The extinct ‘New World stilt-legged’, or NWSL, equids constitute a perplexing group of Pleistocene horses endemic to North America. Their slender distal limb bones resemble those of Asiatic asses, such as the Persian onager. Previous palaeogenetic studies, however, have suggested a closer relationship to caballine horses than to Asiatic asses. Here, we report complete mitochondrial and partial nuclear ...

During its population recovery in the North Atlantic in the early 1900s, the northern gannet (Morus bassanus) established its first colony in Norway at Runde in 1946. Since the 1960s, gannets have established (and later abandoned) several small colonies in the north of the country. These colonies have been regularly monitored, and in 2015–16 ca. 3300 apparently occupied nests (AON) were counted ...

THE SÁMI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN 1917 AND THE SÁMI MOVEMENT IN THE NORTH <br> The Sámi national assembly held in Trondhjem in 1917 is considered to be the very first organized political opposition from the Norwegian Sámi. However, among the 150 persons attending, only three Sámi were from Northern Norway – an area where 90% of the Sámi population lived. The participants were Sámi from the southern parts ...

The impact of invasion on diversity varies widely and remains elusive. Despite the con- siderable attempts to understand mechanisms of biological invasion, it is largely un- known whether some communities’ characteristics promote biological invasion, or whether some inherent characteristics of invaders enable them to ...

The indigenous religion of the Sámi population came under strong pressure through the Pietist mission effort, which occurred during the first decades of the 18th century in Denmark-Norway. This study focuses on the complex religious situation in the areas of the Northern Norwegian counties of Nordland and Troms. The study uses a spatial approach to map the positions of the different institutions ...

Måser er toppredatorer i det marine miljø, og er svært utsatt for miljøgifter. Hos arter som sildemåse (Larus fuscus), svartbak (Larus marinus) og polarmåse (Larus hyperboreus) er det dokumentert høye nivåer av organokloriner (OC), som nedsetter immunforsvaret og gir økt forekomst av sykdom, noe som medfører både redusert hekkesuksess og overlevelse av voksne. Selv om det er dokumentert en rekke ...

This is the third annual report of the SEAPOP programme, which was initiated in 2005. In 2007, the work continued at full scale in the Lofoten-Barents Sea area, and similar studies were initiated in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. The report is divided into three sections. The first is an executive summary, the second presents five selected highlights from the studies in 2007, whereas the ...

This is the second annual report of the SEAPOP programme, which was initiated in 2005. In 2006, the programme was extended to the near full scale in the Lofoten-Barents Sea area, but it is aimed for implementation at the national level within few years. The report is divided into three sections. The first is an executive summary, the second presents five selected highlights from the studies in ...

Denne studien beskriver jazzmusikeres tanker og arbeid med gehør i sitt musikervirke. Studien har som mål å gi innsikt i hva som er viktig å jobbe med i forhold til eget gehør, og samtidig belyse noen emner som kan inspirere til diskusjon omkring hørelærefaget i musikerutdanningen. Det empiriske materialet er basert på intervjuer med tre jazzmusikere i Norge. Studien tar for seg emner i gehørarbeid ...