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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Intensified human land use continues to increase habitat loss and fragmentation, and leads to a homogenization of biodiversity. Specialized species with narrow niches seem to be declining more rapidly than generalist ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The new mineral hansesmarkite (IMA2015-067), Ca2Mn2Nb6O19·20H2O, was discovered at the AS Granit larvikite quarry in Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway. Hansesmarkite forms faintly yellow crystals up to 0.3 mm or thin ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are recurrent phenomena in northern Europe along the coasts of the Baltic Sea, Kattegat-Skagerrak, eastern North Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. These HABs have caused occasional massive ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Heligmosomoides polygyrus is a widespread gastro-intestinal nematode infecting wild Apodemus (wood mice) throughout Europe. Using molecular and morphological evidence, we review the status of Heligmosomoides ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Traditional crop varieties are an important source of genetic diversity for crop adaptation and modern breeding. Landraces of Asian (Oryza sativa) and African (Oryza glaberrima) rice have been well studied on the continents ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Abstract The East Greenland-Svalbard-Barents Sea (EGSB) bowhead whale stock ( Balaena mysticetus ) was hunted to near extinction and remains Endangered on the International Union of Conservation of Nature Red List. The ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Abstract The subsolidus phase diagram of silica in the 80–220 GPa pressure range was determined by density functional theory (DFT). The transition pressures calculated using the generalized gradient approximation ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Chikanda is a traditional dish made with wild-harvested ground orchid tubers belonging to three orchidioid genera, Disa, Satyrium and Habenaria, all of which are CITES appendix II-listed. Identification of collected orchid ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Sympatric species are expected to minimize competition by partitioning resources, especially when these are limited. Herbivores inhabiting the High Arctic in winter are a prime example of a situation where food availability ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this paper, past plant knowledge serves as a case study to highlight the promise and challenges of interdisciplinary data collection and interpretation in cultural evolution. Plants are central to human life and yet, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Abstract The monumental work of Olov Hedberg provided deep insights into the spectacular and fragmented tropical alpine flora of the African sky islands. Here we review recent molecular and niche modelling studies and ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2023)Wildlife trade is one of the largest threats to biodiversity today. To curb the devastating effects of unrestricted trade on species that are vulnerable to overexploitation, international trade is only permitted under ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Veteran hollow oaks (Quercus spp.) are keystone structures hosting high insect diversity but are declining in numbers due to intensification of land use and the abandonment of traditional management. The loss of this vital ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)African wolves (Canis lupaster) and Ethiopian wolves (C. simensis) occur often sympatrically across habitats in the Ethiopian Highlands, with recent studies finding evidence for interspecific competition. However, unlike ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)The males of some species of the rove beetle genus Bledius Leach (1819) have a pronounced horn protruding from the anterior margin of the pronotum. The horn function is not known, however in many other horn-bearing beetles, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
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Hovedveileder for feltbasert kartlegging av terrestrisk, limnisk og marin naturvariasjon etter NiN (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2020)Formålet med veilederen er å fylle det kunnskapsrommet som trengs for å bruke natursystemnivået i NiN til feltbasert kartlegging; både til opplæring av nye kartleggere, til hjelp ved utlysning av oppdrag, og som veiledning ...
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(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2018)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Nordland is Norway’s second largest county, with an areal extent of 38,482 km2 . In general, Nordland is reasonably well covered in terms of botanical exploration, with few blank areas. No flora covering the entire area ...