• Savannah trees buffer herbaceous plant biomass against wild and domestic herbivores 

  Smith, Stuart; Graae, Bente Jessen; Bukombe, John; Hassan, Shombe N.; Lyamuya, Richard Daniel; Mtweve, Philipo Jacob; Treydte, Anna C; Speed, James David Mervyn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Questions Given the growing abundance and dominance of domestic herbivores in savannah ecosystems, can trees maintain plant herbaceous standing biomass under increasing herbivore pressure? Are there differences in the ...

• Blåleddved Lonicera caerulea etablerer seg i fjellskog på Dovrefjell 

  Prestø, Tommy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

• Moose effects on soil temperatures, tree canopies, and understory vegetation: a path analysis 

  Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Austrheim, Gunnar; Graae, Bente Jessen; Solberg, Erling Johan; Strimbeck, Richard; Speed, James David Mervyn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

  Large vertebrate herbivores are ubiquitous and increasingly numerous in boreal forests where they are known to influence ecosystems in many ways. However, separating the direct effects of herbivores from their indirect ...

• Comparative transcriptomics reveals candidate carotenoid color genes in an East African cichlid fish 

  Ahi, Ehsan Pashay; Lecaudey, Laurene Alicia; Ziegelbecker, Angelika; Steiner, Oliver; Glabonjat, Ronald; Goessler, Walter; Hois, Victoria; Wagner, Carina; Lass, Achim; Sefc, Kristina M (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Background Carotenoids contribute significantly to animal body coloration, including the spectacular color pattern diversity among fishes. Fish, as other animals, derive carotenoids from their diet. Following uptake, ...

• Hiding in the background: community-level patterns in invertebrate herbivory across the tundra biome 

  Rheubottom, Sarah I.; Barrio, Isabel C.; Kozlov, Mikhail V.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Andersson, Tommi; Asmus, Ashley L.; Baubin, Capucine; Brearley, Francis Q.; Egelkraut, Dagmar; Ehrich, Dorothee; Gauthier, Gilles; Jonsdottir, Ingibjørg; Konieczka, Sophia; Lévesque, Esther; Olofsson, Johan; Prevéy, Janet S.; Slevan-Tremblay, Guillaume; Sokolov, Aleksandr; Sokolova, Natalia; Sokovnina, Svetlana; Speed, James David Mervyn; Suominen, Otso; Zverev, Vitali; Hik, David S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Invertebrate herbivores depend on external temperature for growth and metabolism. Continued warming in tundra ecosystems is proposed to result in increased invertebrate herbivory. However, empirical data about how current ...

• Differential patterns of floristic phylogenetic diversity across a post-glacial landscape 

  Mienna, Ida M.; Speed, James David Mervyn; Bendiksby, Mika; Thornhill, Andrew H.; Mishler, Brent D; Martin, Michael David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Aim: In this study, we explored spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity (PD) and end-emism in the flora of Norway and tested hypothesized post-glacial environmental drivers of PD, including temperature, precipitation, ...

• The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx) 

  Halbritter Rechsteiner, Aud Helen; De Boeck, Hans J.; Eycott, Amy Elizabeth; Reinsch, Sabine; Robinson, David A.; Vicca, Sara; Berauer, Bernd; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Estiarte, Marc; Grünzweig, José M.; Gya, Ragnhild; Hansen, Karin; Jentsch, Anke; Lee, Hanna; Linder, Sune; Marshall, John; Peñuelas, Josep; Schmidt, Inger Kappel; Stuart-Haëntjens, Ellen; Wilfahrt, Peter; Vandvik, Vigdis; Abrantes, Nelson; Almagro, María; Althuizen, Inge; Barrio, Isabel C.; te Beest, Mariska; Beier, Claus; Beil, Iilka; Berry, Z. Carter; Birkemoe, Tone; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Blonder, Benjamin; Blume-Werry, Gesche; Bohrer, Gil; Campos, Isabel; Cernusak, Lucas S.; Chojnicki, Bogdan H.; Cosby, Bernhard J.; Dickman, Lee T.; Djukic, Ika; Filella, Iolanda; Fuchslueger, Lucia; Gargallo-Garriga, Albert; Gillespie, Mark Andrew; Goldsmith, Gregory R.; Gough, Christopher; Halliday, Fletcher W.; Hegland, Stein Joar; Hoch, Gunter; Holub, Petr; Jaroszynska, Francesca Orinda Holl; Johnson, Daniel M.; Jones, Scott B.; Kardol, Paul; Keizer, Jan J.; Klem, Karel; Konestabo, Heidi Sjursen; Kreyling, Jürgen; Kröel-Dulay, György; Landhäusser, Simon M.; Larsen, Klaus S.; Leblans, Niki; Lebron, Inma; Lehmann, Marco M.; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Lenz, Armando; Linstädter, Anja; Llusià, Joan; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Malyshev, Andrey V.; Mänd, Pille; Marshall, Miles; Matheny, Ashley M.; McDowell, Nate; Meier, Ina C.; Meinzer, Frederick C.; Michaletz, Sean T.; Miller, Megan L.; Muffler, Lena; Oravec, Michal; Ostonen, Ivika; Porcar-Castell, Albert; Preece, Catherine; Prentice, Iain C.; Radujković, Dajana; Ravolainen, Virve; Ribbons, Relena; Ruppert, Jan C.; Sack, Lawren; Sardans, Jordi; Schindlbacher, Andreas; Scoffoni, Christine; Sigurdsson, Bjarni D.; Smart, Simon M; Smith, Stuart; Soper, Fiona; Speed, James David Mervyn; Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne; Sydenham, Markus A. K.; Taghizadeh-Toosi, Arezoo; Telford, Richard J.; Tielborger, Katja; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Urban, Otmar; van der Ploeg, Martine; Van Langenhove, Leandro; Večeřová, Kristýna; Ven, Arne; Verbruggen, Erik; Vik, Unni; Weigel, Robert; Wohlgemuth, Thomas; Wood, Lauren K.; Zinnert, Julie; Zurba, Kamal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  1. Climate change is a world-wide threat to biodiversity and ecosystem structure, functioning and services. To understand the underlying drivers and mechanisms, and to predict the consequences for nature and people, we ...

• Environmental influences on life history strategies in partially anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta, Salmonidae) 

  Nevoux, Marie; Finstad, Bengt; Davidsen, Jan Grimsrud; Finlay, Ross; Josset, Quentin; Poole, Rusell; Höjesjö, Johan; Aarestrup, Kim; Persson, Lo; Tolvanen, Oula; Jonsson, Bror (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  This paper reviews the life history of brown trout and factors influencing decisions to migrate. Decisions that maximize fitness appear dependent on size at age. In partly anadromous populations, individuals that attain ...

• Assessing sampling coverage of species distribution in biodiversity databases 

  Sporbert, Maria; Bruelheide, Helge; Seidler, Gunnar; Keil, Petr; Jandt, Ute; Austrheim, Gunnar; Biurrun, Idoia; Campos, Juan Antonio; Čarni, Andraž; Chytrý, Milan; Csiky, János; De Bie, Els; Dengler, Jürgen; Golub, Valentin; Grytnes, John-Arvid; Indreica, Adrian; Jansen, Florian; Jiroušek, Martin; Lenoir, Jonathan; Luoto, Miska; Marcenó, Corrado; Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold; Pérez-Haase, Aaron; Rūsiņa, Solvita; Vandvik, Vigdis; Vassilev, Kiril; Welk, Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Aim Biodiversity databases are valuable resources for understanding plant species distributions and dynamics, but they may insufficiently represent the actual geographic distribution and climatic niches of species. Here ...

• Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic 

  Ameen, Carly; Feuerborn, Tatiana R.; Brown, Sarah K.; Linderholm, Anna; Hulme-Beaman, Ardern; Lebrasseur, Ophelie; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Lounsberry, Zachary T.; Lin, Audrey T.; Appelt, Martin; Bachmann, Lutz; Betts, Matthew; Britton, Kate; Darwent, John; Dietz, Rune; Fredholm, Merethe; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Goruinova, Olga I.; Grønnow, Bjarne; Haile, James; Hallsson, Jón Hallsteinn; Harrison, Ramona; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter; Knecht, Rick; Losey, Robert J.; Masson-MacLean, Edouard; McGovern, Thomas H.; McMagnus-Fry, Ellen; Meldgaard, Morten; Midtdal, Åslaug; Moss, Madonna L.; Nikitin, Iurii G.; Nomokonova, Tatiana; Palsdottir, Albina Hulda; Perri, Angela; Popov, Aleksandr N.; Rankin, Lisa; Reuther, Joshua D.; Sablin, Mikhail V.; Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth; Shirar, Scott; Smiarowski, Konrad; Sonne, Christian; Stiner, Mary C.; Vasyukov, Mitya; West, Catherine F.; Ween, Gro Birgit; Wennerberg, Sanne Eline; Wiig, Øystein; Woollett, James; Dalén, Love; Hansen, Anders J.; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Sacks, Benjamin N; Frantz, Laurent A.F.; Larson, Greger; Dobney, Keith; Darwent, Christyann M.; Evin, Allowen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but ...

• Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny 

  Cappellini, Enrico; Welker, Frido; Pandolfi, Luca; Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; Samodova, Diana; Rüther, Patrick L.; Fotakis, Anna K.; Lyon, David; Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor; Bukhsianidze, Maia; Jersie-Christensen, Rosa Rakownikow; Mackie, Meaghan; Ginolhac, Aurélien; Ferring, Reid; Tappen, Martha; Palkopoulou, Eleftheria; Dickinson, Marc R.; Stafford, Jr., Thomas W.; Chan, Yvonne L.; Götherström, Anders; Nathan, Senthilvel K.S.S.; Heintzman, Peter D.; Kapp, Joshua D.; Kirillova, Irina V.; Moodley, Yoshan; Agusti, Jordi; Kahlke, Ralf-Dietrich; Kiladze, Gocha; Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Liu, Shanlin; Sandoval Velasco, Marcela; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Kelstrup, Christian D.; Allentoft, Morten E.; Orlando, Ludovic; Penkman, Kirsty; Shapiro, Beth; Rook, Lorenzo; Dalén, Love; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Olsen, Jesper V.; Lordkipanidze, David; Willerslev, Eske (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  The sequencing of ancient DNA has enabled the reconstruction of speciation, migration and admixture events for extinct taxa1. However, the irreversible post-mortem degradation2 of ancient DNA has so far limited its ...

• Taxonomic and functional characterization of the microbial community during spontaneous in vitro fermentation of riesling must 

  Sirén, Kimmo; Mak, Sarah Siu Tze; Melkonian, Chrats; Carøe, Christian; Swiegers, Jan Hendrik; Molenaar, Douwe; Fischer, Ulrich; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Although there is an extensive tradition of research into the microbes that underlie the winemaking process, much remains to be learnt. We combined the high-throughput sequencing (HTS) tools of metabarcoding and metagenomics, ...

• Molecular mechanisms underlying nuchal hump formation in dolphin cichlid, Cyrtocara moorii 

  Lecaudey, Laurene Alicia; Sturmbauer, Christian; Singh, Pooja; Ahi, Ehsan Pashay (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  East African cichlid fishes represent a model to tackle adaptive changes and their connection to rapid speciation and ecological distinction. In comparison to bony craniofacial tissues, adaptive morphogenesis of soft tissues ...

• Ancient RNA from Late Pleistocene permafrost and historical canids shows tissue-specific transcriptome survival 

  Smith, Oliver; Dunshea, Glenn; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger; Fedorov, Sergey; Germonpre, Mietje; Bocherens, Hervé; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  While sequencing ancient DNA (aDNA) from archaeological material is now commonplace, very few attempts to sequence ancient transcriptomes have been made, even from typically stable deposition environments such as permafrost. ...

• Fish diversity assessment in the headwaters of the Volga River using environmental DNA metabarcoding 

  Lecaudey, Laurene Alicia; Schletterer, Martin; Kuzovlev, Vyacheslav V; Hahn, Christoph; Weiss, Stephen J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  The headwaters of the Volga River exhibit large reaches with near‐pristine conditions, and therefore long‐term biodiversity monitoring of this catchment can provide rare and valuable information on a European lowland river. ...

• Population genomics of an outbreak of the potato late blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, reveals both clonality and high genotypic diversity 

  Maurice, Sundy Ursula Mary Jane; Montes, Melanie; Nielsen, Bent J.; Bødker, Lars; Martin, Michael David; Jønck, Carina; Kjøller, Rasmus; Rosendahl, Søren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  An outbreak of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans in Denmark was characterized in order to resolve the population structure and determine to what extent sexual reproduction was occurring. A standard set ...

• Simulation as a tool to identify dynamical typology of water frog hemiclonal population systems 

  Shabanov, Dmytro; Vladymyrova, Marina; Leonov, Anton; Biriuk, Olga; Kravchenko, Marina; Mair, Quentin; Meleshko, Olena; Newman, Julian; Usova, Olena; Zholtkevych, Grygoriy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Some related species give rise to interspecies hybrids with hemiclonal inheritance. The gametes of such hybrids transfer the set of hereditary information of one of the parental species. The water frog, Pelophylax esculentus, ...

• Skmer: assembly-free and alignment-free sample identification using genome skims 

  Sarmashghi, Shahab; Bohmann, Kristine; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Bafna, Vineet; Mirarab, Siavash (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  The ability to inexpensively describe taxonomic diversity is critical in this era of rapid climate and biodiversity changes. The recent genome-skimming approach extends current barcoding practices beyond short markers by ...

• Naturindeks for Norge: Evaluering av indikatorer innen åpent lavland 

  Johansen, Line; Carlsen, Thomas; Hassel, Kristian; Kallioniemi, Eveliina; Staverløkk, Arnstein; Pedersen, Bård; Wehn, Sølvi (NIBIO Rapport;, Research report, 2019)

• Individual repeatability in marine migratory behaviour: A multi-population assessment of anadromous brown trout tracked through consecutive feeding migrations 

  Eldøy, Sindre Håvarstein; Bordeleau, Xavier; Crossin, Glenn T; Davidsen, Jan Grimsrud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Despite that the study of individual repeatability is a common topic in behavioral ecology, virtually nothing is known about inter-annual variability in the marine migratory behavior of iteroparous salmonids that can ...

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