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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)Free-ranging reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.) eat a diverse diet of graminoids, herbs, shrubs, woody plants, mushroom, lichen and mosses. DNA metabarcoding is an established method in dietary studies and through e.g. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)The three-spine stickleback is an adaptable fish with variation in morphology and behaviour, inhabiting saltwater, brackish water and fresh water. It is armoured with 30-35 bone plates along its lateral line. In addition, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)The differences in early life history traits among populations of grayling in Lake Lesjaskogvatn and surrounding lakes have been extensively studied the last decades. These populations are the offspring of a small group ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)The epiphytic bryophyte composition between and within 73 ash trees (minimum stem diameter at breast height 20 cm) at Tungesvik, Etne, West Norway was investigated. The main aim of the study was to investigate patterns of ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)It is unclear whether intertidal organisms are ‘preadapted’ to cope with the increase of temperature and temperature variability or if they are currently at their thermal tolerance limits. To address the dichotomy, we ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Smallpox, caused by the variola virus (VARV), was a highly virulent disease with high mortality rates causing a major threat for global human health until its successful eradication in 1980. Despite previously published ...
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Vegetation-environment analysis of the transition between avalanche meadows and semi-natural grasslands in Nærøyfjorden, Western NorwayRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
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Vegetation-environment relationships of a kettle-hole floodplain at Øvre Romerike, SE NorwayRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)Sandtjern nature reserve, located on the Gardermoen Delta, SE Norway, consists of a series of kettle holes that are subjected to severe annual wet-dry cycles due to flooding. In the rainy season in late autumn, the kettle ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Studying herbal products derived from local and traditional knowledge and their value chains is one of the main challenges in ethnopharmacology. The majority of these products have a long history of use, but non-harmonized ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Extracellular vesicles secreted by Gram-negative bacteria have proven to be important in bacterial defense, communication and host-pathogen relationships. They resemble smaller versions of the bacterial mother cell, with ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is ubiquitous in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and the cause of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation. Erythrocytes are important target cells for PRV. We have investigated the kinetics ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Professional phagocytic cells such as macrophages are a central part of innate immune defence. They ingest microorganisms into membrane‐bound compartments (phagosomes), which acidify and eventually fuse with lysosomes, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)Complement resistance is an important virulence trait of Yersinia enterocolitica (Ye). The predominant virulence factor expressed by Ye is Yersinia adhesin A (YadA), which enables bacterial attachment to host cells and ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)The acquisition of tolerance to an environmental stressor can result in organisms displaying slower growth after stress release. While well-grounded in the theory, empirical evidence of the trade-off between stress tolerance ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)In the last decades, limnic water bodies in the Northern hemisphere have experienced a noticeable browning, i.e., increasing levels of dissolved organic matter (DOM). While the effects on primary producers is usually ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Animals exhibit a diversity of movement tactics [1]. Tracking resources that change across space and time is predicted to be a fundamental driver of animal movement [2]. For example, some migratory ungulates (i.e., hooved ...