Increasing demand for valuation of ecosystem services has led stated preference methods to be applied to public goods that are increasingly complex and unfamiliar. Traditionally, stated preference surveys were conducted via mail or face-to-face interviews, but over the past two decades internet panels have been used to a larger extent. As we move away from traditional methods of survey administration ...

The multiannual population cycles in small rodents have triggered an intense debate between proponents of population-intrinsic and community-extrinsic factors as the cycle generating mechanisms. A well-known challenge is the apparent absence of vole individuals during the low phase of the population cycle and the fact that most studies addressing vole and lemming behaviour and demography are conducted ...

This thesis describes the seasonality of the mesozooplankton community in Ramfjord, a shallow high-latitude fjord, in terms of diversity and behavior, using a combination of new and traditional methods. The approach aimed to gain insight into how environmental drivers such as photoperiod and food availability shape seasonal changes in mesozooplankton community structure and <i>Calanus</i> spp. ...