• Air pollution declines during COVID-19 lockdowns mitigate the global health burden 

      Venter, Zander; Aunan, Kristin; Chowdhury, Sourangsu; Lelieveld, Jos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The lockdown response to COVID-19 has resulted in an unprecedented reduction in global economic activity and associated air pollutant levels, especially from a decline in land transportation. We utilized a network of >10,000 ...
    • Back to nature: Norwegians sustain increased recreational use of urban green space months after the COVID-19 outbreak 

      Venter, Zander; Barton, David Nicholas; Gundersen, Vegard; Figari, Helene; Nowell, Megan Sara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In Oslo, as elsewhere, the COVID-19 outbreak and the following lockdown measures during spring 2020 led to increased use of urban green infrastructure. Whether this has led to more durable changes in recreation patterns ...
    • Bias and precision of crowdsourced recreational activity data from Strava 

      Venter, Zander; Gundersen, Vegard; Scott, Samantha Luise; Barton, David Nicholas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recreational activity is the single most valuable ecosystem service in many developed countries with a range of benefits for public health. Crowdsourced recreational activity data is increasingly being adopted in management ...
    • Bruk og vern i Østmarka 

      Krange, Olve; Figari, Helene; Gundersen, Vegard; Bendiksen, Egil; Venter, Zander (NINA Rapport;2016, Research report, 2021)
      Krange, O., Figari, H., Gundersen, V., Bendiksen, E., Venter, Z. 2021. Bruk og vern i Østmarka. NINA Rapport 2016. Norsk institutt for naturforskning. Rapporten er en del av kunnskapsgrunnlaget som skal ligge til grunn ...
    • Continental-Scale Land Cover Mapping at 10 m Resolution Over Europe (ELC10) 

      Venter, Zander; Sydenham, Markus A. K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Land cover maps are important tools for quantifying the human footprint on the environment and facilitate reporting and accounting to international agreements addressing the Sustainable Development Goals. Widely used ...
    • The contributions of flower strips to wild bee conservation in agricultural landscapes can be predicted using pollinator habitat suitability models 

      Sydenham, Markus A. K.; Venter, Zander; Eldegard, Katrine; Torvanger, Marianne Strand; Nowell, Megan Sara; Hansen, Silke; Øverland, John Ingar; Dupont, Yoko L.; Rasmussen, Claus; Skrindo, Astrid Brekke; Rusch, Graciela Monica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      1. Sowing flower strips along field edges is a widely adopted method for conserving pollinating insects in agricultural landscapes. To maximize the effect of flower strips given limited resources, we need spatially explicit ...
    • Crowdsourced air temperatures contrast satellite measures of the urban heat island and its mechanisms 

      Venter, Zander; Chakraborty, Tirthankar; Lee, Xuhui (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The ubiquitous nature of satellite data has led to an explosion of studies on the surface urban heat island (SUHI). Relatively few have simultaneously used air temperature measurements to compare SUHI with the canopy UHI ...
    • Environmental justice in a very green city: Spatial inequality in exposure to urban nature, air pollution and heat in Oslo, Norway 

      Venter, Zander; Figari, Helene; Krange, Olve; Gundersen, Vegard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Poorer citizens are often more exposed to environmental hazards due to spatial inequalities in the distribution of urban blue-green space. Few cities have managed to prevent spatial and social inequality despite sustainable ...
    • Fire and herbivory drive fungal and bacterial communities through distinct above- and belowground mechanisms 

      Vermeire, Marie-Liesse; Thoresen, Joshua; Lennard, Katie; Vikram, Surendra; Kirkman, Kevin P.; Swemmer, Anthony M.; te Beest, Mariska; Siebert, Frances; Gordijn, Paul; Venter, Zander; Brunel, Caroline; Wolfaard, Graeme; Krumins, Jennifer Adams; Cramer, Michael Denis; Hawkins, Heidi-Jane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Fire and herbivory are important natural disturbances in grassy biomes. Both drivers are likely to influence be- lowground microbial communities but no studies have unravelled the long-term impact of both fire and herbiv- ...
    • Fire and herbivory shape soil arthropod communities through habitat heterogeneity and nutrient cycling in savannas 

      Thoresen, Joshua; Vermeire, Marie-Liesse; Venter, Zander; Wolfaard, Graeme; Krumins, Jennifer Adams; Cramer, Michael; Hawkins, Heidi-Jayne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Soil arthropods are important components of savannas, contributing to nutrient cycling and thus primary productivity. To investigate how fire and mammalian herbivores influ- ence arthropod food webs, we used two long term ...
    • Global 10 m Land Use Land Cover Datasets: A Comparison of Dynamic World, World Cover and Esri Land Cover 

      Venter, Zander; Barton, David Nicholas; Chakraborty, Tirthankar; Simensen, Trond; Singh, Geethen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The European Space Agency’s Sentinel satellites have laid the foundation for global land use land cover (LULC) mapping with unprecedented detail at 10 m resolution. We present a cross-comparison and accuracy assessment of ...
    • A holistic view of Holistic Management: What do farm-scale, carbon, and social studies tell us? 

      Hawkins, Heidi-Jayne; Venter, Zander; Cramer, Michael D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Holistic Management (HM) is claimed to increase production of plants and animals while also increasing soil organic carbon under all conditions in all habitats. Peer-review literature does not support these claims, but ...
    • Increased nationwide use of green spaces in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Ulset, Vidar Sandsaunet; Venter, Zander; Kozak, Michal; Nordbø, Emma Charlott Andersson; von Soest, Tilmann Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In recent years, there has been growing concern about the decline in human green space use and nature-based recreation in Western countries. While some evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased recreational ...
    • Indikatorer for økologisk tilstand i våtmark, semi-naturlig mark og naturlig åpne områder under skoggrensa 

      Nybø, Signe; Kolstad, Anders; Sandvik, Hanno; Bakkestuen, Vegar; Evju, Marianne; Framstad, Erik; Grainger, Matthew; Jepsen, Jane; Nater, Chloé; Speed, James D.M.; Töpper, Joachim; Venter, Zander; Åström, Jens; Åström, Sandra C.H.; Bargmann, Tessa B.; Silvennoinen, Hanna M.; Sydenham, Markus A.K. (NINA Rapport;2336, Research report, 2023)
      Nybø, S., Kolstad, A.L., Sandvik, H., Bakkestuen, V., Evju, M., Framstad, E., Grainger, M., Jepsen, J.U., Nater, C.R., Speed, J.D.M., Töpper, J.P., Venter, Z., Åström, J., Åström, S.C.H., Bargmann, T., Silvennoinen, H.M. ...
    • Interactive spatial planning of urban green infrastructure – Retrofitting green roofs where ecosystem services are most needed in Oslo 

      Venter, Zander; Barton, David Nicholas; Martinez-Izquierdo, Laura; Langemeyer, Johannes; Baró, Francesc; McPhearson, Timon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is increasingly being used to inform urban green infrastructure planning. We explore the use of modern cloud computing technologies (Google Earth Engine) to facilitate public ...
    • Is green space associated with reduced crime? A national-scale study from the Global South 

      Venter, Zander; Shackleton, Charlie; Faull, Andrew; Lancaster, Lizette; Breetzke, Gregory; Edelstein, Ian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Assumptions about the link between green space and crime mitigation are informed by literature that overwhelmingly originates in the Global North. Little is known about the association between green spaces and crime in the ...
    • Kart over norske hovedøkosystemer – en mulighetsstudie 

      Framstad, Erik; Bjørkelo, Knut; Bakkestuen, Vegar; Mathiesen, Henrik F.; Nowell, Megan S.; Strand, Geir-Harald; Venter, Zander (NINA Rapport;2055, Research report, 2022)
      Framstad, E., Bjørkelo, K., Bakkestuen, V., Mathiesen, H.F., Nowell, M.S., Strand, G.-H. & Venter, Z. 2021. Kart over norske hovedøkosystemer – en mulighetsstudie. NINA Rapport 2055. Norsk institutt for naturforskning. Et ...
    • Landscape analysis of Old Natural Forest polygons identified from LiDAR data 

      Framstad, Erik; Nowell, Megan; Venter, Zander (NINA Report;1799, Research report, 2020)
      Framstad, E., Nowell, M. & Venter, Z. 2020. Landscape analysis of Old Natural Forest polygons identified from LiDAR data. NINA Report 1799. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. This report presents results from a ...
    • Literature review of wetland remote sensing and mapping 

      Venter, Zander; Nowell, Megan; Bakkestuen, Vegar; Ruud, Audun; Kruse, Marion; Skrindo, Astrid Brekke; Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Singsaas, Frode Thomassen (NINA Rapport;2014, Report, 2021)
      Venter, Z.S., Nowell, M.S., Bakkestuen, V., Ruud, A., Kruse, M., Skrindo, A.B., Kyrkjeeide, M.O. & Singsaas, F.T. 2021. Literature review of wetland remote sensing and mapping. NINA Rapport 2014. Norsk institutt for ...
    • Lower Urban Humidity Moderates Outdoor Heat Stress 

      Chakraborty, Tirthankar; Venter, Zander; Qian, Y.; Lee, X. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Surface temperature is often used to examine heat exposure in multi-city studies and for informing urban heat mitigation efforts due to scarcity of urban air temperature measurements. Cities also have lower relative humidity, ...