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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 genome-skimmed phylogeny of a widespread bryozoan family, Adeonidae 
    Orr, Russell J S; Haugen, Marianne N; Berning, Björn; Bock, Philip; Cumming, Robyn L; Florence, Wayne K; Hirose, Masato; Di Martino, Emanuela; Ramsfjell, Mali H; Sannum, Maja M; Smith, Abigail M; Vieira, Leandro M; Waeschenbach, Andrea; Liow, Lee Hsiang (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Understanding the phylogenetic relationships among species is one of the main goals of systematic biology. Simultaneously, credible phylogenetic hypotheses are often the first requirement for ...
  • A new specimen of Palvennia hoybergeti: implications for cranial and pectoral girdle anatomy in ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs 
    Delsett, Lene Liebe; Druckenmiller, Patrick Scott; Roberts, Aubrey Jane; Hurum, Jørn Harald (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    The Late Jurassic Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte on Spitsbergen preserves a diverse array of marine reptiles, including four named taxa of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs. One of these, Palvennia hoybergeti, is based on the ...
  • A Phalarodon fraasi (Ichthyosauria: Mixosauridae) from the Middle Triassic of Svalbard 
    Økland, Inghild Halvorsen; Delsett, Lene Liebe; Roberts, Aubrey Jane; Hurum, Jørn Harald (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    A new specimen of Phalarodon from the Middle Triassic Botneheia Formation on Svalbard, although not complete, is well preserved with both cranial and postcranial elements. Uncompressed preservation of the rostrum reveals ...
  • A regional approach to Nordic crop wild relative in situ conservation planning 
    Fitzgerald, Heli; Palmé, Anna; Asdal, Åsmund; Endresen, Dag Terje Filip; Kiviharju, Elina; Lund, Birgitte; Rasmussen, Morten; Thorbjörnsson, Hjörtur; Weibull, Jens (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Crop wild relatives (CWR) can provide one solution to future challenges on food security, sustainable agriculture and adaptation to climate change. Diversity found in CWR can be essential for adapting crops to these new ...
  • 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 ...
  • Alien plants, animals, fungi and algae in Norway: an inventory of neobiota 
    Sandvik, Hanno; Dolmen, Dag; Elven, Reidar; Falkenhaug, Tone; Forsgren, Elisabet; Hansen, Haakon; Hassel, Kristian; Husa, Vivian; Kjærstad, Gaute; Ødegaard, Frode; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Solheim, Halvor; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Åsen, Per Arvid; Åström, Sandra Charlotte Helene; Brandrud, Tor Erik; Elven, Hallvard; Endrestøl, Anders; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Fredriksen, Stein; Gammelmo, Øivind; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Hamnes, Inger Sofie; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Hegre, Hanne; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Jelmert, Anders; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Johnsen, Stein Ivar; Karlsbakk, Egil; Magnusson, Christer; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Nordén, Björn; Oug, Eivind; Pedersen, Oddvar; Pedersen, Per Anker; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Skei, Jon Kristian; Solstad, Heidi; Sundheim, Leif; Swenson, Jon; Syvertsen, Per Ole; Talgø, Venche; Vandvik, Vigdis; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Wienerroither, Rupert; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Hilmo, Olga; Henriksen, Snorre; Gederaas, Lisbeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    We present the results of an inventory and status assessment of alien species in Norway. The inventory covered all known multicellular neobiota, 2496 in total, 1039 of which were classified as naturalised. The latter ...
  • 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 ...
  • Ancient environmental DNA reveals shifts in dominant mutualisms during the late Quaternary 
    Zobel, Martin; Davison, John; Edwards, Mary E.; Brochmann, Christian; Coissac, Eric; Taberlet, Pierre; Willerslev, Eske; Moora, Mari (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    DNA-based snapshots of ancient vegetation have shown that the composition of high-latitude plant communities changed considerably during the late Quaternary. However, parallel changes in biotic interactions remain largely ...
  • 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 ...
  • Berriasian planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils from Crimea Mountains, with reference to microfossil evolution 
    Gradstein, Felix M; Waskowska, Anna; Kopaevich, Ludmila; Watkins, David K; Friis, Henrik; Perez Panera, J (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    A Berriasian age planktonic foraminifera assemblage from a section near the village of Krasnoselivka in the Tonas River Basin, Crimea contains Favusella hoterivica (Subbotina), ?Favusella sp., Conoglobigerina gulekhensis ...
  • BioDATA - Biodiversity Data for Internationalisation in Higher Education 
    Prylutskyi, Oleh; Abrahamyan, Armine; Voronova, Nina; Aloyan, Tatevik; Borodin, Oleg; Darmostuk, Valerii; Gasparyan, Naira; Ivanova, Natalya; Johaadien, Rukaya Sarah; Khachatryan, Hrant; Krasovskii, Stanisav; Krishin, Gleb; Kulikova, Alena; Kurbonbekova, Shifo; Makeyeva, Elena; Savchenko, Anton; Mamadalieva, Mukhabbatkhon; Melikyan, Andreas; Mirzorakhimov, Akobir; Movsisyan, Astghik; Mubalieva, Shoista; Novikov, Andriy; Russell, Laura Anne; Shashkov, Maxim; Sheriko, Anna; Schigel, Dmitry; Sysoliatin, Eugeny; Tykarski, Piotr; Verstraete, Brecht; Yatsiuk, Iryna; Zykova, Mariia; Endresen, Dag Terje Filip; de Boer, Hugo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    BioDATA is an international project on developing skills in biodiversity data management and data publishing. Between 2018 and 2021, undergraduate and postgraduate students from Armenia, Belarus, Tajikistan, and Ukraine, ...