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The role of a dominant predator in shaping biodiversity over space and time in a marine ecosystem
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-24)
Exploitation of living marine resources has resulted in major changes to populations of targeted species and functional groups of large-bodied species in the ocean. However, the effects of overfishing and collapse of large top predators on the broad-scale biodiversity of oceanic ecosystems remain largely unexplored. Populations of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) were overfished and several collapsed ...
Highly overlapping winter diet in two sympatric lemming species revealed by DNA metabarcoding
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-30)
Sympatric species are expected to minimize competition by partitioning resources, especially
when these are limited. Herbivores inhabiting the High Arctic in winter are a prime example
of a situation where food availability is anticipated to be low, and thus reduced diet
overlap is expected. We present here the first assessment of diet overlap of high arctic lemmings
during winter based on DNA ...
Definition of sampling units begets conclusions in ecology: The case of habitats for plant communities
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-05)
In ecology, expert knowledge on habitat characteristics is often used to define sampling
units such as study sites. Ecologists are especially prone to such approaches
when prior sampling frames are not accessible. Here we ask to what extent can
different approaches to the definition of sampling units influence the conclusions
that are drawn from an ecological study? We do this by comparing a ...