• Body Temperature and Activity Rhythms Under Different Photoperiods in High Arctic Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) 

      Appenroth, Daniel; Nord, Andreas; Hazlerigg, David; Wagner, Gabriela (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-08)
      Organisms use circadian rhythms to anticipate and exploit daily environmental oscillations. While circadian rhythms are of clear importance for inhabitants of tropic and temperate latitudes, its role for permanent residents of the polar regions is less well understood. The high Arctic Svalbard ptarmigan shows behavioral rhythmicity in presence of light-dark cycles but is arrhythmic during the polar ...
    • Den Norden lesen: Erinnerungen, Wahrnehmungen und Bedeutungen im interdisziplinären Dialog 

      Mittner, Lilli; Wagner, Gabriela (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-10)
      Unser Beitrag basiert auf der Methode der dramatischen Montage (Klok & Haselmann 2019). In der Begegnung mit zwei autoethnografischen literarischen Quellen, „Die Doktorsfamilie im hohen Norden“ (Gjems Selmer 1905) und „Eine Frau erlebt die Polarnacht“ (Ritter 1938), bewegen wir uns im Zwischenraum zeitlich und disziplinär getrennter Denkwelten. In unserer jeweiligen Rolle als Kulturwissenschaftlerin ...
    • Droner som FKT - bruk av droner som forebyggende tiltak i beitenæringen 

      Winje, Erlend; Bjørn, Tor-Arne; Hansen, Inger; Meisingset, Erling; Haugen, Atilla; Heppelmann, Joachim Bernd; Myhre, Jonas Nordhaug; Wagner, Gabriela (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2023)
      Utmarksbeitende dyr er utsatt for angrep fra fredet rovvilt. I oppdrag fra rovviltnemnda i region 6 Midt-Norge undersøker vi den mulige nytteverdien av droner i åpen kategori som forebyggende- og konfliktdempende tiltak (FKT). Utredningen er basert på informasjon fra intervjuer, faglitteratur og dronetestflygninger.Droner som FKT kan brukes under (1) tilsyn, (2) flytting av dyr fra rovdyrutsatte ...
    • Effects of photoperiod extension on clock gene and neuropeptide RNA expression in the SCN of the Soay Sheep 

      Dardente, Hugues; Wyse, Cathy A.; Lincoln, Gerald A.; Wagner, Gabriela; Hazlerigg, David (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In mammals, changing daylength (photoperiod) is the main synchronizer of seasonal functions. The photoperiodic information is transmitted through the retino-hypothalamic tract to the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), site of the master circadian clock. To investigate effects of day length change on the sheep SCN, we used in-situ hybridization to assess the daily temporal organization of expression of ...
    • Evidence for circadian-based photoperiodic timekeeping in Svalbard ptarmigan, the northernmost resident bird 

      Appenroth, Daniel; Wagner, Gabriela; Hazlerigg, David; West, Alexander Christopher (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-29)
      The high Arctic archipelago of Svalbard (74°–81° north) experiences extended periods of uninterrupted daylight in summer and uninterrupted night in winter, apparently relaxing the major driver for the evolution of circadian rhythmicity. Svalbard ptarmigan (<i>Lagopus muta hyperborea</i>) is the only year-round resident terrestrial bird species endemic to the high Arctic and is remarkably adapted to ...
    • Photoperiodic induction without light-mediated circadian entrainment in a High Arctic resident bird 

      Appenroth, Daniel; Melum, Vebjørn Jacobsen; West, Alexander Christopher; Dardente, Hugues; Hazlerigg, David; Wagner, Gabriela (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-21)
      Organisms use changes in photoperiod to anticipate and exploit favourable conditions in a seasonal environment. While species living at temperate latitudes receive day length information as a year-round input, species living in the Arctic may spend as much as two-thirds of the year without experiencing dawn or dusk. This suggests that specialised mechanisms may be required to maintain seasonal ...
    • Reindeer in the Arctic reduce sleep need during rumination 

      Furrer, Melanie; Meier, Sara A.; Jan, Maxime; Franken, Paul; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Brown, Steven A.; Wagner, Gabriela; Huber, Reto (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023-12-22)
      Timing and quantity of sleep depend on a circadian (ca 24-h) rhythm and a specific sleep requirement. Sleep curtailment results in a homeostatic rebound of more and deeper sleep, the latter reflected in increased electroencephalographic (EEG) slow-wave activity (SWA) during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Circadian rhythms are synchronized by the light-dark cycle but persist under constant ...