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    • Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain 

      Weiser, Emily L.; Lanctot, Richard B.; Brown, Stephen C.; Gates, H. River; Bêty, Joël; Boldenow, Megan L.; Brook, Rodney W.; Brown, Glen S.; English, Willow B.; Flemming, Scott A.; Franks, Samantha E.; Gilchrist, H. Grant; Giroux, Marie-Andrée; Johnson, Andrew; Koloski, Laura; Kwon, Eunbi; Lamarre, Jean-François; Lank, David B.; Latty, Christopher J.; Lecomte, Nicolas; Liebezeit, Joseph R.; McGuire, Rebecca L.; McKinnon, Laura; Nol, Erica; Payer, David; Perz, Johanna; Rausch, Jennie; Robards, Martin; Saalfeld, Sarah T.; Senner, Nathan R.; Smith, Paul A.; Soloviev, Mikhail; Solovyeva, Diana; Ward, David H.; Woodard, Paul F.; Sandercock, Brett; Kendall, Steve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Conservation status and management priorities are often informed by population trends. Trend estimates can be derived from population surveys or models, but both methods are associated with sources of uncertainty. Many ...
    • Annual and diel activity cycles of a northern population of the large migratory cyprinid fish asp (Leuciscus aspius) 

      Kärgenberg, Einar; Sandlund, Odd Terje; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Thalfeldt, Mart; Økland, Finn; Kaasik, Ants; Tambets, Meelis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Little is known about the exact movement parameters of migratory cyprinids listed as conservation priorities. A northern population of predatory asp, listed on the Bern Convention Appendix III, was studied in a near ...
    • Antarctic petrels ‘on the ice rocks’: wintering strategy of an Antarctic seabird 

      Delord, Karine; Kato, A.; Tarroux, Arnaud; Orgeret, F.; Cotté, C.; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Cherel, Y.; Descamps, Sebastien (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      There is a paucity of information on the foraging ecology, especially individual use of sea-ice features and icebergs, over the non-breeding season in many seabird species. Using geolocators and stable isotopes, we defined ...
    • Anthropogenic pressure on large carnivores and their prey in the highly threatened forests of Tanintharyi, southern Myanmar 

      Shwe, Nay Myo; Grainger, Matthew; Ngoprasert, Dusit; Aung, Saw Soe; Grindley, Mark; Savini, Tommaso (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Tanintharyi Region in southern Myanmar is rich in biodiversity yet is facing threats from varying degrees of anthropogenic pressure. In this research we examine how anthropogenic pressures are influencing large carnivores ...
    • Anti-parasite treatment and blood biochemistry in raptor nestlings 

      Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Sonne, Christian; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Schnug, Lisbeth; Bourgeon, Sophie; Ballesteros, Manuel; Eulaers, Igor; Moum, Truls Borg; Johnsen, Trond Vidar; Kjelgaard-Hansen, Mads; Herzke, Dorte; Jaspers, Veerle; Covaci, Adrian; Eens, Marcel; Halley, Duncan John; Erikstad, Kjell Einar; Ims, Rolf Anker (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      We investigated the effects of parasite removal on various blood clinical–chemical variables (BCCVs). BCCVs are indicators of health, reflecting, e.g., homeostasis of liver, kidney function, and bone metabolism. The study ...
    • The application gap: Genomics for biodiversity and ecosystem service management 

      Heuertz, Myriam; Carvalho, Silvia B.; Galindo, Juan; Rinkevich, Baruch; Robakowski, Piotr; Aavik, Tsipe; Altinok, Ilhan; Barth, Julia M.I.; Cotrim, Helena; Goessen, Roos; González-Martínez, Santiago C.; Grebenc, Tine; Hoban, Sean; Kopatz, Alexander; McMahon, Barry J.; Porth, Ilga M.; Raeymaekers, Joost A. M.; Trãger, Sabrina; Valdecantos, Alejandro; Vella, Adriana; Vernesi, Cristiano; Garnier-Géré, Pauline (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The conservation of biodiversity from the genetic to the community levels is fundamental for the continual provision of ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people. Genetic and genomic diversity ...
    • Application of Landsat-derived vegetation trends over South Africa: Potential for monitoring land degradation and restoration 

      Venter, Alexander Samuel; Scott, Samantha Luise; Desmet, Philip G.; Hoffmann, Michael Timm (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Monitoring vegetation change is important because the nature, extent and rate of change in key measures, such as plant biomass, cover and species composition, provides critical insight into broader environmental and land ...
    • Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt 

      Curk, Teja; Pokrovsky, Ivan; Lecomte, Nicolas; Aarvak, Tomas; Burnham, Kurt; Dietz, Andreas; Franke, Alastair; Gauthier, Gilles; Jacobsen, Karl-Otto; Kidd, Jeff; Lewis, Stephen B.; Øien, Ingar J.; Solheim, Roar; Wiebe, Karen; Wikelski, Martin; Therrien, Jean-François; Safi, Kamran (Journal article, 2020)
    • Arctic browning: extreme events and trends reversing arctic greening 

      Phoenix, G. K.; Bjerke, Jarle W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    • Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) re-established in a formerly acidified and highly dilute mountain lake under declining acidic deposition 

      Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Saksgård, Randi J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Arctic charr in Rondvatn, a formerly highly acidified mountain lake in southern Norway, was re-established through stocking. The population became extinct during the early 1980s when the lake had an annual mean pH of ...
    • Arctic greening from warming promotes declines in caribou populations 

      Fauchald, Per; Park, Taejin; Tømmervik, Hans; Myneni, Ranga B.; Hausner, Vera Helene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Themigratory tundra caribou herds in North America follow decadal population cycles, and browsing from abundant caribou could be expected to counteract the current climate-driven expansion of shrubs in the circumpolar ...
    • Area use and movement patterns of wild and escaped farmed Atlantic salmon before and during spawning in a large Norwegian river 

      Moe, Karina; Næsje, Tor; Haugen, Thrond Oddvar; Ulvan, Eva Marita; Aronsen, Tonje; Sandnes, Tomas; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak (Journal article, 2016)
      We compared the within-river movements and distribution of wild and escaped farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar before and during spawning in the Namsen river system of Central Norway. A total of 74 wild and 43 escaped ...
    • An artificial intelligence approach to remotely assess pale lichen biomass 

      Erlandsson, Rasmus Ingel; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Finne, Eirik Aasmo; Myneni, Ranga B.; Piao, Shilong; Wang, Xuhui; Virtanen, Tarmo; Räsänen, Aleksi; Kumpula, Timo; Kolari, Tiina H.M.; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Tømmervik, Hans (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Although generally given little attention in vegetation studies, ground-dwelling (terricolous) lichens are major contributors to overall carbon and nitrogen cycling, albedo, biodiversity and biomass in many high-latitude ...
    • AS WE SEE IT Reared fish, farmed escapees and wild fish stocks-a triangle of pathogen transmission of concern to Mediterranean aquaculture management 

      Arechavala-Lopez, P.; Sanchez-Jerez, P.; Bayle-Sempere, J.T.; Uglem, Ingebrigt; Mladineo, I. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      Although aquaculture in the Mediterranean is a relatively young industry, finfish dis eases have been reported to cause considerable problems and mortalities among the farmed stocks. In general, the farming activity and ...
    • Assessing climatic and spatial variables influencing zooplankton richness for space-for-time predictions 

      Heuschele, Jan David; Andersen, Tom; Walseng, Bjørn; Hessen, Dag Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      1. The macroecological drivers of freshwater diversity are accredited geographical, spatial and climatic variables, but also to productivity, ecosystem age and landscape history. Locally diversity is also influenced ...
    • Assessing ecosystem services from multifunctional trees in pastures using Bayesian belief networks 

      Barton, David Nicholas; Benjamin, Tamara; Cerdán, Carlos R.; DeClerck, Fabrice; Madsen, Anders L.; Rusch, Graciela; Salazar, Álvaro; Sánchez, Dalia; Villanueva, Cristóbal (Journal article, 2016)
    • Assessing incidental bycatch of seabirds in Norwegian coastal commercial fisheries: Empirical and methodological lessons 

      Fangel, Kirstin; Aas, Øystein; Vølstad, Jon Helge; Bærum, Kim Magnus; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Overvik, Modolf; Wold, Line Camilla; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      With diminishing seabird populations and little knowledge on incidental bycatch in fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic, this study aimed to screen seabird bycatch in Norwegian coastal fisheries in 2009. The purpose was ...
    • Assessing sea floor functional biodiversity and vulnerability 

      Beauchard, Olivier; Thompson, Murray S. A.; Ellingsen, Kari; Piet, Gerjan J.; Laffargue, Pascal; Soetaert, Karline (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The marine benthos has been largely studied through the use of response traits that characterise species vulnerability to disturbance. More limited has been the specific use of effect traits that represent other species ...
    • Assessing the effect of mitigation efforts to improve vegetation recovery inpowerline construction sites across Norway 

      Hagen, Dagmar; Mehlhoop, Anne Catriona; Torsæter, E.; Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Grainger, Matthew; Evju, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Land-use related to technical infrastructure puts great pressure on nature and landscapes globally. We used a screening approach to evaluate vegetation development in 295 construction sites related to upkeeping of the ...
    • Assessing the effect of sample bias correction in species distribution models 

      Dubos, Nicolas; Préau, Clémentine; Lenormand, Maxime; Papuga, Guillaume; Monsarrat, Sophie; Denelle, Pierre; Louarn, Marine Le; Heremans, Stien; May, Roelof Frans; Roche, Philip; Luque, Sandra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      1. Open-source biodiversity databases contain a large number of species occurrence records but are often spatially biased; which affects the reliability of species distribution models based on these records. Sample bias ...