Research topic

Conservation genetics

Geir H. Bolstad


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Øystein Flagstad


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Kjetil Hindar

Thirty-five years experience as a researcher on salmonid ecology and genetics; 8 years as a research director; >100 scientific publications; project leader on several Research Council of Norway projects, including a Knowledge platform on interactions between escaped farmed and wild salmon; experience from EU projects (leading one), BiodivERsA and Swedish research council projects; comprehensive international network 

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Kristine Bakke Westergaard

Arctic-alpine and boreal botany, biosystematics, plant geography, conservation genetics and genomics, vegetation ecology, floristics. Alien species: monitoring occurrences and pathways, identification of door knockers, and risk assessments.


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Sten Ola Karlsson


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Oddmund Kleven


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Jørgen Rosvold

Leader in NINA with special responsibilities for coordinating:
- NINAs international work
- Alien species
- Threatened species
- Entomology
- Carbon and soil science
- Large botanical and entomological monitoring projects like: ANO and National insect monitoring




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Alexander Kopatz

Wildlife conservation genetics. Conservation and population genetics with the focus on the research and management of large carnivores in northern Europe.


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Thomas Kvalnes

  • Ornitology, birds
  • Species determination birds
  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Conservation biology
  • Life history theory
  • Demography
  • Eco-evolutionary dynamics
  • Population dynamics
  • Population ecology
  • Population genetics
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Statistical modeling
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


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Conservation genetics

Geir H. Bolstad


Show full profile of Geir H. Bolstad

Øystein Flagstad


Show full profile of Øystein Flagstad

Kjetil Hindar

Thirty-five years experience as a researcher on salmonid ecology and genetics; 8 years as a research director; >100 scientific publications; project leader on several Research Council of Norway projects, including a Knowledge platform on interactions between escaped farmed and wild salmon; experience from EU projects (leading one), BiodivERsA and Swedish research council projects; comprehensive international network 

Show full profile of Kjetil Hindar

Kristine Bakke Westergaard

Arctic-alpine and boreal botany, biosystematics, plant geography, conservation genetics and genomics, vegetation ecology, floristics. Alien species: monitoring occurrences and pathways, identification of door knockers, and risk assessments.


Show full profile of Kristine Bakke Westergaard

Sten Ola Karlsson


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Oddmund Kleven


Show full profile of Oddmund Kleven

Jørgen Rosvold

Leader in NINA with special responsibilities for coordinating:
- NINAs international work
- Alien species
- Threatened species
- Entomology
- Carbon and soil science
- Large botanical and entomological monitoring projects like: ANO and National insect monitoring




Show full profile of Jørgen Rosvold

Alexander Kopatz

Wildlife conservation genetics. Conservation and population genetics with the focus on the research and management of large carnivores in northern Europe.


Show full profile of Alexander Kopatz

Thomas Kvalnes

  • Ornitology, birds
  • Species determination birds
  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Conservation biology
  • Life history theory
  • Demography
  • Eco-evolutionary dynamics
  • Population dynamics
  • Population ecology
  • Population genetics
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Statistical modeling
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


Show full profile of Thomas Kvalnes

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