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Attitudes toward Conservation of the Transboundary Białowieża Forest among Ecotourism Businesses in Poland and Belarus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The Białowieza Forest is a contested transboundary forest massif in Poland and Belarus. Reflecting on transitions from value chains built on sustained yield forestry to ecotourism, we pioneer documentation of how ... -
Attitudinal drivers of home bias in public preferences for transboundary nature protected areas
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We assess what drives the lower valuation of nature protection on the other side of the border in two European transboundary nature areas, the Białowieża Forest (Poland and Belarus), and Fulufjället (Norway and Sweden). ... -
Challenges and Solutions for Forest Biodiversity Conservation in Sweden: Assessment of Policy, Implementation Outputs, and Consequences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Swedish policies aim at conserving biological production, biodiversity, cultural heritage and recreational assets. This requires compositionally and structurally functional networks of representative habitats, the processes ... -
Lead contamination in Australian game meat
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Lead-based ammunition (gunshot and bullets) frequently leaves small lead fragments embedded in the meat of wild-shot game animals. Australia produces several commercial game meat products from wild animals harvested with ... -
Linking resource availability and habitat structure to stream organisms: an experimental and observational assessment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)An experiment and a mark-recapture field study of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were conducted to identify controls of key energy flow chains in river food webs. In the small-scale experiment, we investigated ... -
Media’s portrayal of large predators in Norway from the protection by law in the 1970’s till today: an insight into local and national newspapers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In the late century of 1800 till mid-1900s, large predators were eradicated worldwide, and bounties were commonly used to get rid of the predators. In the twentieth century the policy changed, and predators became protected ... -
Mercury and amino acid content relations in northern pike (Esox lucius) in subarctic lakes along a climate-productivity gradient
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Mercury is a highly toxic element for consumers, but its relation to amino acids and physiology of wild fish is not well known. The main aim of this study was to evaluate how total mercury content (THg) of northern pike ... -
The Naked Barley Thorebygg and Norwegian Farmer’s Ale
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Although now extinct, the naked (i.e. hull-free) barley variety Thorebygg was once an additive grain used in the brewing of farmhouse ale in Norway between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and possibly earlier. ... -
The new COST Action European Venom Network (EUVEN)—synergy and future perspectives of modern venomics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Venom research is a highly multidisciplinary field that involves multiple subfields of biology, informatics, pharmacology, medicine, and other areas. These different research facets are often technologically challenging ... -
Pathogen Exposure in White Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Svalbard, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The Svalbard white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) population is one of the smallest in the world, making it particularly vulnerable to challenges such as climate change and pathogens. In this study, serum samples from live ... -
A Screening for Virus Infections among Wild Eurasian Tundra Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Iceland, 2017–2019
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A winter population of around 4000–5000 wild Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus) in the eastern part of Iceland represents descendants from 35 semi-domesticated reindeer imported to Iceland from Finnmark county, ... -
A semi-automatic workflow to process images from small mammal camera traps
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-06-05)Camera traps have become popular for monitoring biodiversity, but the huge amounts of image data that arise from camera trap monitoring represent a challenge and artificial intelligence is increasingly used to automatically ... -
Spatial and temporal cohesion of parents and offspring in a social large carnivore
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Social organization in animals is a fundamental factor driving population dynamics and individual spatial distribution. Affiliation among kin is common in social groups, but kinship is no safeguard against intraspecific ... -
Thermal and behavioural responses of moose to chemical immobilisation from a helicopter
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Instrumentation and sample collection for wildlife research and management may require chemical immobilisation of animals, which may entail physiological and behavioural efects on them. It is therefore important to evaluate ... -
Timeliness and traffic intensity in spring fieldwork in Norway: importance of soil physical properties, persistence of soil degradation, and consequences for cereal yield
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Future increase in precipitation in Scandinavia may exacerbate the dilemma of spring fieldwork that farmers have, concerning topsoil compaction versus delayed sowing on autumn ploughed soil. The former may lead to soil ... -
Toxic elements in arctic and sub-arctic brown bears: Blood concentrations of As, Cd, Hg and Pb in relation to diet, age, and human footprint
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Contamination with arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) is a global concern impairing resilience of organisms and ecosystems. Proximity to emission sources increases exposure risk but remoteness does ... -
Trading wood for water and carbon in peatland forests? Rewetting is worth more than wood production
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)While traditional forest management systems aim at maximizing timber production, sustainable forest management focuses on the multiple benefits of entire forest landscapes. The latter is now at the top of policy agendas. ... -
Where, why and how carnivores kill domestic animals in different parts of their ranges: An example of the Eurasian lynx
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Human-carnivore conflicts over predation on domestic animals are a global challenge. Knowledge of determinants and patterns of predation on domestic animals is an essential prerequisite to develop and apply effective ... -
Wherever I may roam—Human activity alters movements of red deer (Cervus elaphus) and elk (Cervus canadensis) across two continents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Human activity and associated landscape modifications alter the movements of ani-mals with consequences for populations and ecosystems worldwide. Species perform-ing long-distance movements are thought to be particularly ...