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  • Climate warming feedback from mountain birch forest expansion: Reduced albedo dominates carbon uptake 
    de Wit, Heleen; Bryn, Anders; Hofgaard, Annika; Karstensen, Jonas; Kvalevåg, Maria Malene; Peters, Glen Philip (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
    Expanding high‐elevation and high‐latitude forest has contrasting climate feedbacks through carbon sequestration (cooling) and reduced surface reflectance (warming), which are yet poorly quantified. Here, we present an ...
  • Climate–ecosystem modelling made easy: The Land Sites Platform 
    Keetz, Lasse Torben; Lieungh, Eva; Karimi-Asli, Kaveh; Geange, Sonya Rita; Gelati, Emiliano; Tang, Hui; Yilmaz, Yeliz A.; Aas, Kjetil Schanke; Althuizen, Inge; Bryn, Anders; Falk, Stefanie; Fisher, Rosie; Fouilloux, Anne; Horvath, Peter; Indrehus, Sunniva; Lee, Hanna; Lombardozzi, Danica; Parmentier, Frans-Jan W.; Pirk, Norbert; Vandvik, Vigdis; Vollsnes, Ane Victoria; Skarpaas, Olav; Stordal, Frode; Tallaksen, Lena M. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs) provide a state-of-the-art process-based approach to study the complex interplay between vegetation and its physical environment. For example, they help to predict how terrestrial ...
  • A climatic trigger for the giant Troll pockmark field in the northern North Sea 
    Mazzini, Adriano; Svensen, Henrik; Forsberg, Carl Fredrik; Linge, Henriette; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Haflidason, Haflidi; Hammer, Øyvind; Planke, Sverre; Tjelta, Tor-Inge (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Pockmarks are seafloor craters usually formed during methane release on continental margins. However, the mechanisms behind their formation and dynamics remain elusive. Here we report detailed investigations on one of the ...
  • Collections of Arctic Plants, Lichens, and Fungi in the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway 
    Bjorå, Charlotte Sletten; Bendiksby, Mika; Johannessen, Lars Erik; Løfall, Bjørn Petter; Timdal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    The Arctic has been, and is, an area of focus for the botanical and fungal (lichenized fungi included) collections at the Natural History Museum of Oslo. These collections house more than 233,000 unique Arctic specimens, ...
  • Colonization and diversification in the African ‘sky islands’: insights from fossil-calibrated molecular dating of Lychnis (Caryophyllaceae). 
    Gizaw, Abel; Brochmann, Christian; Nemomissa, Sileshi; Wondimu, Tigist; Masao, Catherine; Tusiime, Felly Mugizi; Abdi, Ahmed Abdikhadir; Oxelman, Bengt; Popp, Magnus; Dimitrov, Dimitar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2016)
    The flora on the isolated high African mountains or ‘sky islands’ is remarkable for its peculiar adaptations, local endemism and striking biogeographical connections to remote parts of the world. Ages of the plant lineages ...
  • Commonness and ecology, but not bigger brains, predict urban living in birds 
    Dale, Svein; Lifjeld, Jan T; Rowe, Melissah (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Background Several life history and ecological variables have been reported to affect the likelihood of species becoming urbanized. Recently, studies have also focused on the role of brain size in explaining ...
  • Comparative analysis of four medicinal floras: Phylogenetic methods to identify cross‐cultural patterns 
    Lei, Di; Al-Jabri, Turaiya; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Saslis-Lagoudakis, Haris; Ghazanfar, Shahina A.; Hawkins, Julie A. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Four medicinal floras were compared using phylogenetic methods, to test whether there are shared patterns in medical plant use at the level of the whole medicinal floras, or for specific therapeutic applications. Checklists ...
  • Comparative authentication of Hypericum perforatum herbal products using DNA metabarcoding, TLC and HPLC-MS 
    Raclariu, Ancuta Cristina; Paltinean, Ramona; Vlase, Laurian; Labarre, Aurélie; Manzanilla, Vincent; Ichim, Mihael Cristi; Crisan, Gianina; Brysting, Anne Krag; de Boer, Hugo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Many herbal products have a long history of use, but there are increasing concerns over product efficacy, safety and quality in the wake of recent cases exposing discrepancies between labeling and constituents. When it ...
  • Comparative genomics of Ascetosporea gives new insight into the evolutionary basis for animal parasitism in Rhizaria 
    Hiltunen Thorén, Markus; Onuț-Brännström, Ioana; Alfjorden, Anders; Pecková, Hana; Swords, Fiona; Hooper, Chantelle; Holzer, Astrid S.; Bass, David; Burki, Fabien (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Background Ascetosporea (Endomyxa, Rhizaria) is a group of unicellular parasites infecting aquatic invertebrates. They are increasingly being recognized as widespread and important in marine environments, ...
  • Comparative performance of the BGISEQ-500 vs Illumina HiSeq2500 sequencing platforms for palaeogenomic sequencing 
    Mak, Sarah S.T.; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Carøe, Christian; Geng, Chunyu; Liu, Shanlin; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Kuderna, Lukas FK; Zhang, Wenwei; Fu, Shujin; Vieira, Filipe G.; Germonpre, Mietje; Bocherens, Hervé; Fedorov, Sergey; Petersen, Bent; Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas; Marques-Bonet, Tomas; Zhang, Guojie; Jiang, Hui; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Ancient DNA research has been revolutionized following development of next-generation sequencing platforms. Although a number of such platforms have been applied to ancient DNA samples, the Illumina series are the dominant ...
  • Comparative population transcriptomics provide new insight into the evolutionary history and adaptive potential of World Ocean Krill 
    Choquet, Marvin; Lenner, Felix; Cocco, Arianna; Toullec, Gaelle; Corre, Erwan; Toullec, Jean-Yves; Wallberg, Andreas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Abstract Genetic variation is instrumental for adaptation to changing environments but it is unclear how it is structured and contributes to adaptation in pelagic species lacking clear barriers to gene flow. Here, ...
  • Compartmentalization of mRNAs in the giant, unicellular green alga Acetabularia acetabulum 
    Andresen, Ina Jungersen; Orr, Russell; Shalchian-Tabrizi, Kamran; Bråte, Jon (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga which has historically been an important model system in cell biology. Here, we attempt to re-introduce A. acetabulum as a model system through the investigation of the ...
  • Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use 
    Stalpers, Joost A.; Redhead, Scott A.; May, Tom W.; Rossman, Amy Y.; Crouch, Jo A.; Cubeta, Marc A.; Dai, Yu-Cheng; Kirschner, Roland; Langer, Gitta J.; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Mack, Jonathan; Norvell, Lorelei L.; Oberwinkler, Franz; Papp, Viktor; Roberts, Peter; Rajchenberg, Mario; Seifert, Keith A.; Thorn, R. G. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    With the change to one scientific name for fungal taxa, generic names typified by species with sexual or asexual morph types are being evaluated to determine which names represent the same genus and thus compete for use. ...
  • Competition on the Rocks: Community Growth and Tessellation 
    Jettestuen, Espen; Nermoen, Anders; Hestmark, Geir; Timdal, Einar; Mathiesen, Joachim (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    Crustose lichen communities on rocks exhibit fascinating spatial mosaics resembling political maps of nations or municipalities. Although the establishment and development of biological populations are important themes in ...
  • Complete mitochondrial genomes of eleven extinct or possibly extinct bird species 
    Anmarkrud, Jarl Andreas; Lifjeld, Jan Terje (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Natural history museum collections represent a vast source of ancient and historical DNA samples from extinct taxa that can be utilized by high-throughput sequencing tools to reveal novel genetic and phylogenetic information ...
  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic 
    Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Kerby, Jeffrey T.; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Epstein, Howard E.; Assmann, Jakob J.; John, Christian; Andreu-Hayles, Laia; Angers-Blondin, Sandra; Beck, Pieter S. A.; Berner, Logan T.; Bhatt, Uma S.; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Blok, Daan; Bryn, Anders; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Cunliffe, Andrew M.; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Forbes, Bruce C.; Goetz, Scott J.; Hollister, Robert D.; de Jong, Rogier; Loranty, Michael M.; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Maseyk, Kadmiel; Normand, Signe; Olofsson, Johan; Parker, Thomas C.; Parmentier, Frans-Jan W.; Post, Eric; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Stordal, Frode; Sullivan, Patrick F.; Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Tømmervik, Hans; Treharne, Rachael; Tweedie, Craig E.; Walker, Donald A.; Wilmking, Martin; Wipf, Sonja (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    As the Arctic warms, vegetation is responding, and satellite measures indicate widespread greening at high latitudes. This ‘greening of the Arctic’ is among the world’s most important large-scale ecological responses to ...
  • Composite landscape predictors improve distribution models of ecosystem types 
    Simensen, Trond; Horvath, Peter; Vollering, Julien; Erikstad, Lars; Halvorsen, Rune; Bryn, Anders (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Aim: Distribution modelling is a useful approach to obtain knowledge about the spatial distribution of biodiversity, required for, for example, red-list assessments. While distribution modelling methods have been applied ...
  • The concealed granite massif of Eichigt−Schönbrunn (Vogtland, Germany): Petrography, mineralogy, geochemistry and age of the Eichigt apical intrusion 
    Gottesmann, B.; Förster, Hans-Jürgen; Müller, Axel; Kämpf, Horst (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    The Eichigt granite is one of two apical intrusions forming the concealed massif of Eichigt−Schönbrunn in the Erzgebirge−Vogtland metallogenic province of Germany. It represents a peraluminuous, medium-grained, Si-rich ...
  • Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores 
    Stien, Audun; Ims, Rolf Anker; Albon, Steve D.; Fuglei, Eva; Irvine, R.J.; Ropstad, Erik; Halvorsen, Odd; Langvatn, Rolf; Loe, Leif Egil; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Yoccoz, Nigel (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    Assessing the role of weather in the dynamics of wildlife populations is a pressing task in the face of rapid environmental change. Rodents and ruminants are abundant herbivore species in most Arctic ecosystems, many of ...
  • Conservation status revision and communities' perceptions of 22 Aloe species in Tanzania 
    Abihudi, Siri; de Boer, Hugo; Treydte, Anna C (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Background and aims – Many Aloe species are globally threatened due to overharvesting for trade and habitat destruction. CITES regulates their international trade. In Tanzania, 50% of all existing Aloe species had previously ...