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    • A calculator for local peatland volume and carbon stock to support area planners and decision makers 

      Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Fandrem, Marte; Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Bartlett, Jesamine; Cretois, Benjamin; Silvennoinen, Hanna Marika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Conserving soil carbon is one of many actions to take in limiting global warming. However, carbon dense peatlands are still being drained or excavated. Infrastructure development is one of the major current threats to boral ...

    • Spatial patterns of phylogenetic and species diversity of fennoscandian vascular plants in protected areas 

      Matten, Damaris Marina; Mienna, Ida Marielle; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Mishler, Brent D; Moen, Victoria Stornes; Nygård, Malene Østreng; Vuorinen, Katariina Elsa M; Bendiksby, Mika; Martin, Michael David; Speed, James David Mervyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Protected areas are one of the main strategic means for conserving biodiversity. Yet, the design of protected areas usually neglects phylogenetic diversity, an important diversity measure. In this paper we assess the ...

    • A simplified protocol for DNA extraction from FTA cards for faecal microbiome studies 

      Bolt Botnen, Amanda; Bjørnsen, Mads Bjørn; Alberdi, Antton; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Aizpurua, Ostaizka (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      As metagenomic studies continue to increase in size and complexity, they are often required to incorporate data from geographically isolated locations or longitudinal time samples. This represents a technical challenge, ...

    • Uncovering neutral and adaptive genomic differentiation among European perch with brackish water and freshwater origin in the western Baltic Sea region 

      Skovrind, Mikkel; Pacheco, George; Christensen, Emil Aputsiaq Flindt; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Fietz, Katharina; Holm-Hansen, Tore Hejl; Vieira, Filipe Garrett; Krag, Marcus Anders; Carl, Henrik; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Olsen, Morten Tange; Møller, Peter Daniel Rask (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Environmental variation across the range of wild species can lead to local adaptations. The Baltic Sea was formed when the Fenno-Scandian ice sheet retreated around 12 thousand years ago, creating a new brackish water ...

    • Airborne laser scanning reveals uniform responses of forest structure to moose (Alces alces) across the boreal forest biome 

      Petersen, Tanja Kofod; Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Kouki, Jari; Leroux, Shawn J.; Potvin, Lynette R.; Tremblay, Jean-Pierre; Wallgren, Märtha; Widemo, Fredrik; Cromsigt, Joris P. G. M.; Courtois, Coline; Austrheim, Gunnar; Gosse, John; den Herder, Michael; Hermanutz, Luise; Speed, James David Mervyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      1. The moose Alces alces is the largest herbivore in the boreal forest biome, where it can have dramatic impacts on ecosystem structure and dynamics. Despite the importance of the boreal forest biome in global carbon ...

    • Large haploblocks underlie rapid adaptation in the invasive weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia 

      Battlay, Paul; Wilson, Jonathan; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Lee, Christopher; Prapas, Diana; Petersen, Bent; Craig, Sam; van Boheemen, Lotte; Scalone, Romain; de Silva, Nissanka; Sharma, Amit; Konstantinovic, Bojan; Nurkowski, Kristin; Rieseberg, Loren H.; Connallon, Tim; Martin, Michael David; Hodgins, Kathryn A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Adaptation is the central feature and leading explanation for the evolutionary diversification of life. Adaptation is also notoriously difficult to study in nature, owing to its complexity and logistically prohibitive ...

    • Co-diversification of an intestinal Mycoplasma and its salmonid host 

      Rasmussen, Jacob A.; Kiilerich, Pia; Madhun, Abdullah Sami; Waagbø, Rune; Lock, Erik Jan Robert; Madsen, Lise; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Kristiansen, Karsten; Limborg, Morten T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Understanding the evolutionary relationships between a host and its intestinal resident bacteria can transform how we understand adaptive phenotypic traits. The interplay between hosts and their resident bacteria inevitably ...

    • The first consolidation of morphological, molecular, and phylogeographic data for the finely differentiated genus Diaphoreolis (Nudibranchia: Trinchesiidae) 

      Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Bakken, Torkild; Martynov, Alexander (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We demonstrate the application of the multilevel organismal diversity approach using the example of the nudibranch trinchesiid genus Diaphoreolis. For the first time, fine-scale morphological, genetic, and phylogeographic ...

    • On the origin and evolution of RNA editing in metazoans 

      Zhang, Pei; Zhu, Yuanzhen; Guo, Qunfei; Li, Ji; Zhan, Xiaoyu; Yu, Hao; Xie, Nianxia; Tan, Huishuang; Lundholm, Nina; Garcia-Cuetos, Lydia; Martin, Michael David; Antó Subirats, Meritxell; Su, Yi-Hsien; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki; Martindale, Mark Q.; Yu, Jr-Kai; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Zhang, Guojie; Li, Qiye (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Extensive adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing of nuclear-transcribed mRNAs is the hallmark of metazoan transcriptional regulation. Here, by profiling the RNA editomes of 22 species that cover major groups of Holozoa, we ...

    • Conserved Molecular Players Involved in Human Nose Morphogenesis Underlie Evolution of the Exaggerated Snout Phenotype in Cichlids 

      Duenser, Anna; Singh, Pooja; Lecaudey, Laurène Alicia; Sturmbauer, Christian; Albertson, R. Craig; Gessl, Wolfgang; Ahi, Ehsan Pashay (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Instances of repeated evolution of novel phenotypes can shed light on the conserved molecular mechanisms underlying morphological diversity. A rare example of an exaggerated soft tissue phenotype is the formation of a snout ...

    • Short stories from Sphagnum of rare species, taxonomy, and speciation 

      Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Meleshko, Olena; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Hassel, Kristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Conserving species and their genetic variation are a global priority to safeguard evolu-tionary potential in a rapidly changing world. Species are fundamental units in research and nature management, but taxonomic work is ...

    • Biogeographic patterns of distribution of the mollusc Zelentia ninel (Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae) 

      Broms, Fredrik Björn; Bakken, Torkild; Martynov, Alexander; Korshunova, Tatiana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In the present contribution we report, for the first time, records of the nudibranch Zelentia ninel from Norway. The species is previously known only from the Barents Sea coast in northern Russia where it was described for ...

    • The identification and distribution of Sphagnum balticum (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen in Britain 

      Callaghan, Des A.; Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Hassel, Kristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Introduction. The aims of this study were to help clarify the identification of Sphagnum balticum in Britain, to review its distribution, and to investigate the possible presence of hybrids between it and either S. cuspidatum ...

    • Multiple paths toward repeated phenotypic evolution in the spiny-leg adaptive radiation (Tetragnatha; Hawai'i) 

      Cerca, José; Cotoras, Darko; Santander, Cindy G.; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Hutchins, Leke; Morin-Lagos, Jaime; Prada, Carlos; Kennedy, Susan M.; Krehenwinkel, Henrik; Rominger, Andrew J.; Meier, Joana Isabel; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Struck, Torsten H; Gillespie, Rosemary G (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The repeated evolution of phenotypes provides clear evidence for the role of natural selection in driving evolutionary change. However, the evolutionary origin of repeated phenotypes can be difficult to disentangle as it ...

    • Restoring heathlands after afforestation on two islands in western Norway 

      Saure, Heidi Iren; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Hassel, Kristian; Vandvik, Vigdis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The ongoing loss of red-listed coastal heathlands is a threat to biodiversity and cultural heritage legacies throughout the Atlantic coastal regions of Europe. It is possible to restore degraded and afforested heathlands, ...

    • Phylogenetic position of Synarthonia (lichenized Ascomycota, Arthoniaceae), with the description of six new species. 

      van den Broeck, Dries; Frisch, Andreas; RAZAFINDRAHAJA, Tahina; Van de Vijver, Bart; Ertz, Damien (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Background and aims – The Arthoniaceae form a species-rich family of lichenized, lichenicolous and saprophytic fungi in the order Arthoniales. As part of taxonomic revisions of the African Arthoniaceae, a number of species ...

    • The use of eDNA and DNA based methods to assess and monitor alien and doorknocker species 

      Ekrem, Torbjørn; Baussant, Thierry; Dunshea, Glenn John; Dunthorn, Micah; Egge, Elianne Dunthorn; Engesmo, Anette; Fossøy, Frode; Hansen, Haakon; Kistenich, Sonja; Krolicka, Adriana; Larsen, Aud; Mauvisseau, Quentin; Strand, David; Vrålstad, Trude; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke (Report. Norwegian Environment Agency;, Research report, 2023)
      All organisms leave traces of their DNA in the environment they live in. This environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to detect and monitor single species as well as communities, and potentially be utilized in early warning ...

    • Skjøtselsplaner for Saupøyvollen og slåttemyrer ved Husmannsberget, Meråker kommune 

      Lyngstad, Anders; Davidsen, Anette Sophie Grimsrud; Øien, Dag-Inge (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk notat, Research report, 2023)

    • Similar Ones Are Not Related and Vice Versa—New Dendronotus Taxa (Nudibranchia: Dendronotidae) from the North Atlantic Ocean Provide a Platform for Discussion of Global Marine Biodiversity Patterns 

      Korshunova, Tatiana; Grøtan, Viktor Vasskog; Johnson, Kjetil Breivik; Bakken, Torkild; Picton, Bernard; Martynov, Alexander (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      One new species of the genus Dendronotus (Nudibranchia: Dendronotidae) is described from Norway and Northern Ireland, as well as from the adjacent North Sea, and one new subspecies of Dendronotus arcticus is described from ...

    • Beskrivelser av torvmassivenheter. Kunnskapsgrunnlag for NiN 3.0 

      Lyngstad, Anders; Moen, Asbjørn; Halvorsen, Rune; Øien, Dag-Inge (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk rapport;, Research report, 2023)
      Norwegian Summary Myr defineres som et landområde med vegetasjon som krever fuktighet, og som danner torv. Torv er sted-egent akkumulert materiale, hvis tørrvekt utgjøres av mer enn 30 % dødt organisk materiale. Det er ...