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  • 20th century Betula pubescens subsp. czerepanovii tree- and forest lines in Norway 
    Bryn, Anders; Potthoff, Kerstin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Background: Georeferenced tree- and forest line data has a wide range of applications and are increasingly used for e.g. monitoring of climate change impacts and range shift modelling. As part of a research project, ...
  • A remarkable extension of range, the fungivorous moth Dryadaula heindeli Gaedike & Scholz, 1998 (Lepidoptera, Dryadaulidae) recorded in Norway 
    Gustad, Jørn R.; Aarvik, Leif (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    A male specimen of Dryadaula heindeli Gaedike & Scholz, 1998 (Lepidoptera, Dryadaulidae) was found in western Norway in Møre og Romsdal at Averøy: Rokset in August 2017. The circumstances of the record, the species’ biology ...
  • Advancing restoration ecology: A new approach to predict time to recovery 
    Rydgren, Knut; Halvorsen, Rune; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Auestad, Inger; Hamre, Liv Norunn; Jongejans, Eelke; Sulavik, Jan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    1. Species composition is a vital attribute of any ecosystem. Accordingly, ecological restoration often has the original, or “natural,” species composition as its target. However, we still lack adequate methods for predicting ...
  • The amazon ant Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Norway 
    Mehl, Reidar; Hansen, Lars Ove (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    The amazon ant Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798) is recorded in Norway. Two cohorts were observed at Skåtøy, Kragerø municipality (TEY, EIS 11), 9 July 1995, raiding pupae of Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758, which is one ...
  • An expressed sequence tag (EST) library from developing fruits of an Hawaiian endemic mint (Stenogyne rugosa, Lamiaceae): characterization and microsatellite markers 
    Lindqvist, Charlotte; Scheen, Anne-Cathrine; Yoo, Mi-Jeong; Grey, Paris; Oppenheimer, David G; Leebens-Mack, James H; Soltis, Douglas E; Soltis, Pamela S; Albert, Victor A (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
    Background The endemic Hawaiian mints represent a major island radiation that likely originated from hybridization between two North American polyploid lineages. In contrast with the extensive morphological ...
  • Are there any trees in the Arctic? Reconstruction of evolutionary histories in a young biome 
    Carlsen, Tor (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2007)
    Reconstructing molecular phylogenies and unraveling biogeographic histories of arctic plants are needed to obtain better insights into the processes of evolution, dispersal and colonization in this young biome. Studies ...
  • Arenaria acaulis (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from South Peru 
    Montesinos-Tubee, Daniel B.; Kool, Anneleen (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    During studies on the flora of Moquegua (Southern Peru), some interesting Arenaria populations (subgen. Dicranilla, Caryophyllaceae) were found. The morphology of the plants does not resemble any other neotropical Arenaria ...
  • Atp8 is in the ground pattern of flatworm mitochondrial genomes 
    Egger, Bernhard; Bachmann, Lutz; Fromm, Bastian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Background To date, mitochondrial genomes of more than one hundred flatworms (Platyhelminthes) have been sequenced. They show a high degree of similarity and a strong taxonomic bias towards parasitic lineages. ...
  • An ‛Aukward’ tale: a genetic approach to discover the whereabouts of the last Great Auks 
    Thomas, Jessica E; Carvalho, Gary R.; Haile, James; Martin, Michael David; Castruita, Jose A. Samaniego; Niemann, Jonas; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela; Rawlence, Nicolas J.; Fuller, Errol; Fjeldså, Jon; Hofreiter, Michael; Stewart, John R; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Knapp, Michael (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    One hundred and seventy-three years ago, the last two Great Auks, Pinguinus impennis, ever reliably seen were killed. Their internal organs can be found in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, but the ...
  • Authentication of Garcinia fruits and food supplements using DNA barcoding and NMR spectroscopy 
    Gopalakrishnan Saroja, Seethapathy; Tadesse, Margey; Santhosh Kumar, JU; Gunaga, Srikanth V.; Vasudeva, Ramesh; Malterud, Karl Egil; Ramanan, Uma Shaanker; de Boer, Hugo; Gudasalamani, Ravikanth; Wangensteen, Helle (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) fruits are a rich source of (−)-hydroxycitric acid, and this has gained considerable attention as an anti-obesity agent and a popular weight loss food supplement. In this study, we assessed ...
  • Beak and skull shapes of human commensal and non-commensal house sparrows Passer domesticus 
    Riyahi, Sepand; Hammer, Øyvind; Arbabi, Tayebeh; Sánchez, Antonio; Roselaar, Cees S; Aliabadian, Mansour; Sætre, Glenn-Peter (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
    Background The granivorous house sparrow Passer domesticus is thought to have developed its commensal relationship with humans with the rise of agriculture in the Middle East some 10,000 years ago, and to ...
  • Benefits and limitations of DNA barcoding and metabarcoding in herbal product authentication 
    Raclariu, Ancuta Cristina; Heinrich, Michael; Ichim, Mihael Cristi; de Boer, Hugo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Introduction Herbal medicines play an important role globally in the health care sector and in industrialised countries they are often considered as an alternative to mono-substance medicines. Current quality and ...
  • The black willow aphid Pterocomma salicis (L., 1758) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Norway 
    Hansen, Lars Ove; Rolseth, Kjetil (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2004)
    The black willow aphid Pterocomma salicis is recorded from Norway for the first time. Acolony was photographed and 45 specimens were collected 12 June 2004 in Folldal municipality, Hedmark (HEN). The locality is situated ...
  • Bohseite, ideally Ca4Be4Si9O24(OH)4, from the Piława Górna quarry, the Góry Sowie Block, SW Poland 
    SZEŁĘG, E.; ZUZENS, B; HAWTHORNE, Frank C.; PIECZKA, A; SZUSZKIEWICZ, A; TURNIAK, K; NEJBERT, K; ILNICKI, S. S.; Friis, Henrik; Makovicky, E; Weller, Mark T.; LEMÉE-CAILLEAU, M.-H. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Bohseite is an orthorhombic calcium beryllium aluminosilicate with variable Al content and an endmember formula Ca4Be4Si9O24(OH4), that was discovered in the Piława Górna quarry in the eastern part of the Góry Sowie Block, ...
  • Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Norway, Part II 
    Riedel, Matthias; Hansen, Lars Ove (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    The present faunistic survey gives distributional records for 125 species of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from several subfamilies (Agathidinae, Alysiinae, Aphidiinae, Brachistinae, Braconinae, Cheloninae, Doryctinae, ...
  • Chalcid wasps of the family Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Oslo Municipality, Norway, with description of a new species 
    Japoshvili, George; Hansen, Lars Ove (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    This contribution focuses on the family Encyrtidae from Oslo Municipality, one of the richer areas in Norway as biodiversity concerns. The following four species are reported for the first time from Norway: Metaphycus ...
  • Chapter 42: Information, knowledge and agricultural biodiversity 
    Endresen, Dag Terje Filip (Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture include an estimated 7.4 million ex situ accessions conserved in genebank collections. An estimated 40% of these accessions are both electronically documented and freely ...
  • Characterisation and mapping of landscape types, a case study from Norway 
    Erikstad, Lars; Uttakleiv, Lars Andre; Halvorsen, Rune (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    The European Landscape Convention emphasises the human perception of landscapes in its definition of the landscape, and promotes citizen participation in landscape management processes. On the other hand, landscape definitions ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...