• Airborne laser scanning reveals increased growth and complexity of boreal forest canopies across a network of ungulate exclosures in Norway 

      Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Snøan, Ingrid Bekken; Austrheim, Gunnar; Bollandsås, Ole Martin; Solberg, Erling Johan; Speed, James David Mervyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Large herbivores are often classed as ecosystem engineers, and when they become scarce or overabundant, this can alter ecosystem states and influence climate forcing potentials. This realization has spurred a call to ...
    • Cervid Exclusion Alters Boreal Forest Properties with Little Cascading Impacts on Soils 

      Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Solberg, Erling Johan; Woodin, Sarah J.; Venete, Aurel M A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Large herbivores are capable of modifying entire ecosystems with a combination of direct (for example browsing/grazing, trampling, defecation) and indirect (for example affecting plant species composition that then alters ...
    • The challenges and opportunities of coexisting with wild ungulates in the human-dominated landscapes of Europe's Anthropocene 

      Linnell, John Durrus; Cretois, Benjamin; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Solberg, Erling Johan; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Kaczensky, Petra; Van Moorter, Bram; Panzacchi, Manuela; Rauset, Geir Rune; Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The cumulative impact of human activities has driven many species into severe declines across the globe. However, the recent focus on conservation optimism has begun to highlight case studies that go against this trend. ...
    • Cool as a moose: How can browsing counteract climate warming effects across boreal forest ecosystems? 

      Vuorinen, Katariina; Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; De Vriendt, Laurent; Austrheim, Gunnar; Jean-Pierre, Tremblay; Solberg, Erling Johan; Speed, James David Mervyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Herbivory has potential to modify vegetation responses to climatic changes. However, climate and herbivory also affect each other, and rarely work in isolation from other ecological factors, such as plant–plant competition. ...
    • Decomposing demographic contributions to the effective population size with moose as a case study 

      Lee, Aline Magdalena; Myhre, Ane Marlene; Markussen, Stine Svalheim; Engen, Steinar; Solberg, Erling Johan; Haanes, Hallvard; Røed, Knut; Herfindal, Ivar; Heim, Morten; Sæther, Bernt-Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Levels of random genetic drift are influenced by demographic factors, such as mating system, sex ratio and age structure. The effective population size (N e) is a useful measure for quantifying genetic drift. Evaluating ...
    • Decomposing demographic contributions to the effective population size with moose as a case study 

      Lee, Aline Magdalena; Svalheim Markussen, Stine; Engen, Steinar; Solberg, Erling Johan; Haanes, Hallvard; Røed, Knut H.; Herfindal, Ivar; Heim, Morten; Sæther, Bernt-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Levels of random genetic drift are influenced by demographic factors, such as mating system, sex ratio and age structure. The effective population size (Ne) is a useful measure for quantifying genetic drift. Evaluating ...
    • Demographic consequences of harvesting: a case study from a small and isolated moose population 

      Herfindal, Ivar; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Hamel, Sandra; Solberg, Erling Johan; Sæther, Bernt-Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      ABSTRACT: Harvesting can have a substantial impact on population dynamics and individual performance in wild populations. While the direct consequences of harvest on individual survival and population growth rate are often ...
    • Determinants of age at first reproduction and lifetime breeding success revealed by full paternity assignment in a male ungulate 

      Markussen, Stine Svalheim; Herfindal, Ivar; Loison, Anne; Solberg, Erling Johan; Haanes, Hallvard; Røed, Knut; Heim, Morten; Sæther, Bernt-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Age at first reproduction is an important determinant of individual variation in reproductive success in ungulates, but few studies have examined its relationship with later fitness‐related traits in males. We used a ...
    • Differential barrier and corridor effects of power lines,roads and rivers on moose (Alces alces) movements 

      Bartzke, Gundula; May, Roelof Frans; Solberg, Erling Johan; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Røskaft, Eivin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      uilding new power lines is required to satisfy increasing demands for the transmission of electricity, and at the same time the road network is expanding. To provide guidelines for the routing of new power lines and ...
    • Effects of inbreeding on fitness-related traits in a small isolated moose population 

      Haanes, Hallvard; Markussen, Stine Svalheim; Herfindal, Ivar; Røed, Knut H.; Solberg, Erling Johan; Heim, Morten; Midthjell, Liv; Sæther, Bernt-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Inbreeding can affect fitness-related traits at different life history stages and may interact with environmental variation to induce even larger effects. We used genetic parentage assignment based on 22 microsatellite ...
    • Elgen i Norge sett med jegerøyne. En analyse av jaktmaterialet fra overvå-kingsprogrammet for elg og det samlede sett elg-materialet for perioden 1966-2004 

      Solberg, Erling Johan; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Heim, Morten; Grøtan, Vidar; Garel, Mathieu; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Austrheim, Gunnar; Herfindal, Ivar (NINA rapport;125, Research report, 2006)
      Elgen er en viktig utmarksressurs i Norge. Som et ledd i overvåkingen av denne ressursen be-nyttes elgjegere til å samle inn forskjellig type data fra observerte og felte elg under jakta hvert år. Dette materialet er i ...
    • Elgens genetiske struktur i Norge 

      Solberg, Erling Johan; Røed, Knut H.; Flagstad, Øystein; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Heim, Morten; Andersen, Reidar; Rolandsen, Christer Moe (NINA Rapport;467, Research report, 2009)
      Elgen er en viktig naturressurs i Norge med stor økonomisk og rekreasjonsmessig betydning. Til tross for dette vet vi lite om elgens genetiske variasjon, og således evnen den norske elgen har til å takle forandringer i ...
    • Elgundersøkelsene i Nord-Trøndelag, Bindal og Rissa 2005 - 2010. Sluttrapport 

      Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Solberg, Erling Johan; Bjørneraas, Kari; Heim, Morten; Van Moorter, Bram; Herfindal, Ivar; Garel, Mathieu; Pedersen, Paul Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Lykkja, Odd N.; Os, Øystein (NINA rapport;588, Research report, 2010)
      Rapporten beskriver resultatene fra Elgundersøkelsene i Nord-Trøndelag, Bindal og Rissa. Det overordnede målet har vært å øke den generelle kunnskapen om elgen i området, og gjennom dette bidra til å styrke det faglige ...
    • Harvest-induced phenotypic selection in an island population of moose, Alces alces 

      Kvalnes, Thomas; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Haanes, Hallvard; Røed, Knut; Engen, Steinar; Solberg, Erling Johan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Empirical evidence strongly indicates that human exploitation has frequently led to rapid evolutionary changes in wild populations, yet the mechanisms involved are often poorly understood. Here, we applied a recently ...
    • Hjortevilt 1991-2011. Oppsummeringsrapport fra Overvåkingsprogrammet for Hjortevilt 

      Solberg, Erling Johan; Strand, Olav; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Andersen, Roy; Heim, Morten; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Langvatn, Rolf; Holmstrøm, Frode; Solem, May I.; Eriksen, Rune; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Ueno, Mayumi (NINA rapport;885, Research report, 2012)
      Overvåkingsprogrammet for hjortevilt blir gjennomført på oppdrag fra Direktoratet for naturforvaltning (DN), og NINA har hatt ansvaret for gjennomføringen av programmet siden oppstarten i 1991 og fram til i dag. Datamaterialet ...
    • Hjortevilt og trafikk i Norge: En analyse av hjorteviltrelaterte trafikkulykker i perioden 1970-2007 

      Solberg, Erling Johan; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Herfindal, Ivar; Heim, Morten (NINA Rapport;463, Research report, 2009)
      Hjorteviltet er en viktig naturressurs i Norge, med stor økonomisk og rekreasjonsmessig betyd-ning for jaktrettshavere og jegere. I takt med stadig økende bestandstetthet ser vi også økende samfunnskostnader forbundet med ...
    • Immobilisering og radiomerking av elg på Vega, 1992-2010 : konsekvenser for dyrevelferd, kondisjon, reproduksjon og overlevelse 

      Solberg, Erling Johan; Heim, Morten; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Arnemo, Jon Martin (NINA rapport;658, Research report, 2011)
      For å kunne forstå dynamikken i bestander av jaktbare viltarter er det ofte nødvendig å merke et visst antall dyr for å innhente informasjon om individuell overlevelse, reproduksjon, kondisjon og atferd. Både merkeprosessen ...
    • “Individual Variation in Site Fidelity of Moose” 

      Dahal, Pooja (Master thesis, 2023)
      1. Site fidelity, the tendency of animals to return to the same areas within or among the years can contribute to maximizing individual fitness by improving survival and reproduction. Seasonal and temporal variation of ...
    • Large-scale spatiotemporal variation in road mortality of moose: Is it all about population density? 

      Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Solberg, Erling Johan; Herfindal, Ivar; Van Moorter, Bram F. A.; Sæther, Bernt-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Ungulate‐vehicle collisions (UVC) constitute a widespread and increasing problem in large parts of the world. This has generated an intensive search for mitigating measures, but often based on a weak understanding of the ...
    • Long-term changes in northern large-herbivore communities reveal differential rewilding rates in space and time 

      Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Solberg, Erling Johan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Herbivores have important impacts on ecological and ecosystem dynamics. Population density and species composition are both important determinants of these impacts. Large herbivore communities are shifting in many parts ...