Browsing Naturhistorisk museum by Author "Wiig, Øystein"

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  • A novel mark-recapture-recovery survey using genetic sampling for polar bears Ursus maritimus in Baffin Bay 
    Atkinson, Stephen; Laidre, Kristin L.; Arnold, Todd W.; Stapleton, Seth; Regehr, Eric V.; Born, Erik W.; Wiig, Øystein; Dyck, Markus; Lunn, Nicholas J.; Stern, Harry; Paetkau, David (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Changes in sea-ice dynamics are affecting polar bears Ursus maritimus across their circumpolar range, which highlights the importance of periodic demographic assessments to inform management and conservation. We used genetic ...
  • 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) ...
  • 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 ...
  • Changes in winter and spring resource selection by polar bears Ursus maritimus in Baffin Bay over two decades of sea-ice loss 
    Laidre, Kristin L.; Stern, Harry; Born, Erik W.; Heagerty, Patrick; Atkinson, Stephen; Wiig, Øystein; Lunn, Nicholas J.; Regehr, Eric V.; McGovern, Richard; Dyck, Markus (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Loss of Arctic sea ice has implications for the distribution and population structure of ice-dependent species such as polar bears Ursus maritimus. We used remotely sensed sea-ice concentration data for Baffin Bay, Canada, ...
  • Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species 
    González-Moreno, Pablo; Lazzaro, Lorenzo; Vilà, Montserrat; Preda, Cristina; Adriaens, Tim; Bacher, Sven; Brundu, Giuseppe; Copp, Gordon H.; Essl, Franz; Garcia-Berthou, Emili; Katsanevakis, Stelios; Moen, Toril Loennechen; Lucy, Frances E.; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Roy, Helen E.; Srėbalienė, Greta; Talgø, Venche; Vanderhoeven, Sonia; Andjelković, Ana; Arbačiauskas, Kęstutis; Auger-Rozenberg, Marie-Anne; Bae, Mi-Jung; Bariche, Michel; Boets, Pieter; Boieiro, Mário; Borges, Paulo Alexandre; Canning-Clode, João; Cardigos, Frederico; Chartosia, Niki; Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth Joanne; Crocetta, Fabio; D'hondt, Bram; Foggi, Bruno; Follak, Swen; Gallardo, Belinda; Gammelmo, Øivind; Giakoumi, Sylvaine; Giuliani, Claudia; Fried, Guillaume; Jelaska, Lucija Šerić; Jeschke, Jonathan M.; Jover, Miquel; Juárez-Escario, Alejandro; Kalogirou, Stefanos; Kočić, Aleksandra; Kytinou, Eleni; Laverty, Ciaran; Lozano, Vanessa; Maceda-Veiga, Alberto; Marchante, Elizabete; Marchante, Hélia; Martinou, Angeliki F.; Meyer, Sandro; Michin, Dan; Montero-Castaño, Ana; Morais, Maria Cristina; Morales-Rodriguez, Carmen; Muhthassim, Nadia; Nagy, Zoltán Á.; Ogris, Nikica; Onen, Huseyin; Pergl, Jan; Puntila, Riikka; Rabitsch, Wolfgang; Ramburn, Triya Tessa; Rego, Carla; Reichenbach, Fabian; Romeralo, Carmen; Saul, Wolf-Christian; Schrader, Gritta; Sheehan, Rory; Simonović, Predrag; Skolka, Marius; Soares, António Onofre; Sundheim, Leif; Tarkan, Ali Serhan; Tomov, Rumen; Tricarico, Elena; Tsiamis, Konstantinos; Uludağ, Ahmet; van Valkenburg, Johan; Verreycken, Hugo; Vettraino, Anna Maria; Vilar, Lluís; Wiig, Øystein; Witzell, Johanna; Zanetta, Andrea; Kenis, Marc (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Standardized tools are needed to identify and prioritize the most harmful non-native species (NNS). A plethora of assessment protocols have been developed to evaluate the current and potential impacts of non-native species, ...
  • Extreme diversity in the songs of Spitsbergen's bowhead whales 
    Stafford, K.M.; Lydersen, Christian; Wiig, Øystein; Kovacs, Kit M. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Almost all mammals communicate using sound, but few species produce complex songs. Two baleen whales sing complex songs that change annually, though only the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) has received much research ...
  • Genetic diversity of historical Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from Bjørnøya and Håøya (Tusenøyane), Svalbard, Norway 
    Lindqvist, Charlotte; Roy, Tilottama; Lydersen, Christian; Kovacs, Kit M; Aars, Jon; Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    Background The population size of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) is depleted relative to historical abundance levels. In Svalbard, centuries of over-exploitation brought the walrus herds to ...
  • Genomes of Extinct Pleistocene Siberian Wolves Provide Insights into the Origin of Present-Day Wolves 
    Ramos Madrigal, Jazmín; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Carøe, Christian; Mak, Sarah S.T.; Niemann, Jonas; Samaniengo Casruita, Jose A; Fedorov, Sergey; Kandyba, Alexander; Germonpré, Mietje; Bocherens, Herve; Feuerborn, Tatiana R.; Pitulko, Vladimir V.; Pavlova, Elena Y.; Nikolskiy, Pavel A.; Kasparov, Aleksei K.; Ivanova, Varvara V.; Larson, Greger; Frantz, Laurent A.F.; Willerslev, Eske; Meldgaard, Morten; Petersen, Bent; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein; Hansen, Anders J.; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Extant Canis lupus genetic diversity can be grouped into three phylogenetically distinct clades: Eurasian and American wolves and domestic dogs.1 Genetic studies have suggested these groups trace their origins to a wolf ...
  • High genomic diversity in the endangered East Greenland Svalbard Barents Sea stock of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) 
    Cerca, José; Westbury, Michael V; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lorenzen, Eline D.; Lydersen, Christian; Shpak, Olga V.; Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Abstract The East Greenland-Svalbard-Barents Sea (EGSB) bowhead whale stock ( Balaena mysticetus ) was hunted to near extinction and remains Endangered on the International Union of Conservation of Nature Red List. The ...
  • Insights into bear evolution from a Pleistocene polar bear genome 
    Lan, Tianying; Leppälä, Kalle; Tomlin, Crystal; Talbot, Sandra L; Sage, George K.; Farley, Sean; Shideler, Richard T.; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein; Albert, Victor A; Salojärvi, Jarkko; Mailund, Thomas; Drautz-Moses, Daniela I.; Herrera-Estrella, Luis; Lindqvist, Charlotte (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) has become a symbol of the threat to biodiversity from climate change. Understanding polar bear evolutionary history may provide insights into apex carnivore responses and prospects during ...
  • Interspecific gene flow shaped the evolution of the genus Canis. 
    Gopalakrishnan, S.; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Ramos-Madrigal, J.; Niemann, J.; Castruita, J.A.S.; Vieira, S.G.; Carøe, C.; Montero, M.M.; Kuderna, L.; Serres, A.; Gonzales, V.M.; Liu, H-H; Wang, G-D.; Marques-Bonett, T.; Mirarab, S.; Fernandes, C.; Gaubert, P.; Koepfli, K-P.; Budd, J.; Rueness, E.K.; Heide-Jørgensen, M.P.; Petersen, B.; Sicheritz-Ponten, T.; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein; Hansen, A.J.; Gilbert, M.T.P. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    The evolutionary history of the wolf-like canids of the genus Canis has been heavily debated, especially regarding the number of distinct species and their relationships at the population and species level [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...
  • Marine mammal hotspots across the circumpolar Arctic 
    Hamilton, Charmain D.; Lydersen, Christian; Aars, Jon; Acquarone, Mario; Atwood, Todd; Baylis, Alastair; Biuw, Martin; Boltunov, Andrei N.; Born, Erik W.; Boveng, Peter; Brown, Tanya M.; Cameron, Michael; Citta, John; Crawford, Justin; Dietz, Rune; Elias, Jim; Ferguson, Steven H.; Fisk, Aaron; Folkow, Lars; Frost, Kathryn J.; Glazov, Dmitri M.; Granquist, Sandra M.; Gryba, Rowenna; Harwood, Lois; Haug, Tore; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Hussey, Nigel E.; Kalinek, Jimmy; Laidre, Kristin L.; Litovka, Dennis I.; London, Josh M.; Loseto, Lisa L.; MacPhee, Shannon; Marcoux, Marianne; Matthews, Cory J. D.; Nilssen, Kjell Tormod; Nordøy, Erling Sverre; O’Corry-Crowe, Greg; Øien, Nils Inge; Olsen, Morten Tange; Quakenbush, Lori; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Semenova, Varvara; Shelden, Kim E. W.; Shpak, Olga V.; Stenson, Garry; Storrie, Luke; Sveegaard, Signe; Teilmann, Jonas; Ugarte, Fernando; Von Duyke, Andrew L.; Watt, Cortney; Wiig, Øystein; Wilson, Ryan R.; Yurkowski, David J.; Kovacs, Kit M. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Aim: Identify hotspots and areas of high species richness for Arctic marine mammals. Location: Circumpolar Arctic. Methods: A total of 2115 biologging devices were deployed on marine mammals from 13 species in the Arctic ...
  • Marine mammal hotspots in the Greenland and Barents Seas 
    Hamilton, Charmain Danielle; Lydersen, Christian; Aars, Jon; Biuw, Martin; Boltunov, Andrei; Born, Erik W.; Dietz, Rune; Folkow, Lars; Glazov, Dmitry M.; Haug, Tore; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter; Kettemer, Lisa Elena; Laidre, Kristin L.; Øien, Nils Inge; Nordøy, Erling Sverre; Rikardsen, Audun H.; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Semenova, Varvara; Shpak, Olga V.; Sveegaard, Signe; Ugarte, Fernando; Wiig, Øystein; Kovacs, Kit M. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Environmental change and increasing levels of human activity are threats to marine mammals in the Arctic. Identifying marine mammal hotspots and areas of high species richness are essential to help guide management and ...
  • Mitochondrial genomes of ancient bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from Svalbard 
    Grond, Koost; Piecha, Magdalena; Hahn, Christoph; Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    The endangered Spitsbergen stock of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) has once been large with up to estimated 100,000 individuals. Genetic diversity of the extant Spitsbergen stock is unknown. We present 10 complete ...
  • Mitogenomics and the genetic differentiation of contemporary Balaena mysticetus (Cetacea) from Svalbard 
    Bachmann, Lutz; Cabrera, Andrea A.; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter; Shpak, Olga V.; Lydersen, Christian; Wiig, Øystein; Kovacs, Kit M. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Abstract Full mitochondrial genomes were assembled for 12 recently sampled animals from the Svalbard bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) stock via high-throughput sequencing data, facilitating analysis of the ...
  • Modeling the demography of species providing extended parental care: A capture–recapture multievent model with a case study on polar bears (Ursus maritimus) 
    Cubaynes, Sarah; Aars, Jon; Yoccoz, Nigel; Pradel, Roger; Wiig, Øystein; Ims, Rolf Anker; Gimenez, Olivier (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    1. In species providing extended parental care, one or both parents care for altricial young over a period including more than one breeding season. We expect large parental investment and long-term dependency within family ...
  • The number and distribution of polar bears in the western Barents Sea area. 
    Aars, Jon; Marques, T.A.; Lone, K.; Andersen, M.; Wiig, Øystein; Fløystad, I.M.B.; Hagen, S.B.; Buckland, S.T. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Polar bears have experienced a rapid loss of sea-ice habitat in the Barents Sea. Monitoring this subpopulation focuses on the effects on polar bear demography. In August 2015, we conducted a survey in the Norwegian Arctic ...
  • Performance and retention of lightweight satellite radio tags applied to the ears of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) 
    Wiig, Øystein; Born, Erik W; Laidre, Kristin L; Dietz, Rune; Jensen, Mikkel V; Durner, George M; Pagano, Anthony M; Regehr, Eric; St. Martin, Michelle; Atkinson, Stephen; Dyck, Markus (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Background Satellite telemetry studies provide information that is critical to the conservation and management of species affected by ecological change. Here we report on the performance and retention of ...
  • Population genomics of grey wolves and wolf-like canids in North America 
    Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Vieira, Filipe G.; Samaniego, Jose A; Raundrup, Katrine; Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Meldgaard, Morten; Petersen, Bent; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas; Mikkelsen, Johan Brus; Marquard-Petersen, Ulf; Dietz, Rune; Sonne, Christian; Dalén, Love; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein; Hansen, Anders J.; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    North America is currently home to a number of grey wolf (Canis lupus) and wolf-like canid populations, including the coyote (Canis latrans) and the taxonomically controversial red, Eastern timber and Great Lakes wolves. ...
  • Prevalence of antibodies against Brucella spp. in West Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and East Greenland muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) 
    Sonne, Christian; Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie; Rajala, Elisabeth; Agerholm, Jørgen S.; Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva; Desforges, Jean-Pierre; Eulaers, Igor; Gustavson, Kim; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Koch, Anders; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Schmidt, Nils Martin; Grøndahl, Carsten; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Siebert, Ursula; Tryland, Morten; Mulvad, Gert; Born, Erik W; Laidre, Kristin; Wiig, Øystein; Dietz, Rune; Magnusson, Ulf (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Zoonotic infections transmitted from terrestrial and marine mammals to humans in European Arctic are of unknown significance, despite considerable potential for transmission due to local hunt and a rapidly changing ...