Theses
A selection of MSc and PhD theses from members of the EECRG
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PhD
Maaike Zwier (2024) Winds of change. A multi-proxy approach to constrain Holocene climate and wind dynamics in the sub-Antarctic.
Kristine Fjordheim (2024) Flower imprints from the history of mires and humans : A palynological study of rich fen development and periods of human land use over the last 8000 years in boreal Norway.
Camila Pacheco Ria帽o (2023) Lags in the responses of species assemblages to climate change.
Jarrod Cusens (2023) Mapping the connections: an integrated approach to mapping Nature鈥檚 contributions to people in a Nordic biosphere.
Ragnhild Gya (2022) Disentangling effects and context dependencies of climate change on alpine plants.
Florian Muthreich (2021) New methods in palaeopalynology: classification of pollen through pollen chemistry.
Siri Haugum (2021) Land-use and climate impacts on drought resistance and resilience in coastal heathland ecosystems.
Shad Mahlum (2020) From the fjords to the rivers: evaluating the spatial distribution of escaped farmed salmon to inform ecologically relevant management strategies.
Francesca Jaroszynska (2019) Climate and biotic interactions - drivers of plant community structure and ecosystem functioning in alpine grasslands.
Inge Althuizen (2018)听The importance of vegetation functional composition in mediating climate change impacts on ecosystem carbon dynamics in alpine grasslands.
Lucas Jeno (2018)听The antecedents and consequences of students麓 autonomous motivation. The relation between need-support, motivation, and academic achievement.
Lise Tingstad (2018)听National Red Lists in Fennoscandian conservation: how spatio-temporal dynamics of red-listed species and geographical scale matter for site selection and conservation priorities.
Mari Jokerud (2017)听Plastic response in Pinus spp., determining the temporal window of response and species-level variation of UV-B absorbing compounds to short-term variation in UV-B radiation.
Tessa Bargmann (2015)听Life after fire: the impact of fire on species composition and diversity in coastal heathlands.
Joachim T枚pper (2015)听Predicting and assessing climate-change impacts on the population dynamics of alpine and lowland forbs.
Krishna Shrestha (2013)听Treeline and vegetation dynamics in response to environmental changes in Nepal, the central Himalaya.
Linn Kr眉ger (2012)听Weichselian vegetation and palaeoenvironment in western Norway and northern Russia. Evidence from pollen analytical investigations.
Eric Meineri (2012)听Assessing and comparing climatic control on distribution and reproduction of alpine and lowland species in the subalpine habitat of western Norway.
Jutta Kapfer (2011)听Last-century vegetational changes in northern Europe. Characterisation, causes, and consequences.
Chitra Baniya (2010)听Species richness patterns in space and time in the Himalayan area.
Inger M氓ren (2009)听Effects of management on heathland vegetation in western Norway.
Howaide Abd El Rahman (2007)听Ecotypes or genotypes? The status of the currently recognized infraspecific taxa of Acacia tortilis (Forssk.): Hayne growing in the Red Sea Hills, Sudan and Egypt.
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MSc
Eline Taule Stava (2024) Using a greenhouse experiment to test the consistency in the chemical response of Pinus sylvestris and Pinus uncinata pollen to UV-B radiation.
Ingrid Espeland (2024) Hvilke effekter har konkurranse, temperatur og transplantasjon p氓 fr酶produksjon og spiringsevne hos lavlandsplanter n氓r de er transplantert utenfor sitt n氓v忙rende utbredelsesomr氓de?
Ingrid Vaksvik (2023) The impacts of urbanization on pollinator communities in Bergen, Norway.
Susanne Zazzera (2023) Bumblebee communities in open and overgrown heathlands in Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere, Vestland, Norway.
Isak Lerum (2023) The role of spatial dependency in niche shifts of invasive species.
Lotte Sveng氓rd Dahlmo (2022) Behaviour of adult sea trout in a regulated lake.
Sandra Kaasen Vestheim (2022) Pollination, wild bee communities and seed development in apple orchards of Sogn and Hardanger in Western Norway.
Hanne Tjoflot (2022) The effect of climate warming to vegetation composition and functionality across three different vegetation types in the low-Arctic.
J酶rund Johansen (2022) Pollinating bees in fruit orchards of Western Norway: 1. Where the wild bees are: Exploring how the landscape context influences the abundance and diversity of wild bees visiting apple orchards 2.The foraging preference and behavior of managed and wild bees in apple and pear orchards.
Hedda 脴rb忙k (2022) Reproduction and pollination in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) along two elevational gradients in western Norway.
Susanne Berthelsen (2022) The neighborhood matters: warming and novel competitors alter flower production of alpine plants.
Maren Stien Johansen (2021) Ecological consequences of ash dieback in western Norway.
Halvor Dahl Reis忙ter (2021) The effects of geodiversity on temporal shifts in alpine plant communities.
Lasse S酶gaard (2020) The effects of climate on resource allocation and traits of alpine and boreal herbaceous plants.
Gunvor Skjelstad (2020) Reproductive allocation and floral traits of insect-pollinated forbs along climatic gradients in semi-natural grasslands.
Alexander V氓genes (2020) Seasonal CO2 exchange in a coastal heathland in western Norway 鈥� effects of drought and bryophyte removal.
Kristina Svare (2019) Post-glacial (Holocene) tree-line and climate dynamics at H酶vringen, eastern Norway, inferred from pollen, mega- and macrofossils.
Elisabeth Nesheim-Hauge (2018)听Variation in leaf functional traits through the early development of coastal heathland plants.
Silje 脰stman (2018)听Plant-pollinator interactions in the alpine: Landscape heterogeneity acts as a potential buffer against climate-change induced mismatch in the pollinator-generalist Ranunculus acris.
Joris Schwitters (2018)听A climate for seed predation: Precipitation affects seed removal by the major groups of granivores differently across boreal, sub-alpine and alpine grasslands.
Jesslyn Tjendra (2018)听Shifts in soil prokaryotic communities of boreal and alpine semi-natural grasslands along temperature and precipitation gradients: An investigation into the effects of graminoid removal.
Prakash Bhattarai (2017)听Species composition and richness along microtopographical gradient, Hardangervidda National Park, Southern Norway.
脜sne Brede (2017)听Phenology and spatial dynamics of Cacopsylla melanoneura (Homoptera:Psyllidae) in western Norway, an insect vector for apple proliferation.
Ragnhild Gya (2017)听The role of intraspecific variability in driving community trait shifts along temperature and precipitation gradients in alpine and boreal semi-natural grasslands.
Tom Walvik (2017)听Norwegian biology, medicine and psychology undergraduate students麓 acceptance of modern evolutionary theory using the I-SEA survey instrument.
Andres Gr酶dem (2016)听Sexual size dimorphism of bark and ambrosia beetles.
Siri Haugum (2016)听The effect of grazing and hiking on the elevational range shift of vascular plant species in the Scandes during recent decades.
脜shild Ids酶 (2016)听The effect of climate variation and food availability on breeding success in Atlantic puffins at Hjelms酶ya, Northern Norway.
Jeanette Tennebekk (2016)听En tverrfaglig tiln忙rming til ulike perspektiver p氓 verdier og verdisetting av to kulturlandskaper p氓 Oster酶y.
Mari Thoen (2016)听Effekt og omfang av 9.7- og 8.2- kuldeeventene ved Store Finnsj酶en p氓 Dovrefjell.
Sylvelin Tellnes (2015)听Habitatkrav og diversitet hos vedlevende biller p氓 d酶dved av lind (Tilia cordata) i Norge.
Mussie听Tesfayesus (2015)听Mangrove forest extent and status along the Eritrean Red Sea coast.
Sindre Fonkalsrud (2014)听Interaction patterns and specialization in a local and national Norwegian pollination network.
Maria Lima (2014)听Effects of fertilizers on the species composition of bryophytes in grazed pastures in Rogaland, Norway.
Ynghild Storhaug (2014)听Pollination as an ecosystem service in Lofthus, Norway: A study on the distribution of wild and managed pollinators on apple crops and how they are affected by the surrounding landscape.
Stine Stueland (2014)听The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) in Norway: Exploring the population decline through bird ringing data and habitat selection.
Anette Gundersen (2013)听Temporal trends in shade sensitive epiphytic cryptogams residing on old trees.
Mari Jokerud (2013)听Impact of nitrogen deposition on species richness and species composition of ombrotrophic mires in western Norway.
Marta Ramirez Boixaderas (2012)听Plant dispersal in a changing climate. A seed-rain study along climate gradients in southern Norway.
Gunnar Kvifte (2011)听Biodiversity studies in Afrotropical moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae).
Siri Skogland (2011)听Vegetasjonsendringer i myr og lynghei p氓 Runde i perioden 1928 til 2010.
Trine 脜rst酶l (2011)听Moldtaking; ein tradisjonell bruksmetode med eit nytt liv?
Astrid Berge (2010)听Seedbank, seedrain and seedling recruitment along climate gradients in southern Norway.
Kari Fadnes (2010)听Climate History of the Arctic: temperature reconstruction of an arctic lake on Spitsbergen based on chironomid.
Kristoffer Hauge (2010)听Bat (Chiroptera) activity and community composition in contrasting agricultural landscapes and the adjacent Budongo forest reserve, Uganda.
Christine P枚tsch (2010)听Resource allocation in two selected Carex species along climate gradients.
脴ystein Langaker (2009)听Re-sampling in beach- and sand dune communities at South West Karm酶y - 2008. Some comparisons and interpretations.
Kathrin Bockm眉hl (2008)听Comparing species-temperature relationships of arctic-alpine plants among three altitudinal transects in Svalbard.