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Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Habitat selection of animals depends on factors such as food availability, landscape features, and intraand interspecific interactions. Individuals can show several behavioral responses to reduce competition for habitat, ... -
Wolf monitoring in Scandinavia: evaluating counts of packs and reproduction events
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Large carnivores are elusive and use large areas, which causes monitoring to be challenging and costly. Moreover, management to reduce conflicts and simultaneously ensure long‐term population viability require precise ... -
Wolf Responses to Experimental Human Approaches Using High-Resolution Positioning Data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Humans pose a major mortality risk to wolves. Hence, similar to how prey respond to predators, wolves can be expected to show anti-predator responses to humans. When exposed to a threat, animals may show a fight, flight, ... -
Wolf space use in a seasonally changing environment
(Master thesis, 2021)In this study, we investigate the space use of a recolonizing predator in Scandinavia in relation to the density of its main prey and other environmental variables. Animal space use is influenced by intrinsic factors, ... -
Wolf use of areas planned for wind power development in Scandinavia
(Master thesis, 2022)The global energy demand is increasing, and the world is shifting towards using more renewable energy. As a result, onshore wind power development is increasing, though little is known about effects of wind power development ... -
Wolf-human interaction: a method and pilot study for experimental human approaches on wild, GPScollared wolves
(Master thesis, 2020)Wolves are recolonising human-dominated landscapes, which increases conflicts as people express fear based on the perception that wolves are dangerous and unpredictable. Increasing knowledge about behavioural responses of ... -
Wolves at the door? Factors influencing the individual behavior of wolves in relation to anthropogenic features
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The recovery of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes comes with challenges. In general, large carnivores avoid humans and their activities, and human avoidance favors coexistence, but individual variation in large ... -
Wolves, people, and brown bears influence the expansion of the recolonizing wolf population in Scandinavia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Interspecific competition can influence the distribution and abundance of species and the structure of ecological communities and entire ecosystems. Interactions between apex predators can have cascading effects through ... -
Wolves, people, and brown bears influence the expansionof the recolonizing wolf population in Scandinavia
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Women's Experiences of the Postpartum Period in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)The postpartum period is a pivotal life change, affecting over 50k birthing women in Norway each year. The need to understand how women experience and view this period of life stems from the fact that it is a neglected ... -
Wood and non-wood forest products of Central Java, Indonesia
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Work Organisation, Competence Development, and Health: What is to be known and what is to be done?
(Høgskolen i Hedmark - Notat;04/2004, Working paper, 2004)Absence from work and disability represent a major social problem in Norway today. The first part of the working paper is a review of literature on work and health, taken mainly from Sweden from the 1980-1990-ies. The ... -
Work-aged stroke survivors psychosocial challenges narrated during and after participating in a dialogue-based psychosocial intervention: a feasability study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Studies point to the lack of psychosocial support and rehabilitation services that are adjusted to the work-aged stroke survivors’ specific needs in order to promote psychosocial well-being. The aim of the ... -
Work-related stress, stress reactions and coping strategies in ambulance nurses: A qualitative interview study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim: To describe experiences of work- related stress, stress reactions and coping strategies among registered nurses (RNs) in the ambulance service (AS).Design: A descriptive and qualitative design.Methods: Participants ... -
Working as a peer specialist in FACT: how do they make sense of their role? A qualitative study in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn: Det er en økende trend i Norge hvor personer med erfaring fra rus og psykiatri blir ansatt i helseforetak som brukerspesialister for å bidra i terapeutisk behandling i tverrfaglige team. Det ønskes forståelse for ... -
Working out in the workplace and subjective well-being : a survey of employees in a Norwegian company
(Master thesis, 2015)English abstract: Background: Physical activity and well-being in everyday life are major themes in Norway currently. More recently, attention has been given to the link between physical activity and better mental health. ... -
Working with alcohol prevention in occupational health services: "Knowing how" is more important than "knowing that" - the WIRUS OHS study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption is a major public health challenge; the majority of employees consume alcohol regularly and a considerable proportion of employees can be characterized as risky drinkers in need of interventions. ... -
Working with multilingual aphasia: attitudes and practices among speech and language pathologists in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The growing number of elderly multilingual speakers suffering from strokes and aphasia requires a change in the services of speech and language pathologists (SLPs), who will be serving culturally and linguistically diverse ... -
«Workplace social capital» - A qualitative study of social capital among prison officers
(Master thesis, 2015)English abstract: Title: “Workplace Social capital” – A qualitative study of social capital among prison officers. Background: The background for the project was a personal wish to develop a deeper understanding of the ... -
World Vegetable Center Eggplant Collection: Origin, Composition, Seed Dissemination and Utilization in Breeding
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Eggplant is the fifth most economically important solanaceous crop after potato, tomato, pepper, and tobacco. Apart from the well-known brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), two other under-utilized eggplant species, ...