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Waghoba tales: Adventures in leopard land
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Walking as urban outdoor recreation: public health for everyone
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study aims to investigate whether the frequency of neighbourhood walks (both for recreation and for transport) is associated with various indicators of demographic and socio-economic position, indicators of selfreported ... -
What’s the catch with lumpsuckers? A North Atlantic study of seabird bycatch in lumpsucker gillnet fisheries
(Peer reviewed, 2019)Worldwide, incidental bycatch in fisheries is a conservation threat to many seabird species. Although knowledge on bycatch of seabirds has increased in the last decade, most stems from longline fisheries and the impacts ... -
When context matters: Spatial prediction models of environmental conditions can identify target areas for wild bee habitat management interventions
(Peer reviewed, 2019)Prioritizing where to implement management interventions is critical because managers have limited Budgets and the effect of habitat enhancement depends on site-specific environmental conditions. Field experiments can ... -
When is it acceptable to kill a strictly protected carnivore? Exploring the legal constraints on wildlife management within Europe’s Bern Convention
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)As wolf populations expand across Europe, many countries face challenges in finding ways to address the concerns of some elements among the rural stakeholders who are being asked to share their landscapes with wolves for ... -
When we cannot have it all: Ecosystem services trade-offs in the context of spatial planning
(Peer reviewed, 2017)Spatial planning have to deal with trade-offs between various stakeholders’ wishes and needs as part of planning and management of landscapes, natural resources and/or biodiversity. To make ecosystem services (ES) trade-off ... -
Where do the treeless tundra areas of northern highlands fit in the global biome system: toward an ecologically natural subdivision of the tundra biome
(Peer reviewed, 2015)According to some treatises, arctic and alpine sub-biomes are ecologically similar, whereas others find them highly dissimilar. Most peculiarly, large areas of northern tundra highlands fall outside of the two recent ... -
Who are legitimate stakeholders? National and local perceptions of environmental change in the Lofoten islands, Norway
(Journal article, 2019)Debates on future resource policy in northern regions raises the question of who are the legitimate stakeholders to include in policy deliberations? The Lofoten archipelago in Northern Norway is a world-class nature tourism ... -
Widening evaluative space for ecosystem services: a taxonomy of plural values and valuation methods
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Widespread genetic introgression of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon in wild salmon populations
(Peer reviewed, 2016)Farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) escape from net pens and enter rivers to spawn, potentially resulting in genetic introgression and reduced fitness of wild salmon. Here, we quantify genetic introgression of farmed to ... -
Wildlife in a Politically Divided World: Insularism Inflates Estimates of Brown Bear Abundance
(Peer reviewed, 2015)Political borders dictate how biological diversity is monitored and managed, yet wild animals often move freely between jurisdictions. We quantified bias in brown bear (Ursus arctos) abundance estimates introduced when ... -
Wildlife-Human Interactions : From Conflict to Coexistence in Sustainable Landscapes
(NINA rapport;736, Research report, 2011)Thomassen, J., Linnell, J. & Skogen, K. 2011. Wildlife-Human In teractions: From Co nflict to Coexistence in Sustainable La ndscapes. Final report from a j oint Indo-Norwegian project 2007- 2011. - NINA Report 736. 83 ... -
Wildlife-Human Interactions: From Conflict to Coexistence in Sustainable Landscapes
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Wind turbines cause functional habitat loss for migratory soaring birds
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)1 . Wind energy production has expanded to meet climate change mitigation goals, but negative impacts of wind turbines have been reported on wildlife. Soaring birds are among the most affected groups with alarming fatality ... -
Winter decrease of zooplankton abundance and biomass in subalpine oligotrophic Lake Atnsjøen (SE Norway)
(Journal article, 2019)Despite the rapidly changing winter conditions in temperate ecosystems, little attention has been devoted to the effects of these changes on lake ecology. Few studies on the seasonal changes in abundance and biomass of the ... -
Wolf attacks on humans: an update for 2002–2020
(NINA Report;1942, Research report, 2021)Linnell, J. D. C., Kovtun, E. & Rouart, I. 2021. Wolf attacks on humans: an update for 2002–2020. NINA Report 1944. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. The degree to which wolves pose a threat to human safety has ... -
Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Habitat selection of animals depends on factors such as food availability, landscape features, and intraand interspecific interactions. Individuals can show several behavioral responses to reduce competition for habitat, ... -
Wolverines in a Changing World. Final report of the Norwegian Wolverine Project 2003-2007
(NINA Rapport;434, Research report, 2009)In 2003 the Norwegian Wolverine Project “Wolverines in a Changing World” was initiated with the principle objective to gain a better insight in the ecological role wolverines Gulo gulo have in ecosystem dynamics and their ... -
Yield reductions in agricultural grasslands in Norway after springtime grazing by pink-footed geese
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)1.A large population increase of the Svalbard-breeding pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus over recent decades has intensified the conflict with agriculture at the spring-staging sites in Norway. Knowledge of the yield ... -
Yngel- og ungfiskundersøkelser i nedre del av Kvina (Vest-Agder) i 2004
(NINA Rapport;5, Research report, 2005)Larsen, B.M., Berger, H.M., Forseth, T. & Johnsen, B.O. 2005. Yngel- og ungfiskundersøkelser i nedre del av Kvina (Vest-Agder) i 2004. - NINA Rapport 5. 28 s. Rapporten gir en nærmere beskrivelse og vurdering av fiskebestandene ...