Dette arbeidet tar sikte på å forstå bruken og den sosiale betydningen av keramikk og andre kar i gravkontekst fra eldre jernalder (500 f.Kr. – 575 e.Kr.) i Øst-Norge. I dette langtidsperspektivet er det særlig én ...

Den sørlige grensen for samisk kultur har vært diskutert av både historikere og arkeologer gjennom mer enn hundre år. Denne avhandlingen tar for seg det arkeologiske materialet fra jernalderen og middelalderen fra ...

The main objectives of this thesis are to study patterns and processes of plant speciation in arctic and alpine diploid plants. Cryptic species are here referred to as morphologically similar individuals belonging to the ...

The easier access to increasingly powerful computational approaches and tools in the field of distribution modelling, has contributed to a proliferation of data, applications, practitioners, guidelines, and novel theoretical ...

Var grekernes mynter datidens flagg? Dette og andre historiske spørsmål drøftes i en doktoravhandling fra Universitetet i Oslo, hvor myntvesen og samfunnsliv på den greske øya Kos står i sentrum. I studien blir den materielle ...

Despite the similar function of all sperm cells – to fertilise the egg – there is extraordinary diversity in sperm shape and length across taxa. This thesis aims to improve our understanding of how this diversity has ...

This thesis presents a study of vegetation and plant population dynamics in a local vegetation–environment context, and examines the importance of management regimes for the maintenance of grassland species. In the modern, ...

The principal aim of this study was to investigate vegetation-environment relationships and examine patterns of changes in forest understorey vegetation in five Chinese subtropical forests. Furthermore, an Ecological Field ...

The mapping of genealogical relationships between individuals, populations, subspecies and species is important for studies of evolutionary processes and biodiversity, and for conservation decisions. In this thesis, I have ...