Background and activities
Reidar Andersen was appointed director at the University Museum on1 August 2013.
Background
Reidar Andersen (born 1953) has a cand. real. from University of Oslo (1981) and a PhD in Biology from NTNU (1989).
2009 – 2013 Director of the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate, Norway
2005 – 2009 Professor (University Museum, NTNU, Norway)
1997 – 2004 Professor (Department of Zoology, NTNU, Norway)
1994 – 1997 Senior researcher, Norwegian Institute of Nature Research (NINA), Norway
1981 – 1993 Research ecologist, Norwegian Institute of Nature Research (NINA), Norway
Research areas
- Ecology
- Population Dynamics
- Ungulates
- Carnivores
- Predator-Prey Interactions
- Paleozoology
Professional Memberships
- The Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS)
Committees
- Board member Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (SFF, NTNU)
- Board member The Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS)
- Board member National Centre for Pilegrimage
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2014) Long-term morphological changes in the skeleton of red deer (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) at its northern periphery. Journal of Mammalogy. vol. 95 (3).
- (2013) Selecting habitat to survive: The impact of road density on survival in a large carnivore. PLoS ONE. vol. 8 (7).
- (2013) Cervids in a dynamic northern landscape: Holocene changes in the relative abundance of moose and red deer at the limits of their distributions. The Holocene. vol. 23 (8).
- (2012) Reconstructing the history of a fragmented and heavily exploited red deer population using ancient and contemporary DNA. BMC Evolutionary Biology. vol. 12 (191).
- (2010) Population persistence in a landscape context: the case of endangered arctic fox populations in Fennoscandia. Ecography. vol. 33 (5).
- (2010) Spatio-temporal ranging behaviour and its relevance to foraging strategies in wide-ranging wolverines. Ecological Modelling. vol. 221 (6).
- (2010) Roe deer population growth and lynx predation along a gradient of environmental productivity and climate in Norway. Ecoscience. vol. 17 (2).
- (2010) Trade-offs between maternal foraging and fawn predation risk in an income breeder. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. vol. 64 (8).
- (2010) Effect of land-use on small mammal abundance and diversity in a forest-farmland mosaic landscape in south-eastern Norway. Forest Ecology and Management. vol. 259 (8).
- (2010) Predicting animal performance through climatic and plant phenology variables: the case of an omnivore hibernating species in Finland. Mammalian Biology. vol. 75 (2).
- (2010) The rise and fall of wild boar in a northern environment: Evidence from stable isotopes and subfossil finds. The Holocene. vol. 20 (7).
- (2009) What shapes Eurasian lynx distribution in human dominated landscapes: selecting prey or avoiding people?. Ecography. vol. 32 (4).
- (2009) A slow life in hell or a fast life in heaven: demographic analyses of contrasting roe deer populations. Journal of Animal Ecology. vol. 78 (3).
- (2009) A slow life in hell or a fast life in heaven: demographic analyses of contrasting roe deer populations. Journal of Animal Ecology. vol. 78 (3).
- (2009) Climate, season, and social status modulate the functional response of an efficient stalking predator: the Eurasian lynx. Journal of Animal Ecology. vol. 78 (4).
- (2009) Habitat and roe deer fawn vulnerability to red fox predation. Journal of Animal Ecology. vol. 78 (6).
- (2009) Who wants to live forever? Roe deer survival in a favourable environment. Ecological research. vol. 24 (6).
- (2008) Vulnerability of Domestic Sheep to Lynx Depredation in Relation to Roe Deer Density. Journal of Wildlife Management. vol. 72.
- (2008) When a generalist becomes a specialist: patterns of red fox predation on roe deer fawns under contrasting conditions. Canadian Journal of Zoology. vol. 86.
- (2008) Evluation of the importance of roe deer fawns in the spring-summer diet of red foxes in southeastern Norway. Ecological research. vol. 23.