• Climate change induced molting mismatch? Mountain hare abundance reduced by duration of snowcover and predator abundance 

      Pedersen, Simen; Odden, Morten; Pedersen, Hans-Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In northern latitudes, species that have adapted to snow cover by molting and changing pelage color will be particularly vulnerable to climate change, as predation levels may increase due to a mismatch with background ...
    • Climate influence on plant–pollinator interactions in the keystone species Vaccinium myrtillus 

      Olsen, Siri Lie; Evju, Marianne; Åström, Jens; Løkken, Jørn Olav; Dahle, Sondre; Andresen, Jonas; Eide, Nina Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Climate change is altering the world's ecosystems through direct effects of climate warming and precipitation changes but also indirectly through changes in biotic interactions. For instance, climate-driven changes in plant ...
    • Climate-driven biophysical changes in feeding and breeding environments explain the decline of southernmost European Atlantic salmon populations 

      Almodóvar, Ana; Ayllón, Daniel; Nicola, Graciela G.; Jonsson, Bror; Elvira, Benigno (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The consistency of the global declining trend of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations suggests that climate-driven reduced survival and growth at sea are the main driving factors. The southernmost populations have ...
    • Climatic and biotic extreme events moderate long-term responses of above- and belowground sub-Arctic heathland communities to climate change 

      Bokhorst, Stef; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Berg, Matty P.; Callaghan, Terry V.; Kirby-Lambert, Christopher; Bjerke, Jarle W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Climate change impacts are not uniform across the Arctic region because interacting factors causes large variations in local ecosystem change. Extreme climatic events and population cycles of herbivores occur simultaneously ...
    • Climatic forcing and individual heterogeneity in a resident mountain bird: legacy data reveal effects on reproductive strategies 

      Eriksen, Lasse Frost; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Optimization of clutch size and timing of reproduction have substantial effects on lifetime reproductive success in vertebrates, and both individual quality and environmental variation may impact life history strategies. ...
    • Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island-breeding tropical shorebird 

      Engel, Noemie; Sandercock, Brett Kevin; Kosztolányi, András; Adrião, Andreia; Tavares, Alex; Rice, Romy; Székely, Tamás (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Global biodiversity loss is a major environmental concern. The wildlife on islands are particularly vulnerable to threats posed by alien predators, habitat loss and overexploitation. Effective conservation management of ...
    • Close to open—Factors that hinder and promote open science in ecology research and education 

      Strømme, Christian Bianchi; Lane, A. Kelly; Halbritter, Aud Helen; Law, Elizabeth; Nater, Chloé Rebecca; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Boutouli, Grace D.; Egelkraut, Dagmar Dorothea; Telford, Richard James; Vandvik, Vigdis; Cotner, Sehoya Harris (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Open Science (OS) movement is rapidly gaining traction among policy-makers, research funders, scientific journals and individual scientists. Despite these tendencies, the pace of implementing OS throughout the scientific ...
    • Closing the gap between science and management of cold-water refuges in rivers and streams 

      Mejia, Francine H.; Ouelle, Valerie; Briggs, Martin A.; Carlson, Stephanie M.; Casas-Mulet, Roser; Chapman, Mollie; Collins, Mathias J.; Dugdale, Stephen J.; Ebersole, Joseph L.; Frechette, Danielle M.; Fullerton, Aimee H.; Gillis, Carole- Anne; Johnson, Zachary C.; Kelleher, Christa; Kurylyk, Barret L.; Lave, Rebecca; Letcher, Benjamin H.; Myrvold, Knut Marius; Nadeau, Tracie-Lynn; Neville, Helen; Piégay, Herve; Smith, Kathryn A.; Tonolla, Diego; Torgersen, Christian E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Human activities and climate change threaten coldwater organisms in freshwater eco-systems by causing rivers and streams to warm, increasing the intensity and frequency of warm temperature events, and reducing thermal ...
    • Co-adaptation is key to coexisting with large carnivores 

      Carter, Neil H.; Linnell, John Durrus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      There is a pressing need to integrate large carnivore species into multi-use landscapes outside protected areas. However, an unclear understanding of coexistence hinders the realization of this goal. Here, we provide a ...
    • Co-developing guidance for conservation: An example for seabirds in the North-East Atlantic in the face of climate change impacts 

      Häkkinen, Henry; Taylor, Nigel G.; Pettorelli, Nathalie; Sutherland, William J.; Aldara, Jon; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Aulert, Christophe; van Bemmelen, Rob S.A.; Burnell, Daisy; Cadiou, Bernard; Campioni, Letizia; Clark, Bethany L.; Dehnhard, Nina; Dias, Maria P.; Enners, Leonie; Furness, Robert W.; Hallgrímsson, Gunnar Þor; Hammer, Sjúrður; Hansen, Erpur Snær; Hario, Martti; Hurling, Stephen; Jessopp, Mark; Kleinschmidt, Birgit; Leivits, Meelis; Maniszewska, Klaudyna; Oppel, Steffen; Payo-Payo, Ana; Piec, Daniel; Ramos, Jaime A.; Robin, Frédéric; Sørensen, Iben Hove; Stīpniece, Antra; Thompson, Danielle L.; Vulcano, Antonio; Petrovan, Silviu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Conservation guidance—an authoritative source of information and recommendations explicitly supporting decision-making and action regarding nature conservation—represents an important tool to communicate evidence-based ...
    • The Coexistence Potential of Different Wildlife Conservation Frameworks in a Historical Perspective 

      Kaltenborn, Bjørn P.; Linnell, John Durrus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Wildlife management in contemporary Europe means balancing multiple demands in shared landscapes. Perhaps the greatest question facing today’s policy makers and wildlife professionals is how to develop frameworks for ...
    • The coexistence potential of different wildlife conservation paradigms in a historical perspective 

      Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter; Linnell, John Durrus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Wildlife management in contemporary Europe means balancing multiple demands in shared landscapes. Perhaps the greatest question facing today’s policy makers and wildlife professionals is how to develop frameworks for ...
    • Collection of Scientific Specimens:Benefits for Biodiversity Sciences and Limited Impacts on Communities of Small Mammals 

      Hope, Andrew G.; Sandercock, Brett; Malaney, Jason L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Despite increasing use of specimens from natural-history collections, continued field sampling has met with growing resistance attributable to changing societal values. Widespread perception persists that the removal of ...
    • Colony-nesting gulls restrict activity levels of a native top carnivore during the breeding season 

      Guidos, Steven; van Dijk, Jiska Joanneke; Systad, Geir Helge Rødli; Landa, Arild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Although nesting in colonies can offer substantial reproductive benefits formany seabird species, increased visibility to predators remains a significant dis-advantage for most colony-breeders. To counteract this, some ...
    • Combined effects of long-term feeding, population density and vegetation green-up on reindeer demography 

      Ballesteros, Manuel; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen; Fauchald, Per; Langeland, Knut; Stien, Audun; Tveraa, Torkild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      Abstract. Large herbivores living in seasonal environments are generally food-limited through density dependence and climatic factors. This may result in starvation and increased mortality in winter and reduced fecundity ...
    • Combining Fish Passage and Sediment Bypassing: A Conceptual Solution for Increased Sustainability of Dams and Reservoirs 

      Foldvik, Anders; Silva, Ana T.; Albayarak, Ismail; Schwarzwälder, Kordula Valerie Anne; Boes, Robert M.; Rüther, Nils (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Sedimentation is one of the main eco-morphological and technological challenges associated with reservoirs. Sedimentation not only reduces the functional capacity of a reservoir by filling it, but also changes downstream ...
    • Combining modelling tools to evaluate a goose management scheme 

      Baveco, Johannes M.; Bergjord, Anne-Kari; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Chudzinska, Magda E.; Pellissier, Loïc; Simonsen, Caroline E.; Madsen, Jesper; Tombre, Ingunn; Nolet, Bart A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Many goose species feed on agricultural land, and with growing goose numbers, conflicts with agriculture are increasing. One possible solution is to designate refuge areas where farmers are paid to leave geese undisturbed. ...
    • Commercial gillnetting is more stressful for saithe (Pollachius virens L.) than jigging: but is fillet quality affected? 

      Uglem, Ingebrigt; Toledo-Guedes, Kilian; Ulvan, Eva Marita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Various fish capture methods, which involve different levels of pre-slaughter stress/welfare, could influence the final quality of marketed fish. In this study, living saithe (Pollachius virens L.), caught during realistic ...
    • Commonness and rarity in the marine biosphere 

      Connolly, Sean R.; MacNeil, M. Aaron; Caley, M. Julian; Knowlton, Nancy; Cripps, Ed; Hisano, Mizue; Thibaut, Loïc M.; Bhattacharya, Bhaskar D.; Benedetti-Cecchif, Lisandro; Brainard, Russell E.; Brandt, Angelika; Bulleri, Fabio; Ellingsen, Kari Elsa; Kaiser, Stefanie; Kröncke, Ingrid; Linse, Katrin; Maggi, Elena; O'Hara, Timothy D.; Plaisance, Laetitia; Poore, Gary C.B.; Sarkar, Santosh K.; Sathpaty, Kamala K.; Schückel, Ulrike; Williams, Alan; Wilson, Robin S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Contributed by Nancy Knowlton, April 28, 2014 (sent for review November 25, 2013; reviewed by Brian McGill and Fangliang He) Explaining patterns of commonness and rarity is fundamental for understanding and managing ...
    • Communication Interventions and Fear of Brown Bears: Considerations of Content and Format 

      Johansson, Maria; Hallgren, Lars; Flykt, Anders; Støen, Ole-Gunnar; Thelin, Linda; Frank, Jens (Journal article, 2019)
      Communication interventions are commonly proposed as a way to address people’s fear and negative attitudes to build tolerance in shared landscapes between humans and large carnivores. Therefore, managing authorities ...