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DNA metabarcoding reveals diet overlap between the endangered walia ibex and domestic goats - implications for conservation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Human population expansion and associated degradation of the habitat of many wildlife species cause loss of biodiversity and species extinctions. The small Simen Mountains National Park in Ethiopia is one of the last ... -
DNA profiles of shed Taiga Bean Goose feathers indicate between-season fidelity to moulting sites in Swedish Lapland
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Recently, the Taiga Bean Goose Anser f. fabalis breeding population of Southern Lapland, Sweden, was shown to use a network of local sites during their summer wing moult. We used microsatellite markers to identify individual ... -
Do beaver dams reduce habitat connectivity and salmon productivity in expansive river floodplains?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Subjects Fisheries and Fish Science, Ecology Alaska, Alluvial river floodplains, Kamchatka, North American beaver, Castor canadensis, Pacific salmon, Salmon ecology, Salmon production -
Do birds in flight respond to (ultra)violet lighting?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Concerns for bird collisions with wind turbines affect the deployment of onshore and offshore windpower plants. To avoid delays in consenting processes and to streamline the construction and operation phase, functional ... -
Do birds respond to spiral markers on overhead wires of a high-voltage power line? Insights from a dedicated avian radar
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Growing human population demands the expansion of the energy transmission grid. Power lines represent a major death hazard for many species, especially birds. Addressing such a human-wildlife conflict requires detailed ... -
Do conservation measures in forest work? A comparison of three area-based conservation tools for wood-living species in boreal forests
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Loss of natural forests and decline in forest biodiversity has led to several policy initiatives in recent years. Despite this, the importance of smaller set-asides vs forest reserves for conservation measures is poorly ... -
Do DOM quality and origin affect the uptake and accumulation of lipid-soluble contaminants in coastal filter feeders? An experimental simulation of teflubenzuron exposure to blue mussels
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The increased export of terrestrial dissolved organic matter (terrDOM) to coastal marine ecosystems may affect local filter feeders and the local food web via the altered uptake of organic material and associated contaminants. ... -
Do foraging ecology and contaminants interactively predict parenting hormone levels in common eider?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Global climate change is causing abiotic shifts such as higher air and ocean temperatures, and disappearing sea ice in Arctic ecosystems. These changes influence Arctic-breeding seabird foraging ecology by altering prey ... -
Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Generalist populations often harbor individual dietary specialists. Whether using a narrower set of resources than the population (= specialization) affects specialists' nutrient intake remains underexplored. We evaluated ... -
‘Do you care about the river?’ A critical discourse analysis and lessons for management of social conflict over Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) conservation in the case of voluntary stocking in Wales
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)1. Stakeholders with shared interests in fish conservation often disagree about which specific conservation measures are appropriate, leading to conflicts with sometimes long‐lasting and disruptive social and political ... -
Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Lemmings are a key component of tundra food webs and changes in their dynamics can affect the whole ecosystem. We present a comprehensive overview of lemming monitoring and research activities, and assess recent trends ... -
Does Catch-and-Release Angling Alter the Behavior and Fate of Adult Atlantic Salmon During Upriver Migration?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)To reproduce, Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar return to freshwater rivers and migrate upriver to spawning areas. This migration is the basis for recreational fisheries, which for conservation reasons are increasingly characterized ... -
Does defoliation frequency and severity influence plant productivity? The role of grazing management and soil nutrients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Rangeland management approaches, including rotational grazing, rely on assumptions about plant growth responses to the intensity, or severity (sward height) plus frequency, of defoliation. We tested these assumptions at ... -
Does long-term grazing cause cascading impacts on the soil microbiome in mountain birch forests?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In subarctic mountain birch forests, reindeer grazing and moth outbreaks act as important biotic drivers of ecosystem functioning. We investigated how a long-term contrast in reindeer grazing regimes and short-term ... -
Don't mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Migration patterns are fundamentally linked to the spatio-temporal distributions of prey. How migrating animals canrespond to changes in their prey’s distribution and abundance remains largely unclear. During the ... -
“Don’t confuse me with facts”—how right wing populism affects trust in agencies advocating anthropogenic climate change as a reality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Everyday public denial of anthropogenically caused climate change (ACC) has complex antecedents and exists on both individual and institutional levels. Earlier research has linked ACC denial to opposition to formal science ... -
Down a hole: missing GPS positions reveal birth dates of an underground denning species, the red fox
(Others, 2021)Global positioning system (GPS) technology is increasingly used to study animal behavior. However, some animals exhibit behaviors that may result in the failure to acquire a GPS position, such as for species with underground ... -
Downstream transport and seasonal variation in freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) eDNA concentration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to detect the presence and abundance of aquatic organisms from water samples. Before implementing this methodology as a tool for monitoring, more knowledge is needed on variation in ... -
Drivers of hibernation in the brown bear
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Hibernation has been a key area of research for several decades, essentially in small mammals in the laboratory, yet we know very little about what triggers or ends it in the wild. Do climatic factors, an ... -
Drivers of hibernation in the brown bear
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background: Hibernation has been a key area of research for several decades, essentially in small mammals in the laboratory, yet we know very little about what triggers or ends it in the wild. Do climatic factors, an ...