• A Comparative Study on the Faecal Bacterial Community and Potential Zoonotic Bacteria of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway 

      Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie; Barnes, Christopher J; Rasmussen, Linett; Salgado-Flores, Alejandro; Grøndahl, Carsten; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Hansen, Anders J.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Christian, Sonne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-25)
      Muskoxen (<i>Ovibos moschatus</i>) are ruminants adapted to a high-fibre diet. There is increasing interest in the role that gut microbes play in the digestion and utilization of these specialized diets but only limited data available on the gut microbiome of high-Arctic animals. In this study, we metabarcoded the 16S rRNA region of faecal samples from muskoxen of Northeast Greenland, Northwest ...
    • Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard 

      Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Convey, P.; Newsham, Kevin K.; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Fuglei, Eva; Ravolainen, Virve; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Augusti, A.; Biersma, Elisabeth Mackteld; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Coulson, S.J.; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Gallet, Jean-Charles; Karsten, U.; Kristiansen, Silje Marie; Svenning, Mette Marianne; Tveit, Alexander; Uchida, M.; Baneschi, I.; Calizza, E.; Cannone, N.; de Goede, E.M.; Doveri, M.; Elster, J.; Giamberini, M.S.; Hayashi, K.; Lang, Simone; Lee, Y.K.; Nakatsubo, T.; Pasquali, V.; Paulsen, I.M.G.; Pedersen, Christina Alsvik; Peng, F.; Provenzale, A.; Pushkareva, E.; Sandström, C.A.M.; Sklet, Vera; Stach, A.; Tojo, M.; Tytgat, B.; Tømmervik, Hans; Velazquez, D.; Verleyen, E.; Welker, J.M.; Yao, Y.-F.; Loonen, M.J.J.E. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-19)
      For more than five decades, research has been conducted at Ny-Ålesund, in Svalbard, Norway, to understand the structure and functioning of High-Arctic ecosystems and the profound impacts on them of environmental change. Terrestrial, freshwater, glacial and marine ecosystems are accessible year-round from Ny-Ålesund, providing unique opportunities for interdisciplinary observational and experimental ...
    • Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map 

      Soininen, Eeva M; Barrio, Isabel C.; Bjørkås, Ragnhild; Björnsdóttir, Katrin; Ehrich, Dorothee; Hopping, Kelly A.; Kaarlejarvi, E.; Kolstad, Anders Lorentzen; Abdulmanova, Svetlana; Björk, Robert G.; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Eischeid, Isabell; Higgens, Rebecca Finger; Forbey, Jennifer; Gignac, Charles; Gilg, Olivier; Herder, Michael den; Holm, H. S.; Hwang, Bernice; Jepsen, Jane Uhd; Kamenova, Stefaniya; Kater, Ilona; Koltz, Amanda; Kristensen, Jeppe A.; Little, Chelsea J.; Macek, Petr; Mathisen, Karen Marie; Metcalfe, Daniel B.; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Mörsdorf, M.; Park, Taejin; Propster, Jeffrey; Roberts, Aradhana J; Serrano, E; Spiegel, Marcus P.; Tamayo, Mariana; Tuomi, Maria Wilhelmina; Verma, Megha; Vuorinen, Katariina Elsa Maria; Väisänen, Maria; Wal, Rene van der; Wilcots, Megan; Yoccoz, Nigel; Speed, James David Mervyn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-14)
      Herbivores modify the structure and function of tundra ecosystems. Understanding their impacts is necessary to assess the responses of these ecosystems to ongoing environmental changes. However, the effects of herbivores on plants and ecosystem structure and function vary across the Arctic. Strong spatial variation in herbivore effects implies that the results of individual studies on herbivory ...
    • Prevalence of antibodies against Brucella spp. in West Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and East Greenland muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) 

      Sonne, Christian; Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie; Rajala, Elisabeth; Agerholm, Jørgen S.; Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva; Desforges, Jean-Pierre; Eulaers, Igor; Gustavson, Kim; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Koch, Anders; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Schmidt, Nils Martin; Grøndahl, Carsten; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Siebert, Ursula; Tryland, Morten; Mulvad, Gert; Born, Erik W; Laidre, Kristin; Wiig, Øystein; Dietz, Rune; Magnusson, Ulf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-19)
      Zoonotic infections transmitted from terrestrial and marine mammals to humans in European Arctic are of unknown significance, despite considerable potential for transmission due to local hunt and a rapidly changing environment. As an example, infection with <i>Brucella</i> bacteria may have significant impact on human health due to consumption of raw meat or otherwise contact with tissues and fluids ...
    • Spatiotemporal distribution of Arctic herbivores in spring: Potential for competition? 

      Grimsby, Anna Caroline; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Ehrich, Dorothee; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Garfelt Paulsen, Ingrid Marie; Brockmann, Frida Kristine; Ravolainen, Virve (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-23)
      Biotic interactions are important to the structure and dynamics of food webs and may affect the spatial and temporal distribution of species. In the Arctic, spring snow-cover limits food availability at a critical time for herbivores, potentially leading to resource competition. This study investigates the potential for competition over forage resources during spring in a high-Arctic herbivore ...
    • Trophic interactions and abiotic factors drive functional and phylogenetic structure of vertebrate herbivore communities across the Arctic tundra biome 

      Speed, James David Mervyn; Skjelbred, Ina Åsnes; Barrio, Isabel C.; Martin, Michael David; Berteaux, Dominique; Bueno, Guillermo; Christie, Katie; Forbes, Bruce C.; Forbey, Jennifer; Fortin, Daniel; Grytnes, John-Arvid; Hoset, Katrine Skamfer; Lecomte, Nicolas; Marteinsdottir, Bryndis; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Pedersen, Åshild Ø.; Ravolainen, Virve; Rees, Eileen C.; Skarin, Anna; Sokolova, Natalya; Thornhill, Andrew H; Tombre, Ingunn; Soininen, Eeva M (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-29)
      Communities are assembled from species that evolve or colonise a given geographic region, and persist in the face of abiotic conditions and interactions with other species. The evolutionary and colonisation histories of communities are characterised by phylogenetic diversity, while functional diversity is indicative of abiotic and biotic conditions. The relationship between functional and phylogenetic ...