• Epigenetic and Genetic Integrity, Metabolic Stability, and Field Performance of Cryopreserved Plants 

      Wang, Min-Rui; Bi, Wenlu; Shukla, Mukund R.; Ren, Li; Hamborg, Zhibo; Blystad, Dag-Ragnar; Saxena, Praveen K.; Wang, Qiao-Chun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-13)
      Cryopreservation is considered an ideal strategy for the long-term preservation of plant genetic resources. Significant progress was achieved over the past several decades, resulting in the successful cryopreservation of ...
    • Epigenetic memory effects in Norway spruce: are they present after the age of two years? 

      Skrøppa, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-07)
      Short-term trials on cultivated soil were planted with families of Norway spruce that had shown epigenetic memory effects in early tests up to age two years. Measurements and assessments were made of phenology traits, tree ...
    • Epitype-inducing temperatures drive DNA methylation changes during somatic embryogenesis in the long-lived gymnosperm Norway spruce 

      Viejo, Marcos; Tengs, Torstein; Yakovlev, Igor; Cross, Hugh; Krokene, Paal; Olsen, Jorunn Elisabeth; Fossdal, Carl Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07-20)
      An epigenetic memory of the temperature sum experienced during embryogenesis is part of the climatic adaptation strategy of the long-lived gymnosperm Norway spruce. This memory has a lasting effect on the timing of bud ...
    • Establishment of a piscine myocarditis virus (PMCV) challenge model and testing of a plant-produced subunit vaccine candidate against cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar 

      Su, Hang; van Eerde, André; Steen, Hege; Heldal, Inger; Haugslien, Sissel; Ørpetveit, Irene; Wüstner, Stefanie Caroline; Inami, Makoto; Løvoll, Marie; Rimstad, Espen; Clarke, Jihong Liu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-30)
      Cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) is a severe cardiac disease occurring in the grow-out sea phase of farmed Atlantic salmon with approximately 100 outbreaks annually in Norway. Piscine myocarditis virus (PMCV) is believed to ...
    • 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 ...
    • Estimating Carbon Sink Strength of Norway Spruce Forests Using Machine Learning 

      Zhao, Junbin; Lange, Holger; Meissner, Helge Rainer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-19)
      Forests sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) which is important for climate mitigation. Net ecosystem production (NEP) varies significantly across forests in different regions depending on the dominant tree species, ...
    • Estimating local-scale forest GPP in Northern Europe using Sentinel-2: Model comparisons with LUE, APAR, the plant phenology index, and a light response function 

      Junttila, Sofia; Ardö, Jonas; Cai, Zhanzhang; Jin, Hongxiao; Kljun, Natascha; Klemedtsson, Leif; Krasnova, Alisa; Lange, Holger; Lindroth, Anders; Mölder, Meelis; Noe, Steffen M.; Tagesson, Torbern; Vestin, Patrik; Weslien, Per; Eklundh, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-01-03)
      Northern forest ecosystems make up an important part of the global carbon cycle. Hence, monitoring local-scale gross primary production (GPP) of Northern forest is essential for understanding climatic change impacts on ...
    • Estimating stand level stem diameter distribution utilizing harvester data and airborne laser scanning 

      Maltamo, Matti; Hauglin, Marius; Næsset, Erik; Gobakken, Terje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-07)
      Accurately positioned single-tree data obtained from a cut-to-length harvester were used as training harvester plot data for k-nearest neighbor (k-nn) stem diameter distribution modelling applying airborne laser scanning ...
    • Estimating the Permeability of Naturally Structured Soil From Percolation Theory and Pore Space Characteristics Imaged by X-Ray 

      Koestel, John; Dathe, Annette; Skaggs, Todd H.; Klakegg, Ove Mindor; Ahmad, Muhammad Arslan; Babko, Maryia; Giménez, Daniel; Farkas, Csilla; Nemes, Attila; Jarvis, Nicholas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-30)
      The saturated hydraulic conductivity of soil, Ks, is a critical parameter in hydrological models that remains notoriously difficult to predict. In this study, we test the capability of a model based on percolation theory ...
    • Estimating unconsolidated sediment cover thickness by using the horizontal distance to a bedrock outcrop as secondary information 

      Kitterød, Nils-Otto (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Unconsolidated sediment cover thickness (D) above bedrock was estimated by using a publicly available well database from Norway, GRANADA. General challenges associated with such databases typically involve clustering and ...
    • Estimation of Forest Growing Stock Volume with UAV Laser Scanning Data: Can It Be Done without Field Data? 

      Puliti, Stefano; Breidenbach, Johannes; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04-14)
      Laser scanning data from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV-LS) offer new opportunities to estimate forest growing stock volume ( V ) exclusively based on the UAV-LS data. We propose a method to measure tree attributes and using ...
    • Estimation of phosphorus-based flame retardant in wood by hyperspectral imaging—a new method 

      Stefansson, Petter; Burud, Ingunn; Thiis, Thomas Kringlebotn; Gobakken, Lone; Larnøy, Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-15)
      It is recognised that flame retardant chemicals degrade and leach out of flame-protected wood claddings when exposed to natural weathering. However, the ability to survey the current state of a flame retardant treatment ...
    • The Ethiopian staple food crop enset (Ensete ventricosum) assessed for the first time for resistance against the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus goodeyi 

      Kidane, Selamawit Araya; Meressa, Beira H.; Haukeland, Solveig; Hvoslef-Eide, Trine; Coyne, Danny L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-08)
      Pratylenchus goodeyi appears to be the most prevalent nematode pest of enset in Ethiopia, where it can occur in extremely high densities. However, the damage to yield or how different enset cultivars react to the nematode ...
    • Ethnic Variation in Immigrants’ Diets and Food Acculturation – United States 1999–2012 

      Gustavsen, Geir Wæhler; Dong, Diansheng; Nayga, Rodolfo M. Jr.; Rickertsen, Kyrre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-24)
      Immigration has changed the United States from having a predominantly white to a more ethnically diverse population. People who move to the U.S. may initially have diets unlike native-born Americans but gradually adopt ...
    • European Agriculture after Brexit: Does Anyone Benefit from the Divorce? 

      Choi, Hyung Sik; Jansson, Torbjörn; Matthews, Alan; Mittenzwei, Klaus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08-30)
      The UK exited the EU on 31 January 2020, with a transition period agreed as part of the Withdrawal Agreement. During this transition period the UK and the EU will decide on their future trading relationship. No matter what ...
    • A European map of groundwater pH and calcium 

      Hájek, Michal; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Hájek, Ondřej; Brancaleoni, Lisa; Cantonati, Marco; Carbognani, Michele; Dedić, Anita; Dítě, Daniel; Gerdol, Renato; Hájková, Petra; Horsáková, Veronika; Jansen, Florian; Kamberović, Jasmina; Kapfer, Jutta; Kolari, Tiina Hilkka Maria; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Lazarević, Predrag; Mašić, Ermin; Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold; Pérez-Haase, Aaron; Peterka, Tomáš; Petraglia, Alessandro; Pladevall-Izard, Eulàlia; Plesková, Zuzana; Segadelli, Stefano; Semeniuk, Yuliya; Singh, Patrícia; Šímová, Anna; Šmerdová, Eva; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Tomaselli, Marcello; Vystavna, Yuliya; Biţă-Nicolae, Claudia; Horsák, Michal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-17)
      Water resources and associated ecosystems are becoming highly endangered due to ongoing global environmental changes. Spatial ecological modelling is a promising toolbox for understanding the past, present and future ...
    • European mushroom assemblages are darker in cold climates 

      Krah, Franz-Sebastian; Büntgen, Ulf; Schaefer, Hanno; Müller, Jörg; Andrew, Carrie; Boddy, Lynne; Diez, Jeffrey; Egli, Simon; Freckleton, Robert; Gange, Alan C.; Halvorsen, Rune; Heegaard, Einar; Heideroth, Antje; Heibl, Christoph; Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob; Høiland, Klaus; Kar, Ritwika; Kauserud, Håvard; Kirk, Paul M.; Kuyper, Thomas W.; Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard; Nordén, Jenni; Papastefanou, Phillip; Senn-Irlet, Beatrice; Bässler, Claus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-10)
      Thermal melanism theory states that dark-colored ectotherm organisms are at an advantage at low temperature due to increased warming. This theory is generally supported for ectotherm animals, however, the function of colors ...
    • European-wide forest monitoring substantiate the neccessity for a joint conservation strategy to rescue European ash species (Fraxinus spp.) 

      George, Jan-Peter; Sanders, Tanja G. M.; Timmermann, Volkmar; Potočić, Nenad; Lang, Mait (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-19)
      European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and narrow-leafed ash (F. angustifolia) are keystone forest tree species with a broad ecological amplitude and significant economic importance. Besides global warming both species are ...
    • Eutropia: Integrated Valuation of Lake Eutrophication Abatement Decisions Using a Bayesian Belief Network 

      Barton, David N; Andersen, Tom; Bergland, Olvar; Engebretsen, Alexander; Moe, S. Jannicke; Orderud, Geir I; Tominaga, Koji; Romstad, Eirik; Vogt, Rolf D (Chapter, 2016)
      The term “integrated valuation” is defined and its relevance is discussed in terms of bridging the gap between cost-effectiveness analysis and economic valuation in the implementation of the European Union Water Framework ...
    • Evaluating competition for forage plants between honey bees and wild bees in Denmark 

      Rasmussen, Claus; Dupont, Yoko L.; Madsen, Henning Bang; Bogusch, Petr; Goulson, Dave; Herbertsson, Lina; Maia, Kate Pereira; Nielsen, Anders; Olesen, Jens M.; Potts, Simon G.; Roberts, Stuart P. M.; Sydenham, Markus A. K.; Kryger, Per (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-28)
      A recurrent concern in nature conservation is the potential competition for forage plants between wild bees and managed honey bees. Specifically, that the highly sophisticated system of recruitment and large perennial ...