• Assessment of species listing proposals for CITES CoP17. Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      Rueness, Eli Knispel; Asmyhr, Maria Gulbrandsen; Endrestøl, Anders; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Måren, Inger Elisabeth; de Boer, Hugo; Hindar, Kjetil; Kirkendall, Lawrence R.; Nagy, Nina Elisabeth; Nielsen, Anders; Sandlund, Odd Terje; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Stenøien, Hans K.; Velle, Gaute; Vandvik, Vigdis (VKM Report;, Research report, 2016)
      International wildlife trade is estimated to be worth billions of dollars annually and to include hundreds of millions of plant and animal specimens. The commerce is diverse, ranging from live animals and plants, to parts ...
    • Assessment of the risks associated with the import and release of hand-reared mallards for hunting purposes. Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety, VKM Report 2017:23 

      Rueness, Eli Knispel; Cadahia-Lorenzo, Luis; Hoel, Kristian; Søderquist, Pär; Velle, Gaute; Asmyhr, Maria Gulbrandsen; de Boer, Hugo; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Hindar, Kjetil; Kirkendall, Lawrence R.; Nagy, Nina Elisabeth; Nielsen, Anders; Sandlund, Odd Terje; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Stenøien, Hans K.; Vandvik, Vigdis (VKM Report;, Research report, 2017)
    • Assessment of the risks to Norwegian biodiversity from the import and keeping of aquarium and garden pond plants. Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      de Boer, Hugo; Asmyhr, Maria Gulbrandsen; Grundt, Hanne Hegre; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Stenøien, Hans K.; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Hindar, Kjetil; Kirkendall, Lawrence R.; Nagy, Nina Elisabeth; Nielsen, Anders; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Sandlund, Odd Terje; Velle, Gaute (VKM Report;, Research report, 2016)
      The Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) asked the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) to assess the risks of negative impacts on biodiversity in Norway from the import and keeping of various species of ...
    • Assessment of the risks to Norwegian biodiversity from the import and keeping of terrestrial arachnids and insects. Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered species of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      Nielsen, Anders; Finne, Merethe Aasmo; Asmyhr, Maria Gulbrandsen; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Kirkendall, Lawrence R.; Vandvik, Vigdis; Velle, Gaute; de Boer, Hugo; Hindar, Kjetil; Nagy, Nina Elisabeth; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Sandlund, Odd Terje; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Stenøien, Hans K. (VKM Report;, Research report, 2016)
      The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) has been asked by the Norwegian Environment Agency to undertake an assessment of the risks of negative impacts on biodiversity in Norway stemming from the import of ...
    • Contrasting Patterns of Genetic Structuring in Natural Populations of Arabidopsis lyrata Subsp. petraea across Different Regions in Northern Europe 

      Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Lundemo, Sverre; Ansell, Stephen W.; Stenøien, Hans K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-16)
      Level and partitioning of genetic diversity is expected to vary between contrasting habitats, reflecting differences in strength of ecological and evolutionary processes. Therefore, it is necessary to consider processes ...
    • Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges 

      Granath, Gustaf; Rydin, Håkan; Baltzer, JL; Bengtsson, F; bonocek, n; Bragazza, Luca; Bu, Z-J; Caporn, SJM; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Galanina, O; Galka, M; Ganeva, Anna; Gilikin, DP; Goia, I; Goncharova, N; Hájek, Michal; Haraguchi, A; Harris, Lorna I; Humphreys, E; Jiroušek, M; Kajukało, K; Karofeld, E; Koronatova, NG; Kosykh, NP; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Lapshina, Elena D.; Limpens, Juul; Linkosalmi, Maiju; Ma, J-Z; Mauritz, Marguerite; Munir, TM; Natali, SM; Natcheva, Rayna; Noskova, M; Payne, Richard J.; Pilkington, K; Robinson, Sean,; Robroek, Bjorn J M; Rochefort, L.; Singer, David; Stenøien, Hans K.; Tuttila, E-S; Vellak, Kai; Verheyden, A; Waddington, JM; Rice, SK (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Rain-fed peatlands are dominated by peat mosses (Sphagnum sp.), which for their growth depend on nutrients, water and CO2 uptake from the atmosphere. As the isotopic composition of carbon (12,13C) and oxygen (16,18O) of ...
    • Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in mires across the Holarctic region 

      Bengtson, Fia; Rydin, Håkan; Baltzer, Jennifer L.; Bragazza, Luca; Bu, Zhao-Jun; Caporn, Simon J. M.; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Galanina, Olga; Galka, Mariusz; Ganeva, Anna; Goia, Irina; Goncharova, Nadezhda; Hájek, Michal; Haraguchi, Akira; Harris, Lorna I.; Humphreys, Elyn; Jiroušek, Martin; Kajukalo, Katarzyna; Karofeld, Edgar; Koronatova, Natalia G.; Kosykh, Natalia P.; Laine, Anna M.; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Lapshina, Elena D.; Limpens, Juul; Linkosalmi, Maiju; Ma, Jin-Ze; Mauritz, Marguerite; Mitchell, Edward A. D.; Munir, Tariq M.; Natali, Susan M.; Natcheva, Rayna; Payne, Richard J.; Philippov, Dmitriy A.; Rice, Steven K.; Robinson, Sean; Robroek, Bjorn J. M.; Rochefort, Line; Singer, David; Stenøien, Hans K.; Tuttila, Eeva-Stiina; Vellak, Kai; Waddington, James Michael; Granath, Gustaf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The relative importance of global versus local environmental factors for growth and thus carbon uptake of the bryophyte genus Sphagnum—the main peat-former and ecosystem engineer in northern peatlands—remains unclear. We ...
    • Extensive genome-wide phylogenetic discordance is due to incomplete lineage sorting and not ongoing introgression in a rapidly radiated bryophyte genus 

      Meleshko, Olena; Martin, Michael David; Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand; Schröck, Christian; Lamkowski, Paul; Schmutz, Jeremy; Healey, Adam; Piatkowski, Bryan T; Shaw, A. Jonathan; Weston, David J; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Szövényi, Péter; Hassel, Kristian; Stenøien, Hans K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The relative importance of introgression for diversification has long been a highly disputed topic in speciation research and remains an open question despite the great attention it has received over the past decade. Gene ...
    • Genetisk opphav til den norsksvenske ulvestammen (Canis lupus lupus) 

      Stenøien, Hans K.; Sun, Xin; Martin, Michael David; Scharff-Olsen, Camilla Hjorth; Alonso, Germán Hernàndez; Martins, Nuno Filipe Gomes; Lanigan, Liam T; Ciucani, Marta M.; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk rapport;, Research report, 2021)
      Den genetiske opprinnelsen til den norsk-svenske ulvebestanden har vært debattert helt siden den tilsynelatende ble reetablert på 1980-tallet. Det er stilt spørsmål om bestanden kan være nedstammet fra andre ulver enn de ...
    • Glacial refugia and post-glacial colonization patterns in European bryophytes 

      Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Stenøien, Hans K.; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Hassel, Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Most species are assumed to have survived south or east of the ice sheet covering northern Europe during the last glacial maximum. Molecular and macrofossil evidence suggests, however, that some species may have survived ...
    • Highly overlapping winter diet in two sympatric lemming species revealed by DNA metabarcoding 

      Soininen, Eeva M; Gauthier, Gilles; Bilodeau, Frederic; Berteaux, Dominique; Gielly, Ludovic; Taberlet, Pierre; Gussarova, Galina; Bellemain, Eva; Hassel, Kristian; Stenøien, Hans K.; Epp, Laura; Schrøder-Nielsen, Audun; Brochmann, Christian; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Sympatric species are expected to minimize competition by partitioning resources, especially when these are limited. Herbivores inhabiting the High Arctic in winter are a prime example of a situation where food availability ...
    • Is interspecific gene flow and speciation in peatmosses (Sphagnum) constrained by phylogenetic relationship and life-history traits? 

      Meleshko, Olena; Stenøien, Hans K.; Speed, James David Mervyn; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Hassel, Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Peatmosses are interesting for studies of speciation processes not only because of their frequent hybridization and recent diversification, but also their phenotypic diversity, ecological importance and ancient history. ...
    • Lake sediment multi-taxon DNA from North Greenland records early post-glacial appearance of vascular plants and accurately tracks environmental changes 

      Epp, Laura; Gussarova, Galina; Boessenkool, Sanne; Olsen, J.; Haile, J; Schrøder-Nielsen, Audun; Ludikova, A.; Hassel, Kristian; Stenøien, Hans K.; Funder, S.; Willerslev, Eske; Kjær, K.; Brochmann, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      High Arctic environments are particularly sensitive to climate changes, but retrieval of paleoecological data is challenging due to low productivity and biomass. At the same time, Arctic soils and sediments have proven ...
    • Long-distance dispersal and barriers shape genetic structure of peatmosses (Sphagnum) across the Northern Hemisphere 

      Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Hassel, Kristian; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Shaw, A. Jonathan; Brochmann, Christian; Stenøien, Hans K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Aim Disjunctly distributed peatmosses (Sphagnum) have been found to exhibit little genetic structure over regional and intercontinental scales, mainly caused by high ability for transoceanic long-distance dispersal. ...
    • Novel microsatellite markers for Dalechampia scandens(Euphorbiaceae) and closely related taxa:application to studying a species complex 

      Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Stenøien, Hans K.; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Hansen, Thomas F; Pérez‐Barrales, Rocio; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      We developed novel microsatellite markers for D alechampia scandens L. (Euphorbiaceae). The target plants belong to a distinct, but undescribed, species in the D . scandens species complex, characterized by small resin-producing ...
    • Phylogenetic structure in the Sphagnum recurvum complex (Bryophyta: Sphagnaceae) relative to taxonomy and geography 

      Duffy, A; Aguero, Blanka; Stenøien, Hans K.; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Ignatov, MS; Hassel, Kristian; Shaw, AJ (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Premise The Sphagnum recurvum complex comprises a group of closely related peat mosses that are dominant components of many northern wetland ecosystems. Taxonomic hypotheses for the group range from interpreting the whole ...
    • Phylogenomic structure and speciation in an emerging model: the Sphagnum magellanicum complex (Bryophyta) 

      Shaw, A. Jonathan; Piatkowski, Bryan; Duffy, Aaron M.; Aguero, Blanka; Imwattana, Karn; Nieto-Lugilde, Marta; Healey, Adam; Weston, David J.; Patel, Megan N.; Schmutz, Jeremy; Grimwood, Jane; Yavitt, Joseph B.; Hassel, Kristian; Stenøien, Hans K.; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Bickford, Christopher P.; Hicks, Karen A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Sphagnum magellanicum is one of two Sphagnum species for which a reference-quality genome exists to facilitate research in ecological genomics. Phylogenetic and comparative genomic analyses were conducted based on ...
    • Population Genetic Study of Carex jemtlandica and C. lepidocarpa sect. Ceratocystis (Cyperaceae), using RAD-seq 

      Nygård, Malene Østreng (Master thesis, 2016)
      Carex L. sect. Ceratocystis Dumort. is a small, presumably young, distinct evolutionary entity of the sedge family (Cyperaceae Juss.) known for its internally problematic taxonomy and complex morphology. For instance, there ...
    • Population genomic evidence for plant glacial survival in Scandinavia 

      Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Zemp, Niklaus; Bruederle, Leo P.; Stenøien, Hans K.; Widmer, Alex; Fior, Simone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Quaternary glaciations have played a major role in shaping the genetic diversity and distribution of plant species. Strong palaeoecological and genetic evidence supports a postglacial recolonization of most plant species ...
    • The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic 

      Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Ebenesersdottir, S.Sunna; Lundstrøm, Inge K.C.; Turner-Walker, Gordon; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Luisi, Pierre; Magaryan, Ashot; Martin, Michael D.; Ellegaard, Martin Rene; Magnusson, Olafur T.; Sigurdsson, Asgeir; Snorradóttir, Steinunn; Magnúsdóttir, Droplaug N.; Laffoon, Jason E.; van Dorp, Lucy; Liu, Xiaodong; Moltke, Ida; Avila-Arcos, María C.; Schraiber, Joshua G.; Rasmussen, Simon; Juan, David; Galabert, Pere; De-Dios, Toni; Fotakis, Anna K.; Iraeta-Orbegozo, Miren; Vågene, Åshild J.; Denham, Sean Dexter; Christophersen, Axel; Stenøien, Hans K.; Vieira, Filipe G.; Liu, Shanlin; Günther, Torsten; Kivisild, Toomas; Moseng, Ole Georg; Skar, Birgitte; Cheung, Christina; Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela; Wales, Nathan; Schroeder, Hannes; Campos, Paula F.; Gudmundsdottir, Valdis B; Sicheritz - Ponten, Thomas; Petersen, Bent; Halgunset, Jostein; Gilbert, Edmund; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Hovig, Eivind; Kockum, Ingrid; Olsson, Tomas; Alfredsson, Lars; Hansen, Thomas F.; Werge, Thomas; Willerslev, Eske; Balloux, Francois; Marquès-Bonet, Tomás; Lalueza-Fox, Carles; Nielsen, Rasmus; Stefánsson, Kári; Helgason, Agnar; Gilbert, Thomas P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Human populations have been shaped by catastrophes that may have left long-lasting signatures in their genomes. One notable example is the second plague pandemic that entered Europe in ca. 1,347 CE and repeatedly returned ...