• Apple Fruit Growth and Quality Depend on the Position in Tree Canopy 

      Kviklys, Darius; Viškelis, Jonas; Liaudanskas, Mindaugas; Janulis, Valdimaras; Laužikė, Kristina; Samuolienė, Giedrė; Uselis, Nobertas; Lanauskas, Juozas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-12)
      Modern apple orchard systems should guarantee homogeneity of fruit internal and external qualities and fruit maturity parameters. However, when orchards reach productive age, a variation of these parameters takes place and ...
    • Apple rootstocks may become infected by Neonectria ditissima during propagation 

      Børve, Jorunn; Kolltveit, Svein André; Talgø, Venche; Stensvand, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-18)
      Introduction and purpose: The ability of apple rootstocks to become infected by Neonectria ditissima, the cause of European canker, was studied over two years. Materials and methods: Rootstocks B9 and M9 with a size suitable ...
    • Application of DNA mini-barcoding reveals illegal trade in endangered shark products in southern Africa 

      Asbury, Tamaryn A.; Bennett, Rhett; Price, Aidan; da Silva, Charlene; Bürgener, Markus; Klein, Juliana D.; Maduna, Simo; Sidat, N.; Fernando, S.; Bester-van der Merwe, Aletta E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-05)
      In recent decades, a combination of increasing demand and economic globalisation has created a global market for elasmobranch products, especially the highly prized shark fins for Asian markets. Morphological species ...
    • Application of HPLC–PDA–MS metabolite profiling to investigate the effect of growth temperature and day length on blackcurrant fruit 

      Allwood, J. William; Woznicki, Tomasz L.; Xu, Yun; Foito, Alexandre; Aaby, Kjersti; Sungurtas, Julie; Freitag, Sabine; Goodacre, Royston; Stewart, Derek; Remberg, Siv F.; Heide, Ola M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-08)
    • Applications of DEA and SFA in benchmarking studies in forestry: state-of-the-art and future directions 

      Strange, Niels; Bogetoft, Peter; Ottaviani Aalmo, Giovanna; Talbot, Bruce; Holt, Anders Holm; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-17)
      The forestry sector is constantly looking for ways for making data-driven decisions and improving efficiency. The application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) allow the users to go ...
    • Applying profile- and catchment-based mathematical models for evaluating the run-off from a Nordic catchment 

      Farkas, Csilla; Kværnø, Sigrun; Engebretsen, Alexander Melvold; Barneveld, Robert; Deelstra, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Knowledge of hydrological processes and water balance elements are important for climate adaptive water management as well as for introducing mitigation measures aiming to improve surface water quality. Mathematical models ...
    • 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 ...
    • Appraisal of Satellite Rainfall Products for Malwathu, Deduru, and Kalu River Basins, Sri Lanka 

      Perera, Helani; Senaratne, Nipuna; Gunathilake, Miyuru; Mutill, Nitin; Rathnayake, Upaka (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-20)
      Satellite Rainfall Products (SRPs) are now in widespread use around the world as a better alternative for scarce observed rain gauge data. Upon proper analysis of the SRPs and observed rainfall data, SRP data can be used ...
    • Are digital services the right solution for empowering smallholder farmers? A perspective enlightened by COVID-19 experiences to inform smart IPM 

      Sekabira, Haruna; Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain Tchoromi; Ahouandjinou, Arnaud R. M.; Thunes, Karl H; Pittendrigh, Barry; Kaweesa, Yusuf; Tamò, Manuele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-02-03)
      The COVID-19 pandemic, surprised many through its impact on the food systems, resulting in collapses in the food production value chains and in the integrated pest disease management sector with fatal outcomes in many ...
    • Are diversification and structural change good policy? An empirical analysis of Norwegian agriculture 

      Alem, Habtamu; Lien, Gudbrand; Kumbhakar, Subal Chandra; Hardaker, J. Brian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-29)
      We investigated whether diversification and/or structural change would improve Norwegian agriculture. Using a flexible technology approach to account for different technologies, we assessed economies of scope and scale of ...
    • Are fungal epizootics a sign of successful biological control of cereal aphids? 

      Saussure, Stephanie; Hjelkrem, Anne-Grete Roer; Klingen, Ingeborg; Meadow, Richard; Holst, Niels (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07-26)
      Pandora neoaphidis is a common entomopathogenic fungus on Sitobion avenae, which is an important aphid pest on cereals in Europe. Pandora neoaphidis is known to cause epizootics (i.e. an unusually high prevalence of infected ...
    • Are local plants the best for ecosystem restoration? It depends on how you analyze the data 

      Bucharova, Anna; Durka, Walter; Hölzel, Norbert; Kollmann, Johannes; Michalski, Stefan; Bossdorf, Oliver (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-06)
      One of the key questions in ecosystem restoration is the choice of the seed material for restoring plant communities. The most common strategy is to use local seed sources, based on the argument that many plants are locally ...
    • Arealbytte og transport langs vei i jordbruket 

      Mittenzwei, Klaus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-11)
      A constant reduction in the number of active farms and more or less persistent agricultural area on a national basis leads to increased transport and emissions of greenhouse gases in agriculture. How great is the potential ...
    • The Arthropod Fauna of Oak (Quercus spp., Fagaceae) Canopies in Norway 

      Thunes, Karl H; Søli, Geir Einar Ellefsen; Thuroczy, Csaba; Fjellberg, Arne; Olberg, Stefan; Roth, Steffen; Coulianos, Carl-Cedric; Disney, R. Henry L.; Stary, Josef; Vierbergen, G; Jonassen, Terje; Anonby, Johannes; Köhler, Arne; Menzel, Frank; Szadziewski, Ryszard; Stur, Elisabeth; Adaschkiewitz, Wolfgang; Olsen, Kjell Magne; Kvamme, Torstein; Endrestøl, Anders; Podenas, Sigitas; Kobro, Sverre; Hansen, Lars Ove; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Haenni, Jean-Paul; Boumans, Louis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-19)
      (1) We document the invertebrate fauna collected from 24 oak canopies in east and west Norway as a contribution to the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre’s ‘The Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative’. (2) A snap-shot inventory ...
    • Artificial top-light is more efficient for tomato production than inter-light 

      Verheul, Michel; Maessen, Hendricus; Paponov, Martina; Panosyan, Anush; Kechasov, Dmitry; Naseer, Muhammad; Paponov, Ivan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-09-17)
      Studies of whole-plant responses of tomato to light environments are limited and cannot be extrapolated from observations of seedlings or short-term crops in growth chambers. Effects of artificial light sources like high ...
    • Assessing allelochemicals as species-specific attractants for the cherry bark tortrix, Enarmonia formosana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) 

      Jaastad, Gunnhild; Larsson-Herrera, Sebastian; Tasin, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-22)
      Field trapping experiments were carried out in Norway to measure attraction of the cherry bark tortrix (CBT) Enarmonia formosana to volatile blends of candidate compounds including acetic acid (AA), linalool oxide pyranoid ...
    • Assessing critical load exceedances and ecosystem impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen and sulphur deposition at unmanaged forested catchments in Europe 

      Forsius, Martin; Posch, Maximilian; Holmberg, Maria; Vuorenmaa, Jussi; Kleemola, Sirpa; Augustaitis, Algirdas; Beudert, Burkhard; Bochenek, Witold; Clarke, Nicholas; de Wit, Heleen; Dirnböck, Thomas; Frey, Jane; Grandin, Ulf; Hakola, Hannele; Kobler, Johannes; Krám, Pavel; Lindroos, Antti-Jussi; Löfgren, Stefan; Pecka, Tomasz; Rönnback, Pernilla; Skotak, Krzysztof; Szpikowski, Józef; Ukonmaanaho, Liisa; Valinia, Salar; Váňa, Milan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-20)
      Anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) compounds and their long-range transport have caused widespread negative impacts on different ecosystems. Critical loads (CLs) are deposition thresholds used to ...
    • Assessing forest availability for wood supply in Europe 

      Alberdi, I.; Bender, S.; Riedel, T.; Avitable, V.; Boriaud, O.; Bosela, M.; Camia, A.; Cañellas, I.; Rego, F. Castro; Fischer, C.; Freudenschuß, A.; Fridman, J.; Gasparini, P.; Gschwantner, T.; Guerrero, S.; Kjartansson, B.T.; Kucera, M.; Lanz, A.; Marin, G.; Mubareka, S.; Notarangelo, M.; Nunes, L.; Pesty, B.; Pikula, T.; Redmond, J.; Rizzo, M.; Šebeň, V.; Snorrason, A.; Tomter, Stein Michael; Hernández, L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-10)
      The quantification of forests available for wood supply (FAWS) is essential for decision-making with regard to the maintenance and enhancement of forest resources and their contribution to the global carbon cycle. The ...
    • Assessing Harvested Sites in a Forested Boreal Mountain Catchment through Global Forest Watch 

      Rossi, Fernando; Breidenbach, Johannes; Puliti, Stefano; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Talbot, Bruce (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-06)
      Global Forest Watch (GFW) provides a global map of annual forest cover loss (FCL) produced from Landsat imagery, offering a potentially powerful tool for monitoring changes in forest cover. In managed forests, FCL primarily ...
    • Assessing Impacts of Soil Management Measures on Ecosystem Services 

      Schwilch, Gudrun; Lemann, Tatenda; Berglund, Örjan; Camarotto, Carlo; Cerdà, Artemi; Daliakopoulos, Ioannis N.; Kohnová, Silvia; Krzeminska, Dominika; Maranon, Teodoro; Rietra, René; Siebielec, Grzegorz; Thorsson, Johann; Tibbett, Mark; Valente, Sandra; van Delden, Hedwig; van den Akker, Jan; Verzandvoort, Simone; Vrînceanu, Nicoleta Olimpia; Zoumides, Christos; Hessel, Rudi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-26)
      Only a few studies have quantified and measured ecosystem services (ES) specifically related to soil. To address this gap, we have developed and applied a methodology to assess changes in ecosystem services, based on ...