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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is a group of closely linked loci that play an important role in the immune system within all jawed vertebrates, and it has been shown to yield a higher fitness with an intermediate ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The size of the Norwegian red deer population is historically high and typical of the trend seen over much of Europe. Dense populations may cause damage to agricultural crops, and crop yield is drastically decreased by red ...
Behaviour of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) during the spawning season: A fine-scale acoustic telemetry positioning study in an enclosed basin Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), a commercially important fish species along the European coasts, displays complex behaviours, especially during the spawning season. This study offers a behaviour analysis of the cod during a ...
Phylogenetic studies and species delimitation in the genus Dipcadi Medik (Asparagaceae) based on targeted sequence capture and ITS Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Species concepts and species delimitation constitute the backbone of taxonomic and phylogenetic studies. Morphology-based delimitation has resulted in inconsistent taxonomy among authors due to differences in interpreting ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
An understanding of the behavior and habitat preferences of Greater Flamingos is crucial for the conservation of this species. The population of these birds is intricately connected to variations in the limnic habitat and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are highly diverse in vertebrates and have demonstrated to yield a higher fitness with an optimal diversity that is neither too high nor too low. MHC based mate choice has ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Differences in variation of phenotypic trait expression between males and females have been observed in multiple studies that are limited to one species, but meta-analytic evidence has failed to show consistent differences ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Precise and accurate information about population numbers is crucial within wildlife ecology, for example, to effectively manage disease threats. After chronic wasting disease was detected in a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Centipedes are among the oldest groups of venomous predatory arthropods. They have had similar morphology and life history for many million years and can be compared with centipedes from over 430 Mya. They offer an opportunity ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
The fungal life cycle is highly diverse in different fungal groups. For most wood-decaying basidiomycetes, their life cycle includes two different mycelial stages, a primary monokaryotic and a secondary dikaryotic stage, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Den økende populariteten til sanking har gjort at tradisjonell kunnskap (TEK) om sanking i Norge nå blir diskutert gjennom mange steder, inkludert litteratur, litteratur på nettet, sosiale medier og in situ kurs. Bruken ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Introduction and goals: The world’s population is now passing 8 billion, and urbanisation is one of the main threats to biodiversity globally. Oslo, the capital of Norway, has densified considerably within the city zone ...
(Un)safety in numbers? Spatial variations in plant – pollinator interactions on two volcanic islands
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The evolutionary past of lineages can be intricate despite well-resolved phylogenies. When speciation occurs on a continuous scale, reproductive barriers can remain incomplete and give way to introgression. If species have ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Camera trapping is an increasingly important tool in animal ecology that is generally targeted towards large mammals, and especially large carnivores. Nonetheless, the cameras are triggered by all large and medium-sized ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Her presenteres en analyse av 37 vertebrae, 1 komplett humerus og 7 brukne humeri fra små ichthyosaurer fra Tidlig Trias i Nedre Saurie-laget i Vendomdalenleddet fra Vikinghøgdaformasjonen, Marmierfjellet, Spitsbergen og ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Abstract Incidental take of non-target species by fisheries, also referred to as bycatch, is a major concern for management of species in the marine megafauna. In Norway, 555 harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) die as the result ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Freshwater systems are important for a wide variety of organisms. With the addition of increased mean temperatures, increased frequency of extreme weather events and changes in precipitation patterns brought upon by climate ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
As an effect of climate change and alterations in land use, the ranges of roe deer and also that of their ectoparasites, like the sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) are expanding. This has also increased the occurrence of tick-borne ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The effect of elevated CO₂ on plant stoichiometry has been given a lot of attention in the last years; however, extended studies on the effects of elevated light added to the increased CO₂ are still insufficient. Plant ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Abstract In 2016 Chronic Wasting Disease was discovered in Nordfjella, Norway for the first time in a female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). Since then Norwegian nature management have implemented several measures in the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Small rodents in alpine areas are known to appear in multiannual cycles, usually with a population peak every 3 – 5 years. Since the mid 1980’s, a dampening in these population peaks have been observed in Northern Europe. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Climate change is altering many aspects of local selection regimes. Which aspects of changing environments causing the strongest selective force, differ widely across species. Strong climatic and topographical heterogeneity ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Urban natur er lite forsket på sammenlignet med uberørt natur, men naturen i og rundt byene er viktig å ha kunnskap om for å kunne ta gode og bærekraftige avgjørelser i byplanlegging og vern av natur. Naturen i og rundt ...
Populasjonsundersøkelser av dragehode (Dracocephalum ruyschiana) - med fokus på isolasjon, areal, naturtyper og gjengroing på utvalgte lokaliteter i Sørøst-Norge Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Sammendrag Mange arter er i dag truet med utrydning fordi stadig mer areal blir tatt i bruk eller endret av mennesker. En av disse artene er dragehode (Dracocephalum ruyschiana), som er i kategorien sårbar (VU) på rødlista ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Ecosystems all over the world are affected by climate change, and especially so high latitude and altitude ecosystems. One consequence of global warming in Norway is an upward shift in the mountain birch forest line. A ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Character displacement has been a process discussed by biologist ever since Darwin visited the Galapagos in the 19th century. Similar species occurring together will sometimes diverge in characters to avoid hybridization ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Telomeres, the tandemly repeated sequences at the ends of vertebrate chromosomes, shortens during an organism’s life due to internal and external factors. The conditions experienced by an individual during its growth period, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Human activities have historically influenced the evolution of other species. Dramatic modifications in land-use and extreme urbanization have increased not only the amount of species associated with human environments, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The INFLORESCENCE DEFICIENT IN ABSCISSION (IDA)/IDA-LIKE gene family encodes peptides hypothesized to be involved in different cell-separation events in plants. A phylogenetic analysis was performed to elucidate the ...
The endangered Dracocephalum ruyschiana: a study of factors affecting reproduction and recruitment in Norwegian populations Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Dracocephalum ruyschiana is a rare species in Europe and its conservation is considered a priority by the Norwegian Environment Agency. Specialist species in fragmented and rare habitats such as dry, calcareous grasslands ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
In the Arctic tundra several different species of herbivores co-exist, with potentially large effects on tundra ecosystem functions and dynamics. Understanding the herbivores trophic interactions therefore provides essential ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The genus Cochlearia, together with its sister genus Ionopsidium Rchb., forms the tribe Cochlearieae, a rather small tribe which comprises about 30 taxa, which either x=6 or x=7 basic chromosome number. The x=6 series forms ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
In aquatic environments predator threats can be present as chemical cues which can induce defensive traits in prey. Such predatory induced cues can be responsible for changes in morphology, life histories and behavior. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Molecular phylogeny and morphological variation of the genus Thymus (Lamiaceae) and its allies Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Black-headed Gulls are in rapid decline in Norway and is categorized as VU (Vulnerable) on the national Red List. The Norwegian population has decreased from 30 000 pairs around 1990 to just 7000 pairs in 2011. In the study ...
Evolvability of morphologicalscaling relationships in Daphnia magna Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(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. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Seabirds bring substantial amounts of nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) from sea to their breeding colonies. On Svalbard, previous research has focused on the ornithogenic fluxes from sea to land, but little is known of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
I present a model of chiasma interference and recombination in homo- and heterokaryotypes and a model of nonrandom mating. These two models form the basis of a general-purpose deterministic multilocus evolution simulator, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
In northern Europe, the tick Ixodes ricinus is of particular concern, as it is the principal vector of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) which is known to cause Lyme disease in humans, among other ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Land cover maps provide spatial information on the physical cover of the earth. With increasing strain on natural resources, these maps enable knowledge-based nature management. Such maps represent a generalization of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Phylotranscriptomics of Chlorophyta: Evolutionary interpretation of cytomorphologies and non-canonical codons in Ulvophyceae Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
During the last century, the grey wolf (Canis lupus L.) was subject to extensive hunting pressure, which led to functional extinction of this species from the Scandinavian Peninsula around 1970. Wolves reappeared in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Studying the ecology and measuring levels of population genetic diversity are important steps for assessing the conservation status and implementing appropriate conservation strategies for rare or endangered plant species. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Genomic Analyses of Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) individuals Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The evolutionary scaling of brain size on body size among species is strikingly constant across vertebrates, suggesting that the brain size is constrained by body size. Body size is a strong predictor of brain size, but ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
I have addressed taxonomic affiliation, genus delimitation, and species delimitations in the lichen genus Eschatogonia. Preliminary parsimony analyses, based on one mitochondrial (SSU) ribosomal DNA-region, on a dataset ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
In sexually reproducing taxa, normal sperm function is critical for successful reproduction, and pathogenic bacteria can prevent this. Thus, understanding the role of bacteria in ejaculates can have significant implications ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Insect pollination is an important contribution to wild ecosystems in Norway and 80 % of plants seem to benefit from this important ecosystem service. During the last century, there has been an overall decline in pollinators, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Abstract Rotifers and phytoplankton have been vastly used by scientists as model organisms in toxicological, eco-toxicological, ecological and other studies. In order to conduct experiments on interactions between animals ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
In the past century, the agricultural landscape in Norway, and Europe, has changed drastically. Artificial fertilizer, electricity and modern machinery has contributed to the development of the industrialization of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Fragmentation of habitats is one of the major threats to biodiversity. Fragmentations will reduce connectivity and consequently affect the genetic population structure particularly in rivers. In the current study the genetic ...