• Mapping temperate old-growth forests in Central Europe using ALS and Sentinel-2A multispectral data 

  Adiningrat, Devara P.; Schlund, Michael; Skidmore, Andrew K.; Abdullah, Haidi; Wang, Tiejun; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Old-growth forests are essential to preserve biodiversity and play an important role in sequestering carbon and mitigating climate change. However, their existence across Europe is vulnerable due to the scarcity of their ...

• Widespread exposure to Francisella tularensis in Rangifer tarandus in Canada and Alaska 

  Buhler, Kayla Joy; Schwantje, Helen; Harms, N. Jane; Fenton, Heather; Aguilar, Xavier Fernandez; Kutz, Susan; Leclerc, Lisa-Marie; Blake, John; Jenkins, Emily (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The range of tularemia, a disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, may expand alongside climate change in the North. Transmission occurs via biting arthropods, contaminated water sources, infected animal ...

• Carnivore guild utilization of hunter-provided food sources in boreal forest 

  Wikenros, Camilla; Nordli, Kristoffer; Amato, Giulia; Persson, Jens; Ausilio, Giorgia; Versluijs, Erik; Eriksen, Ane; Wabakken, Petter; Aronsson, Malin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Scavenging is an alternative foraging strategy to predation for many carnivore species, as they shift between predation and scavenging in response to changes in resource availability. The use of carrion may lead to ...

• The role of predation, forestry and productivity in moose harvest at different spatial levels of management units 

  Wikenros, Camilla; Sand, Håkan; Di Bernardi, Cecilia; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Management of ungulate populations to the desired density and/or demographic composition are challenged by contrasting aims of different stakeholders. For example, hunters may want to maximize hunting opportunities whereas ...

• The higher the fraction of maximal oxygen uptake is during interval training, the greater is the cycling performance gain 

  Odden, Ingvill; Nymoen, Lars; Urianstad, Tomas; Kristoffersen, Morten; Hammarström, Jens Konrad Daniel; Hansen, Joar; Mølmen, Knut Sindre; Rønnestad, Bent (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  It has been suggested that time at a high fraction (%) of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) plays a decisive role for adaptations to interval training. Yet, no study has, to date, measured the % of VO2max during all interval ...

• Exploring the experiences of resident doctors in child and adolescent psychiatry with virtual reality-based simulation training: a qualitative study. 

  Birkheim, Siv Lena; Calogiuri, Giovanna; Hvalstad, Mette; Martinsen, Randi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Background The use of virtual reality simulation for the training of non-technical skills among healthcare professionals may improve professional development as well as the quality of care. This study aims to explore the ...

• Seasonal variability of scavenger visitations is independent of carrion predictability 

  De Pelsmaeker, Nicolas; Ferry, Nicolas; Stiegler, Jonas; Selva, Nuria; von Hoermann, Christian; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  In temperate regions, larger mammalian carrion naturally occurs in terrestrial landscapes as a pulsed resource towards the end of the winter through enhanced ungulate mortality due to starvation or exhaustion. The return ...

• Dermatological patients with itch report more stress, stigmatization experience, anxiety and depression compared to patients without itch: Results from a European multi-centre study 

  Zeidler, Claudia; Kupfer, Joerg; Dalgard, Florence; Bewley, A.; Evers, Andrea W. M.; Gieler, U.; Lien, Lars; Sampogna, Francesca; Aragones, Lucia Tomas; Vulink, Nienke C.; Finlay, Andrew Y.; Legat, Franz J.; Titeca, Geraldine; Jemec, Gregor B.; Misery, Laurent; Szabo, C.; Panovska, V. Grivcheva; Spillekom van Koulil, S.; Balieva, Flora Nicol; Szepietowski, J.C.; Reich, A.; Ferreira, B. R.; Lvov, Andrey; Romanov, Dimitry; Marrón, Servando E.; Gracia Cazana, T.; Elyas, Amna; Altunay, Ilknur K.; Thompson, AR; Van Beugen, Sylvia; Ständer, S; Schut, Christina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Background: Itch as the most common symptom in dermatology has been shown to be related to psychological factors such as stress, anxiety and depression. Moreover, associations were found between perceived stigmatization ...

• Rethinking connectivity modeling for high-mobility ungulates: insights from a globally endangered equid 

  Rezvani, Azita; Hemami, Mahmoud-Reza; Goheen, Jacob R.; Kaczensky, Petra; Pourmanafi, Saeid; Fakheran, Sima; Esmaeili, Saeideh (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Context Maintaining connectivity is crucial for wildlife conservation in human-occupied landscapes. Structural connectivity modeling (SCM) attempts to quantify the degree to which physical features facilitate or impede ...

• The relationship between trampling damages on roots and wood decay in Norway spruce forests used for silvopasture 

  Hietala, Ari Mikko; Henao, Wilson Lara; Kolsgaard, André; Seljegard, Simon; Nagy, Nina Elisabeth; Børja, Isabella; Justad, Tor Arne; Rekdal, Yngve; Bergseng, Even; Solheim, Halvor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Forest grazing by free-roaming livestock is a common practice in many countries. The forestry sector sees the practice as unfortunate owing to several reasons, such as damages inflicted by grazing in young plantations. ...

• Comparison of atlantoaxial and lumbosacral cerebrospinal fluid centesis techniques in South American camelids 

  Malmström, Anna Ester Emilia; Cole, Robert C.; Hofmeister, Erik H.; Stern, Jere K.; Passler, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Background Iatrogenic blood contamination during cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) centesis is common, which can limit the diagnostic usefulness of the sample. A novel ultrasound-guided CSF collection technique is described in ...

• Dune Hares: Population Indices, Home Range Size, and Habitat Selection of the European Hare on a Danish Island 

  Högberg Kleist, Majbrit; Mohr Mortensen, Rasmus; Bregnballe, Thomas; Mayer, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Population indices, such as transect counts of animals, can provide important information concerning population changes over time. Moreover, data concerning the home range size and habitat selection of individuals can ...

• Carnivore exclosures to protect sheep affect the distribution of a wild cervid 

  Forti, Alessandro; Lissilour, Pierre; Eriksen, Ane; Cerjak, Benoit; Campon, Carla; Motlova, Soňa; Wabakken, Petter; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  With the recent recovery of large carnivores in Europe, preventive measures to protect livestock are on the rise. Fences that exclude carnivores from grazing areas have been proven as effective, but they can be costly as ...

• Mammals show faster recovery from capture and tagging in human-disturbed landscapes 

  Stiegler, Jonas; Gallagher, Cara A.; Hering, Robert; Müller, Thomas; Tucker, Marlee A.; Apollonio, Marco; Arnold, Janosch; Barker, Nancy A.; Barthel, Leon; Bassano, Bruno; van Beest, Floris M.; Belant, Jerrold L.; Berger, Anne; Beyer Jr, Dean E.; Bidner, Laura A.; Blake, Stephen; Börner, Konstantin; Brivio, Francesca; Brogi, Rudy; Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar; Cagnacci, Francesca; Dekker, Jasja; Dentinger, Jane; Duľa, Martin; Duquette, Jarred F.; Eccard, Jana A.; Evans, Meaghan N.; Ferguson, Adam W.; Fichtel, Claudia; Heim, Morten; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Hewison, Mark; Isabell, Lynne A.; Janssen, René; Jarnemo, Anders; Jeltsch, Florian; Miloš, Jezek; Kaczensky, Petra; Kamiński, Tomasz; Kappeler, Peter M.; Kasper, Katharina; Kautz, Todd M.; Kimmig, Sophia; Kjellander, Petter; Kowalczyk, Rafał; Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie A.; Kröschel, Max; Krop-Benesch, Anette; Linderoth, Peter; Lobas, Christoph; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Solberg, Erling Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Wildlife tagging provides critical insights into animal movement ecology, physiology, and behavior amid global ecosystem changes. However, the stress induced by capture, handling, and tagging can impact post-release ...

• Elevation affects both the occurrence of ungulate browsing and its effect on tree seedling growth for four major tree species in European mountain forests 

  Bernard, Marianne; Barrere, Julien; Morin, Xavier; Saïd, Sonia; Boulanger, Vincent; Granda, Elena; Benavides, Raquel; Jactel, Hervé; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Rabasa, Sonia G.; Valladares, Fernando; Kunstler, Georges (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Key message In European mountain forests, the growth of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.), European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) seedlings ...

• Semi-supervised multi-class tree crown delineation using aerial multispectral imagery and lidar data 

  Dersch, S.; Schöttl, A.; Krzystek, P.; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The segmentation of individual trees based on deep learning is more accurate than conventional meth- ods. However, a sufficient amount of training data is mandatory to leverage the accuracy potential of deep learning-based ...

• Wolverine (Gulo gulo) Recorded as Predator of Nestling Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa) in Norway 

  Solheim, Roar; Brenni, Sondre Englund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

• Macroecological patterns of rodent population dynamics shaped by bioclimatic gradients 

  Soininen, Eeva M; Magnusson, Magnus; Jepsen, Jane Uhd; Eide, Nina Elisabeth; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Angerbjörn, Anders; Breisjøberget, Jo Inge; Ecke, Frauke; Ehrich, Dorothee; Framstad, Erik; Henttonen, Heikki; Hörnfeldt, Birger; Killengreen, Siw Turid; Olofsson, Johan; Oksanen, Lauri; Oksanen, Tarja Maarit; Tveito, Ole Einar Ellingbø; Ims, Rolf A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Long-term studies of cyclic rodent populations have contributed fundamentally to the development of population ecology. Pioneering rodent studies have shown macroecological patterns of population dynamics in relation to ...

• Carcass provisioning and intra-guild risk avoidance between two sympatric large carnivores 

  Nordli, Kristoffer; Walton, Zea Ann; Eriksen, Ane; Rogstad, Marius; Zimmermann, Barbara; Wikenros, Camilla; Aronsson, Malin; Wabakken, Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Apex carnivores that rely primarily on predation play a central but complex role within scavenging ecology by potentially suppressing intra-guild competitors, but also facilitating them by providing a reliable supply of ...

• New insights into the geographical distribution of brown bears Ursus arctos in Nepal 

  Kusi, Naresh; Gurung, Sabita; Lama, Dorjee Tundup; Pathak, Sabanam; Pant, Ganesh; Timalsina, Kiran; Werhahn, Geraldine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  In the current IUCN Red List assessment, the south-western distribution range of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Nepal ends in Upper Mustang, in the central Himalaya, and extends northwards into the Tibetan Autonomous Region ...

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