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COAT predicted an increase in ptarmigan populations in Finnmark this year and this corresponds well with FeFo's own surveys

COAT predicted an increase in ptarmigan populations in Finnmark this year and this corresponds well with FeFo's own surveys

29. September 2021 COAT has modeled the population fluctuations of willow ptarmigan in Finnmark and looked at what influences changes in the population. The modeling is the result of a collaboration between COAT, the research project SUSTAIN and several stakeholders, including the landowner Finnmarkseiendommen (FeFo). The stakeholders wanted the models to be used to predict the ptarmigan populations one and...

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Do the forbs miss the Mammoth?

Do the forbs miss the Mammoth?

21. September 2021

An international team led by a COAT -professor at UiT proposes a mechanism by which the large Pleistocene mammals were essential in promoting a very high floristic diversity, and that a similar mechanism is likely to promote diversity in our contemporary grasslands. The idea arised in the tundra grasslands of Varanger Peninsula during monitoring for COAT.

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NEW COAT CASE STORY! (In Norwegian)

NEW COAT CASE STORY! (In Norwegian)

17. September 2021 The Eastern European vole is the only alien mammal species in Svalbard and the host for a zoonotic parasite. In a new paper published in PNAS, COAT researchers analyze the vole’s population dynamics. These analyses provide insight about the expected development of the vole population in a warming climate in Svalbard and more generally, what drives the renowned vole and lemming cycles in the...

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