• Complacency or resilience? Perceptions of environmental and social change in Lofoten and Vesterålen in northern Norway 

      Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter; Linnell, John Durrus; Thomassen, Jørn; Lindhjem, Henrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Arctic and northern coastal regions are among the least developed in the world in terms of density of settlements, population and resource exploitation. It is often assumed that these regions will be frontiers of future ...
    • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic 

      Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Kerby, Jeffrey T.; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Epstein, Howard E.; Assmann, Jakob J.; John, Christian; Andreu-Hayles, Laia; Angers-Blondin, Sandra; Beck, Pieter S. A.; Berner, Logan T.; Bhatt, Uma S.; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Blok, Daan; Bryn, Anders; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Cunliffe, Andrew M.; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Forbes, Bruce C.; Goetz, Scott J.; Hollister, Robert D.; de Jong, Rogier; Loranty, Michael M.; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Maseyk, Kadmiel; Normand, Signe; Olofsson, Johan; Parker, Thomas C.; Parmentier, Frans-Jan W.; Post, Eric; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Stordal, Frode; Sullivan, Patrick F.; Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Tømmervik, Hans; Treharne, Rachael; Tweedie, Craig E.; Walker, Donald A.; Wilmking, Martin; Wipf, Sonja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      As the Arctic warms, vegetation is responding, and satellite measures indicate widespread greening at high latitudes. This ‘greening of the Arctic’ is among the world’s most important large-scale ecological responses to ...
    • Composición florística de pastizales en Muy Muy y Rivas, Nicaragua 

      Morales, Julio; Rusch, Graciela; Casanoves, Fernando; Söderström, Lars; Rocha, Lester (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      A pesar de ser ecosistemas manejados, surgidos de la transformación de ambientes naturales, los pastizales compuestos por especies nativas y exóticas pueden tener un papel importante en la conservación de la biodiversidad ...
    • Composition and Drivers of Gut Microbial Communities in Arctic-Breeding Shorebirds 

      Grond, Kirsten; Domingo, Jorge W. Santo; Lanctot, Richard B.; Jumpponen, Ari; Bentzen, Rebecca L.; Boldenow, Megan L.; Brown, Stephen C.; Casler, Bruce; Cunningham, Jenny A.; Doll, Andrew C.; Freeman, Scott; Hill, Brooke L.; Kendall, Steven J.; Kwon, Eunbi; Liebezeit, Joseph R.; Pirie-Dominix, Lisa; Rausch, Jennie; Sandercock, Brett (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Gut microbiota can have important effects on host health, but explanatory factors and pathways that determine gut microbial composition can differ among host lineages. In mammals, host phylogeny is one of the main drivers ...
    • Computer vision enables short- and long-term analysis of Lophelia pertusa polyp behaviour and colour from an underwater observatory 

      Osterloff, Jonas; Nilssen, Ingunn; Järnegren, Johanna; Van Engeland, Tom; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Nattkemper, Tim W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      An array of sensors, including an HD camera mounted on a Fixed Underwater Observatory (FUO) were used to monitor a cold-water coral (Lophelia pertusa) reef in the Lofoten-Vesterålen area from April to November 2015. ...
    • Concern about climate change, biodiversity loss, habitat degradation andlandscape change: Embedded in different packages of environmental concern? 

      Skogen, Ketil; Helland, Håvard; Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Climate change and biodiversity loss are often seen as the two most serious environmental threats facing humanity. It also seems to be a common notion that concerns about these issues are embedded in the same package of ...
    • The condition of forest and mountain ecosystems in Norway. Assessment by the IBECA method 

      Framstad, Erik; Kolstad, Anders L.; Nybø, Signe; Töpper, Joachim; Vandvik, Vigdis (NINA Report;2100, Research report, 2022)
      Framstad, E., Kolstad, A. L., Nybø, S., Töpper, J. & Vandvik, V. 2022. The condition of forest and mountain ecosystems in Norway. Assessment by the IBECA method. NINA Report 2100. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. In ...
    • Confronting and coping with uncertainty in biodiversity research and praxis 

      Haila, Yrjö; Henle, Klaus; Apostolopoulou, Evangelia; Cent, Joanna; Framstad, Erik; Goerg, Christoph; Jax, Kurt; Klenke, Reinhard; Magnuson, William; Matsinos, Yiannis G.; Mueller, Birgit; Paloniemi, Riikka; Pantis, John D.; Rauschmayer, Felix; Ring, Irene; Settele, Josef; Similä, Jukka; Touloumis, Konstantinos; Tzanopoulos, Joseph; Pe'er, Guy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      This paper summarises discussions in a workshop entitled “exploring uncertainties in biodiversity science, policy and management”. It draws together experiences gained by scientists and scholars when encountering and coping ...
    • Consequences of barriers and changing seasonality on population dynamics and harvest of migratory ungulates 

      Van Moorter, Bram; Engen, Steinar; Fryxell, John M.; Panzacchi, Manuela; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Mysterud, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Many animal populations providing ecosystem services, including harvest, live in seasonal environments and migrate between seasonally distinct ranges. Unfortunately, two major sources of human-induced global change threaten ...
    • Consequences of cross-season demographic correlations for population viability 

      Layton-Matthews, Kate; Reiertsen, Tone Kristin; Erikstad, Kjell E.; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Daunt, Francis; Wanless, Sarah; Barrett, Robert; Newell, Mark A; Harris, Mike P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Demographic correlations are pervasive in wildlife populations and can represent important secondary drivers of population growth. Empirical evidence suggests that correlations are in general positive for long-lived ...
    • Consequences of past climate change and recent human persecution on mitogenomic diversity in the arctic fox 

      Larsson, Petter; von Seth, Johanna; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Götherström, Anders; Androsov, Semyon; Germonpre, Mietje; Bergfeldt, Nora; Fedorov, Sergey; Eide, Nina Elisabeth; Sokolova, Natalia; Berteaux, Dominique; Angerbjörn, Anders; Flagstad, Øystein; Plotnikov, Valeri; Norén, Karin; Diez-Del-Molino, David; Dussex, Nicolas; Stanton, David W.G.; Dalén, Linda (Journal article, 2019)
      Ancient DNA provides a powerful means to investigate the timing, rate and extent of population declines caused by extrinsic factors, such as past climate change and human activities. One species probably affected by both ...
    • Consequences of past climate change and recent human persecution on mitogenomic diversity in the arctic fox 

      Larsson, Petter; von Seth, Johanna; Hagen, Ingerid Julie Hagen; Götherström, Anders; Androsov, Semyon; Germonpré, Mietje; Bergfeldt, Nora; Fedorov, Sergey; Eide, Nina E.; Sokolova, Natalia; Berteaux, Dominique; Angerbjörn, Anders; Flagstad, Øystein; Plotnikov, Valeri; Norén, Karin; Díez-del-Molino, David; Dussex, Nicolas; Stanton, David W.G.; Dalén, Love (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Ancient DNA provides a powerful means to investigate the timing, rate and extent of population declines caused by extrinsic factors, such as past climate change and human activities. One species probably affected by both ...
    • Consequences of “natural” disasters on aquatic life and habitats 

      Cooke, Steven J.; Galassi, Diana M. P.; Gillanders, Bronwyn M.; Landsman, Sean J.; Hammerschlag, Neil; Gallagher, Austin J.; Eliason, Erika J.; Kraft, Clifford E.; Taylor, Mark K.; Crisafulli, Charlie M.; Shugar, Dan H.; Lennox, Robert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      “Natural” disasters (also known as geophysical disasters) involve physical processes that have a direct or indirect impact on humans. These events occur rapidly and may have severe consequences for resident flora and fauna ...
    • Conservation decision-making under uncertainty: Identifying when to reintroduce tiger Panthera tigris to Cambodia 

      Gray, Thomas N.E.; Grainger, Matthew; Grosu, Romica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Conservationists need to present biological monitoring data to decision makers in a way which clearly represents uncertainty. Providing results in terms of the probability of a hypothesis being true may have greater utility ...
    • Conservation of Galliformes in the Greater Himalaya: is there a need for a higher-quality evidence-base? 

      Gupta, Garima; Grainger, Matthew; Dunn, Jonathon C.; Sanderson, Roy; McGowan, Philip J. K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Global biodiversity is at a heightened risk of extinction and we are losing species faster than at any other time. It is important to understand the threats that drive a species towards extinction in order to address those ...
    • Conservation of Galliformes in the Greater Himalaya: is there a need for a higher-quality evidence-base? 

      Gupta, Garima; Grainger, Matthew; Dunn, Jonathon C.; Sanderson, Roy; McGowan, Philip J. K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Global biodiversity is at a heightened risk of extinction and we are losing species faster than at any other time. It is important to understand the threats that drive a species towards extinction in order to address those ...
    • Conservation of the endangered Arctic fox in Norway - are successful reintroductions enough? 

      Landa, Arild; Rød-Eriksen, Lars; Ulvund, Kristine R.; Jackson, Craig Ryan; Thierry, Anne-Mathilde; Flagstad, Øystein; Eide, Nina Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Translocation of captive-bred animals has become a widespread conservation practice to counteract species extinctions. We analyse and discuss the apparent success and shortcomings of Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) reintroductions ...
    • Conservation professionals agree on challenges to coexisting with large carnivores but not on solutions 

      Lute, Michelle L.; Carter, Neil H.; López-Bao, José V.; Linnell, John Durrus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Although many studies explore characteristics of stakeholders or publics “for” or “against” large carnivores, disagreements among conservation professionals advocating different conservation strategies also occur, but are ...
    • Conservation professionals' views on governing for coexistence with large carnivores 

      Lute, Michelle L.; Carter, Neil H.; López-Bao, José V.; Linnell, John Durrus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Decision-making about large carnivores is complex and controversial, and processes vary from deliberation and expert analysis to ballot boxes and courtrooms. Decision-makers range from neighboring landowners to the United ...
    • A conservation strategy for khulan in Mongolia: background and key considerations 

      Kaczensky, Petra; Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar; Payne, John C.; Strindberg, Samantha; Walzer, Chris; Batsaikhan, Nyamsuren; Bolortsetseg, Sanjaa; Victurine, Ray; Olson, Kirk A. (NINA Report;1889, Research report, 2020)
      Kaczensky, P., Buuveibaatar, B., Payne, J.C., Strindberg, S., Walzer, C., Batsaikhan, N., Bolortsetseg, S., Victurine, R. & Olson, K.A. 2020. A conservation strategy for khulan in Mongolia: background and key considerations. ...