Browsing Naturhistorisk museum by Title

Now showing items 41-60 of 763

  • Alien plants, animals, fungi and algae in Norway: an inventory of neobiota 
    Sandvik, Hanno; Dolmen, Dag; Elven, Reidar; Falkenhaug, Tone; Forsgren, Elisabet; Hansen, Haakon; Hassel, Kristian; Husa, Vivian; Kjærstad, Gaute; Ødegaard, Frode; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Solheim, Halvor; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Åsen, Per Arvid; Åström, Sandra Charlotte Helene; Brandrud, Tor Erik; Elven, Hallvard; Endrestøl, Anders; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Fredriksen, Stein; Gammelmo, Øivind; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Hamnes, Inger Sofie; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Hegre, Hanne; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Jelmert, Anders; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Johnsen, Stein Ivar; Karlsbakk, Egil; Magnusson, Christer; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Nordén, Björn; Oug, Eivind; Pedersen, Oddvar; Pedersen, Per Anker; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Skei, Jon Kristian; Solstad, Heidi; Sundheim, Leif; Swenson, Jon; Syvertsen, Per Ole; Talgø, Venche; Vandvik, Vigdis; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Wienerroither, Rupert; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Hilmo, Olga; Henriksen, Snorre; Gederaas, Lisbeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    We present the results of an inventory and status assessment of alien species in Norway. The inventory covered all known multicellular neobiota, 2496 in total, 1039 of which were classified as naturalised. The latter ...
  • Alien species in Norway: results from quantitative ecological impact assessments 
    Sandvik, Hanno; Hilmo, Olga; Henriksen, Snorre; Elven, Reidar; Åsen, Per Arvid; Hegre, Hanne; Pedersen, Oddvar; Pedersen, Per Anker; Solstad, Heidi; Vandvik, Vigdis; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Ødegaard, Frode; Åström, Sandra Charlotte Helene; Elven, Hallvard; Endrestøl, Anders; Gammelmo, Øivind; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Solheim, Halvor; Nordén, Björn; Sundheim, Leif; Talgø, Venche; Falkenhaug, Tone; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Jelmert, Anders; Oug, Eivind; Sundet, Jan Henry; Forsgren, Elisabet; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Wienerroither, Rupert; Husa, Vivian; Fredriksen, Stein; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Steen, Henning; Hansen, Haakon; Hamnes, Inger Sofie; Karlsbakk, Egil; Magnusson, Christer; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Swenson, Jon; Syvertsen, Per Ole; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Dolmen, Dag; Kjærstad, Gaute; Johnsen, Stein Ivar; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Hassel, Kristian; Gederaas, Lisbeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    1. Due to globalisation, trade and transport, the spread of alien species is increasing dramatically. Some alien species become ecologically harmful by threatening native biota. This can lead to irreversible changes in ...
  • Allopolyploid origin and diversification of the Hawaiian endemic mints 
    Tomlin, Crystal; Rajaraman, Sitaram; Sebesta, Jeanne Theresa; Scheen, Anne-Cathrine; Bendiksby, Mika; Low, Yee Wen; Salojärvi, Jarkko; Michael, Todd P.; Albert, Victor A.; Lindqvist, Charlotte (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Abstract Island systems provide important contexts for studying processes underlying lineage migration, species diversification, and organismal extinction. The Hawaiian endemic mints (Lamiaceae family) are the second largest ...
  • Alpine eclogite-facies modification of Li-Cs-Ta pegmatite from the Wolfsberg lithium deposit, Austria 
    Keyser, William Mark; Müller, Axel; Steiner, Ralf; Erambert, Muriel; Kristoffersen, Magnus; Unterweissacher, Thomas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Abstract The Wolfsberg lithium deposit in Austria is one of the largest Li-Cs-Ta pegmatite resources in Europe. The deposit is part of the Austroalpine Unit Pegmatite Province in the Eastern Alps that formed during the ...
  • The amazon ant Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Norway 
    Mehl, Reidar; Hansen, Lars Ove (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    The amazon ant Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798) is recorded in Norway. Two cohorts were observed at Skåtøy, Kragerø municipality (TEY, EIS 11), 9 July 1995, raiding pupae of Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758, which is one ...
  • An expressed sequence tag (EST) library from developing fruits of an Hawaiian endemic mint (Stenogyne rugosa, Lamiaceae): characterization and microsatellite markers 
    Lindqvist, Charlotte; Scheen, Anne-Cathrine; Yoo, Mi-Jeong; Grey, Paris; Oppenheimer, David G; Leebens-Mack, James H; Soltis, Douglas E; Soltis, Pamela S; Albert, Victor A (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
    Background The endemic Hawaiian mints represent a major island radiation that likely originated from hybridization between two North American polyploid lineages. In contrast with the extensive morphological ...
  • An on-ice aerial survey of the Kane Basin polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation 
    Wiig, Øystein; Atkinson, Stephen N.; Born, Erik W; Stapleton, Seth; Arnold, Todd; Dyck, Markus; Laidre, Kristin L.; Lunn, Nicholas J.; Regehr, Eric V. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Abstract There is an imminent need to collect information on distribution and abundance of polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) to understand how they are affected by the ongoing decrease in Arctic sea ice. The Kane Basin (KB) ...
  • An updated tribal classification of Lamiaceae based on plastome phylogenomics 
    Zhao, Fei; Chen, Ya-Ping; Salmaki, Yasaman; Drew, Bryan T; Wilson, Trevor C; Scheen, Anne-Cathrine; Celep, Ferhat; Bräuchler, Christian; Bendiksby, Mika; Wang, Qiang; Min, Dao-Zhang; Peng, Hua; Olmstead, Richard G; Li, Bo; Xiang, Chun-Lei (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Background A robust molecular phylogeny is fundamental for developing a stable classification and providing a solid framework to understand patterns of diversification, historical biogeography, and character ...
  • Analysis of bitter compounds in traditional preparations of Gentiana purpurea L 
    Hoel, Håvard; de Boer, Hugo; Kool, Anneleen; Wangensteen, Helle (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Roots of Gentiana purpurea are known to have an intense bitter taste due to its high content of secoiridoids. In folk medicine roots have commonly been prepared as water decoctions, soaked in ethanol, or boiled with milk, ...
  • Analytical advances alleviate model misspecification in non–Brownian multivariate comparative methods 
    Bartoszek, Krzysztof; Fuentes-González, Jesualdo; Mitov, Venelin; Pienaar, Jason; Piwczyński, Marcin; Puchałka, Radosław; Spalik, Krzysztof; Voje, Kjetil Lysne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Abstract Adams and Collyer (2018) argue that contemporary multivariate (Gaussian) phylogenetic comparative methods are prone to favouring more complex models of evolution and sometimes rotation invariance can be ...
  • Ancestral Sperm Ecotypes Reveal Multiple Invasions of a Non-Native Fish in Northern Europe 
    Green, Leon; Apostolou, Apostolos; Faust, Ellika; Palmqvist, Kajsa; Behrens, Jane W.; Havenhand, Jonathan N.; Leder, Erica Helen; Kvarnemo, Charlotta (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    For externally fertilising organisms in the aquatic environment, the abiotic fertilisation medium can be a strong selecting force. Among bony fishes, sperm are adapted to function in a narrow salinity range. A notable ...
  • Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia 
    Loog, Liisa; Thalmann, Olaf; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Schuenemann, Verena J.; Perri, Angela; Germonpré, Mietje; Bocherens, Herve; Witt, Kelsey E.; Samaniego Castruita, José Alfredo; Velasco, Marcela Sandoval; Lundstrøm, Inge K.C.; Wales, Nathan; Sonet, Gontran; Frantz, Laurent; Schroeder, Hannes; Budd, Jane; Jimenez, Elodie-Laure; Fedorov, Sergey; Gasparyan, Boris; Kandel, Andrew W.; Lázničková-Galetová, Martina; Napierala, Hannes; Uerpmann, Hans-Peter; Nikolskiy, Pavel A.; Pavlova, Elena Y.; Pitulko, Vladimir V.; Herzig, Karl-Heinz; Malhi, Ripan S.; Willerslev, Eske; Hansen, Anders J.; Dobney, Keith; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Krause, Johannes; Larson, Greger; Eriksson, Anders; Manica, Andrea (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Grey wolves (Canis lupus ) are one of the few large terrestrial carnivores that have maintained a wide geographical distribution across the Northern Hemisphere throughout the Pleistocene and Holocene. Recent genetic studies ...
  • Ancient environmental DNA reveals shifts in dominant mutualisms during the late Quaternary 
    Zobel, Martin; Davison, John; Edwards, Mary E.; Brochmann, Christian; Coissac, Eric; Taberlet, Pierre; Willerslev, Eske; Moora, Mari (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    DNA-based snapshots of ancient vegetation have shown that the composition of high-latitude plant communities changed considerably during the late Quaternary. However, parallel changes in biotic interactions remain largely ...
  • Ancient genomes reveal early Andean farmers selected common beans while preserving diversity 
    Trucchi, Emiliano; Benazzo, Andrea; Lari, Martina; Iob, Alice; Vai, Stefania; Nanni, Laura; Bellucci, Elisa; Bitocchi, Elena; Raffini, Francesca; Xu, Chunming; Jackson, Scott A.; Lema, Verónica; Babot, Pilar; Oliszewski, Nurit; Gil, Adolfo; Neme, Gustavo; Michieli, Catalina Teresa; Lorenzi, Monica De; Calcagnile, Lucio; Caramelli, David; Star, Bastiaan; de Boer, Hugo; Boessenkool, Sanne; Papa, Roberto; Bertorelle, Giorgio (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    All crops are the product of a domestication process that started less than 12,000 years ago from one or more wild populations1,2. Farmers selected desirable phenotypic traits (such as improved energy accumulation, ...
  • Anthropogenic and environmental drivers of vegetation change in southeastern Norway during the Holocene 
    ter Schure, Anneke Theresia Maria; Bajard, Manon Juliette Andree; Loftsgarden, Kjetil; Høeg, Helge Irgens; Ballo, Eirik Gottschalk; Bakke, Jostein; Støren, Eivind Wilhelm Nagel; Iversen, Frode; Kool, Anneleen; Brysting, Anne Krag; Krüger, Kirstin; Boessenkool, Sanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Uncovering anthropogenic and environmental drivers behind past biological change requires integrated analyses of long-term records from a diversity of disciplines. We applied an interdisciplinary approach exploring effects ...
  • Application of Supersplining to the Mesozoic and Paleozoic Geologic Time Scales 
    Gradstein, Felix M; Agterberg, F.P. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Abstract Methods to determine the ages of period and stage boundaries of the geologic time scale (GTS) have a long history and continue to be steadily improved. Stage boundary age estimates are now accompanied by error ...
  • Arctic-adapted dogs emerged at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition 
    Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; de Manuel, Marc; Pitulko, Vladimir V.; Kuderna, Lukas; Feuerborn, Tatiana R.; Frantz, Laurent A.F.; Vieira, Filipe G.; Niemann, Jonas; Castruita, Jose A. Samaniego; Carøe, Christian; Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie; Jordan, Peter; Pavlova, Elena Y.; Nikolskiy, Pavel A.; Kasparov, Aleksei K.; Ivanova, Varvara V.; Willerslev, Eske; Skoglund, Pontus; Fredholm, Merete; Wennerberg, Sanne Eline; Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Dietz, Rune; Sonne, Christian; Meldgaard, Morten; Dalén, Love; Larson, Greger; Petersen, Bent; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein; Marques-Bonet, Tomas; Hansen, Anders J; Gilbert, M. Thomas P. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2020)
    Although sled dogs are one of the most specialized groups of dogs, their origin and evolution has received much less attention than many other dog groups. We applied a genomic approach to investigate their spatiotemporal ...
  • Are Early Triassic extinction events associated with mercury anomalies? A reassessment of the Smithian/Spathian boundary extinction 
    Hammer, Øyvind; Jones, Morgan Thomas; Schneebeli-Hermann, Elke; Hansen, Bitten Bolvig; Bucher, Hugo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    High concentrations of mercury, possibly connected with widespread volcanism of the Siberian Traps, have previously been associated with the Smithian/Spathian (Early Triassic) boundary (SSB) in the Sverdrup Basin, Tethyan ...
  • Are there any trees in the Arctic? Reconstruction of evolutionary histories in a young biome 
    Carlsen, Tor (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2007)
    Reconstructing molecular phylogenies and unraveling biogeographic histories of arctic plants are needed to obtain better insights into the processes of evolution, dispersal and colonization in this young biome. Studies ...
  • Arenaria acaulis (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from South Peru 
    Montesinos-Tubee, Daniel B.; Kool, Anneleen (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    During studies on the flora of Moquegua (Southern Peru), some interesting Arenaria populations (subgen. Dicranilla, Caryophyllaceae) were found. The morphology of the plants does not resemble any other neotropical Arenaria ...