International peer-reviewed papers published in 2008

Akbari A, Marthinsen G, Lifjeld JT, Albregtsen F, Wennerberg L, Stenseth NC, Jakobsen KS. 2008. Improved DNA length estimation in capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 29: 1273-1285.

Alsos IG, Alm T, Normand S, Brochmann C. 2008. Past and future range shifts and loss of diversity in dwarf willow (Salix herbacea L.) inferred from genetics, fossils and modelling. Global Ecology and Biogeography 18: 223-239.  

Andersen M, Derocher AE, Wiig Ø, Aars J. 2008. Movements of two Svalbard polar bears recorded using geographical positioning system satellite transmitters. Polar Biology 31: 905-911.

Anker-Nilssen T, Kleven O, Aarvak T, Lifjeld JT. 2008. No evidence of extra-pair paternity in the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica. Ibis 150: 619-622.

Anmarkrud JA, Kleven O, Bachmann L, Lifjeld JT. 2008.Microsatellite evolution: Mutations, sequence variation, and homoplasy in the hypervariable avian microsatellite locus HrU10. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 138.

Anthoniussen ED. 2008. Late Pliocene and Pleistocene biostratigraphy of the Nordic Atlantic region. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 43: 33-48. 

Bachmann L, Daeubl B, Lindqvist C, Kruckenhauser L, Teschler-Nicola M, Haring E. 2008. PCR diagnostics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in historic human long bone remains from 18th century burials in Kaiserebersdorf, Austria. BMC Research Notes 1: 83.

Beckshøft TØ, Rigét FF, Wiig Ø, Sonne C. 2008. Fluctuating asymmetry in metric traits; a practical example of calculating asymmetry, measurment error and repeatability. Annales Zoologici Fennici 45: 32-38.

Beckshøft TØ, Sonne C, Rigét FF, Wiig Ø, Dietz R. 2008. Differences in growth, size and sexual dimorphism in skulls of East greenland and Svalbard polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Polar Biology 31: 945-958.

Beckshøft TØ, Wiig Ø, Sonne C, Riget FF, Dietz R, Letcher R, Muir DCG. 2008. Temporal and Spatial variation in metric asymmetry skulls of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svaldbard and East Greenland. Annales Zoologici Fennici 45: 15-31.

Bjorå C, Hemp A, Hoell G, Nordal I. 2008. A taxonomic and ecological analysis of two forest Chlorophytum taxa (Anthericaceae) on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Plant Systematics and Evolution 274: 243-253.

Bjorå C, Hoell G, Kativu S, Nordal I. 2008. New taxa of Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae) from southern tropical Africa with notes on their sister group relationships. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 223-238.

Brochmann C, Brysting AK. 2008. The arctic - an evolutionary freezer? Plant Ecology & Diversity 1: 181-195. 

Delmore K, Kleven O, Laskemoen T, Crowe S, Lifjeld JT, Robertson RJ. 2008. Sex allocation and parental quality in tree swallows. Behavioral Ecology 19: 1243-1249.

Ehrich D, Alsos IG, Brochmann C. 2008. Where did the northern peatland species survive the dry glacials? Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) as an example. Journal of Biogeography 35: 801-814.

Elven R, Al-Shebaz IA. 2008. Draba simmonsii (Brassicaceae), a new species of the D. micropetala complex from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Novon 18: 325-329.

Elven R, Murray D. 2008. New combinations in the Panarctic vascular plant flora. Journal Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 433-446.

Ertter B, Elven R, Murray D, Reveal JL. 2008. Proposal to reject the name Potentilla dissecta (Rosaceae). Taxon 57: 1010-1011.

Fossøy F, Johnsen A, Lifjeld JT. 2008. Multiple genetic benefits of female promiscuity in a socially monogamous passerine. Evolution 62: 145-156.

Gusarova G, Popp M, Vitek E,  Brochmann C. 2008. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the bipolar Euphrasia (Orobanchaceae): recent radiation in an old genus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 444-460.

Harding A, Hobson K, Walkusz W, Dmoch K, Karnovsky N, Van Pelt T, Lifjeld JT. 2008. Sources of variation in the diet of little auks (Alle alle) evaluated through stable-isotope (δ13C and δ15N) analysis: implications for assessing marine ecosystem change in the high Arctic. Polar Biology 35: 725-733.

Harris PD, Shinn AP, Cable J, Bakke TA, Bron J. 2008. GyroDb: gyrodactylid monogeneans on the web. Trends in Parasitology 24: 109-111

Jacobsen F, Nesje M, Bachmann L, Lifjeld JT. 2008. Significant genetic admixture after reintroduction of peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in southern Scandinavia. Conservation Genetics 9: 581-591.

Johnsen A, Pärn H, Fossøy F, Kleven O, Laskemoen T, Lifjeld JT. 2008. Is female promiscuity constrained by the presence of her social mate? An experiment with bluethroats Luscinia svecica. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1761-1767

Kleven O, Bjerke BA, Lifjeld JT. Genetic monogamy in the common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra). Journal of Ornithology 149: 651-654.

Kleven O, Laskemoen T, Fossøy F, Robertson RJ, Lifjeld JT.2008. Intraspecific variation in sperm length is negatively related to sperm competition in passerine birds. Evolution 62: 494-499.

Laidre KL, Stirling I, Lowry LF, Wiig Ø, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Ferguson SH. 2008. Quantifying the sensitivity of Arctic marine mammals to climate-induced habitat change. Ecological Applications 18: 97-125.

Laskemoen T, Fossøy F, Rudolfsen G, Lifjeld JT. 2008. Age-related testes size in a passerine with male age-related fertilization success, the bluethroat Luscina svecica. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 322-328.

Marthinsen G, Wennerberg L, Lifjeld JT. 2008. Low support for separate species within the redpoll complex (Carduelis flammea - hornemanni- cabaret) from analyses of mtDNA and microsatellite markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 1005-1017.

Marthinsen G, Wennerberg L, Pierce, EP, Lifjeld JT. 2008. Phylogeographic origin and genetic diversity of dunlin Calidris alpina in Svalbard. Polar Biology 31: 1409-1420.

Maruyama M, Klimaszewski J, Gusarov V. 2008. Osakatheta yasukoae, a new intertidal genus and species of athetine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa 1683: 39-50

Moksnes, A., Røskaft, E., Rudolfsen, G., Skjelseth, S., Stokke, B. G., Kleven, O., Gibbs, H. L., Honza, M., Taborsky, B., Teuschl, Y., Vogl, W., Taborsky, M. 2008. Individual female common cuckoos Cuculus canorus lay constant egg types, but egg appearance cannot be used to assign eggs to females. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 238-241.

Popp M. New combinations in Lychnis L. (Caryophyllaceae) from Africa. 2008. Novon 18: 99-100.

Popp M, Gizaw A, Nemomissa S, Suda J, Brochmann C. 2008. Colonization and diversification in the afro-alpine 'sky islands' by Eurasian Lychnis L. (Caryophyllaceae). Journal of Biogeography 35: 1016-1029.

Rindal E, Gammelmo Ø, Søli GEE. 2008. On the family Keroplatidae in Norway (Diptera, Mycetophiliformia). Norwegian Journal of Entomology 55: 81-85.

Rindal E, Gammelmo Ø, Søli GEE. 2008. On the family Bolitophilidae (Diptera, Mycetophiliformia) in Norway . Norwegian Journal of Entomology 55: 169-173.

Robertsen G, Olstad K, Plaisance L, Bachmann L, Bakke TA. 2008.
Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) infections on resident Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in southern Norway. Environmental Biology of Fishes 83: 99-105.

Rudolfsen G, Figenschou L, Folstad I, Kleven O. 2008. Sperm velocity influences paternity in the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Aquaculture Research 39: 212-216.

Schönswetter P, Elven R, Brochmann C. 2008. Trans-Atlantic dispersal and large-scale lack of genetic structure in the circumpolar, arctic.alpine sedge Carex bigelowii s.l. (Cyperaceae. American Journal of Botany 95: 1006-1014.

Skrede I, Brochmann C, Borgen L, Rieseberg LH. 2008. Genetics of intrinsic postzygotic isolation in a circumpolar plant species, Draba nivalis (Brassicaceae). Evolution 62: 1840-1851.

Tollefsrud MM, Kissling R, Gugerli F, Johnsen O, Skroppa T, Cheddadi R, van Der Knaap WO, Latalowa M, Terhurne-Berson R, Litt T, Geburek T, Brochmann C, Sperisen C. 2008. Genetic consequences of glacial survival and postglacial colonization in Norway spruce: combined analysis of mitochondrial DNA and fossil pollen. Molecular Ecology, 17: 4134-4150.

Volkova PA, Shipunov AB, Elven R, Brochmann C. 2008. The seashore sedges of the Russian Kola Peninsula: how many species? Flora 203: 523-533.

Wennerberg L, Marthinsen G, Lifjeld JT. 2008. Conservation genetics and phylogeography of Southern dunlins Calidris alpina schinzii. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 423-437.

Westergaard KB, Alsos IG., Ehrich D, Eidesen PB, Hollingsworth PM, Brochmann C. 2008. Genetic diversity and distinctiveness in Scottish alpine plants. Plant
Ecology & Diversity,1:2,329 - 338.

Winger AC, Hansen H, Bachmann L, Bakke TA. 2008. Gyrodactylus species (Monogenea) infecting alpine bullhead (Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837) in Norway and Slovakia, including the description of Gyrodactylus mariannae sp. nov. Acta Parasitologica 53: 240-250.

Wiig Ø, Aars J, Born EW. 2008. Effects of climate change on Polar bears. Science Progress 91: 151-173.