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Updated 29.3.2006
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Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA)


    Jonathan E. Colman
    Associate professor

    Postal address: INA, UMB, P.O.Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
    Office: Room 232, Urbygningen, Ole Sverres plass 1
    E-mail: jonathan.colman@umb.no
    Telephone: +47 64 96 57 37; Fax: +47 64 96 58 01
Subject area:
Behavioural ecology, restoration ecology, grazing ecology and animal-human-environment interactions.

Research:
  • Behaviour ecology and resource use of wild and semi-domestic reindeer
  • Interactions between reindeer and humans
  • Interactions between reindeer and sheep on shared pastures
  • Ecology and biological characteristics of European sea bass in Norwegian coastal waters

Teaching:
Responsible for:
  • ECOL250 - Tropical Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • ECOL350 - Restoration Ecology
Also lectures in:
  • NATF320 - Ecology and Management of Natural Resources in the Tropics
  • NATF350 - Special Topics in Ecology and Natural Resource Management

Selected publications:

Reimers, E., Dahle, B., Eftestøl, S. & Colman, J.E. (Accepted after revisions) Effects of a power line on migration and range use of reindeer. - Biological Conservation.

Reimers, E., Eftestøl, S., Colman, J.E. & Dahle, B. In press. Fright behaviour in a wild reindeer herd of semi-domestic origin upon disturbance by humans on foot or skis. - Wildlife Biology.

Reimers, E. & Colman, J.E. 2006. Reindeer and caribou (Rangifer) response to human activities - a literature review. - Rangifer.

Colman, J.E., Eidesen, R., Hjermann, D., Gaup, M.A., Holand, Ø., Moe, S.R. & Reimers, E. 2005. Reindeer 24-hr within and between group synchronicity in summer versus environmental variables. - Rangifer 24: 25-30.

Colman, J.E., Haugen, T.O., Holmen, J., Pawson, M.G. & Pickett, G.D. 2005. Norwegian Sea Bass - Biology and distribution based on preliminary data from recreational fishermen. - The 4th World Recreational Fishing Conference. Trondheim, Norway, 12.-16. June, 2005.

Colman, J.E., Haugen, T.O., Holmen, J., Pawson, M.G. & Pickett, G.D. 2005. Social and economical importance of European sea bass fishing in Norway: A Recreational fishery evaluation. - The 4th World Recreational Fishing Conference. Trondheim, Norway, 12.-16. June, 2005.

Weladji, R.B, Holand, Ø., Steinheim, G., Colman, J.E., Gjostein, H. & Kosmo, A. 2005. Sexual dimorphism and intercorhort variation in reindeer calf antler length associated with density and weather. - Oecologia 145: 549-555.

Flydal, K., Eftestøl, S., Reimers, E. & Colman, J.E. 2004. Effects of wind turbines on area use and behaviour of semi-domestic reindeer in enclosures. - Rangifer 24: 55-60.

Mapinduzi, A.L., Oba, G., Weladji, R.B. & Colman, J.E. 2004. Use of indigenous ecological knowledge of the Maasai pastoralists for assessing rangeland biodiversity in Tanzania. - African Journal of Ecology 41: 329-336.

Asefa, D.T., Oba, G., Weladji, R.B. & Colman, J.E. 2003. An assessment of restoration of biodiversity in degraded high mountain grazing lands in Northern Ethiopia. - Land Degradation & Development 14: 22-38.

Colman, J.E., Pedersen, C., Hjermann, D., Holand, Ø., Moe, S.R. & Reimers, E. 2003. Do wild reindeer exhibit grazing compensation during insect harassment? - Journal of Wildlife Management 67: 11-19.

Colman, J.E., Storlien, S., Moe, S.R., Holand, Ø. & Reimers, E. 2003. Reindeer avoidance of pasture contaminated with sheep and reindeer feces. - Rangifer, Special Issue 14: 313-320.

Reimers, E., Eftestøl, S. & Colman, J.E. 2003. Behavior responses of wild reindeer towards direct provocation by a snowmobile or skier. - Journal of Wildlife Management 67: 747-754.

Colman, J.E., Jacobsen, B.W. & Reimers, E. 2001. Summer response distances of Svalbard reindeer Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus to provocation by humans on foot. - Wildlife Biology 7: 275-283.

Colman, J.E., Pedersen, C., Hjermann, D., Holand, Ø., Moe, S.R. & Reimers, E. 2001. Twenty-four-hour activity patterns of wild reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus in summer. - Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 2168-2175.


Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management
P.O.Box 5003
NO-1432 Ås
Norway
Tel: +47 64 96 58 00
E-mail: ina@umb.no
  		Vollebekk:
Tel.: +47 64 96 50 21
Fax: +47 64 96 58 02
 Urbygningen:
Tel.: +47 64 96 58 00
Fax: +47 64 96 58 01