Publications about the Icons of the Mountains
On this page, publications from our research lab are listed. Only publications about “Icons of the mountains” (i.e. - the iconic vertebrates in the mountains) and only publications emerging from collaboration within the lab are listed. For a full publication list of the lab members, please follow links to our google scholar or orcid sites linked here.
Selected publications from the lab
Mandeville, C. P., A. G. Finstad, J. A. Kålås, B. G. Stokke, I. J. Øien, and E. B. Nilsen. 2024. Interspecific competition impacts the occupancy and range limits of two ptarmigan species along the elevation gradient in Norway. Wildlife Biology, e01197.
Ingvaldsen, E.W., Østnes, J.E., Kleven, O., Davey, M., Fossøy, F. & Nilsen, E.B. (2024) Fecal DNA metabarcoding reveals seasonal and annual variation in willow ptarmigan diet. Royal Society Open Science, 11, 231518.
Moen, B.C., Kroglund, R.T., Østnes, J.E., Nilsen, E.B. & Nygård, T. (2023) Wildlife Camera Monitoring Revealed the Northern Goshawk as a Predator on Gyrfalcon Nestlings. Journal of Raptor Research, 57, 671-675.
Eriksen, L.F., Ringsby, T.H., Pedersen, H.C. & Nilsen, E.B. (2023) Climatic forcing and individual heterogeneity in a resident mountain bird: legacy data reveal effects on reproductive strategies. Royal Society Open Science, 10, 221427.
Arnekleiv, Ø., Eldegard, K., Moa, P.F., Eriksen, L.F. & Nilsen, E.B. (2022) Drivers and consequences of partial migration in an alpine bird species. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8690.
Ytrehus, B., Rocchi, M., Brandsegg, H., Turnbull, D., Miller, A., Pedersen, H.C., Kalas, J.A. & Nilsen, E.B. (2021) Louping-Ill Virus Serosurvey of Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus Lagopus Lagopus) in Norway. J Wildl Dis, 57, 282-291.
Nilsen, E.B., Moa, P.F., Broseth, H., Pedersen, H.C. & Hagen, B.R. (2020) Survival and Migration of Rock Ptarmigan in Central Scandinavia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8.
Israelsen, M.F., Eriksen, L.F., Moa, P.F., Hagen, B.R. & Nilsen, E.B. (2020) Survival and cause-specific mortality of harvested willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) in central Norway. Ecol Evol, 10, 11144-11154.
Bowler, D.E., Kvasnes, M.A.J., Pedersen, H.C., Sandercock, B.K. & Nilsen, E.B. (2020) Impacts of predator-mediated interactions along a climatic gradient on the population dynamics of an alpine bird. Proc Biol Sci, 287, 20202653.
Nilsen, E.B. & Strand, O. (2018) Integrating data from multiple sources for insights into demographic processes: Simulation studies and proof of concept for hierarchical change-in-ratio models. PLoS ONE, 13, e0194566.
Eriksen, L.F., Moa, P.F. & Nilsen, E.B. (2018) Quantifying risk of overharvest when implementation is uncertain. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 482-493.
Kvasnes, M.A.J., Pedersen, H.C. & Nilsen, E.B. (2018) Quantifying suitable late summer brood habitats for willow ptarmigan in Norway. BMC Ecol, 18, 41.
Moa, P.F., Eriksen, L.F. & Nilsen, E.B. (2017) Harvest Regulations and Implementation Uncertainty in Small Game Harvest Management. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5.
Nilsen, E.B. (2017) The use of quantitative models in the harvest management of wild ungulates, carnivores and small game – using Norway as a case study. Decision-making in conservation and natural resource management - models for inter-disciplinary approaches (eds E.-J. Milner-Gulland, E. Nicholson & N. Bunnefeld). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press.
Kleven, O., Kroglund, R.T. &Østnes, J.E. (2016) Isolation, characterization and multiplex-PCR development of Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) microsatellite loci. Journal of Ornithology, 157, 641-646.
Østnes, J.E., Kroglund, R.T. & Kålås, J.A. (2014) A survey and GIS-based estimate of the breeding population of Great Snipe Gallinago media in Central Norway. Bird Study, 61, 386-393.