Publications from the museum

• Laidre, Kristin L.; Atkinson, Stephen; Regehr, Eric V.; Stern, Harry; Born, Erik W.; Wiig, Øystein; Lunn, Nicholas J. & Dyck, Markus (2020). Interrelated ecological impacts of climate change on an apex predator. Ecological Applications.  ISSN 1051-0761.  30(4) . doi: 10.1002/eap.2071
• Bray, Rodney A.; Waeschenbach, Andrea; Littlewood, D. Timothy J.; Halvorsen, Odd & Olsen, Peter D (2020). Molecular circumscription of new species of Gyrocotyle Diesing, 1850 (Cestoda) from deep-sea chimaeriform holocephalans in the North Atlantic. Systematic Parasitology.  ISSN 0165-5752.  97, s 285- 296 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09912-w
• Teixeira-Santos, Juliana; da Cunha Ribeiro, Ana Carolina; Wiig, Øystein; Pinto, Nelson Silva; Cantanhêde, Lorrane Gabrielle; Sena, Leonardo & Mendes-Oliveira, Ana Cristina (2020). Environmental factors influencing the abundance of four species of threatened mammals in degraded habitats in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. PLOS ONE.  ISSN 1932-6203.  15(2), s 1- 16 . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229459
• Janssens, Steven B.; Couvreur, Thomas L.P.; Mertens, Arne; Dauby, Gilles; Dagallier, Leo-Paul M. J.; Abeele, Samuel Vanden; Vandelook, Filip; Mascarello, Maurizio; Beeckman, Hans; Sosef, Marc; Droissart, Vincent; van der Bank, Michelle; Maurin, Olivier; Hawthorne, William; Marshall, Cicely; Réjou-Méchain, Maxime; Beina, Denis; Baya, Fidèle; Merckx, Vincent S.F.T.; Verstraete, Brecht & Hardy, Olivier J. (2020). A large-scale species level dated angiosperm phylogeny for evolutionary and ecological analyses. Biodiversity Data Journal.  ISSN 1314-2836.  8, s 1- 23 . doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.E39677
• Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Carøe, Christian; Mak, Sarah Siu Tze; Niemann, Jonas; Samaniego Castruita, José A.; Fedorov, Sergey; Kandyba, Alexander; Germonpré, Mietje; Bocherens, Hervé; Feuerborn, Tatiana R.; Pitulko, Vladimir V.; Pavlova, Elena Y.; Nikolskiy, Pavel A.; Kasparov, Aleksei K.; Ivanova, Varvara V.; Larson, Greger; Frantz, Laurent A.F.; Willerslev, Eske; Meldgaard, Morten; Petersen, Bent; Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein; Hansen, Anders J.; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius & Gopalakrishnan, Shyam (2020). Genomes of Pleistocene Siberian Wolves Uncover Multiple Extinct Wolf Lineages. Current Biology.  ISSN 0960-9822. . doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.002
• Fentaw, Eshetu; Dagne, Kifle; Wondimu, Tigist; Demissew, Sebsebe; Bjorå, Charlotte Sletten & Grace, Olwen M. (2020). Uses and perceived sustainability of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) in the central and northern Highlands of Ethiopia. South African Journal of Botany.  ISSN 0254-6299. . doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2020.11.001
• Alqethami, Afnan; Aldhebiani, Amal Y. & Teixidor Toneu, Irene (2020). Medicinal plants used in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A gender perspective. Journal of Ethnopharmacology.  ISSN 0378-8741.  257, s 1- 12 . doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.112899
• ter Schure, Anneke; Anusree, Ajitha Kumari Sethu KumaranPil; Thorbek, Birgitte Lisbeth Graae; Bhavani Shankar, Maradani; Puri, Rajindra; Ravikanth, Gudasalamani; de Boer, Hugo & Boessenkool, Sanne (2020). eDNA metabarcoding reveals dietary niche overlap among herbivores in an Indian wildlife sanctuary. Environmental DNA.  ISSN 2637-4943. . doi: 10.1002/edn3.168
• Omotoriogun, Taiwo Crossby; Albrecht, Tomas; Gohli, Jostein; Horák, David; Johannessen, Lars Erik; Johnsen, Arild; Kreisinger, Jakub; Marki, Petter Zahl; Ottosson, Ulf; Rowe, Melissah; Sedlacek, Ondrej & Lifjeld, Jan Terje (2020). Sperm length variation among Afrotropical songbirds reflects phylogeny rather than adaptations to the tropical environment. Zoology (Jena).  ISSN 0944-2006.  140 . doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2020.125770 Show summary

  Sperm cells vary tremendously in size and shape across the animal kingdom. In songbirds (Aves: Passeri), sperm have a characteristic helical form but vary considerably in size. Most of our knowledge about sperm morphology in this group stems from studies of species in the Northern temperate zone, while little is known about the numerous species in the tropics. Here we examined sperm size in 125 Afrotropical songbird species with emphasis on the length of the major structural components (head, midpiece, flagellum), and total sperm length measured using light microscopy. Mean total sperm length varied from 51 μm to 212 μm across species. Those belonging to the Corvoidea superfamily had relatively short sperm with a small midpiece, while those of the three major Passeridan superfamilies Passeroidea, Muscicapoidea and Sylvioidea showed large interspecific variation in total sperm length and associated variation in midpiece length. These patterns are consistent with previous findings for temperate species in the same major clades. A comparative analysis with songbird species from the Northern temperate zone (N = 139) showed large overlap in sperm length ranges although certain temperate families (e.g. Parulidae, Emberizidae) typically have long sperm and certain Afrotropical families (e.g. Cisticolidae, Estrildidae) have relatively short sperm. Afrotropical and temperate species belonging to the same families showed no consistent contrasts in sperm length. Sperm length variation among Afrotropical and Northern temperate songbirds exhibits a strong phylogenetic signal with little or no evidence for any directional latitudinal effect among closely related taxa.

• Tsuboi, Masahito; Kopperud, Bjørn Tore; Syrowatka, Christine; Grabowski, Mark Walter; Voje, Kjetil L.; Pelabon, Christophe & Hansen, Thomas F (2020). Measuring Complex Morphological Traits with 3D Photogrammetry: A Case Study with Deer Antlers. Evolutionary biology.  ISSN 0071-3260.  47, s 175- 186 . doi: 10.1007/s11692-020-09496-9
• Powell, Chanté; Caleca, Virgilio; Rhode, Clint; da Costa, Luis Teixeira & van Asch, Barbara (2020). New mitochondrial gene rearrangement in Psyttalia Concolor, P. humilis and P. lounsburyi (hymenoptera: Braconidae), three parasitoid species of economic interest. Insects.  ISSN 2075-4450.  11:854(12), s 1- 22 . doi: 10.3390/insects11120854
• Orr, Russell; Sannum, Maja Margret; Boessenkool, Sanne; Di Martino, Emanuela; Gordon, Dennis; Mello, Hannah; Obst, Matthias; Ramsfjell, Mali Hamre; Smith, Abigail M. & Liow, Lee Hsiang (2020). A molecular phylogeny of historical and contemporary specimens of an under‐studied micro‐invertebrate group. Ecology and Evolution.  ISSN 2045-7758. . doi: 10.1002/ece3.7042
• Miller, Andrew N.; Yoon, Angela; Stensrud, Øyvind; Van Vooren, Nicolas; Ohenoja, Esteri; Methven, Andrew S & Gulden, Gro (2020). Studies in Gyromitra I: the Gyromitra gigas species complex. Mycological progress.  ISSN 1617-416X.  19, s 1459- 1473
• Fjelde, Markus; Melechin, Alexey & Timdal, Einar (2020). Calvitimela talayana new to Fennoscandia. Graphis Scripta.  ISSN 0901-7593.  32(5), s 101- 109
• Timdal, Einar; Westberg, Martin; Haugan, Reidar; Hofton, Tom Hellik; Holien, Håkon; Speed, James David Mervyn; Tønsberg, Tor & Bendiksby, Mika (2020). Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species, Nephroma orvoi, in the N. parile species complex (lichenized Ascomycota). Graphis Scripta.  ISSN 0901-7593.  32(4), s 70- 85 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Our knowledge of the diversity and distribution of many groups of lichens remains poor due to unclear species boundaries and challenging species identification. We have studied the medium sized to large foliose lichen Nephroma parile, which is known to be heterogeneous in chemistry and genetics. Our aim has been to assess the potential presence of evolutionary significant units within the Nephroma parile species complex that may be worthy of recognition at species level. Using phylogenetic analysis of the fungal DNA-barcode marker (ITS) in combination with studies of morphology and chemistry, we discover two distinct lineages in the N. parile species complex. For the strongly supported clade that corresponds to chemotype II, we describe the new species Nephroma orvoi. The new species is known from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Canada (Alberta and British Columbia), USA (Washington), and Greenland.

• Uiblein, Franz; Gouws, Gavin; Johnson, Jeffrey W.; Lobel, Phillip S. & Shaheen, Shaker (2020). Junior synonymy of Mulloides armatus and intraspecific comparisons of the yellowstripe goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Mullidae) using a comprehensive alpha-taxonomy approach. Cybium.  ISSN 0399-0974.  44(2), s 137- 155 . doi: 10.26028/cybium/2020-442-005
• Zuchuat, Valentin; Sleveland, Arve; Twitchett, Richard; Svensen, Henrik; Turner, Holly; Augland, Lars Eivind; Jones, Morgan Thomas; Hammer, Øyvind; Hauksson, Bjarki; Haflidason, Haflidi; Midtkandal, Ivar & Planke, Sverre (2020). A new high-resolution stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental record spanning the End-Permian Mass Extinction and its aftermath in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.  ISSN 0031-0182.  554 . doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109732 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Research on the Permian-Triassic boundary (PTB) along the northern margins of Pangaea (exposed today in the Arctic region) has been heavily reliant on field observations, where data resolution was consequently determined by outcrop condition and accessibility. Core drilling in central Spitsbergen allowed for a near-complete recovery of two ~90 m cores through the PTB. Analyses of the core and nearby outcrops include stratigraphic logging and sampling, XRF scanning, petrography, biostratigraphy, isotope geochemistry, and geochronology. The First Appearance Datum (FAD) of H. parvus in Svalbard places the base of the Triassic ca. 4 m above the base of the Vikinghøgda Formation, and ca. 2.50 m above the End-Permian Mass Extinction (EPME) and its associated sharp negative δ13C. The PTB therefore falls within the Reduviasporonites chalastus Assemblage Zone in Svalbard. Precise U-Pb TIMS dating of two zircon crystals in a tephra layer just above the first documented Hindeodus parvus in Svalbard gives an age of 252.13 ± 0.62 Ma. High-resolution palaeoenvironmental proxies, including Si/kcps (kilo counts per second), Zr/Rb, K/Ti, Fe/K, and V/Cr, indicate a transition towards a more arid climate in the earliest Triassic, contemporaneous with prolonged bottom-water dysoxic/anoxic conditions, following an increase in volcanic activity in the Late Permian. Statistical analysis of Zr/Rb, K/Ti and V/Cr elemental ratios suggests that the system was impacted by long-eccentricity (400 kyr) cyclicity. The δ13C excursion in organic carbon (δ13Corg) record signals a large negative carbon isotope excursion (CIE) associated with the mass extinction event, but also records a second, smaller negative CIE ca. 22 m above this interval. This younger δ13Corg excursion correlates to similar CIEs in the Dienerian (late Induan) records of other sections, notably in the Tethys Ocean, which have been interpreted as recording a small biotic crisis during the post-extinction recovery. Evidence of this negative CIE in Spitsbergen suggests that the Dienerian crisis may have been global in extent. The negative δ13Corg values are associated with evidence for dysoxia or anoxia in the core, and the occurrence of tephra layers in the same interval suggests a possible connection between the Dienerian crisis and a discrete episode of volcanic activity.

• Uiblein, Franz; Gouws, Gavin; Lisher, Mark & Malauene, Bernardino S. (2020). Upeneus floros, a new goatfish from South Africa and Mozambique, with updated taxonomic accounts for U. guttatus and U. pori and a key to Western Indian Ocean Upeneus species (Mullidae). Zootaxa.  ISSN 1175-5326.  4834(4), s 523- 555 . doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4834.4.3 Full text in Research Archive.
• Nowak, Michael; Pedersen, Anne Tiril Myhre; Brysting, Anne Krag; Schrøder-Nielsen, Audun; Elven, Reidar & Bjorå, Charlotte Sletten (2020). Testing hypotheses of hybrid origins for two seashore species of Carex section Phacocystis (Cyperaceae). Botanical journal of the Linnean Society.  ISSN 0024-4074.  194(1), s 110- 117 . doi: 10.1093/botlinnean/boaa030
• Kendall, Sophie; Gradstein, Felix M; Jones, Christopher; Lord, Oliver T. & Schmidt, Daniela N. (2020). Ontogenetic disparity in early planktic foraminifers. Journal of Micropalaeontology.  ISSN 0262-821X.  39(1), s 27- 39 . doi: 10.5194/jm-39-27-2020

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