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    • The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated 

      Kandziora, Martha; Gehrke, Berit; Popp, Magnus; Gizaw, Abel; Brochmann, Christian; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Tropical alpine floras are renowned for high endemism, spectacular giant rosette plants testifying to convergent adaptation to harsh climates with nightly frosts, and recruitment dominated by long-distance dispersal from ...

    • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics 

      Formenti, Giulio; Theissinger, Kathrin; Fernandes, Carlos; Bista, Iliana; Bombarely, Aureliano; Bleidorn, Christoph; Ciofi, Claudio; Crottini, Angelica; Godoy, José A.; Höglund, Jacob; Malukiewicz, Joanna; Mouton, Alice; Oomen, Rebekah Alice; Paez, Sadye; Palsbøll, Per J.; Pampoulie, Christophe; Ruiz-López, María J.; Svardal, Hannes; Theofanopoulou, Constantina; de Vries, Jantina; Waldvogel, Ann-Marie; Zhang, Guojie; Mazzoni, Camila J.; Jarvis, Erich D.; Bálint, Miklós; Čiampor, Fedor; Aghayan, Sargis A.; Alioto, Tyler S.; Almudí, Isabel; Alvarez, Nadir; Alves, Paulo C.; Amorim, Isabel R.; Antunes, Agostinho; Arribas, Paula; Baldrian, Petr; Berg, Paul Ragnar; Bertorelle, Giorgio; Böhne, Astrid; Bonisoli-Alquati, Andrea; Boštjančić, Ljudevit L.; Boussau, Bastien; Breton, Catherine M.; Buzan, Elena; Campos, Paula F.; Carreras, Carlos; Castro, L. Filipe; Chueca, Luis J.; Conti, Elena; Cook-Deegan, Robert; Croll, Daniel; Cunha, Mónica V.; Delsuc, Frédéric; Dennis, Alice B.; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Heintzman, Peter D.; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Jentoft, Sissel; Matschiner, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference genomes. Various international initiatives aim to generate reference genomes representing global biodiversity. These genomes provide unique ...

    • Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names 

      Nelson, E. Charles; Oliver, Edward G.H.; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      In support of ongoing taxonomic work on the large and complex flowering plant genus Erica (Ericaceae), we document nineteen pairs of homonyms representing currently used illegitimate names. We provide replacements for ...

    • The Essential Role of Taxonomic Expertise in the Creation of DNA Databases for the Identification and Delimitation of Southeast Asian Ambrosia Beetle Species (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) 

      Cognato, Anthony Ignacio; Sari, G; Smith, Sarah M.; Beaver, Roger A.; Li, Yousheng; Hulcr, Jiri; Jordal, Bjarte Henry; Kajimura, Hisashi; Lin, C-S; Pham, T; Singh, S; Sittichaya, Wisut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      DNA holds great potential for species identification and efforts to create a DNA database of all animals and plants currently contains >7.5 million sequences representing ~300,000 species. This promise of a universally ...

    • The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2 

      Davis, B.A.S.; Chevalier, M.; Sommer, P.; Carter, V.A.; Finsinger, W.; Mauri, A.; Phelps, L.N.; Zanon, M.; Abegglen, R.; Åkesson, C.M.; Alba-Sanchez, F.; Anderson, R.S.; Antipina, T.G.; Atanassova, J.R.; Beer, R.; Belyanina, N.I.; Blyakharchuk, T.A.; Borisova, O.K.; Bozilova, E.; Bukreeva, G.; Bunting, M.J.; Clo, E.; Colombaroli, D.; Combourieu-Nebout, N.; Desprat, S.; Di Rita, F.; Djamali, M.; Edwards, K.J.; Fall, P.L.; Feurdean, A.; Fletcher, W.; Florenzano, A.; Furlanetto, G.; Gaceur, E.; Galimov, A.T.; Galka, M.; Garcia-Moreiras, I.; Giesecke, T.; Grindean, R.; Guido, M.A.; Gvozdeva, I.G.; Herzschuh, U.; Hjelle, Kari Loe; Ivanov, S.; Jahns, S.; Jankovska, V.; Jimenez-Moreno, G.; Karpinska-Kolaczek, M.; Kitaba, I.; Kolaczek, P.; Lapteva, E.G.; Latalowa, M.; Lebreton, V.; Leroy, S.; Leydet, M.; Lopatina, D.A.; Lopez-Saez, J.; Lotter, A.F.; Magri, D.; Marinova, E.; Matthias, I.; Mavridou, A.; Mercuri, A.M.; Mesa-Fernandez, J.M.; Mikishin, Y.A.; Milecka, K.; Montanari, C.; Morales-Molino, C.; Mrotzek, A.; Munoz Sobrino, C.; Naidina, O.D.; Nakagawa, T.; Nielsen, A.B.; Novenko, E.Y.; Panajiotidis, S.; Panova, N.K.; Papadopoulou, M.; Pardoe, H.S.; Pedziszewska, A.; Petrenko, T.I.; Ramos-Roman, M.J.; Ravazzi, C.; Rösch, M.; Ryabogina, N.; Ruiz, S.S.; Salonen, J.S.; Sapelko, T.V.; Schofield, J.E.; Seppä, H.; Shumilovskikh, L.; Stivrins, N.; Stojakowits, P.; Svitavska, H.S.; Swieta-Musznicka, J.; Tantau, I.; Tinner, W.; Tobolski, K.; Tonkov, S.; Tsakiridou, M.; Valsecchi, V.; Zanina, O.G.; Zimny, M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use ...

    • The evolution of female-biased genital diversity in bedbugs (Cimicidae) 

      Roth, Steffen; Siva-Jothy, Michael T.; Balvín, Ondřej; Morrow, Edward H.; Willassen, Endre; Reinhardt, Klaus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Rapid genitalia evolution is believed to be mainly driven by sexual selection. Recently, noncopulatory genital functions have been suggested to exert stronger selection pressure on female genitalia than copulatory functions. ...

    • Exploitation of outfield resources – Joint Research at the University Museums of Norway 

      Indrelid, Svein; Hjelle, Kari Loe; Stene, Kathrine (Book; Peer reviewed, 2015)

    • Exploitation shifted trophic ecology and habitat preferences of Mediterranean and Black Sea bluefin tuna over centuries 

      Andrews, Adam J.; Pampoulie, Christophe; Di Natale, Antonio; Addis, Piero; Bernal-Casasola, Darío; Aniceti, Veronica; Carenti, Gabriele; Gómez-Fernández, Verónica; Chosson, Valerie; Ughi, Alice; Von Tersch, Matt; Fontanals-Coll, Maria; Cilli, Elisabetta; Onar, Vedat; Tinti, Fausto; Alexander, Michelle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      During recent decades, the health of ocean ecosystems and fish populations has been threatened by overexploitation, pollution and anthropogenic-driven climate change. Due to a lack of long-term ecological data, we have a ...

    • Extensional Faulting Around Kolumbo Volcano, Aegean Sea—Relationships Between Local Stress Fields, Fault Relay Ramps, and Volcanism 

      Crutchley, Gareth J.; Karstens, Jens; Preine, Jonas; Hübscher, Christian; Fossen, Haakon; Kühn, Michel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo (CSK) volcanic field has hosted more than 100 explosive eruptions in the past 250,000 years, including the 1650 CE eruption of Kolumbo Volcano. Previous studies have established a link ...

    • Falcidens sagittiferus Salvini-Plawen, 1968: additional data on morphology and distribution (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Caudofoveata) 

      Ivanov, Dimitri L.; Mikkelsen, Nina Therese; Schander, Christoffer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009)
      Falcidens sagittiferus Salvini-Plawen, 1968 is a species of caudofoveate (Chaetodermomorpha) not uncommon in southern Scandinavia. Previous descriptions have however been based mainly on fixed material, and illustrations ...

    • Few, but useful garden plants known from Norwegian summer-farms 

      Moe, Dagfinn (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      Opplysninger om bruk av hageplanter på norske setre er vanskelig å finne i norsk litteratur. Basert på herbariebelegg og feltnotater har det vært mulig å legge frem en oversikt. I tillegg til presset materiale, er det ...

    • Fire, frost, and drought constrain the structural diversity of wood within southern African Erica (Ericaceae) 

      Akinlabi, Funmilade Modupe; Pirie, Michael David; Oskolski, Alexei A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Erica comprises ~860 species of evergreen shrubs and trees ranged from Europe to southern Africa and Madagascar. Wood structure of the around 20 European species is well studied, but despite its relevance to adaptation ...

    • First in situ documentation of a fossil tooth of the megatooth shark Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon from the deep sea in the Pacific Ocean 

      Pollerspöck, Jürgen; Cares, Danielle; Ebert, David A.; Kelley, Katherine A.; Pockalny, Robert; Robinson, Rebecca S.; Wagner, Daniel; Straube, Nicolas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      In this short communication, we describe the first reported case of an in-situ observation and subsequent sampling of a fossil Otodus megalodon tooth from a deep-sea locality in the Pacific Ocean (14.11332°N, 167.39357°W; ...

    • First Molecular Phylogeny of Lumbrineridae (Annelida) 

      Borisova, Polina; Budaeva, Nataliya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-25)
      Lumbrineridae is a family of marine annelids with simple external morphology but complex and diverse jaw apparatuses consisting of paired maxillae and mandibles. Here we present the first phylogeny of lumbrinerids based ...

    • First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste 

      Meijer, Hanneke; Louys, Julien; O'Connor, Sue (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Timor has yielded the earliest evidence for modern humans in Wallacea, but despite its long history of modern human occupation, there is little evidence for human-induced Late Pleistocene extinctions. Here, we report on ...

    • First records of complete annual cycles in water rails Rallus aquaticus show evidence of itinerant breeding and a complex migration system 

      Lislevand, Terje; Hahn, Steffen; Rislaa, Sven; Briedis, Martins (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      In water rails Rallus aquaticus, northern and eastern populations are migratory while southern and western populations are sedentary. Few details are known about the annual cycle of this elusive species. We studied movements ...

    • Flora Norvegica av J.E. Gunnerus. På norsk og med kommentarer 

      Jørgensen, Per Magnus; Weidemann, Einar; Fremstad, Eli (Gunneria, Book; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      This is the first version in Norwegian of Norway’s first flora which was published in Latin in two volumes in 1766 and 1776 (the second part posthumously, by the nephew N.D. Gunnerus) by bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773) ...

    • Floral Color, Anthocyanin Synthesis Gene Expression and Control in Cape Erica Species 

      Le Maitre, Nicholas C.; Pirie, Michael David; Bellstedt, Dirk U. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction: The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) is a biodiversity hotspot, recognized globally for its unusually high levels of endemism. The origins of this biodiversity are a long-standing topic of research. The largest ...

    • A Forest Pool as a Habitat Island for Mites in a Limestone Forest in Southern Norway 

      Seniczak, Anna; Seniczak, Stanisław; Graczyk, Radomir; Kaczmarek, Sławomir; Jordal, Bjarte Henry; Kowalski, Jaroslaw; Djursvoll, Per; Roth, Steffen; Bolger, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-12)
      Forest water bodies, e.g., pools, constitute ‘environmental islands’ within forests, with specific flora and fauna thus contributing considerably to the landscape biodiversity. The mite communities of Oribatida and ...

    • From deciduous forest to open landscape: application of new approaches to help understand cultural landscape development in western Norway 

      Mehl, Ingvild Kristine; Hjelle, Kari Loe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06-17)
      Development of the cultural landscape in a village situated by the inner fjords of western Norway is investigated by pollen analysis and quantitative reconstruction methods. Pollen samples from lake sediments and a soil ...