• First case of chronic wasting disease in Europe in a Norwegian free‑ranging reindeer 

      Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Mitchell, Gordon; Simmons, Marion M; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Vikøren, Turid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal contagious prion disease in cervids that is enzootic in some areas in North America. The disease has been found in deer, elk and moose in the USA and Canada, and in South Korea ...
    • First circumpolar assessment of Arctic freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton diversity: Spatial patterns and environmental factors 

      Schartau, Ann Kristin; Mariash, Heather L.; Christoffersen, Kirsten Seestern; Bogan, Daniel; Dubovskaya, Olga P.; Fefilova, Elena B.; Hayden, Brian; Ingvason, Haraldur R.; Ivanova, Elena A.; Kononova, Olga N.; Kravchuk, Elena S.; Lento, Jennifer; Majaneva, Markus; Novichkova, Anna A.; Rautio, Milla; Rühland, Kathleen M.; Shaftel, Rebecca; Smol, John P.; Vrede, Tobias; Kahilainen, Kimmo K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      1. Arctic freshwaters are facing multiple environmental pressures, including rapid climate change and increasing land-use activities. Freshwater plankton assemblages are expected to reflect the effects of these stressors ...
    • First detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Norway 

      Madslien, Knut Ivar Engesæter; Moldal, Torfinn; Gjerset, Britt; Gudmundsson, Sveinn H; Follestad, Arne; Whittard, Elliot; Tronerud, Ole-Herman; Dean, Katharine Rose; Åkerstedt, Johan; Jørgensen, Hannah Joan; das Neves, Carlos Gonçalo; Rømo, Grim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Several outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) caused by influenza A virus of subtype H5N8 have been reported in wild birds and poultry in Europe during autumn 2020. Norway is one of the few ...
    • First observation of fouling of externally attached radio transmitters in an African river 

      Jacobs, Francois Jakob; Weyl, Olaf Lawrence Friedrich; Ulvan, Eva Marita; Hay, Clinton; Næsje, Tor (Others, 2020)
      Fouling of externally attached tags is an important consideration in long-term tagging studies as it may affect fish behaviour and well-being. Two externally attached radio transmitters on African tigerfish Hydrocynus ...
    • First pre-modern record of the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in north-east Greenland 

      Moseley, Gina E.; Rosvold, Jørgen; Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte; Hajdas, Irka; Gilg, Olivier; Gregersen, Kristian M.; Spötl, Christoph; Edwards, Lawrence (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) is the largest falcon in the world. It inhabits a wide range of climate zones in the Northern Hemisphere, from boreal forests in the south of its range to the arid polar deserts of the High ...
    • First record of Spalangiopelta Masi, 1922 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Ceinae) in Norway 

      Staverløkk, Arnstein; Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Pteromalidae is a relatively poor known group, and there are many species yet to discover. We here report two new species to Norway, Spalangiopelta alata Bouček, 1953 and Spalangiopelta procera Graham, 1966 (Hymenoptera, ...
    • The first records of Solva marginata (Meigen, 1820) and the fly family Xylomyidae (Diptera) in Norway 

      Ødegaard, Frode; Staverløkk, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The fly family Xylomyidae belongs to the lower Brachycera and the infraorder Stratiomyiomorpha, and these flies are closely related to Stratiomyidae. It is a small family with 134 known species worldwide (Courtney et al. ...
    • Fish biodiversity in different types of tributary mouths located within impounded sections of Swedish boreal rivers 

      Näslund, Joacim; Bowes, Rachel; Sandin, Leonard; Bergman, Eva; Greenberg, Larry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Large boreal rivers in Sweden are generally impounded by hydropower dams and a large proportion of main stem shallow flowing habitats have been lost. Tributaries often contain the last undisturbed habitats and could be ...
    • Fiskesamfunnet i Mjøsa; de lange linjer 

      Sandlund, Odd Terje; Gjelland, Karl Øystein; Museth, Jon; Bækkelie, Knut Andreas Eikland; Lie, Erik Friele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Fiskebestanden i Mjøsa ble undersøkt i 2018 som en del av overvåkingen av store innsjøer under vannforskriften. Det ble fisket med nordiske oversiktsgarn i strandsona og dypere bunnområder og med el-fiskebåt på grunt vann. ...
    • Fit is fat: winter body mass of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica 

      Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Harris, Michael P.; Jensen, Jens-Kjeld (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Capsule: Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica from Scottish and Norwegian populations were significantly heavier in winter than when rearing chicks. Aims: To compare body masses of Atlantic Puffins on their wintering grounds ...
    • Flexibility in otherwise consistent non-breeding movements of a long-distance migratory seabird, the long-tailed skua 

      van Bemmelen, Rob; Moe, Børge; Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Hansen, Jannik; Lang, Johannes; Sittler, Benoit; Bollache, Loïc; Tulp, Ingrid; Klaassen, Raymond; Gilg, Olivier (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-15)
      Quantifying within- and between-individual variation in animal migration strategies is a first step towards our understanding of the ability of migrants to adjust to changes in the en - vironment. We studied consistency ...
    • A flexible and efficient Bayesian implementation of point process models for spatial capture‐recapture data 

      Wei, Zhang; Chipperfield, Joseph; Illian, Janine; Dupont, Pierre; Milleret, Cyril Pierre; de Valpine, Perry; Bischof, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Spatial capture–recapture (SCR) is now routinely used for estimating abundance and density of wildlife populations. A standard SCR model includes sub-models for the distribution of individual activity centers (ACs) and for ...
    • Flight elevation and water clarity affect the utility of unmanned aerial vehicles in mapping stream substratum 

      Myrvold, Knut Marius; Dervo, Børre Kind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • Focus on recent, present and future Arctic and boreal productivity and biomass changes 

      Tømmervik, Hans; Forbes, Bruce C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The reduction of cold temperature constraints on photosynthesis in recent decades has led to extended growing seasons and increased plant productivity (greening) in significant parts of Polar, Arctic and Boreal regions, ...
    • Following the cold: geographical differentiation between interglacial refugia and speciation in the arcto-alpine species complex Bombus monticola (Hymenoptera: Apidae) 

      Martinet, Baptiste; Lecocq, Thomas; Brasero, Nicolas; Biella, Paolo; Urbanová, Klára; Valterova, Irena; Cornalba, Maurizio; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Michez, Denis; Rasmont, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Cold-adapted species are expected to have reached their largest distribution range during a part of the Ice Ages whereas postglacial warming has led to their range contracting toward high-latitude and high-altitude areas. ...
    • Food waste reduction in supply chains through innovations: a review 

      Aramyan, Lusine; Grainger, Matthew; Logatcheva, Katja; Piras, Simone; Setti, Marco; Stewart, Gavin B.; Vittuari, Matteo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose – Agri-food supply chains are facing a number of challenges, which cause inefficiencies resulting in the waste of natural and economic resources, and in negative environmental and social impacts. Food waste (FW) ...
    • For quantitative criteria in alien species assessment 

      Sandvik, Hanno (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Impact or risk assessments of alien species can use qualitative criteria (such as verbally described categories) or quantitative criteria (numerically defined threshold values of empirically measurable quantities). According ...
    • Forage fish abundance is a predictor of timing of breeding and hatching brood size in a coastal seabird 

      Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Erikstad, Kjell E; Røv, Nils (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Current and future climate alterations might impact ecological processes like timing of breeding. We used multivariate linear models to assess the importance of food availability and climate on timing of breeding and ...
    • Foraging behaviour of black guillemots at three Norwegian sites during the breeding season 

      Dehnhard, Nina; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Johnston, Daniel; Masden, Elizabeth A.; Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The intensifcation of coastal development poses potential threats for coastal seabirds, and understanding their habitat use is a key factor to guide conservation and management. In sub-arctic areas, black guillemots (Cepphus ...
    • Foraging tactics in dynamic sea-ice habitats affect individual state in a long-ranging seabird 

      Tarroux, Arnaud; Cherel, Yves; Fauchald, Per; Kato, Akiko; Love, Oliver P.; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Spreen, Gunnar; Varpe, Øystein; Weimerskirch, Henri; Yoccoz, Nigel; Zahn, Sandrine; Descamps, Sebastien (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      1. Individual heterogeneity in diet and foraging behaviour is common in wild animal populations, and can be a strong determinant of how populations respond to environmental changes. Within populations, variation in ...