• Agricultural grasslands buffer density effects in red deer populations 

      Mysterud, Atle; Langvatn, Rolf; Meisingset, Erling L.; Rivrud, Inger Maren (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-29)
      Population densities of several cervid species have increased in recent decades in North America and Europe, and cervids frequently eat and damage agricultural crops. Competition and depletion of natural food resources are ...
    • Applying Typology Analyses to Management Issues: Deer Harvest and Declining Hunter Numbers 

      Andersen, Oddgeir; Wam, Hilde K; Mysterud, Atle; Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09)
      In both North America and Europe, deer populations are increasing and hunter participation is decreasing. This generates concern for our future ability to control deer populations. Information on hunter typologies can help ...
    • Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns 

      Tucker, Marlee A.; Schipper, Aafke M.; Adams, Tempe S.F.; Attias, Nina; Avgar, Tal; Babic, Natarscha L.; Barker, Kristin J.; Bastille-Rousseau, Guillaume; Behr, Dominik M.; Belant, Jerrold L.; Beyer Jr., Dean E.; Blaum, Niels; Blount, J. David; Bockmuhl, Dirk; Boulhosa, Ricardo Luiz Pires; Brown, Michael B.; Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar; Cagnazzi, Francesca; Calabrese, Justin M.; Cerne, Rok; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Chan, Aung Nyein; Chase, Michael J.; Chaval, Yannick; Chenaux-Ibrahim, Yvette; Cherry, Seth G.; Cirovic, Dusko; Coban, Emrah; Cole, Eric K.; Conlee, Laura; Courtemanch, Alyson; Cozzi, Gabriele; Davidson, Sarah C.; DeBloois, Darren; Dejid, Nandintsetseg; DeNicola, Vickie; Desbiez, Arnaud L.J.; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Drake, David; Egan, Michael; Eikelboom, Jasper A.J.; Fagan, William F.; Farmer, Morgan J.; Fennessy, Julian; Finnegan, Shannon P.; Fleming, Christen H.; Fournier, Bonnie; Fowler, Nicholas L.; Gantchoff, Mariela G.; Garnier, Alexandre; Heim, Morten; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Kaczensky, Petra; Kindberg, Jonas; Linnell, John Durrus; Meisingset, Erling L.; Van Moorter, Bram; Mysterud, Atle; Panzacchi, Manuela; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Solberg, Erling Johan; Strand, Olav; Sunde, Peter; Svoboda, Nathan J.; Swart, Jonathan; Thompson, Jeffrey J.; Toal, Katrina L.; Uiseb, Kenneth; VanAcker, Meredith C.; Velilla, Marianela; Verzuh, Tana L.; Wachter, Bettina; Wagler, Brittany L.; Whittington, Jesse; Wikelski, Martin; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Wittemyer, George; Young, Julie K.; Zięba, Filip; Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz; Huijbregts, Mark A. J.; Mueller, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-06-08)
      COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and road avoidance of ...
    • Contrasting emergence of Lyme disease across ecosystems 

      Mysterud, Atle; Easterday, William Ryan; Stigum, Vetle Malmer; Aas, Anders Bjørnsgard; Meisingset, Erling L.; Viljugrein, Hildegunn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Global environmental changes are causing Lyme disease to emerge in Europe. The life cycle of Ixodes ricinus, the tick vector of Lyme disease, involves an ontogenetic niche shift, from the larval and nymphal stages utilizing ...
    • Effect of legal regulation of supplemental feeding on space use of red deer in an area with chronic wasting disease 

      Mysterud, Atle; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Brekkum, Øystein; Meisingset, Erling L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-12)
      Supplemental feeding of cervids during winter is a widespread management practice, but feeding may increase the risk of disease transmission. Therefore, legal regulations to limit supplemental feeding are often implemented ...
    • Estimating and managing broad risk of chronic wasting disease spillover among cervid species 

      Mysterud, Atle; Solberg, Erling Johan; Meisingset, Erling L.; Panzacchi, Manuela; Rauset, Geir Rune; Strand, Olav; Van Moorter, Bram; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Rivrud, Inger Maren (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09-10)
      The management of infectious wildlife diseases often involves tackling pathogens that infect multiple host species. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that can infect most cervid species. CWD was detected in ...
    • Future suitability of habitat in a migratory ungulate under climate change 

      Rivrud, Inger Maren; Meisingset, Erling L.; Loe, Leif Egil; Mysterud, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-20)
      With climate change, the effect of global warming on snow cover is expected to cause range expansion and enhance habitat suitability for species at their northern distribution limits. However, how this depends on landscape ...
    • Heritability of head size in a hunted large carnivore, the brown bear (Ursus arctos) 

      Rivrud, Inger Maren; Frank, Shane; Bischof, Richard; Mysterud, Atle; Steyaert, Sam; Hertel, Anne Gabriela; Hagen, Snorre; Eiken, Hans Geir; Swenson, Jon; Zedrosser, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Wild animal populations experience selection pressures from both natural and anthropogenic sources. The availability of extensive pedigrees is increasing along with our ability to quantify the heritability and evolvability ...
    • Impacts of human disturbance on flight response and habitat use of red deer 

      Meisingset, Erling L.; Gusevik, Joar; Skjørestad, Atle; Brekkum, Øystein; Mysterud, Atle; Rosell, Frank Narve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11-09)
      Many wild animals perceive humans as predators, and human disturbance,especially in the form of hunting, triggers antipredatory behavior among prey.Yet, knowledge of how game species react to different types of human ...
    • Implications of the forage maturation hypothesis for activity of partially migratory male and female deer 

      Debeffe, Lucie Isabelle; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Brekkum, Øystein; Meisingset, Erling L.; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-21)
      Partial migration is common in a large variety of taxa in seasonally variable environments. Understanding the mechanisms underlying migration is important, as migration affects individual fi tness. Migratory herbivores ...
    • Interaction effects between weather and space use onharvesting effort and patterns in red deer 

      Rivrud, Inger Maren; Meisingset, Erling L.; Loe, Leif Egil; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Most cervid populations in Europe and North America are managed through selective harvesting, often with age‐ and sex‐specific quotas, with a large influence on the population growth rate. Less well understood is how ...
    • Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research 

      Hofman, M.P.G.; Hayward, M.W.; Heim, Morten; Marchand, P.; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Mattisson, Jenny; Urbano, Ferdinando; Heurich, Marco; Mysterud, Atle; Melzheimer, Jörg; Morellet, Nicolas; Voigt, Ulrich; Allen, B.L.; Gehr, B.; Rouco, C.; Ullmann, W.; Holand, Øystein; Jørgensen, Nicolai Hermann; Steinheim, Geir; Cagnacci, Fransesca; Kroeschel, Max; Kaczensky, Petra; Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar; Payne, J.C.; Palmegiani, I.; Jerina, K.; Kjellander, P.; Johansson, Ö.; LaPoint, S.; Bayrakcismith, R.; Linnell, John Durrus; Zaccaroni, M.; Jorge, M.L.S.; Oshima, J.E.F.; Songhurst, A.; Fischer, C.; Mc Bride Jr., R.T.; Thompson, J.J.; Streif, S.; Sandfordt, R.; Bonenfant, Christophe; Drouilly, M.; Klapproth, M.; Zinner, D.; Yarnell, R.; Stronza, A.; Wilmott, L.; Meisingset, Erling L.; Thaker, M.; Vanak, A.T.; Odden, John (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-09)
      Satellite telemetry is an increasingly utilized technology in wildlife research, and current devices can track individual animal movements at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions. However, as we enter the golden ...
    • Sex-specific differences in spring and autumn migration in a northern large herbivore 

      Debeffe, Lucie Isabelle; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Meisingset, Erling L.; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-16)
      Ongoing global warming is now affecting migratory cycles in a large variety of taxa in seasonally variable environments. Disruption of migratory systems can cause population decline and affect ecosystem function across the ...
    • Spatial clustering by red deer and its relevance for management of chronic wasting disease 

      Mysterud, Atle; Skjelbostad, Isa Nergård; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Brekkum, Øystein; Meisingset, Erling L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-28)
      Herbivores like cervids usually graze on widely scattered forage, but anthropogenic food sources may cause spatial revisitation and aggregation, posing a risk for transmission of infectious diseases. In 2016, chronic wasting ...
    • Spatial mismatch between management units and movement ecology of a partially migratory ungulate 

      Meisingset, Erling L.; Loe, Leif Egil; Brekkum, Øystein; Bischof, Richard; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Lande, Unni Støbet; Zimmermann, Barbara; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-24)
      Population-level management is difficult to achieve if wildlife routinely crosses administrative boundaries, as is particularly frequent for migratory populations. However, the degree of mismatch between management units ...
    • The influence of red deer space use on the distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the landscape 

      Qviller, Lars; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Loe, Leif Egil; Meisingset, Erling L.; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    • The role of landscape characteristics for forage maturation and nutritional benefits of migration in red deer 

      Mysterud, Atle; Vike, Brit Karen; Meisingset, Erling L.; Rivrud, Inger Maren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-12)
      Large herbivores gain nutritional benefits from following the sequential flush of newly emergent, high-quality forage along environmental gradients in the landscape, termed green wave surfing. Which landscape characteristics ...