Browsing Norsk institutt for naturforskning by Journals "Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences"
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Blood may buy goodwill: no evidence for a positive relationship between legal culling and poaching in Wisconsin
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)ecology, environmental science -
Competition between apex predators? Brown bears decrease wolf kill rate on two continents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Trophic interactions are a fundamental topic in ecology, but we know little about how competition between apex predators affects predation, the mechanism driving top-down forcing in ecosystems.We used long-term datasets ... -
Density-dependent selection and the maintenance of colour polymorphism in barn owls
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The capacity of natural selection to generate adaptive changes is (according to the fundamental theorem of natural selection) proportional to the additive genetic variance in fitness. In spite of its importance for development ... -
Impacts of predator-mediated interactions along a climatic gradient on the population dynamics of an alpine bird
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)According to classic theory, species’ population dynamics and distributions are less influenced by species interactions under harsh climatic conditions compared to under more benign climatic conditions. In alpine and boreal ... -
Late Holocene anthropogenic landscapechange in northwestern Europe impactedinsect biodiversity as much as climatechange did after the last Ice Age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Since the last Ice Age (ca115 000–11 700 years ago), the geographical rangesof most plants and animals have shifted, expanded or contracted. Under-standing the timing, geographical patterns and drivers of past changes ... -
Revealing hidden insect–fungus interactions; moderately specialized, modular and anti-nested detritivore networks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Ecological networks are composed of interacting communities that influence ecosystem structure and function. Fungi are the driving force for ecosystem processes such as decomposition and carbon sequestration in terrestrial ... -
Sperm velocity in a promiscuous bird across experimental media of different viscosities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In species with internal fertilization, the female genital tract appears challenging to sperm, possibly resulting from selection on for example ovarian fluid to control sperm behaviour and, ultimately, fertilization. Few ... -
The influence of weather conditions during gestation on life histories in a wild Arctic ungulate
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The internal predictive adaptive response (internal PAR) hypothesis predicts that individuals born in poor conditions should start to reproduce earlier if they are likely to have reduced performance in later life. However, ... -
The relative importance of direct and indirect effects of hunting mortality on the population dynamics of brown bears
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)There is increasing evidence of indirect effects of hunting on populations. In species with sexually selected infanticide (SSI), hunting may decrease juvenile survival by increasing male turnover.We aimed to evaluate the ...