Atle Mysterud

• Bischof, Richard; Bonenfant, Christophe; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Zedrosser, Andreas; Friebe, Andrea; Coulson, Tim; Mysterud, Atle & Swenson, Jon (2018). Regulated hunting re-shapes the life history of brown bears. Nature Ecology & Evolution.  ISSN 2397-334X.  2(1), s 116- 123 . doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0400-7
• Büntgen, Ulf; Galvan, Juan D.; Mysterud, Atle; Krusic, Paul J.; Hulsmann, Lisa; Jenny, Hannes; Senn, Josef & Bollmann, Kurt (2018). Horn growth variation and hunting selection of the Alpine ibex. Journal of Animal Ecology.  ISSN 0021-8790.  87(4), s 1069- 1079 . doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12839
• Couriot, Ophélie; Hewison, A. J. Mark; Saïd, Sonia; Cagnacci, Francesca; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Linnell, John Durrus; Mysterud, Atle; Peters, Wibke Erika Brigitta; Urbano, Ferdinando; Heurich, Marco; Kjellander, Petter; Nicoloso, Sandro; Berger, Anne; Sustr, Pavel; Kroeschel, Max; Soennichsen, Leif; Sandfort, Robin; Gehr, Benedikt & Morellet, Nicolas (2018). Truly sedentary? The multi-range tactic as a response to resource heterogeneity and unpredictability in a large herbivore. Oecologia.  ISSN 0029-8549.  187(1), s 47- 60 . doi: 10.1007/s00442-018-4131-5
• Hertel, Anne Gabriela; Bischof, Richard; Langval, Ola; Mysterud, Atle; Kindberg, Jonas; Swenson, Jon & Zedrosser, Andreas (2018). Berry production drives bottom-up effects on body mass and reproductive success in an omnivore. Oikos.  ISSN 0030-1299.  127(2), s 197- 207 . doi: 10.1111/oik.04515 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Obligate herbivores dominate studies of the eff ects of climate change on mammals, however there is limited empirical evidence for how changes in the abundance or quality of plant food aff ect mammalian omnivores. Omnivores can exploit a range of diff erent food resources over the course of a year, but they often rely on seasonally restricted highly nutritious fruiting bodies during critical life stages. Brown bears Ursus arctos in Sweden are dependent on berries for fattening before entering hibernation. We used a ten-year time series to evaluate the eff ect of temperature and snow on annual variation in berry abundance and how this variation aff ected bears. We found marked interannual variation in berry production of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and lingonberry V. vitis-idaea , that we could attribute in part to temperature during plant dormancy and flowering and precipitation during fruit ripening. Both, autumn weights of female bears and spring weights of yearling bears increased linearly with bilberry abundance. When bilberry abundance was low, lightweight female bears had a lower reproductive success than females in better condition. Th is eff ect vanished when food abundance was above average, indicating that lightweight females could compensate for their initial weight during good bilberry years. Our study highlights the importance of considering individuals ’ dynamic responses to variation in food availability, which leave some more vulnerable to food shortage than others. Individual life-history heterogeneity in response to resource variation likely aff ects long-term population recruitment. Our fi ndings emphasize that Scandinavian bears can be dependent on a single food resource during a critical period of the year and are therefore less resilient to environmental change than expected for an omnivore. Future climate scenarios predict ambiguous trends for weather covariates that aff ected crucial stages of berry phenology, preventing a clear prognosis of how climate change may aff ect long-term bilberry production.

• Meisingset, Erling L.; Loe, Leif Egil; Brekkum, Øystein; Bischof, Richard; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Lande, Unni Støbet; Zimmermann, Barbara; Veiberg, Vebjørn & Mysterud, Atle (2018). Spatial mismatch between management units and movement ecology of a partially migratory ungulate. Journal of Applied Ecology.  ISSN 0021-8901.  55(2), s 745- 753 . doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13003 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  1. Population-level management is difficult to achieve if wildlife routinely crosses administrative boundaries, as is particularly frequent for migratory populations. However, the degree of mismatch between management units and scales at which ecological processes operate has rarely been quantified. Such insight is vital for delimiting functional population units of partially migratory species common in northern forest ecosystems. 2. We combined an extensive dataset of 412 GPS-marked red deer (Cervus elaphus) across Norway with information on the size and borders of two administrative levels, the governmental level (municipality) and landowner level (local management units, LMUs), to determine the timing and scale of mismatch between animal space use and management units. We analysed how landscape characteristics affected the use of management units and the timing and likelihood of crossing borders between them, in an effort to delineate more appropriate units in various landscapes. 3. Median municipality size could potentially cover 70% of female and 62% of male annual ranges, while only 12% and 4% of LMUs were expansive enough to accommodate migratory routes in females and males, respectively. Red deer migrate along elevational gradients and are more likely to find both suitable lowland winter habitat and higher summer habitat within management units with variable topography. Consistent with this, the likelihood of border crossing decreased with increasing diversity of elevations. 4. Synthesis and applications. We demonstrate a considerable mismatch between animal space use and management units. Far-ranging movements and frequent administrative border crossings during autumn migration coincides with the period of active management (hunting season). Our study also highlights that, due to extensive movements of males, coordination of management aims may provide a more realistic avenue than increasing sizes of local management units. A more general insight is that the degree of mismatch between range use and management units depends on the season and landscape type. This needs to be accounted for when delimitating functional population units of migratory populations.

• Mysterud, Atle; Stigum, Vetle Malmer; Seland, Ingrid Vikingsdal; Herland, Anders; Easterday, William Ryan; Jore, Solveig; Østerås, Olav & Viljugrein, Hildegunn (2018). Tick abundance, pathogen prevalence, and disease incidence in two contrasting regions at the northern distribution range of Europe. Parasites & Vectors.  ISSN 1756-3305.  11(309) . doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2890-9
• Rivrud, Inger Maren; Sivertsen, Therese Ramberg; Mysterud, Atle; Åhman, Birgitta; Støen, Ole-Gunnar & Skarin, Anna (2018). Reindeer green-wave surfing constrained by predators. Ecosphere.  ISSN 2150-8925.  9(5) . doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2210
• Tucker, Marlee A.; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Fagan, William F.; Fryxell, John M.; Van Moorter, Bram; Alberts, Susan C.; Ali, Abdullahi H.; Allen, Andrew M.; Attias, Nina; Avgar, Tal; Bartlam-Brooks, Hattie; Bayarbaatar, Buuveibaatar; Belant, Jerrold L.; Bertassoni, Alessandra; Beyer, Dean; Bidner, Laura; van Beest, Floris M.; Blake, Stephen; Blaum, Niels; Bracis, Chloe; Brown, Danielle; de Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Cagnacci, Francesca; Calabrese, Justin M.; Camilo-Alves, Constança; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Chiaradia, Andre; Davidson, Sarah C.; Todd, Dennis; DeStefano, Stephen; Diefenbach, Duane; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Fennesy, Julian; Fichtel, Claudia; Fiedler, Wolfgang; Fischer, Christina; Fischoff, Ilya; Fleming, Christen H.; Ford, Adam T.; Fritz, Susanne A.; Gehr, Benedikt; Goheen, Jacob R.; Gurarie, Eliezer; Hebblewhite, Mark; Heurich, Marco; Hewison, A.J. Mark; Hof, Christian; Hurme, Edward; Isbell, Lynne A.; Janssen, René; Jeltsch, Florian; Kaczensky, Petra; Kane, Adam; Kappeler, Peter M.; Kauffman, Matthew; Kays, Roland; Kimuyu, Duncan; Koch, Flavia; Kranstauber, Bart; LaPoint, Scott; Leimgruber, Peter; Linnell, John Durrus; López-López, Pascual; Markham, A. Catherine; Mattisson, Jenny; Medici, Emilia Patricia; Mellone, Ugo; Merrill, Evelyn; De MirandaMourao, Guilherme; Morato, Ronaldo G; Morellet, Nicolas; Morrison, Thomas A.; Díaz-Muñoz, Samuel L.; Mysterud, Atle; Nandintsetseg, Dejid; Nathan, Ran; Niamir, Aidin; Odden, John; OHara, Robert Brian; Oliveira-Santos, Luiz Gustavo R.; Olson, Kirk A.; Patterson, Bruce D.; De Paula, Rogerio Cunha; Pedrotti, Luca; Reineking, Björn; Rimmler, Martin; Rogers, Tracey L.; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Rosenberry, Christopher S.; Rubenstein, Daniel I.; Safi, Kamran; Saïd, Sonia; Sapir, Nir; Sawyer, Hall; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Selva, Nuria; Sergiel, Agnieszka; Shiilegdamba, Enkhtuvshin; Silva, João Paulo; Singh, Navinder; Solberg, Erling Johan; Solberg, Erling J; Spiegel, Orr; Strand, Olav; Strand, Olav; Sundaresan, Siva; Ullmann, Wiebke; Voigt, Ulrich; Wall, Jake; Wattles, David; Wikelski, Martin; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Wilson, John W.; Wittemyer, George; Zięba, Filip; Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz & Mueller, Thomas (2018). Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science.  ISSN 0036-8075.  359(6374), s 466- 469 . doi: 10.1126/science.aam9712
• Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Hopp, Petter; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Våge, Jørn; Tavornpanich, Saraya; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Strand, Olav & Mysterud, Atle (2018). A method that accounts for differential detectability in mixed samples of long-term infections with applications to the case of Chronic Wasting Disease in cervids. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.  ISSN 2041-210X. . doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13088 Vis sammendrag

  1. Surveillance of wildlife diseases is logistically difficult, and imperfect detection is a recurrent challenge for disease estimation. Using citizen science can increase sample sizes, but it is associated with a cost in terms of the anatomical type and quality of the sample. Additionally, biological tissue samples from remote areas lose quality due to autolysis. These challenges are faced in the case of emerging Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in cervids. 2. Here, we develop a stochastic scenario tree model of diagnostic sensitivity, allowing for a mixture of tissue sample types (lymph nodes and brain) and qualities while accounting for different detection probabilities during the CWD infection, lasting 2-3 years. We apply the diagnostic sensitivity in a Bayesian framework, enabling estimation of age-class-specific true prevalence, including the prevalence in latent, recently infected stages. We provide a simulation framework to estimate the sensitivity of the surveillance system (i.e., the probability of detecting the infection in a given population), when detectability varies among individuals due to different disease progression. 3. We demonstrate the utility of our framework by applying it to the recent emergence of CWD in a European population of reindeer. We estimated apparent CWD prevalence at 1.2 % of adults in the infected population of wild reindeer, while the true prevalence was 1.6 %. The sensitivity estimation of the CWD surveillance was performed in an adjacent small (~500) and a large (~10,000) reindeer population, demonstrating low certainty of CWD absence. 4. Our method has immediate application to the mandatory testing for CWD in EU countries commencing in 2018. Similar approaches that account for latent stages and a serial disease progression in various tissues with a temporal pattern of diagnostic sensitivity may enhance the estimation of the prevalence of wildlife diseases more generally. Bayesian estimation methods, surveillance, wildlife diseases, diagnostic sensitivity, test sensitivity, chronic wasting disease, prevalence, prions, PrP CWD

• Apollonio, Marco; Belkin, Vladimir V.; Borkowski, Jakub; Borodin, Oleg I.; Borowik, Tomasz; Cagnacci, Fransesca; Danilkin, Aleksey A.; Danilov, Peter I.; Faybich, Andrey; Ferretti, Francesco; Gaillard, Jean Michel; Hayward, Matt; Heshtaut, Pavel; Heurich, Marco; Hurynovich, Aliaxandr; Kashtalyan, Alexander; Kerley, Graham I. H.; Kjellander, Petter; Kowalczyk, Rafał; Kozorez, Alexander; Matveytchuk, Sergey; Milner, Jos M.; Mysterud, Atle; Ozoliņš, Jānis; Panchenko, Danila V.; Peters, Wibke; Podgórski, Tomasz; Pokorny, Boštjan; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Ruusila, Vesa; Schmidt, Krzysztof; Sipko, Taras P.; Veeroja, Rauno; Velihurau, Pavel & Yanuta, Gregoriy (2017). Challenges and science-based implications for modern management and conservation of European ungulate populations. Mammal Research.  ISSN 2199-2401.  62(3), s 209- 217 . doi: 10.1007/s13364-017-0321-5 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Wildlife management systems face growing challenges to cope with increasingly complex interactions between wildlife populations, the environment and human activities. In this position statement, we address the most important issues characterising current ungulate conservation and management in Europe. We present some key points arising from ecological research that may be critical for a reassessment of ungulate management in the future. Ecosystem . Population sustainability . Science-basedmanagement .Wildlifemanagement .Adaptive management

• 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 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Debeffe, Lucie Isabelle; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Brekkum, Øystein; Meisingset, Erling L. & Mysterud, Atle (2017). Implications of the forage maturation hypothesis for activity of partially migratory male and female deer. Ecosphere.  ISSN 2150-8925.  8(12), s 1- 16 . doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2050 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Partial migration is common in a large variety of taxa in seasonally variable environments. Understanding the mechanisms underlying migration is important, as migration affects individual fi tness. Migratory herbivores bene fi t from delayed forage maturation and hence higher food quality during migra- tion and at their summer range, termed the forage maturation hypothesis (FMH). The link between diet quality and rumination time allows migrants eating a higher quality diet to spend less time on rumination, and they can thus allocate more time to additional feeding. However, such an argument implicitly assumes that deer are energy maximizers, while studies have reported also time minimization strategies under risk of predation. Male and female distributions are limited by different factors linked to both body size differ- ences and reproductive strategies, but there is no study investigating differences in activity pattern accord- ing to the individual migratory patterns for male and female deer. We here unify the FMH with the hypotheses predicting sex-speci fi c time allocation strategies. To test predictions of sex-speci fi c activity of resident and migratory red deer ( Cervus elaphus ), we analyzed activity data of 286 individuals that were fi tted with GPS collars from a population in western Norway. While migrants were more active during the migration itself, we found no differences in activity pattern between migrant and resident deer during the main growth season, neither in terms of proportion of daily time active nor in terms of daily mean movement speed, thus rejecting that deer were energy maximizers. Overall, we found that females were more active during the main growth season even after controlling for body size differences. These patterns are consistent with patterns predicted from sexual segregation theory linked to the reproductive strategy hypothesis. Our study highlights how the understanding of migration can be advanced by considering it in the context of different reproductive strategies of males and females.

• Lone, Karen; Mysterud, Atle; Gobakken, Terje; Odden, John; Linnell, John Durrus & Loe, Leif Egil (2017). Temporal variation in habitat selection breaks the catch-22 of spatially contrasting predation risk from multiple predators. Oikos.  ISSN 0030-1299.  126(5), s 624- 632 . doi: 10.1111/oik.03486/full Vis sammendrag

  Predator avoidance depends on prey being able to discern how risk varies in space and time, but this is made considerably more complicated if risk is simultaneously present from multiple predators. Th is is the situation for an increasing number of mammalian prey species, as large carnivores recover or are reintroduced in ecosystems on several continents. Roe deer Capreolus capreolus in southern Norway illustrate a case in which prey face two predators with contrasting patterns of predation risk. Th ey face a catch-22 situation: spatially avoiding the risk from one predator (lynx Lynx lynx in dense habitat) implies exposure to the other (hunters in open habitat). Using GPS-data from 29 roe deer, we tested for daily and seasonal variation in roe deer selection for habitat with respect to the habitats ’ year-round average risk level. Generally, roe deer altered their habitat selection between night and day in a pattern consistent with being able to avoid predicted risk from the nocturnal lynx during night and predicted risk from human hunters during day. However, seasonal variation in habitat selection only partially corresponded with the predicted seasonal variation in risk. Whereas roe deer avoided areas with high risk from hunters more strongly during the hunting season than in other seasons, there was a lack of selection towards areas and time periods lowering the risk of lynx predation during winter. It seems likely that the risk of starvation and thermal stress constrain roe deer habitat selection during this energetically challenging season with cold temperatures, snow cover and limited natural forage. Th e habitat selection pattern of roe deer fi ts thus only partly with the two contrasting risk gradients they face. Adjusting risk-avoidance behavior temporally can be an adaptive response in the case of several predators whose predation patterns diff er in space and time.

• Mysterud, Atle; Jore, Solveig; Østerås, Olav & Viljugrein, Hildegunn (2017). Emergence of tick-borne diseases at northern latitudes in Europe: a comparative approach. Scientific Reports.  ISSN 2045-2322.  7 . doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15742-6 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Mysterud, Atle; Vike, Brit Karen; Meisingset, Erling L. & Rivrud, Inger Maren (2017). The role of landscape characteristics for forage maturation and nutritional benefits of migration in red deer. Ecology and Evolution.  ISSN 2045-7758.  7(12), s 4448- 4455 . doi: 10.1002/ece3.3006 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Large herbivores gain nutritional benefits from following the sequential flush of newly emergent, high- quality forage along environmental gradients in the landscape, termed green wave surfing. Which landscape characteristics underlie the environmental gradi-ent causing the green wave and to what extent landscape characteristics alone explain individual variation in nutritional benefits remain unresolved questions. Here, we com-bine GPS data from 346 red deer (Cervus elaphus) from four partially migratory popula-tions in Norway with the satellite- derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), an index of plant phenology. We quantify whether migratory deer had access to higher quality forage than resident deer, how landscape characteristics within sum-mer home ranges affected nutritional benefits, and whether differences in landscape characteristics could explain differences in nutritional gain between migratory and resident deer. We found that migratory red deer gained access to higher quality forage than resident deer but that this difference persisted even after controlling for land-scape characteristics within the summer home ranges. There was a positive effect of elevation on access to high- quality forage, but only for migratory deer. We discuss how the landscape an ungulate inhabits may determine its responses to plant phenol-ogy and also highlight how individual behavior may influence nutritional gain beyond the effect of landscape.

• Ossi, Federico; Gaillard, Jean Michel; Hebblewhite, Mark; Morellet, Nicolas; Ranc, Nathan; Sandfort, Robin; Kroeschel, Max; Kjellander, Petter; Mysterud, Atle; Linnell, John Durrus; Heurich, Marco; Soennichsen, Leif; Sustr, Pavel; Berger, Anne; Rocca, Michele; Urbano, Ferdinando & Cagnacci, Francesca (2017). Plastic response by a small cervid to supplemental feeding in winter across a wide environmental gradient. Ecosphere.  ISSN 2150-8925.  8(1), s 1- 17 . doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1629 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Peters, Wibke Erika Brigitta; Hebblewhite, Mark; Mysterud, Atle; Spitz, Derek; Focardi, Stefano; Urbano, Ferdinando; Morellet, Nicolas; Heurich, Marco; Kjellander, Petter; Linnell, John Durrus & Cagnacci, Francesca (2017). Migration in geographic and ecological space by a large herbivore. Ecological Monographs.  ISSN 0012-9615.  87(2), s 297- 320 . doi: 10.1002/ecm.1250 Vis sammendrag

  Partial migration, when only part of the population migrates seasonally while the other part remains resident on the shared range, is the most common form of migration in ungulates. Migration is often defined by spatial separation of seasonal ranges and consequently, classification of individuals as migrants or residents is usually only based on geographic criteria. However, the underlying mechanism for migration is hypothesized to be movement in response to spatiotemporal resource variability and thus, migrants are assumed to travel an “ecological distance” (ED) or shift their realized ecological niches. While ecological and geographic distances should be related, their relationship may depend on landscape heterogeneity. Here, we tested the utility of ecological niche theory to both classify migratory individuals and to understand the underlying ecological factors for migratory behavior. We developed an integrative approach combining measures in geographic and ecological niche space and used this to classify and explain migratory behavior of 71 annual roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) movement trajectories in five European study areas. First, to assess the utility of the ED concept for classifying migratory behavior, we tested whether roe deer sought the same ecological conditions year-round or moved to different ecological conditions by measuring the annual ED travelled and the seasonal niche overlap using multivariate statistics. Comparing methods to classify migrants and residents based on geographic and ecological niche space, we found that migratory roe deer switched between seasons both in geographic and in ecological dimensions. Second, we tested which seasonal ecological factors separated resident from migrant niches using discriminant analysis and which broad-scale determinants (e.g., spatiotemporal forage variation and population density) predicted migration probability using generalized linear models. Our results indicated that factors describing forage and topographic variability discriminated seasonal migrant from resident niches. Determinants for predicting migration probability included the temporal variation (seasonality) and also the spatial variability of forage patches. Last, we also found suggestive evidence for a positive relationship between population density and migration probability. By applying the ecological niche concept to the study of partial migration in ungulates, our work underlines that partial migration is a form of behavioral plasticity. Key words: behavioral plasticity; Capreolus capreolus; ecological distance; large herbivores; niche switching; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; partial migration; realized niche; spatiotemporal variation; ungulates

• Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Evju, Marianne; Hester, Alison; Holand, Øystein; Loe, Leif Egil; Martinsen, Vegard; Mobæk, Ragnhild; Mulder, Jan; Steen, Harald; Thompson, Des B.A. & Mysterud, Atle (2016). Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in analpine ecosystem grazed by sheep – An experimental approach. Basic and Applied Ecology.  ISSN 1439-1791.  17(7), s 596- 608 . doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2016.06.003 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Domestic livestock drives ecosystem changes in many of the world’s mountain regions, and can be the dominant influenceon soil, habitat and wildlife dynamics. Grazing impacts on ecosystem services (ES) vary according to densities of sheep, butan ES framework accounting for these is lacking. We devised an experiment to evaluate synergies and trade-offs of ESs andcomponents of biodiversity affected by sheep density at the alpine landscape scale in southern Norway. We examined the effectsof increased (80 per km2), decreased (0 per km2) and maintained sheep densities (25 per km2) on ‘supporting’, ‘regulating’and ‘provisioning’ services and biodiversity (plants, invertebrates and birds). Overall, ESs and biodiversity were highest atmaintained sheep density. Regulating services, including carbon storage and habitat openness, were particularly favoured bymaintained densities of sheep. There was no overall decline in ESs from maintained to increased sheep densities, but severalservices, such as runoff water quality, plant productivity and carbon storage, declined when grazing increased. Our study providesexperimental evidence for a positive effect of grazing on ES, but only at maintained low sheep densities. By identifying ESand biodiversity components that are traded-off at decreased and increased grazing, our study also demonstrates some of thenegative impacts on ecosystems that can occur in mountain regions if management does not regulate herbivore densities. Herbivory; Ecosystem services; Livestock; Management; Optimal stocking levels; Overgrazing; Threshold

• Cagnacci, Francesca; Focardi, Stefano; Ghisla, Anne; Van Moorter, Bram; Merril, Evelyn H.; Gurarie, Eliezer; Heurich, Marco; Mysterud, Atle; Linnell, John Durrus; Panzacchi, Manuela; May, Roelof Frans; Nygård, Torgeir; Rolandsen, Christer Moe & Hebblewhite, Mark (2016). How many routes lead to migration? Comparison of methods to assess and characterize migratory movements. Journal of Animal Ecology.  ISSN 0021-8790.  85(1), s 54- 68 . doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12449 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Summary 1. Decreasing rate of migration in several species as a consequence of climate change and anthropic pressure, together with increasing evidence of space-use strategies intermediate between residency and complete migration, are very strong motivations to evaluate migration occurrence and features in animal populations. 2. The main goal of this paper was to perform a relative comparison between methods for identifying and charact erizing migration at the individual and population level on the basis of animal location data. 3. We classified 104 yearly individual trajectories from five populations of three deer species as migratory or non-migratory, by means of three methods: seasonal home range overlap, spatio-temporal separation of seasonal clusters and the Net Squared Displacement (NSD) method. For migr atory cases, we also measured timing and distance of migration and resi- dence time on the summer range. Finally, we comp ared the classification in migration cases across methods and populations. 4. All methods consistently identified migration at the population level, that is, they coherently dis- tinguished between complete or almost complete migr atory populations and partially migratory populations. Ho wever, in the latter case, methods co heren tly classified only about 50% of the sin- gle cases, that is they classified differently at the individual-animal level. We therefore infer that the compariso n of methods may help point to ‘less-stereo typed ’ cases in the residency -to-migration continuum. For ca ses consistently classified by all methods, no signifi cant differences were found in migration distance, or residence time on summer ranges. Timing of migration estimated by NSD was ea rlier than by the other two methods, both for spring and autumn migrations. 5. We suggest three steps to identify improper inferences from migration data and to enhance understanding of intermedia te space-use strategies. We recommend (i) classifying migration behaviours using more than one method, (ii) performing sensitivity analysis on method parame- ters to identify the extent of the differences and (iii) investigating inconsistently classified cases as these may often be ecologically interest ing (i.e. less-stereotyped migratory behaviours). adehabitat, hom e range overlap, movement patterns, Net Squared Displacement, red deer, reindeer, residence behaviour, roe deer, spatial clusters

• Diekert, Florian Klaus; Richter, Andries Peter; Rivrud, Inger Maren & Mysterud, Atle (2016). How constraints affect the hunter's decision to shoot a deer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  ISSN 0027-8424.  113(50), s 14450- 14455 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1607685113
• Hertel, Anne Gabriela; Steyaert, Sam; Zedrosser, Andreas; Mysterud, Atle; Lodberg-Holm, Hanna Kavli; Gelink, Henriette Wathne; Kindberg, Jonas & Swenson, Jon (2016). Bears and berries: species-specific selective foraging on a patchily distributed food resource in a human-altered landscape. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.  ISSN 0340-5443.  70(6), s 831- 842 . doi: 10.1007/s00265-016-2106-2 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  When animals are faced with extraordinary energyconsuming events, like hibernation, finding abundant, energy-rich food resources becomes particularly important. The profitability of food resources can vary spatially, depending on occurrence, quality, and local abundance. Here, we used the brown bear (Ursus arctos) as a model species to quantify selective foraging on berries in different habitats during hyperphagia in autumn prior to hibernation. During the peak berry season in August and September, we sampled berry occurrence, abundance, and sugar content, a proxy for quality, at locations selected by bears for foraging and at random locations in the landscape. The factors determining selection of berries were species specific across the different habitats. Compared to random locations, bears selected locations with a higher probability of occurrence and higher abundance of bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) and a higher probability of occurrence, but not abundance, of lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea). Crowberries (Empetrum hermaphroditum) were least available and least used. Sugar content affected the selection of lingonberries, but not of bilberries. Abundance of bilberries at random locations decreased and abundance of lingonberries increased during fall, but bears did not adjust their foraging strategy by increasing selection for lingonberries. Forestry practices had a large effect on berry occurrence and abundance, and brown bears responded by foraging most selectively in mature forests and on clearcuts. This study shows that bears are successful in navigating human-shaped forest landscapes by using areas of higher than average berry abundance in a period when abundant food intake is particularly important to increase body mass prior to hibernation. Significance statement Food resources heterogeneity, caused by spatial and temporal variation of specific foods, poses a challenge to foragers, particularly when faced with extraordinary energy-demanding events, like hibernation. Brown bears in Sweden inhabit a landscape shaped by forestry practices. Bilberries and lingonberries, the bears’ main food resources in autumn prior to hibernation, show different temporal and habitat-specific ripening patterns. We quantified the bears’ selective foraging on these berry species on clearcuts, bogs, young, and mature forests compared to random locations. Despite a temporal decline of ripe bilberries, bears used locations with a greater occurrence and abundance of bilberries, but not lingonberries. We conclude that bears successfully navigated in this heavily human-shaped landscape by selectively foraging in highreturn habitats for bilberries, but did not compensate for the decline in bilberries by eating more lingonberries.Bilberry . Brown bear . Lingonberry . Movement trajectories . Optimal foraging . Sugar content

• Hertel, Anne Gabriela; Zedrosser, Andreas; Mysterud, Atle; Støen, Ole-Gunnar; Steyaert, Sam & Swenson, Jon (2016). Temporal effects of hunting on foraging behavior of an apex predator: Do bears forego foraging when risk is high?. Oecologia.  ISSN 0029-8549.  182, s 1019- 1029 . doi: 10.1007/s00442-016-3729-8 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Avoiding predators most often entails a food cost. For the Scandinavian brown bear (Ursus arctos), the hunting season coincides with the period of hyperphagia. Hunting mortality risk is not uniformly distributed throughout the day, but peaks in the early morning hours. As bears must increase mass for winter survival, they should be sensitive to temporal allocation of antipredator responses to periods of highest risk. We expected bears to reduce foraging activity at the expense of food intake in the morning hours when risk was high, but not in the afternoon, when risk was low. We used fine-scale GPS-derived activity patterns during the 2 weeks before and after the onset of the annual bear hunting season. At locations of probable foraging, we assessed abundance and sugar content, of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), the most important autumn food resource for bears in this area. Bears decreased their foraging activity in the morning hours of the hunting season. Likewise, they foraged less efficiently and on poorer quality berries in the morning. Neither of our foraging measures were affected by hunting in the afternoon foraging bout, indicating that bears did not allocate antipredator behavior to times of comparably lower risk. Bears effectively responded to variation in risk on the scale of hours. This entailed a measurable foraging cost. The additive effect of reduced foraging activity, reduced forage intake, and lower quality food may result in poorer body condition upon den entry and may ultimately reduce reproductive success.

• Loe, Leif Egil; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Stien, Audun; Albon, Steve D.; Bischof, Richard; Carlsson, Anja M.; Irvine, Justin; Meland, Morten; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Ropstad, Erik; Veiberg, Vebjørn & Mysterud, Atle (2016). Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore. Ecosphere.  ISSN 2150-8925.  7(6) . doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1374 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  As global warming advances, there is a growing concern about the impact of extreme weather events on ecosystems. In the Arctic, more frequent unseasonal warm spells and rain-on- snow events in winter cause changes in snow-pack properties, including ground icing. Such extreme weather events are known to have severe effects across trophic levels, for instance, causing die-offs of large herbivores. However, the extent to which individuals and populations are able to buffer such events through behavioral plasticity is poorly understood. Here, we analyze responses in space use to rain-on- snow and icing events, and their fitness correlates, in wild reindeer in high-Arctic Svalbard. Range displacement among GPS-collared females occurred mainly in icy winters to areas with less ice, lower over-winter body mass loss, lower mortality rate, and higher subsequent fecundity, than the departure area. Our study provides rare empirical evidence that mammals may buffer negative effects of climate change and extreme weather events by adjusting behavior in highly stochastic environments. Under global warming, behavioral buffering may be important for the long-term population persistence in mobile species with long generation time and therefore limited ability for rapid evolutionary adaptation. Arctic; climate; GPS; ice; ideal-free distribution; migration; movement; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; space use; Svalbard; Svalbard reindeer; time-to-event analysis.

• Loe, Leif Egil; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Meisingset, Erling L.; Bøe, Silje; Hamnes, Martine; Veiberg, Vebjørn & Mysterud, Atle (2016). Timing of the hunting season as a tool to redistribute harvest of migratory deer across the landscape. European Journal of Wildlife Research.  ISSN 1612-4642.  62(3), s 315- 323 . doi: 10.1007/s10344-016-1004-2
• Mabille, Geraldine; Stien, Audun; Tveraa, Torkild; Mysterud, Atle; Brøseth, Henrik & Linnell, John Durrus (2016). Mortality and lamb body mass growth in free-ranging domestic sheep – environmental impacts including lethal and non-lethal impacts of predators. Ecography.  ISSN 0906-7590.  39(8), s 763- 773 . doi: 10.1111/ecog.01379 Vis sammendrag

  The management and recovery of large predator populations in areas where human persecution has driven them to ecological extinction requires a solid understanding of the effects of both predation and food limitation on prey populations. We used 11 yr of data on reported losses among 17.3 million free-ranging sheep Ovis aries in the Norwegian farming industry to elucidate the relative roles of climate, vegetation characteristics, sheep densities, lamb body mass and densities of predators and alternative prey on the number of lambs and ewes lost on summer pastures. We first examined whether predator densities predicted autumn lamb body mass through possible impacts of predators on body growth (non-lethal effects) but found no evidence for such effects in our study system. This might be due to weak anti-predator behavioral responses in domesticated sheep. However, autumn lamb body mass was predicted by both sheep density and winter and spring weather conditions, probably through food availability. Losses of both lambs and ewes were positively and strongly related to the density of Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx , wolverine Gulo gulo and brown bear Ursus arctos. In addition, food availability and spring weather conditions were associated to losses of lambs, while precipitation in May predicted losses of ewes. There was little evidence for interaction effects of predator species on losses, suggesting that most of the effects of the predators were additive to each other. Given the strong effect of predator densities on sheep losses, we conclude that changing livestock husbandry practices towards a system that actively protects sheep and/or active management of predator densities may be necessary to reduce sheep losses where predators are recolonizing.

• Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2016). The role of individual traits and environmental factors for diet composition of sheep. PLoS ONE.  ISSN 1932-6203.  11(1), s 1- 12 . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146217 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Mysterud, Atle; Easterday, William Ryan; Stigum, Vetle Malmer; Aas, Anders Bjørnsgard; Meisingset, Erling L. & Viljugrein, Hildegunn (2016). Contrasting emergence of Lyme disease across ecosystems. Nature Communications.  ISSN 2041-1723.  7 . doi: 10.1038/ncomms11882 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Global environmental changes are causing Lyme disease to emerge in Europe. The life cycle of Ixodes ricinus, the tick vector of Lyme disease, involves an ontogenetic niche shift, from the larval and nymphal stages utilizing a wide range of hosts, picking up the pathogens causing Lyme disease from small vertebrates, to the adult stage depending on larger (non-transmission) hosts, typically deer. Because of this complexity the role of different host species for emergence of Lyme disease remains controversial. Here, by analysing long-term data on incidence in humans over a broad geographical scale in Norway, we show that both high spatial and temporal deer population density increase Lyme disease incidence. However, the trajectories of deer population sizes play an overall limited role for the recent emergence of the disease. Our study suggests that managing deer populations will have some effect on disease incidence, but that Lyme disease may nevertheless increase as multiple drivers are involved.

• Mysterud, Atle; Madslien, Knut; Herland, Anders; Viljugrein, Hildegunn & Ytrehus, Bjørnar (2016). Phenology of deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) host-seeking flight activity and its relationship with prevailing autumn weather. Parasites & Vectors.  ISSN 1756-3305.  9(95), s 1- 6 . doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1387-7 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Background: The deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) is an ectoparasite on cervids that has invaded large parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland during recent decades. During their host-seeking flight activity, the adult deer keds constitute a considerable nuisance to people and limit human outdoor recreation. The bites of the deer ked can cause long-lasting dermatitis in humans. Determining the pattern of flight activity during autumn is hence important. Methods: Data on flight phenology was gathered by walking along transects in the forest in two counties of Norway during 2009–2013, counting the number of host-seeking keds. We analysed how the flight activity of deer keds varied depending on date and prevailing weather during autumn. Results: The best model of flight activity included both date and temperature, both as nonlinear terms. Host-seeking deer keds were observed from early August to mid-November with a marked peak in late September. Number of host-seeking keds declined with temperatures falling below the mean, but did not increase much at above mean temperatures. The pattern of flight phenology was similar across the two counties and five years. Conclusions: Parasitic arthropods may be strongly affected by prevailing weather during off-host periods. Our study shows an estimated positive effect of temperature on deer ked flight activity mainly for below mean temperatures in late autumn, while the effect of temperature on flight activity in early autumn was weak. The pattern of host-seeking flight activity during late, rather than early autumn, is hence more likely to change with ongoing climate change, with a predicted increase in duration of the host-seeking period. Keywords: Deer ked, Invading parasites, Climate, Temperature, Moose, Phenology

• Qviller, Lars; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Loe, Leif Egil; Meisingset, Erling L. & Mysterud, Atle (2016). The influence of red deer space use on the distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the landscape. Parasites & Vectors.  ISSN 1756-3305.  9 . doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1825-6 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Background: Many wingless ectoparasites have a limited capacity for active movement and are therefore primarily dependent on hitchhiking on their hosts for transportation. The distribution of the tick Ixodes ricinus is expected to depend mainly on transportation by hosts and tick subsequent survival in areas where they drop off. In Europe, the most important hosts of adult female I. ricinus are cervids. The extensive space use of large hosts provides a much larger dispersal potential for I. ricinus than that of smaller mammalian hosts. We aim to determine the contribution of red deer (Cervus elaphus) space use on the spatial distribution of I. ricinus, after accounting for landscape factors. Methods: We analysed the spatial distribution of I. ricinus with generalised mixed effects models (GLMMs) based on data from extensive field surveys of questing density in two coastal regions in Norway, from which home range data from 73 red deer with GPS collars were available. Red deer home ranges were derived using the kernel method to identify areas most frequently used by deer. We first fitted a baseline model with tick questing densities relative to landscape features that are likely to affect local climate conditions and hence, survival. We then added deer space use variables to the baseline model with only landscape variables to test whether areas more frequently used by red deer had higher questing tick densities. Results: Questing I. ricinus density was predicted by several landscape features, such as elevation, distance to the fjord and topographic slope. In addition, we found that areas more heavily used within the red deer home ranges, correlated with higher questing tick densities. Increased effects of deer space use were additive to the landscape model, suggesting that correlations were more than just shared landscape preferences between deer and ticks. Conclusions: Our results imply that the distribution of I. ricinus is controlled by a complex set of factors that include both local conditions related to landscape properties that affect survival and how the large host population redistributes ticks. In particular, we have provided evidence that the local distribution of large hosts, with their extensive space use, redistributes ticks at the local scale.

• Rivrud, Inger Maren; Bischof, Richard; Meisingset, Erling L.; Zimmermann, Barbara; Loe, Leif Egil & Mysterud, Atle (2016). Leave before it's too late: Anthropogenic and environmental triggers of autumn migration in a hunted ungulate population. Ecology.  ISSN 0012-9658.  97(4), s 1058- 1068 . doi: 10.1890/15-1191.1
• Rivrud, Inger Maren; Heurich, Marco; Krupczynski, Philipp; Müller, Jörg & Mysterud, Atle (2016). Green wave tracking by large herbivores: an experimental approach. Ecology.  ISSN 0012-9658.  97(12), s 3547- 3553 . doi: 10.1002/ecy.1596
• Ross, Louise C.; Austrheim, Gunnar; Asheim, Leif Jarle; Bjarnason, Gunnar; Feilberg, Jon; Fosaa, Anna Maria; Hester, Alison J.; Holand, Øystein; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S; Mortensen, Lis E.; Mysterud, Atle; Olsen, Erla; Skonhoft, Anders; Speed, James David Mervyn; Steinheim, Geir; Thompson, Des B.A. & Thorhallsdottir, Anna G. (2016). Sheep grazing in the North Atlantic region: A long-term perspective on environmental sustainability. Ambio.  ISSN 0044-7447.  45(5), s 551- 566 . doi: 10.1007/s13280-016-0771-z Vis sammendrag

  Sheep grazing is an important part of agriculture in the North Atlantic region, defined here as the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Scotland. This process has played a key role in shaping the landscape and biodiversity of the region, sometimes with major environmental consequences, and has also been instrumental in the development of its rural economy and culture. In this review, we present results of the first interdisciplinary study taking a long-term perspective on sheep management, resource economy and the ecological impacts of sheep grazing, showing that sustainability boundaries are most likely to be exceeded in fragile environments where financial support is linked to the number of sheep produced. The sustainability of sheep grazing can be enhanced by a management regime that promotes grazing densities appropriate to the site and supported by area-based subsidy systems, thus minimizing environmental degradation, encouraging biodiversity and preserving the integrity of ecosystem processes.

• van Beest, Floris; Mcloughlin, Philip D.; Mysterud, Atle & Brook, Ryan K. (2016). Functional responses in habitat selection are density dependent in a large herbivore. Ecography.  ISSN 0906-7590.  39(6), s 515- 523 . doi: 10.1111/ecog.01339
• Hothorn, Torsten; Müller, Jörg; Held, Leonhard; Möst, Lisa & Mysterud, Atle (2015). Temporal patterns of deer-vehicle collisions consistent with deer activity pattern and density increase but not general accident risk. Accident Analysis and Prevention.  ISSN 0001-4575.  81, s 143- 152 . doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.04.037
• Kvernhaugen Norum, Jørgen; Lone, Karen; Linnell, John Durrus; Odden, John; Loe, Leif Egil & Mysterud, Atle (2015). Landscape of risk to roe deer imposed by lynx and different human hunting tactics. European Journal of Wildlife Research.  ISSN 1612-4642.  61(6), s 831- 840 . doi: 10.1007/s10344-015-0959-8
• Lone, Karen; Loe, Leif Egil; Meisingset, Erling L.; Stamnes, Inga & Mysterud, Atle (2015). An adaptive behavioural response to hunting: surviving male red deer shift habitat at the onset of the hunting season. Animal Behaviour.  ISSN 0003-3472.  102, s 127- 138 . doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.01.012
• Mabille, Geraldine; Stien, Audun; Tveraa, Torkild; Mysterud, Atle; Brøseth, Henrik & Linnell, John Durrus (2015). Sheep farming and large carnivores: What are the factors influencing claimed losses?. Ecosphere.  ISSN 2150-8925.  6(5), s 1- 17 . doi: 10.1890/ES14-00444.1 Vis sammendrag

  Large carnivore populations are recovering in many parts of the world and this generates conflicts with humans, notably in terms of livestock depredation. Governmental programs of mitigation measures and compensation for losses are often implemented to reduce conflicts, but the factors affecting losses are poorly understood. We used 11 years of data on domestic sheep (Ovis aries) claimed, and confirmed, to have been killed by predators in Norway to evaluate how predator density, flock management, and other environmental or habitat-related variables are related to losses. The percentage of animals claimed as lost that was found and confirmed to have been killed by large predators (i.e., the detection rate) was low, especially for sheep claimed as killed by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), wolverine (Gulo gulo) and golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Still, we generally found that similar factors predicted the number of claims and number of carcasses found across predator species. Predator density was strongly associated with losses, especially for sheep claimed as killed by brown bears (Ursus arctos), lynx and wolverines. Percentage of forest in the pastures, average slaughter weight of the lambs (an indicator of the forage conditions during summer) and vegetation characteristics in the spring also predicted the number of sheep claimed and found killed by lynx, wolverines and eagles. Factors related to losses due to wolves (Canis lupus) were harder to ascertain, possibly because of the severity of mitigation measures (e.g., electric fences) taken to protect sheep in wolf territories, a factor we were not able to include in our large scale analyses. Patrolling of the grazing area and early gathering of sheep in the autumn were not associated with a substantial reduction in losses. However, our dataset was not well suited to evaluate the efficiency of those mitigation strategies. Our findings could help develop new mitigation strategies as alternatives to predator removal where large carnivore conservation is a concern. Aquila chrysaetos; Canis lupus; depredation; detection rates; ex post facto compensation scheme; flock management; Gulo gulo; Lynx lynx; Ovis aries; predator-prey interactions; Scandinavia; Ursus arctos.

• Mysterud, Atle; Byrkjeland, Ragna; Qviller, Lars & Viljugrein, Hildegunn (2015). The generalist tick Ixodes ricinus and the specialist tick Ixodes trianguliceps on shrews and rodents in a northern forest ecosystem – a role of body size even among small hosts. Parasites & Vectors.  ISSN 1756-3305.  8(639) . doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1258-7 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Mysterud, Atle; Qviller, Lars; Meisingset, Erling L. & Viljugrein, Hildegunn (2015). Parasite load and seasonal migration in red deer. Oecologia.  ISSN 0029-8549.  108(2), s 401- 407 . doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3465-5
• Speed, James David Mervyn; Martinsen, Vegard; Hester, Alison J.; Holand, Øystein; Mulder, Jan; Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2015). Continuous and discontinuous variation in ecosystem carbon stocks with elevation across a treeline ecotone. Biogeosciences.  ISSN 1726-4170.  12(5), s 1615- 1627 . doi: 10.5194/bg-12-1615-2015 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Andersen, Oddgeir; Wam, Hilde K; Mysterud, Atle & Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter (2014). Applying Typology Analyses to Management Issues: Deer Harvest and Declining Hunter Numbers. Journal of Wildlife Management.  ISSN 0022-541X.  78(7), s 1282- 1292 . doi: 10.1002/jwmg.770 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Martinsen, Vegard; Mulder, Jan & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Experimental effects of herbivore density on above-ground plant biomass in an alpine grassland ecosystem. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research.  ISSN 1523-0430.  46(3), s 535- 541 . doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-46.3.535 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Blix, Anna; Mysterud, Atle; Loe, Leif Egil & Austrheim, Gunnar (2014). Temporal scales of density-dependent habitat selection in a large grazing herbivore. Oikos.  ISSN 0030-1299.  123(8), s 933- 942 . doi: 10.1111/oik.01069
• Debeffe, Lucie; Focardi, Stefano; Bonenfant, Christophe; Hewison, A. J. Mark; Morellet, Nicolas; Vanpe, Cecile; Heurich, Marco; Kjellander, Petter; Linnell, John Durrus; Mysterud, Atle; Pellerin, Maryline; Sustr, Pavel; Urbano, Ferdinando & Cagnacci, Francesca (2014). A one night stand? Reproductive excursions of female roe deer as a breeding dispersal tactic. Oecologia.  ISSN 0029-8549.  176(2), s 431- 443 . doi: 10.1007/s00442-014-3021-8
• Gortazar, Christian; Reperant, Leslie A.; Kuiken, Thijs; de la Fuente, José; Boadella, Mariana; Martínez-Lopez, Beatriz; Francisco, Ruiz-Fons; Estrada-Peña, Agustin; Drosten, Christian; Medley, Graham; Ostfeld, Richard; Peterson, Townsend; VerCauteren, Kurt C.; Menge, Christian; Artois, Marc; Schultsz, Constance; Delahay, Richard; Serra-Cobo, Jordi; Poulin, Robert; Keck, Frederic; Aguirre, Alonso A.; Henttonen, Heikki; Dobson, Andrew P.; Kutz, Susan; Lubroth, Juan & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Crossing the Interspecies Barrier: Opening the Door to Zoonotic Pathogens. PLoS Pathogens.  ISSN 1553-7366.  10:e1004129(6) . doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004129 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Lande, Unni Støbet; Loe, Leif Egil; Skjærli, Ole Johan; Meisingset, Erling L. & Mysterud, Atle (2014). The effect of agricultural land use practice on habitat selection of red deer. European Journal of Wildlife Research.  ISSN 1612-4642.  60(1), s 69- 76 . doi: 10.1007/s10344-013-0751-6
• Lanta, Vojtěch; Austrheim, Gunnar; Evju, Marianne; Klimešová, Jitka & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Linking sheep density and grazing frequency to persistence of herb species in an alpine environment. Ecological research.  ISSN 0912-3814.  29(3), s 411- 420 . doi: 10.1007/s11284-014-1132-7 Vis sammendrag

  Large herbivores are important drivers in ecosystems worldwide. Changes in herbivore densities are predicted to especially affect herbs that are strongly preferred by herbivores. The persistence of herbs could be challenged by enhanced grazing, but also grazing cessation may affect persistence, especially for prostrate herbs, which might be out-competed. To test how different herbivore densities (high, low, and no sheep) affect grazing frequency and plant responses (plant height, flowering frequency, and plant density) at the herb community and species level, we conducted a fully replicated, landscape-scale experiment in an alpine environment. We found that none of the herb species changed their densities after 5 years with experimental changes in grazing pressure. Sheep density affected grazing and flowering frequency at the herb community level. Eight herb species were more grazed at high sheep density as compared to enclosures with no sheep. Herb height decreased at high sheep density as compared to no sheep for the two species with the highest grazing frequency. Increased height and flowering frequency were found for small herbs at high sheep density. Our experiment clearly shows that herbs do not constitute a homogeneous functional group and that, in particular, tall and small herbs are affected in contrasting ways but all species (n = 15) tolerated changes in grazing regimes as densities were maintained at both enhanced grazing Climatic effects, Herbivory, Plant density, Plant height,Reproduction

• Lone, Karen; Loe, Leif Egil; Gobakken, Terje; Linnell, John Durrus; Odden, John; Remmen, Jørgen & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Living and dying in a multi-predator landscape of fear: Roe deer are squeezed by contrasting pattern of predation risk imposed by lynx and humans. Oikos.  ISSN 0030-1299.  123(6), s 641- 651 . doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00938.x
• Lone, Karen; van Beest, Floris; Mysterud, Atle; Gobakken, Terje; Milner, Jocelyn Margarey; Ruud, Hans-Petter & Loe, Leif Egil (2014). Improving broad scale forage mapping and habitat selection analyses with airborne laser scanning: the case of moose. Ecosphere.  ISSN 2150-8925.  5(11) . doi: 10.1890/ES14-00156.1 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  Determining the spatial distribution of large herbivores is a key challenge in ecology and management. However, our ability to accurately predict this is often hampered by inadequate data on available forage and structural cover. Airborne laser scanning (ALS) can give direct and detailed measurements of vegetation structure.We assessed the effectiveness of ALS data to predict (1) the distribution of browse forage resources and (2) moose (Alces alces) habitat selection in southern Norway. Using ground reference data from 153 sampled forest stands, we predicted available browse biomass with predictor variables from ALS and/or forest inventory. Browse models based on both ALS and forest inventory variables performed better than either alone. Dominant tree species and development class of the forest stand remained important predictor variables and were not replaced by the ALS variables. The increased explanatory power from including ALS came from detection of canopy cover (negatively correlated with forage biomass) and understory density (positively correlated with forage biomass). Improved forage estimates resulted in improved predictive ability of moose resource selection functions (RSFs) at the landscape scale, but not at the home range scale. However, when also including ALS cover variables (understory cover density and canopy cover density) directly into the RSFs, we obtained the highest predictive ability, at both the landscape and home range scales. Generally, moose selected for high browse biomass, low amount of understory vegetation and for low or intermediate canopy cover depending on the time of day, season and scale of analyses. The auxiliary information on vegetation structure from ALS improved the prediction of browse moderately, but greatly improved the analysis of habitat selection, as it captured important functional gradients in the habitat apart fromforage.We conclude that ALS is an effective and valuable tool for wildlife managers and ecologists to estimate the distribution of large herbivores.

• Meisingset, Erling L.; Loe, Leif Egil; Brekkum, Øystein & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Targeting Mitigation Efforts: The Role of Speed Limit And Road Edge Clearance for Deer-Vehicle Collisions. Journal of Wildlife Management.  ISSN 0022-541X.  78(4), s 679- 688 . doi: 10.1002/jwmg.712
• Mysterud, Atle (2014). Effects of selective harvesting on ungulate populations, In Rory Putman & Marco Apolloni (ed.),  Behaviour and Management of European Ungulates.  Whittles Publishing.  ISBN 978-184995-122-7.  Effects of selective harvesting on ungulate populations.  s 124 - 147
• Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2014). Lasting effects of snow accumulation on summer performance of large herbivores in alpine ecosystems may not last. Journal of Animal Ecology.  ISSN 0021-8790.  83(3), s 712- 719 . doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12166
• Mysterud, Atle; Hatlegjerde, Idar Lauge & Sørensen, Ole Jakob (2014). Attachment site selection of life stages of Ixodes ricinus ticks on a main large host in Europe, the red deer (Cervus elaphus). Parasites & Vectors.  ISSN 1756-3305.  7(1) . doi: 10.1186/s13071-014-0510-x Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Mysterud, Atle; Rekdal, Yngve; Loe, Leif Egil; Angeloff, Michael; Mobæk, Ragnhild; Holand, Øystein & Strand, Geir-Harald (2014). Evaluation of Landscape-Level Grazing Capacity for Domestic Sheep in Alpine Rangelands. Rangeland Ecology & Management.  ISSN 1550-7424.  67(2), s 132- 144 . doi: 10.2111/REM-D-12-00177.1
• Qviller, Lars; Grøva, Lise; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Klingen, Ingeborg & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Temporal pattern of questing tick Ixodes ricinus density at differing elevations in the coastal region of western Norway. Parasites & Vectors.  ISSN 1756-3305.  7(179) . doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-179 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Rivrud, Inger Maren; Meisingset, Erling L.; Loe, Leif Egil & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Interaction effects between weather and space use on harvesting effort and patterns in red deer. Ecology and Evolution.  ISSN 2045-7758.  4(24), s 4786- 4797 . doi: 10.1002/ece3.1318 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Hester, Alison J.; Meisingset, Erling L.; Mysterud, Atle; Tremblay, Jean-Pierre; Øien, Dag-Inge & Solberg, Erling Johan (2014). General and specific responses of understory vegetation to cervid herbivory across a range of boreal forests. Oikos.  ISSN 0030-1299.  123(10), s 1270- 1280 . doi: 10.1111/oik.01373 Vis sammendrag

  Understanding the responses of ecological communities to perturbation is a key challenge within contemporary ecology research. In this study we seek to separate specifi c community responses from general community responses of plant communities to exclusion of large cervid herbivores. Cervid herbivory and forestry are the main drivers of vegetation structure and diversity in boreal forests. While many studies focus on the impact of cervids on trees, a high proportion of the biodiversity and ecosystem services in boreal forests is found in the fi eld layer. However, experimental approaches investigating the infl uence of herbivory on understory vegetation are highly localised. In this study we use a regionalscale design with 51 sites in four boreal forest regions of Norway, to investigate the infl uence of cervid herbivory on the physical and ecological structure of fi eld layer vegetation. Our study sites cover a range of forest types diff ering in productivity, management and dominant cervid species, allowing us to identify generic responses and those that are specifi c to particular conditions. We found that the height of the fi eld layer and the abundances of individual species were most susceptible to change following short-term cervid exclusion across diff erent forest types and cervid species. Total vegetation density and vascular plant diversity did not respond to cervid exclusion on the same time scale. We also found that the fi eld-layer vegetation in clear-cut forests used by moose was more susceptible to change following cervid exclusion than mature forests used by red deer, but no strong evidence that the response of vegetation to herbivore exclusion varied with productivity. Our study suggests that the parameters that respond to cervid exclusion are consistent across forest types, but that the responsiveness of diff erent forest types is idiosyncratic and hard to predict.

• Speed, James David Mervyn; Martinsen, Vegard; Mysterud, Atle; Mulder, Jan; Holand, Øystein & Austrheim, Gunnar (2014). Long-Term Increase in Aboveground Carbon Stocks Following Exclusion of Grazers and Forest Establishment in an Alpine Ecosystem. Ecosystems.  ISSN 1432-9840.  17(7), s 1138- 1150 . doi: 10.1007/s10021-014-9784-2 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.

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• Mysterud, Atle & Rolandsen, Christer Moe (2018). A reindeer cull to prevent chronic wasting disease in Europe. Nature Ecology & Evolution.  ISSN 2397-334X.  s 1- 3 . doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0616-1
• Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Våge, Jørn; Hopp, Petter; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Mysterud, Atle; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Solberg, Erling Johan; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Strand, Olav; Vikøren, Turid; Madslien, Knut; Tarpai, Attila; Næss, Camilla; Haavardstun, Tom; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Heim, Morten & Rudningen, Kåre (2018). Kartlegging av skrantesjuke (CWD) i 2016 og 2017. NINA rapport. 1522.
• Austrheim, Gunnar; Berger, Victoria; Daverdin, Marc; Gebreyohanis, Winta Berhie; Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Speed, James David Mervyn; Venete, Aurel M A; Hegland, Stein Joar; Meisingset, Erling L.; Mysterud, Atle & Solberg, Erling Johan (2017). SustHerb - towards sustainable herbivore management.
• Hansen, Helge; Kapperud, Georg; Mysterud, Atle; Solberg, Erling Johan; Strand, Olav; Tranulis, Michael A.; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Gulbrandsen, Maria; Grahek-Ogden, Danica; Eckner, Karl Fredrich; Lassen, Jørgen Fr; Narvhus, Judith; Nesbakken, Truls; Robertson, Lucy; Rosnes, Jan Thomas; Skjerdal, Taran; Skjerve, Eystein; Vold, Line & Wasteson, Yngvild (2017). CWD in Norway – a state of emergency for the future of cervids (Phase II). Opinion of the panel on Biological Hazards. VKM report. 2017:09. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Hopp, Petter; Mysterud, Atle; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Vikøren, Turid & Viljugrein, Hildegunn (2017). Skrantesyke. Resultater av overvåkingen 2016.
• Kjørstad, Morten Andre; Bøthun, Siri; Gundersen, Vegard; Holand, Øystein; Madslien, Knut; Mysterud, Atle; Nerhoel, Ingrid; Punsvik, Tor; Røed, Knut; Strand, Olav; Tveraa, Torkild; Tømmervik, Hans; Ytrehus, Bjørnar & Veiberg, Vebjørn (red.) (2017). Miljøkvalitetsnorm for villrein. Forslag fra en ekspertgruppe. NINA rapport. 1400. Vis sammendrag

  Bakgrunn og oppdrag Miljødirektoratet har etter oppdrag fra Klima- og miljødepartementet (KLD) oppnevnt en uav- hengig ekspertgruppe for utvikling av en miljøkvalitetsnorm for villrein. Norge er pålagt et spesielt internasjonalt ansvar for bevaring av villrein. Det overordnede målet er at villreinen, og de 23 ulike delbestandene, forvaltes på en slik måte at internasjonale forpliktelser overholdes, og at nasjonale målsettinger om ivaretagelse av levedyktige bestander innen økologisk fungerende leveområder nås (naturmangfoldloven § 5). Villreinen er en krevende art å forvalte. Den har en tilpasning til ekstremt vekslende sesongmes- sige beiteforhold som innebærer en ekstensiv arealbruk. Vinterstid innebærer det beiting på sår- bare og seintvoksende lavressurser. Det sesongmessige trekket mellom ulike beiteområder skjer i et fjellandskap der tilgjengelig areal blir stadig mindre og mer oppdelt hovedsakelig pga. økende grad av menneskelige inngrep og forstyrrelser. Forvaltningen av villreinen har derfor hovedsa- kelig handlet om a) å balansere reinstammen i forhold til de naturlige beiteressurser gjennom bestandsforvaltning og jakt, og b) å sikre villreinen leveområder i konkurranse med infrastruktur og ferdsel gjennom arealforvaltning. Villreinforvaltningen påvirker og påvirkes derfor av energi-, nærings- og infrastrukturutvikling samt nye rekreasjonstrender i bruk av fjellområdene. I tillegg står vi ovenfor nye utfordringer som klimaendringer og utbrudd av sykdommer. Ekspertgruppa har vurdert kunnskapsgrunnlaget om villrein generelt og for de 23 villreinområ- dene, samt identifisert måleparametere for tilstand og påvirkningsfaktorer. Klassifiseringssystem I ekspertgruppas mandat ble det understreket at klassifiseringssystemet for miljøkvalitetsnormen ikke burde være mer komplisert enn nødvendig. Det ble enighet om en tredelt skala (God, Mid- dels og Dårlig) med en fargeangivelse og -betydning med en klar «trafikklysanalogi». En finere inndeling ville gitt inntrykk av en større presisjonsgrad og detaljkunnskap enn det ekspertgruppa fant støtte for. Det påpekes at det bør gjøres vurderinger av usikkerhet knyttet både til begrenset kunnskap og naturlig variasjon, særlig i tilfeller der man havner i overgangen mellom Middels og Dårlig tilstand. TABELL NØKKELORD : villrein, miljøkvalitetsnorm, forvaltning, måleparametere, slaktevekt, eldre bukker, kalveproduksjon, genetisk variasjon, meldepliktig sykdom, lavbeiter, menneskelig påvirkning, fokus-område, funksjonsområde KEY WORDS : wild reindeer, environmental quality standard, management, measurement parameters, body mass, calf production, adult males, genetic diversity, notifiable diseases, lichen pastures, human disturbance, focal areas, functional areas

• Munkelien, Fredrik & Mysterud, Atle (2017). The distribution of small mammals and its relationship with ticks in two coastal areas of Norway through a population cycle.
• Mysterud, Atle; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Hopp, Petter; Rolandsen, Christer Moe & Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland (2017). Utbruddet av skrantesyke er et tidsskille i norsk naturforvaltning. Aftenposten Viten.
• Mysterud, Atle; Viljugrein, Hildegunn & Meisingset, Erling L. (2017). Hjortedyr, flått og Lyme borreliose. Hjorteviltet.  ISSN 1502-3729.  22, s 18- 21
• Linløkken, Harald & Mysterud, Atle (2016). Tick load and infection of tick-borne pathogens in small mammals.
• Loe, Leif Egil; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Meisingset, Erling L.; Bøe, Silje; Hamnes, Martine; Veiberg, Vebjørn & Mysterud, Atle (2016). Tidligere jaktstart fører til økt avskytning i hjortens sommerområder. Hjorteviltet.  ISSN 1502-3729.  s 79- 81
• Martinsen, Vegard; Mulder, Jan; Speed, James David Mervyn; Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2016). Grazing & treeline advance in alpine zones: Effects on ecosystem carbon stocks.
• Martinsen, Vegard; Mulder, Jan; Speed, James David Mervyn; Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2016). Results of long-term grazing Experiments in Norway - focus on C & N.
• Mulder, Jan; Martinsen, Vegard; Speed, James David Mervyn; Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2016). Grazing & treeline advance in alpine zones: Effects on ecosystem carbon stocks.
• Mulder, Jan; Martinsen, Vegard; Speed, James David Mervyn; Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2016). Treeline advance in alpine zones: Effects on ecosystem carbon stocks.
• Munkelien, Fredrik & Mysterud, Atle (2016). The distribution of small mammals and its relationship with ticks in two coastal areas of Norway through a population cycle.
• Mysterud, Atle; Viljugrein, Hildegunn & Meisingset, Erling L. (2016). Flåttnytt. Dagens næringsliv.  ISSN 0803-9372. Vis sammendrag

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• Mysterud, Atle; Viljugrein, Hildegunn & Meisingset, Erling L. (2016). Flåttnytt. Flåttbårne sykdommer øker, men ikke bare på grunn av flere hjortedyr. Dagens næringsliv.  ISSN 0803-9372.  s 29- 29
• Rivrud, Inger Maren; Mysterud, Atle & Meisingset, Erling L. (2016). Jegerne påvirker hjortens trekk om høsten. Jakt og fiske.  ISSN 0800-3041.  145(3), s 52- 55
• Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Hester, Alison J.; Martinsen, Vegard; Mulder, Jan & Mysterud, Atle (2016). Ecological responses to sheep grazing in Norwegian mountains: Insight from long-term experimental approaches. Vis sammendrag

  Land-use change is an understudied facet of global environmental change. In the mountains of Norway, sheep grazing is the dominant land-use. There is high spatial and temporal variation in sheep grazing throughout Norway, and this is expected to influence ecological processes across spatial scales. The impact of sheep grazing has the potential to both interact-with and feedback-to climatic change. In this presentation, we combine grazing manipulation experiments with chronosequences of forest development to examine the ecological effects of sheep grazing on vegetation, soils and ecosystems. We will first present results from a long-term enclosure experiment to show how sheep grazing limits treeline advance and shrub expansion in low alpine vegetation. We will next demonstrate how grazing also buffers an elevational shift in the plant community composition, and how the response of plant diversity to sheep grazing varies along an elevational gradient. Using a dendroecological approach we will propose that the influence of grazing on important alpine processes is far greater than the influence of climatic variation. Species distribution modelling will then be used to identify regions where sheep grazing is most influential to the conservation of rare plant species. In the second part of the presentation we will contrast plant and ecosystem carbon pools in the presence of livestock grazing as well as absence in the decadal time-scale (using experimental exclosures) and centurial time-scale (using a natural exclosure experiment). We will show how the limitation of forest establishment by herbivores can lead to substantial differences in ecosystem carbon storage. Finally, we will discuss the impacts of sheep grazing in alpine ecosystems in context of the ecosystem services framework. Using output from a wide range of studies across multiple ecosystem processes and taxonomic groups, we will ask whether the provisioning of ecosystem services in the low alpine zone is greater at low sheep densities, high sheep densities or in the absence of grazing.

• Austrheim, Gunnar; Speed, James David Mervyn; Evju, Marianne; Hester, Alison J.; Holand, Øystein; Loe, Leif Egil; Martinsen, Vegard; Mobæk, Ragnhild; Mulder, Jan; Steen, Harald; Thompson, Des B.A. & Mysterud, Atle (2015). Effects of sheep grazing on biodiversity and ecosystem services in a mountain environment: An experimental approach.
• Diekert, Florian Klaus; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Mysterud, Atle & Richter, Andries Peter (2015). Hunting:How social institutions shape selection pressure.
• Linløkken, Harald & Mysterud, Atle (2015). Tick load and infection of tick-borne pathogens in small mammals.
• Lone, Karen; Loe, Leif Egil; Gobakken, Terje; Linnell, John Durrus; Odden, John; Remmen, Jørgen & Mysterud, Atle (2015). Fatale møte med gaupe og jeger: ein studie av risikolandskapet til rådyr. Hjorteviltet.  ISSN 1502-3729.  25, s 40- 42
• Meisingset, Erling L.; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Loe, Leif Egil; Zimmermann, Barbara; Brekkum, Øystein & Mysterud, Atle (2015). Hjortens områdebruk om høsten. Hjorteviltet.  ISSN 1502-3729.  25, s 101- 103
• Skar Mjønes, Caroline & Mysterud, Atle (2015). Developing a DNA-based mass spectrometry approach determining last blood meals in ticks.
• Speed, James David Mervyn; Martinsen, Vegard; Hester, Alison J.; Holand, Øystein; Mulder, Jan; Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2015). Carbon storage across the alpine treeline ecotone: Thresholds and impacts of climatic and land-use change.
• Vike, Brit Karen & Mysterud, Atle (2015). Red deer migration and dietary quality: testing the role of landscape characteristics for the forage maturation hypothesis.
• Vikingsdal Seland, Ingrid & Mysterud, Atle (2015). The distribution of ticks and tick-borne pathogens from coast to inland in south-east Norway.
• Andreassen, Harry Peter; Wabakken, Petter; Kjellander, Petter; Sand, Håkan; Andrén, Henrik; Elmhagen, Bodil; Ericsson, Göran; Linnell, John Durrus; Mikusinski, Grzegorz; Mysterud, Atle; Månsson, Johan; Persson, Jens; Solberg, Erling Johan; Thulin, Carl-Gustaf & Wikenros, Camilla (2014). För att påverka naturen krävs minst 4.000 vargar. Dagens nyheter.  ISSN 1101-2447.
• Byrkjeland, Ragna; Mysterud, Atle & Qviller, Lars (2014). The role of rodents as hosts for ticks and tick-borne diseases in a northern forest ecosystem.
• Kjellander, Petter; Sand, Håkan; Andreassen, Harry Peter; Andrén, Henrik; Elmhagen, Bodil; Ericsson, Göran; Linnell, John Durrus; Mikusinski, Grzegorz; Mysterud, Atle; Månsson, J.; Persson, J.; Solberg, Erling Johan; Thulin, Carl-Gustaf; Wabakken, Petter & Wikenros, Camilla (2014). För at påverka naturen krävs minst 4.000 vargar. Dagens nyheter.  ISSN 1101-2447.
• Kjellander, Petter; Sand, Håkan; Andreassen, Harry Peter; Andren, Henrik; Elmhagen, Bodil; Ericsson, Göran; Linnell, John Durrus; Mikusinski, Grzegorz; Mysterud, Atle; Månsson, Johan; Persson, Jens; Solberg, Erling Johan; Thulin, Carl-Gustaf; Wabakken, Petter & Wikenros, Camilla (2014). Ulv og biologisk mangfold. Hjorteviltet.  ISSN 1502-3729.  2014, s 24- 25
• Lone, Karen; Gobakken, Terje; Mysterud, Atle; Odden, John; Linnell, John Durrus & Loe, Leif Egil (2014). Linking predation risk with forest vegetation structure: Airborne laser scanning elucidates risk landscapes and habitat selection for roe deer.
• Martinsen, Vegard; Mulder, Jan; Speed, James David Mervyn; Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2014). Grazing in mountain ecosystems: Results of long-term experiments in Norway.
• Martinsen, Vegard; Mulder, Jan; Speed, James David Mervyn; Mysterud, Atle & Austrheim, Gunnar (2014). Grazing in mountain grasslands; results of long-term experiments in Norway.
• Meisingset, Erling L.; Brekkum, Øystein; Loe, Leif Egil & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Hjort i veien! Analyser av hjortens atferd og risikofaktorer for påkjørsler.
• Meisingset, Erling L.; Brekkum, Øystein; Loe, Leif Egil & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Hjortens arealbruk og krysninger av administrative grenser, betyr det noe for lokal forvaltning.
• Skar Mjønes, Caroline; Easterday, William Ryan & Mysterud, Atle (2014). Developing a targeted method for capturing DNA from ticks for genome sequencing of Borrelia.
• Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Hester, Alison J.; Holand, Øystein & Mysterud, Atle (2014). The impact of herbivory within the treeline ecotone.
• Vike, Brit Karen; Mysterud, Atle; Meisingset, Erling L. & Rivrud, Inger Maren (2014). Red deer migration and dietary quality: testing the forage maturation hypothesis.
• Vikingsdal Seland, Ingrid; Mysterud, Atle & Viljugrein, Hildegunn (2014). The distribution of ticks and tick-borne pathogens from coast to inland in south-east Norway?.

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