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Updated 20.2.2006
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Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA)


    Vidar Selås
    Associate professor

    Postal address: INA, UMB, P.O.Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
    Office: Room 304, Urbygningen, Ole Sverres plass 1
    E-mail: vidar.selas@umb.no
    Telephone: +47 64 96 57 38; Fax: +47 64 96 58 01
Subject area:
Zoology, ecology, nature conservation .

Research:
Population cycles in herbivore insects, birds, mammals. Behavioural and population ecology of raptors.

Teaching:
Responsible for:
  • NATF100 - Introductory Nature Management
  • NATF301 - Practical Nature Management
Also lectures in:

Selected publications:

Selås, V. 2006. UV-B-induced plant stress as a possible cause for 10-year hare cycles. - Pop. Ecol. 48: 71-77.

Selås, V., Hogstad, O., Kobro, S. & Rafoss, T. 2004. Can sunspot activity and UV-B radiation explain cyclic outbreaks of forest moth pest species? - Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271: 1897-1901.

Selås, V. 2003. Moth outbreaks in relation to oak masting and population levels of small mammals: An alternative explanation to the mammal-predation hypothesis. - Pop. Ecol. 45: 157-159.

Selås, V., Piovesan, G., Adams, J.M. & Bernabei, M. 2002. Climatic factors controlling reproduction and growth of Norway spruce in Southern Norway. - Can. J. For. Res. 32: 217-225.

Selås, V. 2001. Predation on reptiles and birds by the common buzzard Buteo buteo in relation to changes in its main prey, voles. - Can. J. Zool. 79: 2086-2093.

Selås, V., Sonerud, G.A., Histøl, T. & Hjeljord, O. 2001. Synchrony in short-term fluctuations of moose calf body mass and bank vole population density supports the mast depression hypothesis. - Oikos 92: 271-278.

Selås, V. 2000. Population dynamics of capercaillie in relation to bilberry production. - Wildlife Biology 6: 1-11.

Selås, V. & Rafoss, T. 1999. Ranging behaviour and foraging habitats of breeding Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus in a continuous forest area in Norway. - Ibis 141: 269-276.

Selås, V. 1998. Does food competition from red fox influence the breeding density of goshawk? Evidence from a natural experiment. - J. Zool. Lond. 246: 325-335.

Selås, V. & Steel, C. 1998. Large brood sizes of pied flycatcher, sparrowhawk and goshawk in peak microtine years: support for the mast depression hypothesis. - Oecologia 116: 449-455.

Selås, V. 1997. Cyclic population fluctuations of herbivores as an effect of cyclic seed cropping of plants: the mast depression hypothesis. - Oikos 80: 257-268.

Selås, V. 1997. Nest site selection by four sympatric forest raptors in southern Norway. - J. Raptor Res. 31: 16-25.

Selås, V. 1993. Selection of avian prey by breeding Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus in southern Norway: The importance of size and foraging behaviour of prey. - Ornis Fenn. 70: 144-154.

Complete publication list

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