The thesis introduces a new integrated approach to ecological and evolutionary modeling, the goal of which is to create an analytical platform for applied interdisciplinary researches. This Conspecific Community Dynamics ...

Rødkinnet spyflue (Calliphora vicina) er et alvorlig skadedyr i norsk tørrfiskproduksjon. I dårlige år forårsaker insektene et økonomisk tap som overskrider 10 millioner kroner. Problemene oppstår når fluene legger egg på ...

The interactions between seabirds and their environment, notably their prey, include complex spatial patterns and mechanisms that span over different scales of processes (e.g. physiology, behaviour, population). To understand ...

Birdsong is a species-specific signal that is used in mate attraction and intrasexual competition. This thesis concerns song acquisition in two oscine songbird species, the great tit Parus major and the pied flycatcher ...

In this thesis I have studied connectivity processes affecting the population structure of coastal cod on the Norwegian Skagerrak coast. I have focused on three aspects of the processes. Firstly the dynamics and the integrity ...

This thesis focuses on the natural history of the dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans and closely related taxa within Serpulaceae. In the first study the phylogenetic relationships within Serpulaceae have been investigated ...

Polyploidy, i.e., the duplication of entire nuclear genomes, has shaped the evolution of major lineages of eukaryotes, and is particularly important in the Plant Kingdom. Molecular analyses suggest that the genomes of most ...

Klimaforandringer gir drastiske endringer i mengden av organisk karbon i innsjøer og vi imøtegår en fremtid med brunere vann. Det er en av konklusjonene til Søren Larsens doktorgradsavhandling som er utført ved Biologisk ...