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Fire-resistance in a hotter future
Fire-resistant traits may help tree communities survive a warmer climate in which wildfires are expected to increase in frequency.
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Conserving crop wild relatives to help feed the world
Identifying and prioritizing the genetic resources of crop wild relatives in Norway
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Protecting Artic migrants against climate change
This study evaluates the consequences of climate change on suitable breeding grounds for Arctic shorebirds.
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Mapping crop pollination in Europe
Pollination by insects is important to food production, and mapping this ecosystem service can aid land managers in the future.
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Building the Local Ecological Footprinting Tool (LEFT)
In this project, researchers developed an automated web-service known as the Local Ecological Footprinting Tool or LEFT, to carry out environmental impact assessments quickly and easily with a minimum of user input.
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Arctic invasion threats from ballast water
Ships transport myriad marine organisms around the world in ballast water that may, when exchanged, introduce foreign species that become invasive in suitable areas. This study surveyed ballast water of eight foreign ships landing at the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, carrying out morphological and molecular analyses of the organisms on board.
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The impact of human land use on the composition of ecological communities
Human land use has a negative impact of on the composition of ecological communities, also known as alpha diversity, but less is known about how the widespread modifications of natural habitats affect species turnover.
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Climate change impacts on hollow-oak insect habitat
Researchers surveyed 300 hollow oaks at 100 sites, grouped observed species as generalists or specialists, and used GBIF-mediated occurrences to cluster the species identified by geographical distribution.
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Arctic Biodiversity Congress
The Arctic Council’s Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group is organizing the first Arctic Biodiversity Congress to promote the conservation and sustainable use of Arctic biodiversity through dialogue among scientists, policy-makers, government officials, industry, civil soc