RESEARCH INTERESTS/AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Population dynamics in time and space, life-history strategies, biological effects of climate change, plant-herbivore interactions

CURRENT ACTIVITIES/PROJECT INVOLVEMENT

• The effect of climatic variation on vertebrate populations: A comparative approach. This is a project funded by NFR during 2003-2007. Collaborating institutions are Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norwegian polar Institute (NPI); Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Institute of Marine Research (IMR), and also includes international collaborators. The PI is Prof. Bernt-Erik Sæther (NTNU)
• Ecosystem Finnmark. Funded by NFR during 2003-2007. Collaborating institutions are University of Tromsø (UiT), Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) and several other national and international collaborators. The PI is Prof. Rolf A. Ims (UiT).
• Spatial and temporal dynamics in Svalbard reindeer. Long-term monitoring project funded by NPI.

STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Graduate students:
Tore Bjørkøyli, Snorre Henriksen, Brage B. Hansen

Doctoral students:
Snorre Henriksen, Brage B. Hansen


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Kohler, J. and Aanes, R. (2004) Effect of winter snow and ground-icing on a Svalbard reindeer population: results of a simple snowpack model. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 36: 332-340.

Henriksen, S., Aanes, R., Sæther, B.-E., Ringsby, T.H. & Tufto, J. (2003) Does availability of resources influence grazing strategies in female Svalbard reindeer? Rangifer 23: 25-37.

Aanes, R., Sæther, B.-E., Solberg, E. J., Aanes, S., Strand, O & Øritsland, N. A. (2003) Synchrony in Svalbard reindeer population dynamics. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 103-110.

Sæther, B-E., Engen, S., Filli, F., Aanes, R., Schröder, W. & Andersen, R. (2002) Stochastic population dynamics of an introduced Swiss population of the ibex. Ecology 83: 3457-3465.

Aanes, R., Sæther, B-E., Smith, F. M., Cooper, E. J. Wookey, P. A. & Øritsland, N. A. (2002) The Arctic Oscillation predicts effects of climate change in two trophic levels in a high-arctic ecosystem. Ecology Letters 5: 445-454.

Solberg, E.J., Strand, O., Jordhøy, P., Aanes, R., Loison, A., Sæther, B-E. & Linnell, J.D.C. (2001) Effects of density-dependence and climate on the dynamics of a Svalbard reindeer population. Ecography 24: 441-451.

Aanes, R., Sæther, B-E. & Øritsland, N.A. (2000) Fluctuations of an introduced population of Svalbard reindeer: the effects of density dependence and climatic variation. Ecography 23: 437-443.

Linnell, J.D.C., Odden, J., Smith, M.E., Aanes, R., & Swenson, J.E. (1999) Large carnivores that kill livestock: do "problem individuals" really exist? Wildlife Society Bulletin 27: 698-705.

Aanes, R., Linnell, J.D.C., Perzanowski, K., Karlsen, J. & Odden, J. (1998) Roe deer as prey. In: R. Andersen, P. Duncan & J.D.C. Linnell (eds.) The European Roe Deer; The Biology of Success. Scandinavian University Press, pp 139-161.

Tveraa, T., Sæther, B.-E., Aanes, R. & Erikstad, K.E. (1998) Regulation of food provisioning in the Antarctic petrel; the importance of parental body condition and chick body mass. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 699-704.

Tveraa, T., Sæther, B.-E., Aanes, R. & Erikstad, K.E. (1998) Body mass and parental decisions in the Antarctic petrel Thalassoica antarctica; how long should the parents guard their chick? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 43: 73-79.

Linnell, J.D.C., Aanes, R., Swenson, J.E., Odden, J. & Smith, M.E. (1997) Translocation of carnivores as a method for managing problem animals: a review. Biodiversity and Conservation 6: 1245-1257.

Aanes, R. & Andersen, R. (1996) The effects of sex, time of birth, and habitat on the vulnerability of roe deer fawns to red fox predation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1857-1865.

Linnell, J., Aanes, R. & Andersen, R. (1995) Who killed bambi? The role of predation in neonatal mortality of temperate ungulates. Wildlife Biology 1: 209-223.