• Birds of different feather flock together - genetic structure of Taiga Bean Goose in Central Scandinavia 

      de Jong, Adriaan; Kleven, Oddmund; Østnes, Jan Eivind; Kroglund, Rolf Terje; Vahlström, Isak; Nilsson, Jan; Spong, Göran (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      During their flightless summer moult, Taiga Bean Geese Anser fabalis fabalis gather at communal moulting sites. Individuals from the Nord-Trøndelag breeding area in Norway have been observed to join with local individuals ...
    • Landscape relatedness: detecting contemporary fine-scalespatial structure in wild populations 

      Norman, Anita J.; Stronen, Astrid V.; Fuglstad, Geir-Arne; Ruiz-Gonzalez, Aritz; Kindberg, Jonas; Street, Nathaniel R.; Spong, Göran (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 ...
    • Large-scale spatial variation of chronic stress signals in moose 

      Spong, Göran; Gould, Nicholas P.; Sahlén, Ellinor; Cromsigt, Joris P.G.M.; Kindberg, Jonas; DePerno, Christopher S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The physiological effects of short-term stress responses typically lead to increased individual survival as it prepares the body for fight or flight through catabolic reactions in the body. These physiological effects trade ...
    • Restoration of transborder connectivity for Fennoscandian brown bears (Ursus arctos) 

      Kopatz, Alexander; Kleven, Oddmund; Kojola, Ilpo; Aspi, Jouni; Norman, Anita J.; Spong, Göran; Gyllenstrand, Niclas; Dalén, Love; Fløystad, Ida; Hagen, Snorre; Kindberg, Jonas; Flagstad, Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Knowledge about the connectivity among natural populations is essential to identify management units for effective conservation actions. Conservation-minded management has led to the recovery of large carnivore populations ...