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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
There is a need for baseline information about how much plastics are ingested by wildlife and potential negative consequences thereof. We analysed the frequency of occurrence (FO) of plastics >1 mm in the stomachs of five ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Molecular phylogenetics has revolutionized the taxonomy of crustose lichens and revealed an extensive amount of cryptic diversity. Resolving the relationships between genera in the crustose lichen family Tephromelataceae ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Abstract. The new mineral pilanesbergite, with the ideal formula Na2Ca2Fe2Ti2(Si2O7)2O2F2, was found in a nepheline syenite, locally known as green foyaite, from the Pilanesberg Complex located in the North West Province ...
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Abstract
Adams and Collyer (2018) argue that contemporary multivariate (Gaussian) phylogenetic comparative methods are prone to favouring more complex models of evolution and sometimes rotation invariance can be ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal products are increasingly used in Europe, but prevalent authentication methods have significant gaps in detection. In this study, three authentication methods were tested in a ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Abstract. The new mckelveyite group mineral bainbridgeite-(YCe), ideally Na2Ba2YCe(CO3)6 ⋅ 3H2O, was found at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Bainbridgeite-(YCe) occurs as pseudotrigonal and pseudohexagonal hemimorphic ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Motivation
Compositional heterogeneity—when the proportions of nucleotides and amino acids are not broadly similar across the dataset—is a cause of a great number of phylogenetic artefacts. Whilst a variety ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2023)
Biodiversity assessments are crucial for understanding the state and threats to nature. While plants play a central role in these assessments, traditional methods for identifying plant diversity based on physical traits ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Norwegian Journal of Entomology: http://www.entomologi.no/journals/nje/nje.htm.
Norsk entomologisk forening: http://www.entomologi.no/index.htm
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Most pegmatites of southern Norway seem to be derived from anatectic melting of metamorphic rocks during the Sveconorwegian orogeny rather than to be highly evolved residual melts derived from granites. We test this ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Questions: Field-based ecosystem mapping is prone to observer bias, typically resulting in a mismatch between maps made by different mappers, that is, inconsistency. Experimental studies testing the influence of site, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The mckelveyite group consisting of seven carbonate minerals – mckelveyite-(Y), ewaldite, weloganite, donnayite-(Y), alicewilsonite-(YCe), alicewilsonite-(YLa), and bainbridgeite-(YCe) – is formally established. The general ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Norwegian Journal of Entomology: http://www.entomologi.no/journals/nje/nje.htm.
Norsk entomologisk forening: http://www.entomologi.no/index.htm
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract. The new mckelveyite group mineral alicewilsonite-(YCe), ideally Na2Sr2YCe(CO3)6 ⋅ 3H2O, was found at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, and subsequently at the Saint-Amable sill, Quebec, Canada, and the Khibiny ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Climate change coupled with other anthropogenic pressures may affect the extent of suitable habitat for species and thus their distributions. This is particularly true for species occupying ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Repetitive DNA make up a considerable fraction of most eukaryotic genomes. In fish, transposable element (TE) activity has coincided with rapid species diversification. Here, we annotated the repetitive content in 100 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Norwegian Journal of Entomology: http://www.entomologi.no/journals/nje/nje.htm.
Norsk entomologisk forening: http://www.entomologi.no/index.htm
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Currents are unique drivers of oceanic phylogeography and thus determine the distribution of marine coastal species, along with past glaciations and sea-level changes. Here we reconstruct the worldwide colonization history ...
(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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract
Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are crucial for adaptive immunity in jawed vertebrates, and theory predicts that there should be mate choice for optimizing MHC constitution in the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
With the advent of high-throughput genome sequencing, bioinformatics training has become essential for research in evolutionary biology and related fields. However, individual research groups are often not in the position ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Fluorite is one of the most common minerals in the crust and is of widespread economic importance. It shows strong UV-excited luminescence, variously attributed to defects within the fluorite structure and lanthanide ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Aim
To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory). We examined ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Milk thistle is one of the most popular hepatoprotectants, and is often sold in combination with other ingredients. Botanical supplements are known to be vulnerable to contamination and adulteration, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Protected areas are one of the main strategic means for conserving biodiversity. Yet, the design of protected areas usually neglects phylogenetic diversity, an important diversity measure. In this paper we assess the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
To determine the present-day community composition of siliceous Rhizaria (Radiolaria and Phaeodaria) in Norwegian fjords, plankton tows were conducted in south-western and northern Norwegian fjords in September 2016. The ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Understanding the long-term response of key marine phytoplankton species to ongoing global changes is pivotal in determining how oceanic community composition will respond over the coming decades. To better understand the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
An urgent aim of ecology is to understand how key species relate to climatic and environmental variation, to better predict their prospects under future climate change. The abundant dwarf shrub bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus ...
Mapping and Estimating Aboveground Biomass in an Alpine Treeline Ecotone under Model-Based Inference
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Due to climate change, treelines are moving to higher elevations and latitudes. The estimation of biomass of trees and shrubs advancing into alpine areas is necessary for carbon reporting. Remotely sensed (RS) data have ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract. The interannual variability of snow cover in alpine areas is increasing, which may affect the tightly coupled cycles of carbon and water through snow–vegetation–atmosphere interactions across a range of spatio-temporal ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Individual heterozygosity may influence the expression of fitness‐related traits, via genome‐wide or local genetic effects. Earlier studies have shown negative relationships between heterozygosity and sperm variation, ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Plant remains are valuable sources for cultural history. Humans and animals live inextricably together with plants. This article investigates how a large dataset of botanical macrofossils can give insights into cultural ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The repeated evolution of phenotypes provides clear evidence for the role of natural selection in driving evolutionary change. However, the evolutionary origin of repeated phenotypes can be difficult to disentangle ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Two Calanus species, C . glacialis and C . finmarchicus , due to different life strategies and environmental preferences act as an ecological indicators of Arctic Atlantification. Their high lipid content makes ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Intracellular symbionts often undergo genome reduction, losing both coding and non-coding DNA in a process that ultimately produces small, gene-dense genomes with few genes. Among eukaryotes, an ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
A fossil-rich interval in the organic rich marine black mudstone of the Middle Triassic Botneheia Formation on eastern Svalbard was logged in high-resolution on an extremely well exposed section with emphasis on bivalve ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The relevance of genetic constraints for evolutionary change beyond microevolutionary timescales is debated. The high evolvability of natural populations predicts rapid adaptation, but evolvability is often found to correlate ...
(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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Grassland and other herbaceous communities cover significant portions of Earth's terrestrial surface and provide many critical services, such as carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, and food production. Forecasts of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The coastline of Sub‐Saharan Africa hosts highly diverse fish communities of great conservation value, which are also key resources for local livelihoods. However, many costal ecosystems are threatened by ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract
The mitochondrial genomes of Bilateria are relatively conserved in their protein-coding, rRNA, and tRNA gene complement, but the order of these genes can range from very conserved to very variable depending ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The availability of phylogenetic data has greatly expanded in recent years. As a result, a new era in phylogenetic analysis is dawning—one in which the methods we use to analyse and assess our data are the bottleneck ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2023)
(Book / Bok / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Essays on evolvability from the perspectives of quantitative and population genetics, evolutionary developmental biology, systems biology, macroevolution, and the philosophy of science.
Evolvability—the capability of ...
Changing alpine vegetation dynamics: insight from complementary modelling and observation approaches
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2023)
Plants are vital resources and biodiversity components, and an important link between humans and the Earth system. Yet, data sets and theories in vegetation ecology are generally disjunct and only cover parts of the processes ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The Biatora vernalis- and meiocarpa-groups comprise species with pale beige to reddish brown apothecia and 0-, rarely also 1(–3)-septate ascospores. A DNA barcoding approach based on ITS sequences shows that these two ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Phylogenetic analyses of 140 ITS sequences from Norwegian material of Peltigera sect. Peltigera obtained mainly by the Norwegian DNA barcode project OLICH indicate the presence of 26 putative species. Among those, we accept ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Measurement theory, a branch of applied mathematics, offers guiding principles for extracting meaning from empirical observations and is applicable to any science involving measurements. Measurement theory is highly relevant ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The new combination Thalloidima squamatum is proposed for a morphologically and phylogenetically distinct species, until now included within the variation of T. sedifolium. Compared to T. sedifolium, the species is ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Models based on the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process have become standard for the comparative study of adaptation. Cooper et al. (2016) have cast doubt on this practice by claiming statistical problems with fitting Ornstein–Uhlenbeck ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The nature of phenotypic evolution within lineages is central to many unresolved questions in paleontology and evolutionary biology. Analyses of evolutionary time series of ancestor–descendant populations in the fossil ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The hyoid apparatus is essential for underwater feeding in marine tetrapods, but it is unclear whether this complex has evolved as convergently as other traits, such as dentition or locomotion. Here we compare the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The leaf‐roller moth tribe Grapholitini comprises about 1200 described species and contains numerous notorious pests of fruits and seeds. The phylogeny of the tribe has been little studied using contemporary ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Here, we present multi-locus sequencing results from the enigmatic Afrotropical monotypic genus Egybolis Boisduval (occurring in East- and South Africa—previously placed in the subfamily Catocalinae, Noctuidae). Model-based ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Typically much smaller in number than their mainland counterparts, island populations are ideal systems to investigate genetic threats to small populations. The Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) is an ...
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During the last few years, numerous surveys were undertaken to improve the knowledge of the Croatian pyraloid moth fauna. The first author carried out research from 2016 until 2022 on the island of Brač in Dalmatia. The ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Bryozoans are becoming an increasingly popular study system in macroevolutionary, ecological, and paleobiological research. Members of this colonial invertebrate phylum display an exceptional degree of division ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
This paper is an update on the Mediterranean bryozoan diversity since the annotated check-list of Rosso & Di Martino (2016), following the publication of numerous new papers describing new taxa and new species, and ...
(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, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Increasing amount of anthropogenic litter in the marine environment has provided an enormous number of substrates for a wide range of marine organisms, thus serving as a potential vector for the transport of fouling ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Questions Observations in permanent forest vegetation plots in Norway and elsewhere indicate that complex changes have taken place over the period 1988–2020. These observations are summarised in the “climate-induced ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Lagarobasidium cymosum is a rare corticioid species with characteristic morphology different from other Lagarobasidium species. We used nuc 5.8S rDNA, nuc 28S rDNA, and mt 12S rDNA loci to infer the phylogenetic position ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Cerrenaceae is a small family of polypores and hydnoid fungi in the order Polyporales (Basidiomycota). The family consists of white-rot fungi, some of which are serious tree pathogens. Combining morphological evidence with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
To monitor the changes in the landscape, and to relate these to ecological processes, we need robust and reproducible methods for quantifying the changes in landscape patterns. The main aim of this study is to present, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Sorghum is an important crop in the livelihoods of Kunama and Tigrayan farmers in Northern Ethiopia and we present here a study of what factors have shaped the genetic diversity of the varieties cultivated in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Herbarium collections shape our understanding of Earth’s flora and are crucial for addressing global change issues. Their formation, however, is not free from sociopolitical issues of immediate relevance. Despite increasing ...
(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, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Site‐occupancy modelling is widely used in ecology for understanding species distribution, habitat‐use and community changes but its application is still limited in paleoecology, where incomplete detection is also routine. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The recent discovery of Rhabdopleura in Singapore and the chance collecting of fresh material from northern New Zealand (Three Kings Shelf) provided an opportunity to sequence the specimens with an aim to determine ...
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Abstract
To understand how species evolve and adapt to changing environments, it is important to study gene flow and introgression due to their influence on speciation and radiation events. Here, we apply a novel ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Many different macroevolutionary models can produce the same observations. Despite efforts in building more complex and realistic models, it may still be difficult to distinguish the processes that have generated the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Despite substantial progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, major taxonomic and geographic knowledge gaps remain. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement to fill knowledge gaps, but are rarely able to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Societal Impact Statement
Foraging wild food plants is sometimes perceived as a conservation threat or, alternatively, as an opportunity for sustainable development. Little is known of how foragers themselves define and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The rapid diversification and high species richness of flowering plants is regarded as ‘Darwin’s second abominable mystery’. Today the global spatiotemporal pattern of plant diversification remains elusive. Using ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract
The Wolfsberg lithium deposit in Austria is one of the largest Li-Cs-Ta pegmatite resources in Europe. The deposit is part of the Austroalpine Unit Pegmatite Province in the Eastern Alps that formed during the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Because DNA degrades over time, extracting DNA of sufficient quality for sequencing is presumed to be more difficult from older than younger herbarium specimens. Although massive parallel sequencing techniques have clear ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Latitudinal gradients allow insights into the factors that shape ecosystem structure and delimit ecosystem processes, particularly climate. We asked whether the biomass and diversity of soil macrofauna in boreal forests ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
During efforts to generate DNA barcodes for all European Lepidoptera, Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839) was found to comprise two genetically distinct clusters. Morphological investigation and results from two nuclear ...
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Abstract
In northern European Cochlearia (Brassicaceae), considerable chromosome variation has taken place without corresponding morphological differentiation, resulting in an intricate species complex including ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract Besides being central for understanding both global biodiversity patterns and associated anthropogenic impacts, species range maps are currently only available for a small subset of global biodiversity. Here, we ...
(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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The global distribution of vegetation is largely determined by climatic conditions and feeds back into the climate system. To predict future vegetation changes in response to climate change, it is crucial to identify and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Dichelia constanti Rebel, 1894 is transferred to the genus Lopharcha Diakonoff, 1941 resulting in the combination Lopharcha constanti (Rebel, 1894) comb. n. Lopharcha africana Aarvik, sp. n. is described from Tanzania. ...
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This article describes an attempt at sourcing hydrothermal quartz crystals from the Early Mesolithic site Mohalsen-I by comparing four pieces of debitage with quartz crystal samples from 19 known quartz crystal occurrences ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
A nomenclature and classification scheme for wöhlerite-group minerals has been established. The general formula of minerals belonging to this group is given by X8(Si2O7)2W4, where X = Na+, Ca2+, Mn2+, Ti4+, Zr4+ and Nb5+; ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract The GREENPEG project, which is funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 ‘Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials’ programme, aims to develop multimethod exploration toolsets for ...
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The characterisation of quartz grains’ chemical and mineralogical properties in sediments and sedimentary rocks is widely used in provenance studies. This paper analyses quartz grains from the coarse sand fraction in soils ...
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The species we have studied the spatiotemporal genetic change in the northern dragonhead, a plant species that has experienced a drastic population decline and habitat loss in Europe. We have added a temporal perspective ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
The Indo-Burma bioregion, as a global biodiversity hotspot, supports an exceptionally high biodiversity, but freshwater ecosystems are now increasingly impacted by human activities while biomonitoring approaches are lacking. ...
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Prominent among the models for protocells is the spherical biosurfactant shell, freely suspended in aqueous media. This model explains initial, but not subsequent events in the development process towards structured ...
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Abstract There is an imminent need to collect information on distribution and abundance of polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) to understand how they are affected by the ongoing decrease in Arctic sea ice. The Kane Basin (KB) ...
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Significance
Resilience is required to withstand or mitigate the effect of human-induced climate change. Today whole ecosystems are affected by climate change, but our understanding of their evolution and natural ...
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Eight new species of Eucosmocydia Diakonoff are described and illustrated from the Afrotropical region: E. pappeana Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Kenya); E. deinbolliana Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Kenya); ...
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One of the major goals in microbial ecology is to understand whether the empirical biogeographic patterns of macroorganisms also apply to microorganisms. Here, we used morphological data from live organisms, along with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Phylogenetic relationships and the timing of evolutionary events are essential for understanding evolution on longer time scales. Cheilostome bryozoans are a group of ubiquitous, species-rich, marine colonial organisms ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
In contrast to numerous studies on spermatozoa length, relatively little work focuses on the width of spermatozoa, and particularly the width of the midpiece and flagellum. In flagellated spermatozoa, the flagellum provides ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Recent global warming affects species compositions at an unprecedented rate. To predict climate-induced changes in species assemblages, a better understanding of the link between species occurrence and climate is needed. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Aim: Identify hotspots and areas of high species richness for Arctic marine mammals. Location: Circumpolar Arctic. Methods: A total of 2115 biologging devices were deployed on marine mammals from 13 species in the Arctic ...
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Old veteran trees function as biodiversity hotspots in both forests and open landscapes, and protecting such trees is an important measure to halt loss of biodiversity. Nevertheless, the number of veteran trees continues ...