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  • 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 ...
  • Chemistry of quartz related to the Zinnwald/Cínovec Sn-W-Li greisen-type deposit, Eastern Erzgebirge, Germany 
    Müller, Axel; Herklotz, Gunter; Giegling, Horst (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Magmatic and hydrothermal quartz populations related to the Late-Variscan Zinnwald/Cínovec Sn-W-Li greisen-type deposit in the Eastern Erzgebirge/Krušné Hory (German/Czech Republic) were studied in terms of trace element ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 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 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Contrasting effects of summer and winter warming on body mass explain population dynamics in a food-limited Arctic herbivore 
    Albon, Steve D.; Irvine, R. Justin; Halvorsen, Odd; Langvatn, Rolf; Loe, Leif Egil; Ropstad, Erik; Veiberg, Vebjørn; van der Wal, René; Bjørkvoll, Eirin Marie; Duff, Elizabeth I.; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Tveraa, Torkild; Stien, Audun (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    The cumulative effects of climate warming on herbivore vital rates and population dynamics are hard to predict, given that the expected effects differ between seasons. In the Arctic, warmer summers enhance plant growth ...
  • Convergent evolution of the ladder-like ventral nerve cord in Annelida 
    Helm, Conrad; Beckers, Patrick; Bartolomaeus, Thomas; Drukewitz, Stephan H; Kourtesis, Ioannis; Weigert, Anne; Purschke, Günter; Worsaae, Katrine; Struck, Torsten H; Bleidorn, Christoph (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Background A median, segmented, annelid nerve cord has repeatedly been compared to the arthropod and vertebrate nerve cords and became the most used textbook representation of the annelid nervous system. ...