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Islands of ice: Glacier-dwelling metazoans form regionally distinct populations despite extensive periods of deglaciation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Aim: Glaciers cover considerable portion of land and host diverse life forms fromsingle-celled organisms to invertebrates. However, the determinants of diversityand community composition of these organisms remain underexplored. ... -
Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite loci in the genome of the dragonhead sap beetle Thymogethes norvegicus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Here we describe 16 novel microsatellite loci in the genome of the dragonhead sap beetle Thymogethes norvegicus, which were identifi ed using a next-generation sequencing approach. In 40 dragonhead sap beetles from a ... -
Isotope analysis combined with DNA barcoding provide new insights into the dietary niche of khulan in the Mongolian Gobi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)With increasing livestock numbers, competition and avoidance are increasingly shaping resource availability for wild ungulates. Shifts in the dietary niche of wild ungulates are likely and can be expected to negatively ... -
Iteroparity and its contribution to life-history variation in Atlantic salmon
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Evolution of iteroparity is shaped by the trade-off between current and future reproduction.We studied variation in iteroparity among 205 050 individual Atlantic salmon caught in 179 rivers spanning 14◦ of latitude. The ... -
“It’s All About the Scenery”: Tourists’ Perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The Lofoten Islands in northern Norway face challenges from increasing visitor numbers, congestion, environmental impacts, and growing host-visitor tensions. Benefits include increased local employment and growing revenues. ... -
“It’s All About the Scenery”: Tourists’ Perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
(Journal article, 2019)Dans le nord de la Norvège, il y a des défis à relever aux îles Lofoten en raison du nombre croissant de visiteurs, de la congestion, des incidences sur l’environnement et des tensions de plus en plus grandes entre les ... -
“It’s All About the Scenery”: Tourists’ Perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
(Journal article, 2019)The Lofoten Islands in northern Norway face challenges from increasing visitor numbers, congestion, environmental impacts, and growing host-visitor tensions. Benefits include increased local employment and growing revenues. ... -
A joint climate and nature cure: A transformative change perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Climate change has considerably dominated science-policy dialogue, public debate, and subsequently environmental policies since the three ‘‘Rio Conventions’’ were born. This has led to practically independent courses of ... -
Joint responsibility in the development of effective wind-turbine collision-reducing solutions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)With the rapid acceleration of wind energy development there is a growing need to meet the consequences this has for the natural environment. Failing to mitigate environmental impacts is an important cause of conflict in ... -
Keeping close to the river, shore and surface: the first marine migration of brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) post-smolts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)anadromous, charr, fjord, marine, migration, post-smolt, salmonid, trout -
Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Understanding the dynamics of urban ecosystem services is a necessary requirement for adequate planning, management, and governance of urban green infrastructure. Through the three-year Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem ... -
Key to hysterioid fungi on bark and wood in Scandinavia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The lack of useful determination keys is often a major obstacle for naming species of Ascomycota, especially for the amateur mycologist. One group of fungi in need of a key are species of Dothideomycetes with hysterioid ... -
Killer whale movements on the Norwegian shelf are associated with herring density
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Killer whales Orcinus orca have a cosmopolitan distribution with a broad diet rang ing from fish to marine mammals. In Norway, killer whales are regularly observed feeding on overwintering Norwegian spring-spawning (NSS) ... -
Killing with kindness: when hunters want to let you know they care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Care’ is a term that hunters increasingly apply to diverse practices pertaining to their interactions with wildlife. In this article, we investigated the extent and durability of hunters’ use of care language, including ... -
The King of the Forest: Local Knowledge About European Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) and Implications for Their Conservation in Contemporary Western Macedonia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)From a conservation point of view, Macedonia’s brown bear (Ursus arctos) population appears to be a key link in the distribution of one of Europe’s largest brown bear populations, the Dinaric-Pindos population. The lack ... -
Knock-on effects of environmental influences during embryonic development of ecothermic vertebrates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Environmental factors influencing parents or offspring during embryogenesis can have knock-on effects at later life stages of the offspring. These effects may prepare the progeny for conditions that they may encounter as ... -
Labeling Farmed Seafood: A review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Food labels help consumers choose products in line with their food attitudes and preferences. As the market for farmed seafood grows, it is important for producers to meet consumer demand for credence characteristics like ... -
Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study examines the extent to which above-ground trophic processes such as large carnivore predation on wild ungulates can cause cascading effects through the provision of carrion resources to below-ground ecosystem ... -
Lack of genetic structure in greylag goose (Anser anser) populations along the European Atlantic flyway
(Journal article, 2015)Greylag goose populations are steadily increasing in north-western Europe. Although individuals breeding in the Netherlands have been considered mainly sedentary birds, those fromScandinavia or northern Germany fly towards ... -
Landscape relatedness: detecting contemporary fine-scalespatial structure in wild populations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Context Methods for detecting contemporary, finescale population genetic structure in continuous populations are scarce. Yet such methods are vital for ecological and conservation studies, particularly under a changing ...