Institutt for naturhistorie: Recent submissions

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    • Comparative Mitogenome Analysis of Two Native Apple Snail Species (Ampullariidae, Pomacea) from Peruvian Amazon 

      Mendivil, Alejandro; Ramírez, Rina; Morin Lagos, Jaime Gerardo; Ramirez, Jorge L.; Siccha-Ramirez, Raquel; Britzke, Ricardo; Rivera, Fátima; Ampuero, Andre; Oliveros, Nilda; Congrains, Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Apple snails of the genus Pomacea Perry, 1810 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) are native to the Neotropics and exhibit high species diversity, holding cultural and ecological significance as an important protein ...

    • Notes on Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Norway, including Centrotoma lucifuga Heyden, 1849 new to the Nordic countries 

      Ødegaard, Frode (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

    • To bee, or not to bee? One leg is the question 

      Cavill, Emily; Liu, Shanlin; Zhou, Xin; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Temporal genomic studies that utilise museum insects are invaluable for understanding changes in ecological processes in which insects are essential, such as wild and agricultural pollination, seed dispersal, nutrient ...

    • Open Data Practices among Users of Primary Biodiversity Data 

      Mandeville, Caitlin; Koch, Wouter; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Presence-only biodiversity data are increasingly relied on in biodiversity, ecology, and conservation research, driven by growing digital infrastructures that support open data sharing and reuse. Recent reviews of open ...

    • 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 ...

    • Pervasive admixture and the spread of a large-lipped form in a cichlid fish radiation 

      Sowersby, Will; Cerca, José; Wong, Bob B. M.; Lehtonen, Topi K.; Chapple, David G.; Leal-Cardín, Mariana; Barluenga, Marta; Ravinet, Mark (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Adaptive radiations have proven important for understanding the mechanisms and processes underlying biological diversity. The convergence of form and function, as well as admixture and adaptive introgression, are common ...

    • Competitors and ruderals go to town: plant community composition and function along an urbanisation gradient 

      Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Speed, James David Mervyn; Grøtan, Vidar; Austrheim, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Urbanisation is expected to function as a filter for plant species by changing the physiochemical environment, causing species turnover along an urbanisation gradient. Analyses of the functional traits of species characteristic ...

    • Proximity to high densities of pastoral settlements reduces grassland regrowth in a protected tropical savanna 

      Wana, Desalegn; Smith, Stuart; Coleman, Kjirsten Elizabeth Robyne; Speed, James David Mervyn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Sedentarization of pastoralist communities is reshaping the structure and functioning of tropical savannas. Of particular concern is how permanent pastoral settlements change grassland vegetation inside “protected” areas. ...

    • Paraphyly and cryptic diversity unveils unexpected challenges in the “naked lichens” (Calvitimela, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota)   

      Fjelde, Markus Osaland; Timdal, Einar; Haugan, Reidar; Bendiksby, Mika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Molecular phylogenetics has revolutionized the taxonomy of crustose lichens and revealed an extensive amount of cryptic diversity. Resolving the relationships between genera in the crustose lichen family Tephromelataceae ...

    • Redefining the Evolutionary History of the Rock Dove, Columba livia, Using Whole Genome Sequences 

      Hernández-Alonso, Germán; Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; van Grouw, Hein; Ciucani, MartaMaria; Cavill, Emily Louisa; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Pacheco, George; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The domestic pigeon's exceptional phenotypic diversity was key in developing Darwin's Theory of Evolution and establishing the concept of artificial selection. However, unlike its domestic counterpart, its wild progenitor, ...

    • Overvåkning av anadrome laksefisk i Fjærevassdraget, Nordland. Resultater fra videoovervåkning 2022 

      Sjursen, Aslak Darre; Rønning, Lars; Davidsen, Jan Grimsrud (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk notat, Research report, 2023)

    • Overvåking og skjøtsel i Øvre Forra naturreservat 2022 

      Lyngstad, Anders (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk notat, Research report, 2023)

    • Overvåkning av anadrome laksefisk i Drevja, Nordland. Resultater fra videoovervåkning 2022 

      Sjursen, Aslak Darre; Rønning, Lars; Davidsen, Jan Grimsrud (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk notat;, Research report, 2023)

    • Planktonundersøkelser i Jonsvatnet. Årsrapport 2022 

      Hårsaker, Karstein; Davidsen, Anette Sophie Grimsrud (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk notat, Research report, 2023)

    • The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present 

      Rodriguez-Varela, Ricardo; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Ebenesersdottir, Sunna; Kilinc, Gulsah; Kjellström, Anna; Papmehl-Dufay, Ludvig; Alfsdotter, Clara; Berglund, Birgitta; Alrawi, Loey; Kashuba, Natlija; Sobrado, Veronica; Lagerholm, Vendela Kempe; Gilbert, Edmund; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Hovig, Eivind; Kockum, Ingrid; Olsson, Tomas; Alfredsson, Lars; Hansen, Thomas F.; Werge, Thomas; Munters, Arielle R.; Bernhardsson, Carolina; Skar, Birgitte; Christophersen, Axel; Turner-Walker, Gordon; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Daskalaki, Evangelia; Omrak, Ayca; Perez-Ramallo, Patxi; Skoglund, Pontus; Girdland-Flink, Linus; Gunnarsson, Fredrik; Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Lidén, Kerstin; Jakobsson, Mattias; Einarsson, Lars Petter; Victor, Helena; Krzewinska, Maja; Zachrisson, Torun; Storå, Jan; Stefánsson, Kári; Helgason, Agnar; Götherström, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We investigate a 2,000-year genetic transect through Scandinavia spanning the Iron Age to the present, based on 48 new and 249 published ancient genomes and genotypes from 16,638 modern individuals. We find regional variation ...

    • The ancestry and geographical origins of St Helena's liberated Africans 

      Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela; Jagadeesan, Anuradha; Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; Ávila-Arcos, María C.; Fortes-Lima, Cesar A.; Watson, Judy; Johannesdóttir, Erna; Cruz-Dávalos, Diana I.; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor; Niemann, Jonas; Renaud, Gabriel; Robson Brown, Katharine A.; Bennett, Helena; Pearson, Andrew; Helgason, Agnar; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Schroeder, Hannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The island of St Helena played a crucial role in the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade. Strategically located in the middle of the South Atlantic, it served as a staging post for the Royal Navy and reception ...

    • Historic Sampling of a Vanishing Beast: Population Structure and Diversity in the Black Rhinoceros 

      Sánchez-Barreiro, Fátima; De Cahsan, Binia; Westbury, Michael V.; Sun, Xin; Margaryan, Ashot; Fontsere, Claudia; Bruford, Michael W.; Russo, Isa-Rita M; Kalthoff, Daniela C.; Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas; Petersen, Bent; Dalén, Love; Zhang, Guojie; Marquès-Bonet, Tomás; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Moodley, Yoshan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis L.) is a critically endangered species historically distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Hunting and habitat disturbance have diminished both its numbers and distribution since the ...

    • Differential expression profiling of heat stressed tardigrades reveals major shift in the transcriptome 

      Neves, Ricardo A. Cardoso; Møbjerg, Ask; Kodama, Miyako; Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Møbjerg, Nadja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Tardigrades are renowned for their extreme stress tolerance, which includes the ability to endure complete desiccation, high levels of radiation and very low sub-zero temperatures. Nevertheless, tardigrades appear to be ...

    • DNA barcodes provide insights into the diversity and biogeography of the non-biting midge Polypedilum (Diptera, Chironomidae) in South America 

      da Silva, Fabio Laurindo; Pinho, Luiz Carlos; Stur, Elisabeth; Nihei, Silvio Shigueo; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      South America, particularly within its tropical belt, is renowned for its unparalleled high levels of species richness, surpassing other major biomes. Certain neotropical areas harbor fragmented knowledge of insect diversity ...

    • The role of parapodia and lack of photoacclimation in kleptoplasts of the sacoglossan sea slug Plakobranchus ocellatus 

      Dona, Angela; Evertsen, Jussi; Johnsen, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The sacoglossan sea slug Plakobranchus ocellatus is a pantropical gastropod that pilfers and incorporates algal chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) into its digestive cells and benefits from the production of photosynthate. It is ...