oudman, Thomas; Sittler, Benoit; Tombre, Ingunn; Wolters, Eva; Moe, Børge; Stempniewicz, Lech (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      The Arctic is becoming warmer at a high rate, and contractions in the extent of sea ice are currently changing the habitats of marine top-predators dependent on ice. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) depend on sea ice for ...
    • Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: a summary 

      Meier, H.E. Markus; Kniebush, M; Dieterich, Christian; Groger, Matthias; Zorita, Eduardo; Elmgren, Ragnar; Myrberg, Kai; Ahola, Markus; Bartsova, A; Bonsdorff, Erik; Börgel, Florian; Capell, Rene; Carlén, Ida; Carlund, Thomas; Carstensen, Jacob; Christensen, Ole; Dierschke, Volker; Frauen, Claudia; Frederiksen, Morten; Gaget, Elie; Galatius, Anders; Haapala, Jari; Halkka, Antti; Hugelius, Gustaf; Hünicke, Birgit; Jaagus, Jaak; Jüssi, Mart; Kãyhkõ, Jukka; Kirchner, Nina; Kjellström, Erik; Kulinski, Karol; Lehmann, Andreas C; Lindstrom, G; May, Wilhelm; Miller, Paul A.; Mohrholz, Volker; Muller-Karulis, Bärbel; Pavòn-Jordàn, Diego; Quante, Markus; Reckermann, Markus; Rutgersson, Anna; Savchuk, Oleg; Stendel, Martin; Tuomi, Laura; Viitasalo, Markku; Weisse, Ralf; Zhang, Wenyan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Based on the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports of this thematic issue in Earth System Dynamics and recent peer-reviewed literature, current knowledge of the effects of global warming on past and future changes in climate of ...
    • Climate change induced molting mismatch? Mountain hare abundance reduced by duration of snowcover and predator abundance 

      Pedersen, Simen; Odden, Morten; Pedersen, Hans-Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In northern latitudes, species that have adapted to snow cover by molting and changing pelage color will be particularly vulnerable to climate change, as predation levels may increase due to a mismatch with background ...
    • Climate influence on plant–pollinator interactions in the keystone species Vaccinium myrtillus 

      Olsen, Siri Lie; Evju, Marianne; Åström, Jens; Løkken, Jørn Olav; Dahle, Sondre; Andresen, Jonas; Eide, Nina Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Climate change is altering the world's ecosystems through direct effects of climate warming and precipitation changes but also indirectly through changes in biotic interactions. For instance, climate-driven changes in plant ...
    • Climate-driven biophysical changes in feeding and breeding environments explain the decline of southernmost European Atlantic salmon populations 

      Almodóvar, Ana; Ayllón, Daniel; Nicola, Graciela G.; Jonsson, Bror; Elvira, Benigno (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The consistency of the global declining trend of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations suggests that climate-driven reduced survival and growth at sea are the main driving factors. The southernmost populations have ...
    • Climatic and biotic extreme events moderate long-term responses of above- and belowground sub-Arctic heathland communities to climate change 

      Bokhorst, Stef; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Berg, Matty P.; Callaghan, Terry V.; Kirby-Lambert, Christopher; Bjerke, Jarle W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Climate change impacts are not uniform across the Arctic region because interacting factors causes large variations in local ecosystem change. Extreme climatic events and population cycles of herbivores occur simultaneously ...
    • Climatic forcing and individual heterogeneity in a resident mountain bird: legacy data reveal effects on reproductive strategies 

      Eriksen, Lasse Frost; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Optimization of clutch size and timing of reproduction have substantial effects on lifetime reproductive success in vertebrates, and both individual quality and environmental variation may impact life history strategies. ...
    • Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island-breeding tropical shorebird 

      Engel, Noemie; Sandercock, Brett Kevin; Kosztolányi, András; Adrião, Andreia; Tavares, Alex; Rice, Romy; Székely, Tamás (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Global biodiversity loss is a major environmental concern. The wildlife on islands are particularly vulnerable to threats posed by alien predators, habitat loss and overexploitation. Effective conservation management of ...
    • Close to open—Factors that hinder and promote open science in ecology research and education 

      Strømme, Christian Bianchi; Lane, A. Kelly; Halbritter, Aud Helen; Law, Elizabeth; Nater, Chloé Rebecca; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Boutouli, Grace D.; Egelkraut, Dagmar Dorothea; Telford, Richard James; Vandvik, Vigdis; Cotner, Sehoya Harris (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Open Science (OS) movement is rapidly gaining traction among policy-makers, research funders, scientific journals and individual scientists. Despite these tendencies, the pace of implementing OS throughout the scientific ...
    • Closing the gap between science and management of cold-water refuges in rivers and streams 

      Mejia, Francine H.; Ouelle, Valerie; Briggs, Martin A.; Carlson, Stephanie M.; Casas-Mulet, Roser; Chapman, Mollie; Collins, Mathias J.; Dugdale, Stephen J.; Ebersole, Joseph L.; Frechette, Danielle M.; Fullerton, Aimee H.; Gillis, Carole- Anne; Johnson, Zachary C.; Kelleher, Christa; Kurylyk, Barret L.; Lave, Rebecca; Letcher, Benjamin H.; Myrvold, Knut Marius; Nadeau, Tracie-Lynn; Neville, Helen; Piégay, Herve; Smith, Kathryn A.; Tonolla, Diego; Torgersen, Christian E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Human activities and climate change threaten coldwater organisms in freshwater eco-systems by causing rivers and streams to warm, increasing the intensity and frequency of warm temperature events, and reducing thermal ...
    • Co-adaptation is key to coexisting with large carnivores 

      Carter, Neil H.; Linnell, John Durrus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      There is a pressing need to integrate large carnivore species into multi-use landscapes outside protected areas. However, an unclear understanding of coexistence hinders the realization of this goal. Here, we provide a ...