• Fungal diversity in wood of living trees is higher in oak than in beech, maple or linden, and is affected by tree size and climate 

  Nordén, Björn; Andreasen, Mathias; Gran, Oskar; Menkis, Audrius (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Fungi are abundant in wood of living trees, but few studies have compared the diversity of fungi among different tree species and trees of varying age and size, aspects of importance for conservation planning. We investigated ...

• Towards standardized ecosystem condition assessments: Selecting agroecosystem condition indicators based on SEEA EA with an example application in Lower Saxony, Germany 

  Bank, Emily; Lange, Sabina; Czúcz, Bálint; Hinsch, Malte; Burkhard, Benjamin (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Human well-being strongly relies on agroecosystems in good condition to ensure food security and a sustainable Ecosystem Services (ES) supply. However, agroecosystems face growing threats from environmental pressures, ...

• A modified primer-pair designed for the molecular sex identificationof black-legged Kittiwake (Laridae: Rissa tridactyla 

  Cargill, Chloe P.; Harrand, George; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe; Ezhov, Alexey V.; Fijn, Ruben C.; Gavrilo, Maria V.; Newell, Mark A.; McDougall, Carmel (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  In studies of avian populations accurate sex identification facilitates the study of sex-linked behaviour, ecology, social structure, decision-making, and life histories. To improve molecular sex identification protocols ...

• Weaving values, knowledge and context to care for human–nature relationships in protected areas 

  Cebrian-Piqueras, Miguel A.; Riper, Carena J.; Andrade, Riley; Raymond, Christopher M.; Goodson, Devin J.; Keller, Rose; Plieninger, Tobias (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Transformative change necessitates a profound shift in how people relate to, understand, value and envision landscapes to find effective pathways for conservation science and practice. In response, we examined the relationships ...

• Population and habitat assessments for conservation: Comparing national strategies for Canadian boreal caribou and Norwegian wild reindeer 

  Lelotte, Lucie; Panzacchi, Manuela; Johnson, Cheryl A.; Mysterud, Atle; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Niebuhr, Bernardo Brandão; Boyce, Mark S.; Stien, Audun; Merrill, Evelyn H.; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Tveraa, Torkild; Gundersen, Vegard; Van Moorter, Bram (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to biodiversity. While essential, demographic data alone may be insufficient to rapidly detect habitat-driven population declines and identify efficient management actions. ...

• Land Use Effects on the Space Use and Dispersal of an Apex Predator in an Ecotone Between Tropical Biodiversity Hotspots 

  Niebuhr, Bernardo Brandão; Cavalcanti, Sandra M. C.; Vilalba, Ermeson A.; Alberico, Vanessa V.; Gebin, João Carlos Zecchini; da Costa Santos, Danilo; de Barros Barban, Ananda; de Oliveira, Raphael; Gurarie, Eliezer; Morato, Ronaldo G. (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Assessing the ranging and dispersal behavior of apex predators and its consequences for landscape connectivity is of paramount importance for understanding population and ecosystem effects of anthropogenic land use change. ...

• Development of the "SELINA Super-Query" in a pan-European Horizon Europe project: A systematic literature search on Ecosystem Condition, Ecosystem Services and Ecosystem Accounting 

  Seguin, Joana; Lange, Sabine; Barton, David Nicholas; Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne; Rendón, Paula; Roche, Philip; Thomas, Isabel Nicholson; Burkhard, Benjamin (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  This data paper introduces the "SELINA Super-Query," a comprehensive systematic search query developed within the EU-Horizon project SELINA. This framework serves as a foundational tool for subsequent literature reviews ...

• Methodology for mapping reviews, evidence maps, and gap maps 

  Khalil, Hanan; Welch, Vivian; Grainger, Matthew; Campbell, Fiona (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Mapping reviews are valuable tools for synthesizing and visualizing research evidence, providing a comprehensive overview of studies within a specific field. Their visual approach enhances accessibility, enabling researchers, ...

• Comparative stakeholder perceptions of wildlife management in five European multi-use landscapes 

  Kiffner, Christian; Linnell, John Durrus; Capelli, Simona; Ciolli, Marco; Iglesias, Ana; Jewell, Kyle; Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter; König, Hannes J.; Martin-Collado, Daniel; Prodanova, Hristina; Soriano, Barbara; Stoycheva, Vanya; Tattoni, Clara; Uthes, Sandra; Volani, Stefania; Zöller, Moya; Ostermann-Miyashita, Emu-Felicitas (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Human-wildlife coexistence in shared landscapes requires effectively navigating different stakeholder interests. Despite progress in this field, most studies focus on a limited number of “problematic” wildlife species. ...

• Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long-Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking Data 

  Morten, Joanne M.; Carneiro, Ana P. B.; Beal, Martin; Bonnet-Lebrun, Anne-Sophie; Dias, Maria P.; Rouyer, Marie-Morgane; Harrison, Autumn-Lynn; González-Solís, Jacob; Jones, Victoria R.; Alonso, Virginia A. Garcia; Antolos, Michelle; Arata, Javier A.; Barbraud, Christophe; Bell, Elizabeth A.; Bell, Mike; Bose, Samhita; Broni, Sharyn; de L Brooke, Michael; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Carlile, Nicholas; Catry, Paulo; Catry, Teresa; Charteris, Matt; Cherel, Yves; Clark, Bethany L.; Clay, Thomas A.; Cole, Nik C.; Conners, Melinda G.; Debski, Igor; Delord, Karine; Egevang, Carsten; Elliot, Graeme; Esefeld, Jan; Facer, Colin; Fayet, Annette; Fijn, Ruben C.; Fischer, Johannes H.; Franklin, Kirsty A.; Gilg, Olivier; Gill, Jennifer A.; Granadeiro, José P.; Guilford, Tim; Handley, Jonathan M.; Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Hawkes, Lucy A.; Hedd, April; Jaeger, Audrey; Jones, Carl G.; Jones, Christopher W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Aim To identify the broad-scale oceanic migration routes (‘marine flyways’) used by multiple pelagic, long-distance migratory seabirds based on a global compilation of tracking data. Location Global. Time Period 1989–2023. ...

• Acceleration Data Reveal Behavioural Responses to Hunting Risk in Scandinavian Brown Bears 

  Clermont, Jeanne; Zedrosser, Andreas; Brown, Ludovick; Rosell, Narve; Sydtveit Rekvik, Gunn Elisabeth; Kindberg, Jonas; Pelletier, Fanie (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Predation may indirectly influence prey's fitness and population dynamics through behavioural adjustments in response to perceived predation risk. These non-consumptive effects of predation can also arise from hunting by ...

• Partial cutting in mixed boreonemoral forests as a restoration approach to increase insect diversity 

  Nordén, Björn; Parkes, Bjørn W. Hafstad; Endrestøl, Anders; Olsen, Siri Lie; Jacobsen, Rannveig Margrete (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Several studies have revealed an alarming negative trend for richness and abundance of insects in European agricultural landscapes. Intensified land use is one underlying cause of insect decline, including overgrowth of ...

• Comparative evaluation of noninvasive DNA sampling and line transect surveys for spring density estimation of black grouse and capercaillie 

  Brøseth, Henrik; Kleven, Oddmund; Bevanger, Kjetil Modolv (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Reliable abundance estimates provide essential information in ecology, conservation and management of many wild grouse populations. In this 3-year study, we comparatively evaluate the suitability of traditional line transect ...

• Land efficiency of renewable energy in Norway: A synthesis of footprint and production density 

  Kenawi, Mahmoud Saber Refaei; Hedger, Richard David; Alfredsen, Knut Tore; Sandercock, Brett Kevin; Korpås, Magnus; Bakken, Tor Haakon (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Our investigation into the land area required for renewable energy sources in Norway’s portfolio—encompassing various types of hydropower, onshore wind, and solar energy—emphasizes the importance of production density ...

• Effectiveness of perches in promoting birdmediated seed dispersal for natural forest regeneration: a systematic review 

  Gan, Jelaine L.; Grainger, Matthew; Shirley, Mark David Foster; Davis, Sheena; Watson, Molly; Dube, Shreya; Pfeifer, Marion (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Background Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) is an increasingly popular cost-effective approach to restore forests for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. One ANR strategy is the use of perches to ...

• Review of the Fennoscandian Chrysolampidae (Chalcidoidea), including the description of a new species 

  Vikberg, Veli; Paukkunen, Juho; Staverløkk, Arnstein; Vårdal, Hege (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  A review of the Fennoscandian species of the chalcidoid genus Chrysolampus is given with a description of a new species: Chrysolampus albosetosus Vikberg sp. n. here reported from Finland, Norway and Sweden. Taxonomic ...

• Four remarkable species of Hymenoptera (Ichneumonoidea) new to Norway 

  Staverløkk, Arnstein; Ødegaard, Frode (Peer reviewed, 2025)

• Xorides indicatorius (Latreille, 1906) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Xoridinae) new to Norway 

  Staverløkk, Arnstein; Ødegaard, Frode (Peer reviewed, 2025)

• Hunting regulations and movements of alpine reindeer 

  Mysterud, Atle; Van Moorter, Bram; Strand, Olav; Rolandsen, Christer Moe (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Most ungulate populations are regulated by hunting, and harvest rate is regulated through quotas and hunting season duration. Hunting is well known to affect behaviour of ungulates, but how annual variation in quotas and ...

• Complex relationships between marine growth and age at maturity in Atlantic salmon 

  Burton, Tim; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Fiske, Peder; Østborg, Gunnel Marie; Løkeberg, Gitte Line; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak (Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Drastic declines in abundance of Atlantic salmon have been attributed to ecosystem change at sea reducing growth in body size, which in turn could impact survival because mortality at sea may be size-selective. A less ...

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