Nils Chr. Stenseth

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I am, since September 2018, a Professor at the The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo. I'm reporting directly to the Dean (with a contract currently extending till 2021).

I will continue doing research within the field of evolutionary biology – with a focus on vector-borne diseases (such as plague) with a wildlife reservoir, integrating ecology and evolution (including coevolution in multispecies communities) and marine biology.

Besides this, I will be an advisor to the Dean regarding developing top-level research units within the The Faculty: in this part of my work I will particularly help young talented people further develop their careers (including making them believe in themselves as scientists and in their ideas).

As a result of this I am no longer serving as Chair of CEES – a job I've enjoyed a lot and look back at with great pleasure. (See "Norwegian evolutionary biologists pushed the frontiers in international science" in titan.uio.no).

Research interests

Population biology (ecology and genetic structuring); large-scale ecological and evolutionary patterns; effects (ecology and evolution) of climate variation; terrestrial, marine and freshwater systems, including vector-borne infectious diseases with an environmental reservoir. Above all I am, in various settings, working on merging ecological and evolutionary thinking as well as better understanding the feedback-loop between ecology and evolution: ecology causes evolution through ecologically-based selective pressure, and when evolution occurs, the ecological interactions within the ecosystem may change - potentially leading to a modified ecologically-based selective pressure.

Background

I am a Core Member, Research Professor and the former Chair of CEES at the University of Oslo. In addition, I am Professor II at both the University of Agder and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

My research interests span a broad spectrum of ecological and evolutionary topics, most of which are rooted in population biology. Before the early 1990s, much of my work was purely theoretical. Later, I adopted the research strategy of 'asking' available data what the underlying ecological or evolutionary process might most likely be - all within a theoretical perspective. I strongly favour comparative studies - by comparing similar features between different (but comparable) systems, we typically learn more than we otherwise would have done. Variations in population densities in time and space - and the underlying demographic processes - have been a main interest of mine over the years. An important example is the interdependent relationship between density-dependent and density-independent processes, where the ecological effect of climate is an important example of the latter.

Most of my work relates to basic issues. (I have never claimed that my research is of any immediate use, although I do hope it will be in the long run.) However, I find great pleasure in working on more applied issues as well; I have never been ashamed of my research being of practical use here and now. These applied interests have brought me into work on pest control (e.g., rodents in Africa), harvesting (marine and terrestrial), bio-economics (e.g., the ecological dynamics of dry-land pastoral systems) and epidemiology (Plague).

I am convinced that it is helpful to try to understand what has happened in the past, in preparing for what might happen in the future, e.g., ecological and evolutionary effects of climate change. For this reason, I value the existence of long-term time series - and the analysis of them.

I love interacting with colleagues, and find great pleasure in building and maintaining teams. I am an ISI highly cited researcher.

Besides being an active scientist I am also a public advocate for science, actively participating in the discussions on how best to structure and strengthen the scientific community. I am an elected member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA); I was the vice-president/president of that Academy 2009-2014. I am also an elected member/fellow of several other academies, including the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, US), French Académie des Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Academia Europaea, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the Hungarian Academy of Science (Honorary Member), the Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters, and Agder Academy of Science and Letters. I have been awarded honorary doctorates (Doctor Honoris Causa) at the University of Antwerpen (Belgium, 2001), the École Normale Supéreure, Lyon (France, 2011), and the Åbo Akademi University (Finland, 2018). I am honorary Professor at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia, 2013), Tsinghua University (China, 2018) and Beijing Normal University (China, 2018). I am also a Chevalier (Knight) in the French National Order of the Legion of Honour.

During the period 2012 to 2015 I served as the President of the International Biological Union (IUBS). I am a former member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) as well as the Editor-in-Chief of Climate Research and Editorial Board Member of the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Washington.

Publications

Tags: Life sciences, China, India, Japan, Russia, USA, Canada, Nordic, Global South

Blanco Gonzalez, Enrique; Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg; Jentoft, Sissel; Hansen, Michael Møller; Robalo, Joana I.; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Jorde, Per Erik (2019). Interbreeding between local and translocated populations of a cleaner fish in an experimental mesocosm predicts risk of disrupted local adaptation. Ecology and Evolution. ISSN 2045-7758. s 1- 13 . doi: 10.1002/ece3.5246 Full text in Research Archive.
Tian, Huaiyu & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2019). The ecological dynamics of hantavirus diseases: From environmental variability to disease prevention largely based on data from China. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. ISSN 1935-2727. 13:e0006901(2), s 1- 19 . doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006901
Yu, ChaoQing; Huang, Xiao; Chen, Han; Godfray, H. Charles J.; Wright, Jonathon S.; Hall, Jim W.; Gong, Peng; Ni, ShaoQiang; Qiao, ShengChao; Huang, GuoRui; Xiao, YuChen; Zhang, Jie; Feng, Zhao; Ju, XiaoTang; Ciais, Philippe; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Hessen, Dag Olav; Sun, ZhanLi; Yu, Le; Cai, WenJia; Fu, HaoHuan; Huang, XiaoMeng; Zhang, Chi; Liu, HongBin & Taylor, James (2019). Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China. Nature. ISSN 0028-0836. 567, s 516- 520 . doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1001-1 Show summary
The nitrogen cycle has been radically changed by human activities1 . China consumes nearly one third of the world’s nitrogen fertilizers. The excessive application of fertilizers2,3 and increased nitrogen discharge from livestock, domestic and industrial sources have resulted in pervasive water pollution. Quantifying a nitrogen ‘boundary’4 in heterogeneous environments is important for the effective management of local water quality. Here we use a combination of water-quality observations and simulated nitrogen discharge from agricultural and other sources to estimate spatial patterns of nitrogen discharge into water bodies across China from 1955 to 2014. We find that the critical surface-water quality standard (1.0 milligrams of nitrogen per litre) was being exceeded in most provinces by the mid-1980s, and that current rates of anthropogenic nitrogen discharge (14.5 ± 3.1 megatonnes of nitrogen per year) to fresh water are about 2.7 times the estimated ‘safe’ nitrogen discharge threshold (5.2 ± 0.7 megatonnes of nitrogen per year). Current efforts to reduce pollution through wastewater treatment and by improving cropland nitrogen management can partially remedy this situation. Domestic wastewater treatment has helped to reduce net discharge by 0.7 ± 0.1 megatonnes in 2014, but at high monetary and energy costs. Improved cropland nitrogen management could remove another 2.3 ± 0.3 megatonnes of nitrogen per year—about 25 per cent of the excess discharge to fresh water. Successfully restoring a clean water environment in China will further require transformational changes to boost the national nutrient recycling rate from its current average of 36 per cent to about 87 per cent, which is a level typical of traditional Chinese agriculture. Although ambitious, such a high level of nitrogen recycling is technologically achievable at an estimated capital cost of approximately 100 billion US dollars and operating costs of 18–29 billion US dollars per year, and could provide co-benefits such as recycled wastewater for crop irrigation and improved environmental quality and ecosystem services.
Atickem, Anagaw Meshesha; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Drouilly, Marine; Bock, Steffen; Roos, Christian & Zinner, Dietmar (2018). Deep divergence among mitochondrial lineages in African jackals. Zoologica Scripta. ISSN 0300-3256. 47(1), s 1- 8 . doi: 10.1111/zsc.12257
Carlson, Colin; Getz, Wayne M.; Kausrud, Kyrre Linné; Cizauskas, Carrie A.; Blackburn, Jason K.; Bustos Carrillo, Fausto A; Colwell, Rita; Easterday, William Ryan; Ganz, Holly H.; Kamath, Pauline L.; Økstad, Ole Andreas Løchen; Turner, Wendy Christine; Kolstø, Anne-Brit & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis). Biological Reviews. ISSN 1464-7931. 93(4), s 1813- 1831 . doi: 10.1111/brv.12420
Cristofari, Robin; Liu, Xiaoming; Bonadonna, Francesco; Cherel, Yves; Pistorius, Pierre; Le Maho, Yvon; Raybaud, Virginie; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Le Bohec, Celine & Trucchi, Emiliano (2018). Climate-driven range shifts of the king penguin in a fragmented ecosystem. Nature Climate Change. ISSN 1758-678X. 8(3), s 245- 251 . doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0084-2
Dean, Katharine Rose; Krauer, Fabienne; Walløe, Lars; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Bramanti, Barbara; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Schmid, Boris Valentijn (2018). Human ectoparasites and the spread of plague in Europe during the Second Pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 115(6), s 1304- 1309 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715640115
Gamelon, Marlène; Tufto, Jarle; Nilsson, Anna; Jerstad, Kurt; Røstad, Ole Wiggo; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Sæther, Bernt-Erik (2018). Environmental drivers of varying selective optima in a small passerine: A multivariate, multiepisodic approach. Evolution. ISSN 0014-3820. 72(11), s 2325- 2342 . doi: 10.1111/evo.13610
Guellil, Meriam; Kersten, Oliver; Namouchi, Amine; Bauer, Egil Lindhart; Derrick, Michael; Jensen, Anne Østergaard; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Bramanti, Barbara (2018). Genomic blueprint of a relapsing fever pathogen in 15th century Scandinavia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 115(41), s 10422- 10427 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1807266115 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is known to have killed millions of people over the course of European history and remains a major cause of mortality in parts of the world. Its pathogen, Borrelia recurrentis, shares a common vector with global killers such as typhus and plague and is known for its involvement in devastating historical epidemics such as the Irish potato famine. Here, we describe a European and historical genome of B. recurrentis, recovered from a 15th century skeleton from Oslo. Our distinct European lineage has a discrete genomic makeup, displaying an ancestral oppA-1 gene and gene loss in antigenic variation sites. Our results illustrate the potential of ancient DNA research to elucidate dynamics of reductive evolution in a specialized human pathogen and to uncover aspects of human health usually invisible to the archaeological record.
Gutema, Tariku Mekonnen; Atickem, Anagaw Meshesha; Bekele, Afework; Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio; Kasso, Mohammed; Alemu, Diress Tsegaye; Venkataraman, Vivek V.; Fashing, Peter; Zinner, Dietmar & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Competition between sympatric wolf taxa: an example involving African and Ethiopian wolves. Royal Society Open Science. ISSN 2054-5703. 5(5), s 1- 9 . doi: 10.1098/rsos.172207 Full text in Research Archive.
Gutema, Tariku Mekonnen; Atickem, Anagaw Meshesha; Lemma, Alemayehu; Bekele, Afework; Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio; Zinner, Dietmar; Farstad, Wenche Kristin; Arnemo, Jon Martin & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Capture and immobilization of African wolves (Canis lupaster) in the Ethiopian Highlands. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. ISSN 0090-3558. 54(1), s 175- 179 . doi: 10.7589/2017-03-063
Hermansen, Jo Skeie; Starrfelt, Jostein; Voje, Kjetil L. & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Macroevolutionary consequences of sexual conflict. Biology Letters. ISSN 1744-9561. 14(6), s 1- 4 . doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0186
Langangen, Øystein; Färber, Leonie Anette; Stige, Leif Christian; Diekert, Florian Klaus; Barth, Julia Maria Isis; Matschiner, Michael; Berg, Paul Ragnar; Star, Bastiaan; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Jentoft, Sissel & Durant, Joel Marcel (2018). Ticket to spawn: Combining economic and genetic data to evaluate the effect of climate and demographic structure on spawning distribution in Atlantic cod. Global Change Biology. ISSN 1354-1013. s 1- 10 . doi: 10.1111/gcb.14474
Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Rueness, Eli Knispel & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Dietary flexibility of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia: effects of habitat degradation and life in fragments. BMC Ecology. ISSN 1472-6785. 18(4), s 1- 20 . doi: 10.1186/s12898-018-0161-4
Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter; Sargis, Eric J.; Venkataraman, Vivek V.; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Rueness, Eli Knispel & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Flexibility in positional behavior, strata use, and substrate utilization among Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in response to habitat fragmentation and degradation. American Journal of Primatology. ISSN 0275-2565. 80(5) . doi: 10.1002/ajp.22760 Full text in Research Archive.
Mekonnen, Addisu; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Fashing, Peter; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Missbach, Rose; Haus, Tanja; Zinner, Dietmar & Roos, Christian (2018). Population genetic structure and evolutionary history of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands. BMC Evolutionary Biology. ISSN 1471-2148. 18(1), s 1- 15 . doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1217-y
Namouchi, Amine; Guellil, Meriam; Kersten, Oliver; Hänsch, Stephanie; Ottoni, Claudio; Schmid, Boris Valentijn; Pacciani, Elsa; Quaglia, Luisa; Vermunt, Marco; Bauer, Egil Lindhart; Derrick, Michael; Jensen, Anne Østergaard; Kacki, Sacha; Cohn Jr., Samuel; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Bramanti, Barbara (2018). Integrative approach using Yersinia pestis genomes to revisit the historical landscape of plague during the Medieval Period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 115(50), s E11790- E11797 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1812865115 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
Over the last few years, genomic studies on Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of all known plague epidemics, have considerably increased in numbers, spanning a period of about 5,000 y. Nonetheless, questions concerning historical reservoirs and routes of transmission remain open. Here, we present and describe five genomes from the second half of the 14th century and reconstruct the evolutionary history of Y. pestis by reanalyzing previously published genomes and by building a comprehensive phylogeny focused on strains attributed to the Second Plague Pandemic (14th to 18th century). Corroborated by historical and ecological evidence, the presented phylogeny, which includes our Y. pestis genomes, could support the hypothesis of an entry of plague into Western European ports through distinct waves of introduction during the Medieval Period, possibly by means of fur trade routes, as well as the recirculation of plague within the human population via trade routes and human movement.
Nilsson, Anna; L'Abee-Lund, Jan Henning; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn; Jerstad, Kurt; Larsen, Bjørn Mejdell; Røstad, Ole Wiggo; Saltveit, Svein Jakob; Skaugen, Thomas; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Walseng, Bjørn (2018). The potential influence of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and brown trout Salmo trutta on density and breeding of the white-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus. Ecology and Evolution. ISSN 2045-7758. 8(8), s 4065- 4073 . doi: 10.1002/ece3.3958 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
Interactions between birds and fish are often overlooked in aquatic ecosystems. We studied the influence of Atlantic salmon and brown trout on the breeding population size and reproductive output of the white-throated dipper in a Norwegian river. Acidic precipitation led to the extinction of salmon, but salmon recolonized after liming was initiated in 1991. We compared the dipper population size and reproductive output before (1978–1992) and after (1993–2014) salmon recolonization. Despite a rapid and substantial increase in juvenile salmon, the breeding dipper population size and reproductive output were not influenced by juvenile salmon, trout, or total salmonid density. This might be due to different feeding strategies in salmonids and dippers, where salmonids are mainly feeding on drift, while the dipper is a benthic feeder. The correlation between the size of the dipper population upstream and downstream of a salmonid migratory barrier was similar before and after recolonization, indicating that the downstream territories were not less attractive after the recolonization of salmon. Upstream dipper breeding success rates declined before the recolonization event and increased after, indicating improved water quality due to liming, and increasing invertebrate prey abundances and biodiversity. Surprisingly, upstream the migratory barrier, juvenile trout had a weak positive effect on the dipper population size, indicating that dippers may prey upon small trout. It is possible that wider downstream reaches might have higher abundances of alternative food, rending juvenile trout unimportant as prey. Abiotic factors such as winter temperatures and acidic precipitation with subsequent liming, potentially mediated by preyabundance, seem to play the most important role in the life history of the dipper. birds, breeding, predators, river, salmonids
Nordbotten, Jan Martin; Levin, Simon A.; Szathmáry, Eörs & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of interconnectedness and modularity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 115(4), s 750- 755 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1716078115 Full text in Research Archive.
Spies, Ingrid; Hauser, Lorenz; Jorde, Per Erik; Knutsen, Halvor; Punt, André E.; Rogers, Lauren & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Inferring genetic connectivity in real populations, exemplified by coastal and oceanic Atlantic cod. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 115(19), s 4945- 4950 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1800096115 Full text in Research Archive.
Stige, Leif Christian; Ottersen, Geir; Yaragina, Nathalia A.; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Langangen, Øystein (2018). Combined effects of fishing and oil spills on marine fish: Role of stock demographic structure for offspring overlap with oil. Marine Pollution Bulletin. ISSN 0025-326X. 129(1), s 336- 342 . doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.056 Full text in Research Archive.
Tian, Huaiyu; Feng, Yunpeng; Vrancken, Bran; Cazelles, Bernard; Tan, Hua; Gill, Mandev S.; Yang, Qiqi; Li, Yidan; Yang, Weihong; Zhang, Yuzhen; Zhang, Yunshi; Lemey, Philippe; Pybus, Oliver G.; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Zhang, Hailin & Dellicour, Simon (2018). Transmission dynamics of re-emerging rabies in domestic dogs of rural China. PLoS Pathogens. ISSN 1553-7366. 14:e1007392(12), s 1- 18 . doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007392
Tian, Huaiyu; Hu, Shixiong; Cazelles, Bernard; Chowell, Gerardo; Gao, Lidong; Laine, Marko; Li, Yapin; Yang, Huisuo; Li, Yidan; Yang, Qiqi; Tong, Xin; Huang, Ru; Bjornstad, Ottar N.; Xiao, Hong & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Urbanization prolongs hantavirus epidemics in cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 115(18), s 4707- 4712 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712767115
Zinner, Dietmar; Atickem, Anagaw Meshesha; Beehner, Jacinta C.; Bekele, Afework; Bergman, Thore J.; Burke, Ryan; Dolotovskaya, Sofya; Fashing, Peter; Gippoliti, Spartaco; Knauf, Sascha; Knauf, Yvonne; Mekonnen, Addisu; Moges, Amera; Nguyen, Nga; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Roos, Christian (2018). Phylogeography, mitochondrial DNA diversity, and demographic history of geladas (Theropithecus gelada). PLoS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 13:e0202303(8), s 1- 18 . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202303 Full text in Research Archive.
Atickem, Anagaw Meshesha; Simeneh, Getachew; Bekele, Afework; Gutema, Tariku Mekonnen; Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio; Hill, Russell A & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). African wolf diet, predation on livestock and conflict in the Guassa mountains of Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology. ISSN 0141-6707. 55(4), s 632- 639 . doi: 10.1111/aje.12399
Barnosky, Anthony D.; Hadly, Elizabeth A.; Gonzalez, Patrick; Head, Jason; Polly, P. David; Lawing, A. Michelle; Eronen, Jussi T.; Ackerly, David D.; Alex, Ken; Biber, Eric; Blois, Jessica; Brashares, Justin; Ceballos, Gerardo; Davis, Edward; Dietl, Gregory P.; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Doremus, Holly; Fortelius, Mikael; Greene, Harry W.; Hellmann, Jessica; Hickler, Thomas; Jackson, Stephen T.; Kemp, Melissa; Koch, Paul L.; Kremen, Claire; Lindsey, Emily L.; Looy, Cindy; Marshall, Charles R.; Mendenhall, Chase; Mulch, Andreas; Mychajliw, Alexis M.; Nowak, Carsten; Ramakrishnan, Uma; Schnitzler, Jan; Das Shrestha, Kashish; Solari, Katherine; Stegner, Lynn; Stegner, M. Allison; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Wake, Marvalee H. & Zhang, Zhibin (2017). Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems. Science. ISSN 0036-8075. 355(6325), s 1- 10 . doi: 10.1126/science.aah4787
Barth, Julia Maria Isis; Berg, Paul Ragnar; Jonsson, Per R; Bonanomi, Sara; Corell, Hanna; Hemmer-Hansen, Jakob; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Johannesson, Kerstin; Jorde, Per Erik; Knutsen, Halvor; Moksnes, Per-Olav; Star, Bastiaan; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Svedang, Henrik; Jentoft, Sissel & Andre, Carl (2017). Genome architecture enables local adaptation of Atlantic cod despite high connectivity. Molecular Ecology. ISSN 0962-1083. 26(17), s 4452- 4466 . doi: 10.1111/mec.14207 Full text in Research Archive.
Bonachela, Juan; Wortel, Meike Tessa & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Eco-evolutionary Red Queen dynamics regulate biodiversity in a metabolite-driven microbial system. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 7 . doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17774-4 Full text in Research Archive.
Büntgen, Ulf; Greuter, Lucie; Bollmann, Kurt; Jenny, Hannes; Liebhold, Andrew; Galván, J. Diego; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Andrew, Carrie Joy & Mysterud, Atle (2017). Elevational range shifts in four mountain ungulate species from the Swiss Alps. Ecosphere. ISSN 2150-8925. 8(4), s 1- 15 . doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1761 Full text in Research Archive.
Cadahia, Luis; Labra, Antonieta; Knudsen, Endre; Nilsson, Anna; Lampe, Helene M.; Slagsvold, Tore & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Advancement of spring arrival in a long‑term study of a passerine bird: sex, age and environmental effects. Oecologia. ISSN 0029-8549. 184(4), s 917- 929 . doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-3922-4 Full text in Research Archive.
dos Santos Schmidt, Thassya Christina; Slotte, Aril; Kennedy, James; Sundby, Svein; Johannessen, Arne; Óskarsson, Gudmundur Jóhann; Kurita, Yutaka; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd (2017). Oogenesis and reproductive investment of Atlantic herring are functions of not only present but long-ago environmental influences as well. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(10), s 2634- 2639 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1700349114
Gamelon, Marlène; Grøtan, Vidar; Nilsson, Anna L. K.; Engen, Steinar; Hurrell, James W.; Jerstad, Kurt; Phillips, Adam S.; Røstad, Ole Wiggo; Slagsvold, Tore; Walseng, Bjørn; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Sæther, Bernt-Erik (2017). Interactions between demography and environmental effects are important determinants of population dynamics. Science Advances. ISSN 2375-2548. 3(2) . doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602298 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
Climate change will affect the population dynamics of many species, yet the consequences for the long-term persistence of populations are poorly understood. A major reason for this is that density-dependent feedback effects caused by fluctuations in population size are considered independent of stochastic variation in the environment. We show that an interplay between winter temperature and population density can influence the persistence of a small passerine population under global warming. Although warmer winters favor an increased mean population size, density-dependent feedback can cause the local population to be less buffered against occasional poor environmental conditions (cold winters). This shows that it is essential to go beyond the population size and explore climate effects on the full dynamics to elaborate targeted management actions.
Langangen, Øystein; Ohlberger, Jan; Stige, Leif C.; Durant, Joel M.; Ravagnan, Elisa; Stenseth, Nils C. & Hjermann, Dag Ø. (2017). Cascading effects of mass mortality events in Arctic marine communities. Global Change Biology. ISSN 1354-1013. 23(1), s 283- 292 . doi: 10.1111/gcb.13344 Full text in Research Archive.
Langangen, Øystein; Olsen, Erik Joel Steinar; Stige, Leif Christian; Ohlberger, Jan Philipp; Yaragina, Natalia A.; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen; Bogstad, Bjarte; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Hjermann, Dag Øystein (2017). The effects of oil spills on marine fish: Implications of spatial variation in natural mortality. Marine Pollution Bulletin. ISSN 0025-326X. 119(1), s 102- 109 . doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.037 Full text in Research Archive.
Lynam, Christopher Philip; Llope, Marcos; Möllmann, Christian; Helaouët, Pierre; Bayliss-Brown, Georgia Anne & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Interaction between top-down and bottom-up control in marine food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(8), s 1952- 1957 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1621037114
Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Nguyen, Nga & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation on the activity budget, ranging ecology and habitat use of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands. American Journal of Primatology. ISSN 0275-2565. 79, s 1- 13 . doi: 10.1002/ajp.22644 Full text in Research Archive.
Richter, Andries Peter; Eikeset, Anne Maria; Van Soest, Daan; Diekert, Florian Klaus & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Optimal management under institutional constraints: determining a total allowable catch for different fleet segments in the Northeast Arctic cod fishery. Environmental and Resource Economics. ISSN 0924-6460. 69(4), s 811- 835 . doi: 10.1007/s10640-016-0106-3
Rogers, Lauren; Storvik, Geir Olve; Knutsen, Halvor; Olsen, Esben Moland & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Fine-scale population dynamics in a marine fish species inferred from dynamic state-space models. Journal of Animal Ecology. ISSN 0021-8790. 86(4), s 888- 898 . doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12678 Full text in Research Archive.
Star, Bastiaan; Boessenkool, Sanne; Gondek, Agata Teresa; Nikulina, Elena A.; Hufthammer, Anne Karin; Pampoulie, Christophe; Knutsen, Halvor; André, Carl; Nistelberger, Heidi Maria; Dierking, Jan; Petereit, Christoph; Heinrich, Dirk; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Jentoft, Sissel & Barrett, James H. (2017). Ancient DNA reveals the Arctic origin of Viking Age cod from Haithabu, Germany. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(34), s 9152- 9157 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1710186114 Full text in Research Archive.
Stige, Leif Christian; Yaragina, Natalya; Langangen, Øystein; Bogstad, Bjarte; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Ottersen, Geir (2017). Effect of a fish stock's demographic structure on offspring survival and sensitivity to climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(6), s 1347- 1352 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1621040114 Full text in Research Archive.
Tian, Huaiyu; Yu, Pengbo; Bjørnstad, Ottar Nordal; Cazelles, Bernard; Yang, Jing; Tan, Hua; Huang, Shanqian; Cui, Yujun; Dong, Lu; Ma, Chaofeng; Ma, Changan; Zhou, Sen; Laine, Marko; Wu, Xiaoxu; Zhang, Yanyun; Wang, Jingjun; Yang, Ruifu; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Xu, Bing (2017). Anthropogenically driven environmental changes shift the ecological dynamics of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. PLoS Pathogens. ISSN 1553-7366. 13:e1006198(1), s 1- 19 . doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006198 Full text in Research Archive.
Tian, Huaiyu; Yu, Pengbo; Cazelles, Bernard; Xu, Lei; Tan, Hua; Yang, Jing; Huang, Shanqian; Xu, Bo; Cai, Jun; Ma, Chaofeng; Wei, Jing; Li, Shen; Qu, Jianhui; Laine, Marko; Wang, Jingjun; Tong, Shilu; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Xu, Bing (2017). Interannual cycles of Hantaan virus outbreaks at the human–animal interface in Central China are controlled by temperature and rainfall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(30), s 8041- 8046 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1701777114
Tian, Huidong; Yan, Chuan; Xu, Lei; Büntgen, Ulf; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Zhang, Zhibin (2017). Scale-dependent climatic drivers of human epidemics in ancient China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(49), s 12970- 12975 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1706470114
Valseth, Karoline; Nesbø, Camilla Lothe; Easterday, William Ryan; Turner, Wendy Christine; Olsen, Jaran Strand; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Haverkamp, Thomas Hendricus Augustus (2017). Temporal dynamics in microbial soil communities at anthrax carcass sites. BMC Microbiology. ISSN 1471-2180. 17(206), s 1- 15 . doi: 10.1186/s12866-017-1111-6 Full text in Research Archive.
Viranta, Suvi; Atickem, Anagaw Meshesha; Werdelin, Lars & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Rediscovering a forgotten canid species. BMC Zoology. ISSN 2056-3132. 2(6), s 1- 9 . doi: 10.1186/s40850-017-0015-0
Xu, Lei; Stige, Leif Christian; Chan, Kung-Sik; Zhou, Jie; Yang, Jun; Sang, Shaowei; Wang, Ming; Yang, Zhicong; Yan, Ziqiang; Jiang, Tong; Lu, Liang; Yue, Yujuan; Liu, Xiaobo; Lin, Hualiang; Xu, Jianguo; Liu, Qiyong & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Climate variation drives dengue dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(1), s 113- 118 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1618558114 Full text in Research Archive.
Yu, Pengbo; Li, Yidan; Xu, Bo; Wei, Jing; Li, Shen; Dong, Jianhua; Qu, Jianhui; Xu, Jing; Huang, Zheng; Ma, Chaofeng; Yang, Jing; Zhang, Guogang; Chen, Bin; Huang, Shanqian; Shi, Chunming; Gao, Hongwei; Liu, Feng; Tian, Huaiyu; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Xu, Bing & Wang, Jingjun (2017). Using satellite data for the characterization of local animal reservoir populations of Hantaan virus on the Weihe Plain, China. Remote Sensing. ISSN 2072-4292. 9(10), s 1- 13 . doi: 10.3390/rs9101076
Žliobaitė, Indrė; Fortelius, Mikael & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Reconciling taxon senescence with the Red Queen’s hypothesis. Nature. ISSN 0028-0836. 552, s 92- 95 . doi: 10.1038/nature24656 Full text in Research Archive.
Atickem, Anagaw Meshesha; Cooper, David; Kock, Richard; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Fisher, Martha; Bekele, Afework; Loe, Leif Egil & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Immobilization of Mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Gnusletter (online). ISSN 2304-0718.
Atickem, Anagaw Meshesha; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Loe, Leif Egil & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Biological Conservation Founded on Landscape Genetics: The Case of the Endangered Mountain Nyala in the Southern Highlands of Ethiopia, In Jakob Bro-Jørgensen & David P Mallon (ed.), Antelope Conservation: From Diagnosis to Action. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-118-40964-0. Chapter 10. s 172 - 189
Bramanti, Barbara; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Walløe, Lars & Xu, Lei (2016). Plague: A disease which changed the path of human civilication, In Ruifu Yang & Andrey Anisimov (ed.), Yersinia pestis: Retrospective and perspective. Springer. ISBN 978-94-024-0888-1. Kapittel 1. s 1 - 23
Cristofari, Robin; Bertorelle, Giorgio; Ancel, Andre; Benazzo, Andrea; Le Maho, Yvon; Ponganis, Paul J.; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Trathan, Phil N.; Whittington, Jason; Zanetti, Enrico; Zitterbart, Daniel P.; Le Bohec, Celine & Trucchi, Emiliano (2016). Full circumpolar migration ensures evolutionary unity in the Emperor penguin. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 7 . doi: 10.1038/ncomms11842
Edeline, Eric; Groth, Andreas; Cazelles, Bernard; Claessen, David; Winfield, Ian J.; Ohlberger, Jan Philipp; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Ghil, Michael (2016). Pathogens trigger top-down climate forcing on ecosystem dynamics. Oecologia. ISSN 0029-8549. 181, s 519- 532 . doi: 10.1007/s00442-016-3575-8
Eikeset, Anne Maria; Dunlop, Erin; Heino, Mikko Petteri; Storvik, Geir Olve; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Dieckmann, Ulf (2016). Roles of density-dependent growth and life history evolution in accounting for fisheries-induced trait changes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 113(52), s 15030- 15035 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1525749113
Kvile, Kristina Øie; Langangen, Øystein; Prokopchuk, Irina P.; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Stige, Leif Christian (2016). Disentangling the mechanisms behind climate effects on zooplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 113(7), s 1841- 1846 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1525130113
Malmstrøm, Martin; Matschiner, Michael; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Star, Bastiaan; Snipen, Lars-Gustav; Hansen, Thomas F; Baalsrud, Helle Tessand; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Hanel, Reinhold; Salzburger, Walter; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd & Jentoft, Sissel (2016). Evolution of the immune system influences speciation rates in teleost fishes. Nature Genetics. ISSN 1061-4036. 48(10), s 1204- 1210 . doi: 10.1038/ng.3645 Full text in Research Archive.
Mewicha, Berihun Gebremedhin; Flagstad, Øystein; Bekele, Afework; Gelete, Desalegn Chala; Bakkestuen, Vegar; Boessenkool, Sanne; Popp, Magnus; Gusarova, Galina; Schrøder-Nielsen, Audun; Nemomissa, Sileshi; Brochmann, Christian; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Epp, Laura (2016). DNA metabarcoding reveals diet overlap between the endangered walia ibex and domestic goats - Implications for conservation. PLoS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 11(7), s 1- 18 . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159133 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
Human population expansion and associated degradation of the habitat of many wildlife species cause loss of biodiversity and species extinctions. The small Simen Mountains National Park in Ethiopia is one of the last strongholds for the preservation of a number of afro-alpine mammals, plants and birds, and it is home to the rare endemic Walia ibex, Capra walie. The narrow distribution range of this species as well as potential competition for resources with livestock, especially with domestic goat, Capra hircus, may compromise its future survival. Based on a curated afro-alpine taxonomic reference library constructed for plant taxon identification, we investigated the diet of the Walia ibex and addressed the dietary overlap with domestic goat using DNA metabarcoding of faecal samples. Faeces of both species were collected from different localities in the National Park. We show that both species are browsers, with forbs, shrubs and trees comprising the largest proportion of their diet, supplemented by grasses. There was a considerable overlap in dietary preferences. Several of the preferred diet items of the Walia ibex (Alchemilla sp., Hypericum revolutum, Erica arborea and Rumex sp.) were also among the most preferred diet items of the domestic goat. These results indicate that there is potential for competition between the two species, especially during the dry season, when resources are limited. Our findings, in combination with the expected increase in domestic herbivores, suggest that management plans should consider the potential threat posed by domestic goats to ensure future survival of the endangered Walia ibex.
Nordbotten, Jan Martin & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Asymmetric ecological conditions favor Red-Queen type of continued evolution over stasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 113(7), s 1847- 1852 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1525395113

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Blanco Gonzalez, Enrique; Jentoft, Sissel; Hansen, Michael Møller; Knutsen, Halvor; Sodeland, Marte; Mattingsdal, Morten; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Robalo, Joana I. & Jorde, Per Erik (2018). Understanding adaptation in translocating wrasses.
Dean, Katharine Rose; Krauer, Fabienne; Walløe, Lars; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Bramanti, Barbara; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Schmid, Boris Valentijn (2018). Reply to Park et al.: Human ectoparasite transmission of plague during the Second Pandemic is still plausible. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 115(34), s E7894- E7895 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1810221115
Holst-Jensen, Arne; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Bratlie, Sigrid & Graver, Hans Petter (2018, 05. september). Skal genredigering reguleres som GMO? Kavliprisen og EU-domstolens fortolkning av gjeldende GMO-regelverk.. [Radio]. NRK P2.
Llope, Marcos; Blenckner, Thorsten; Vasilakopoulos, Paris; McGinty, Niall; Lynam, Christopher Philip; Helaouët, Pierre; Durant, Joel Marcel; Stige, Leif Christian; Marteinsdóttir, Gudrun & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Continuous and abrupt changes in the resilience of northeast Atlantic marine ecosystems.
Llope, Marcos; Blenckner, Thorsten; Vasilakopoulos, Paris; McGinty, Niall; Lynam, Christopher Philip; Helaouët, Pierre; Durant, Joel Marcel; Stige, Leif Christian; Marteinsdóttir, Gudrun & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Resilience of northeast Atlantic marine ecosystems.
Stenseth, Nils Christian; Holst-Jensen, Arne & Borge, Ole Johan (2018). Ja, CRISPR-teknologien er mer presis. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
Stenseth, Nils Christian; Stige, Leif Christian & Langangen, Øystein (2018). Kunnskapsbasert forvaltning i et varmere klima. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. s 16- 16
Stige, Leif Christian; Langangen, Øystein & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Skreien ikke utenfor livsfare. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372. s 32- 32
Eikeset, Anne Maria; Dunlop, Erin; Heino, Mikko Petteri; Storvik, Geir Olve; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Dieckmann, Ulf (2017). Reply to Enberg and Jørgensen: Ecology and evolution both matter for explaining stock dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(22), s E4322- E4323 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703865114
Eikeset, Anne Maria; Mazzarella, Anna; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Klinger, Dane H.; Levin, Simon A.; Rovenskaya, Elena & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). What is blue growth? The semantics of “Sustainable Development” of marine environments. Marine Policy. ISSN 0308-597X. 87, s 177- 179 . doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.10.019 Show summary
This Special Issue is intended to help readers gain a better understanding of the various definitions of blue growth, as well as to give a heightened awareness of the constraints of, and possibilities within, the important concept. Increased communication among those working together on these topics is of utmost importance, especially considering the diversity of the backgrounds of those who have a role to play in blue growth and sustainable development. Scientists, policy makers, business people, and the larger society need to become more precise and transparent in their language and meanings in order to effectively work together, and hopefully one day succeed in our joint goal to secure blue growth.
Llope, Marcos; Blenckner, Thorstein; McGinty, Niall; Stige, Leif Christian; Marteinsdóttir, Gudrun & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). A look at the Arctic ecosystems time series can help us project their future.
Ndimuligo, Sood Athumani; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Kamenya, Shadrack & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). New Evidence of Well Digging in Savannah Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii), Kahensa, Tanzania. Folia primatologica. ISSN 0015-5713. s 112- 113 . doi: 10.1159/000479094
Reigstad, Marit; Ruud, Kenneth; Geir, Huse & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). "Landslag" skal forske i Arktis. Nordlys. ISSN 0805-5440.
Reigstad, Marit; Ruud, Kenneth; Huse, Geir & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017, 13. mai). «Landslag» skal forske i Arktis. Nordlys.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Born with talent, but trained to excellence.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Eco-evolutionary studies on plague.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). How reviewers read grant proposals? - Tips and tricks from an “experienced” reviewer on what matters.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Introduction to The Fridtjof Nansen Lectures on Ocean Life.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Kunnskap trumfer alt.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). On evolutionary ecology and the Red Queen’s Hypothesis.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). SUSTAIN – 2nd Annual Meeting: Introduction.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). The Dynamics of Plague at a Global, Regional and Local Scale. Among Wildlife and Humans.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). The ERC: a Success Story for the EU.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). The Importance of GreenMAR for CEES.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). The Nansen LEGACY: The story about the new Norwegian polar research ship and polar research initiative.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). The unification of biology in the 21st century and its impact on our lives and environment.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). The unified biology in the 21st century (and its impact on our lives and environment).
Hutchings, Jeffrey & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Communication of science advice to government. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. ISSN 0169-5347. 31(1), s 7- 11 . doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.10.008
Kvile, Kristina Øie; Dalpadado, Padmini; Fiksen, Øyvind; Langangen, Øystein; Opdal, Anders Frugård; Prokopchuk, Irina P.; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Stige, Leif Christian (2016). Climate responses of Calanus finmarchicus in a high latitude system.
Oomen, Rebekah Alice; Knutsen, Halvor; Olsen, Esben Moland; Jentoft, Sissel; Stenseth, Nils Christian & Hutchings, Jeffrey (2016). Genetic variability in population responses of Atlantic cod to temperature.
Richter, Andries Peter; Eikeset, Anne Maria; Van Soest, Daan; Diekert, Florian Klaus & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Optimal management under institutional constraints – Determining a total allowable catch for different fleet segments in the North East Arctic cod fishery.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Are Norwegian politics based on the best available knowledge? Do we need a Science Advisor in Norway?.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Blue Growth in the Arctic: How to Move Forward?.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). CEES: a Nordic and international platform for marine research.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Challenges and opportunities for Unions within a shifting global scientific landscape.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Climate change and the impact on emerging infectious diseases Plague as an example.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Coevolution in multispecies communities the Red Queen Perspective.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Ecosystem dynamics, fishery and climate change: Bringing Darwinian evolution, Eltonian population dynamics and genomics together into a unified biology.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Fridtjof Nansen.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Havbruksnæringens utvikling i Norge: Fra grunnleggende vitenskap til næringssuksess.
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Havbruksnæringens utvikling i Norge: «Kunnskap trumfer alt».
Stenseth, Nils Christian (2016). Norge er avhengig av fremragende forskningsmiljøer: å bli og forbli et verdensledende forskningsmiljø – en forskers refleksjoner.

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