Based on a number of Carta’s previously published articles and a doctoral thesis on the subject of Sardinian documentary and ethnographic cinema, this volume investigates the distinctive qualities of Sardinian anthropological filmmaking and sheds light on the history of non-fiction film in the island, articulating some of the paradigms characterising Sardinia as an ethnographic object par ...

Background: Although ferns are often known under collective names in Norway, e.g. blom, a substantial number of vernacular names for individual fern species are known, in particular for useful or poisonous taxa. In the past, the rhizomes (Norwegian: moldfôr) of selected species were collected for fodder. Only scattered records of such use are available from southern Norway, and the tradition’s ...

Sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) has recently emerged as a new proxy for reconstructing past vegetation, but its taphonomy, source area and representation biases need better assessment. We investigated how sedDNA in recent sediments of two small Scottish lakes reflects a major vegetation change, using well-documented 20th Century plantations of exotic conifers as an experimental system. We used next-generation ...

Satellite-derived remote-sensing products are providing a modern circumpolar perspective of Arctic vegetation and its changes, but this new view is dependent on a long heritage of ground-based observations in the Arctic. Several products of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna are key to our current understanding.Wereview aspects of the PanArctic Flora, the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation ...

I 2012 ble det foretatt en sikringsundersøkelse i en gravrøys som var sterkt skadet på Vestnes på Bjarkøy. Omtrent halve gravrøysa var bevart. Røysa har opprinnelig hatt en diameter på rundt 8 meter, og var rundt 80 cm høy. Det ble dokumentert et brannlag bestående av trekull og brente bein i bunnen av røysa, som ble datert til eldre førromersk jernalder. Noe høyere i røysa ble det funnet ...

The relationship between home range and reproductive status of water voles (Arvicola amphibius) was studied by radio-tracking on an island off the coast of northern Norway in 2006–2009. The aim was to test assumptions about the species’ social structure relative to other microtines. Juveniles used fairly small ranges (about 400 m²), with no difference between males and females. Subadults, overwintered ...

In seasonal environments, organisms are expected to optimally schedule reproduction within an annual range of environmental conditions. Latitudinal gradients generate a range of seasonality to which we can expect adaptations to have evolved, and can be used to explore drivers of timing strategies across species’ distribution ranges. This study compares the timing of egg hatching in four seabird ...

I 2014 ble den sørvestlige delen av Skarpeneset undersøkt ved arkeologiske utgravinger. Her ble lokaliteter fra eldre og yngre steinalder og tidlig metalltid undersøkte. Det ble blant annet gravd flere hustufter, ildsteder, knakkeplasser, og aktivitetsområder. Funnene var varierte, og besto av blant annet skiferredskaper, flatehugde gjenstander og asbestkeramikk. Undersøkelsene viser en utstrakt ...