• Late snow melt moderates herbivore disturbance of the Arctic tundra 

      Anderson, Helen B.; Speed, James David Mervyn; Madsen, Jesper; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Tombre, Ingunn; van der Wal, René (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Resilience of tundra vegetation to disturbance by herbivores can be low and lead to ecosystem state shifts. Pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus are the most numerous herbivore on Svalbard and disturb vegetation when ...
    • Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway 

      Chertoprud, Mikhail V.; Palatov, Dmitry M.; Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Diversity of macrobenthic communities was studied from water bodies and streams of Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, Norway. In total 162 quantitative samples from different regions of Spitsbergen were analysed in relation ...