Search Results - "Vindstad, Ole Petter Laksforsmo"
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Numerical responses of saproxylic beetles to rapid increases in dead wood availability following geometrid moth outbreaks in sub-arctic mountain birch forest
Published in PloS one (09-06-2014)“…Saproxylic insects play an important part in decomposing dead wood in healthy forest ecosystems, but little is known about their role in the aftermath of…”
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Northern expansion is not compensating for southern declines in North American boreal forests
Published in Nature communications (08-06-2023)“…Climate change is expected to shift the boreal biome northward through expansion at the northern and contraction at the southern boundary respectively…”
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Can novel pest outbreaks drive ecosystem transitions in northern‐boreal birch forest?
Published in The Journal of ecology (01-05-2019)“…The boreal biome exhibits distinct alternative ecosystem states with high and low levels of tree cover. Insect outbreaks facilitated by climate warming could…”
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Spatial synchrony in sub‐arctic geometrid moth outbreaks reflects dispersal in larval and adult life cycle stages
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-08-2019)“…Spatial synchrony in population dynamics can be caused by dispersal or spatially correlated variation in environmental factors like weather (Moran effect)…”
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A pioneering pest: the winter moth ( Operophtera brumata ) is expanding its outbreak range into Low Arctic shrub tundra
Published in Arctic science (01-06-2022)“…Climate warming allows generalist boreal consumers to expand into Arctic ecosystems. We present experimental and observational field data showing that a…”
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Resistance of a sub-arctic bird community to severe forest damage caused by geometrid moth outbreaks
Published in European journal of forest research (01-07-2015)“…Outbreaks by geometrid moths periodically cause mass mortality of trees and state changes in understorey vegetation in sub-arctic mountain birch forest in…”
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Identification and Evaluation of 21 Novel Microsatellite Markers from the Autumnal Moth (Epirrita autumnata) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (17-09-2015)“…The autumnal moth (Epirrita autumnata) is a cyclically outbreaking forest Lepidoptera with circumpolar distribution and substantial impact on Northern…”
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Environmental conditions alter successional trajectories on an ephemeral resource: a field experiment with beetles in dead wood
Published in Oecologia (01-10-2020)“…Successional processes can be observed for many organisms and resources, but most studies of succession have focused on plants. A general framework has been…”
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Salvage logging of mountain birch after geometrid outbreaks: Ecological context determines management outcomes
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-12-2017)“…•Logging increases the production of basal sprouts in birch after moth outbreaks.•Ungulate browsing appears to retard post-logging sprout growth in some…”
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Does long-term grazing cause cascading impacts on the soil microbiome in mountain birch forests?
Published in Fungal ecology (01-06-2024)“…In subarctic mountain birch forests, reindeer grazing and moth outbreaks act as important biotic drivers of ecosystem functioning. We investigated how a…”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest geometrid outbreaks
Published in Current opinion in insect science (01-02-2023)“…We highlight recent developments and avenues for advancement, which can improve insight into the causes of changes in the spatiotemporal dynamics of forest…”
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Ecological stoichiometry and nutrient partitioning in two insect herbivores responsible for large‐scale forest disturbance in the Fennoscandian subarctic
Published in Ecological entomology (01-02-2019)“…1. Outbreaks of herbivorous insects can have large impacts on regional soil carbon (C) storage and nutrient cycling. In northernmost Europe, population…”
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Elevationally biased avian predation as a contributor to the spatial distribution of geometrid moth outbreaks in sub‐arctic mountain birch forest
Published in Ecological entomology (01-08-2017)“…1. Population dynamics and interactions that vary over a species' range are of particular importance in the context of latitudinal clines in biological…”
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Northern Fennoscandia via the British Isles: evidence for a novel postglacial recolonization route by winter moth (Operophtera brumata)
Published in Frontiers of biogeography (2021)“…The frequency and severity of outbreaks by pestiferous insects is increasing globally, likely as a result of human-mediated introductions of non-native…”
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How rapidly do invasive birch forest geometrids recruit larval parasitoids? Insights from comparison with a sympatric native geometrid
Published in Biological invasions (01-07-2013)“…Two related issues in studies of biological invasions are how quickly the enemy complexes of invasive species become as species-rich and efficient as those of…”
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Spatially patterned guild structure in larval parasitoids of cyclically outbreaking winter moth populations
Published in Ecological entomology (01-08-2010)“…1. Wide temporal fluctuations in host abundance are a potential source of instability and stochasticity in the spatiotemporal population dynamics of associated…”
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