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New algorithms for bio-acoustic monitoring of ptarmigan works very well
28. November 2022

After two years of collaboration with French bio-acousticians, the Ptarmigan module is now thoroughly testing the resulting algorithms for automatic detection/classification of Willow and Rock ptarmigan from our bio-acoustic monitoring on Varanger Peninsula.

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Meeting with the referncegroupe in the COAT arctic fox module 15. December
25. November 2022

The module has its annual meeting with its reference group where results and further plans are presented and discussed

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COAT has started a new experiment in the lower parts of Komag River
21. October 2022

In the Komag River, COAT have conducted an experiment which currently tests whether the crowberry plant affects algal growth in rivers.

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Arctic Fox conference in Svalbard
11. October 2022

The 6th International arctic fox conference was arranged by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Longyearbyen 26-29 August. The conference was held at the University Centre in Svalbard and had in total 69 participants, of which 24 were online, from 14 countries.

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NEW COAT CASE STORY!
13. September 2022

Long-term monitoring represents a baseline approach for climate-ecological studies. Analyses and modeling of such monitoring data provide opportunities to generate explanatory predictions, used to test ecological theories, but also anticipatory predictions, suited to inform future management and policy decisions.

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High numbers in the Svalbard reindeer populations
7. September 2022 This year's counting trip has been completed and many reindeer were counted on the isolated peninsulas on the west coast of Svalbard. These localities form one of the core areas for monitoring Svalbard reindeer. Both the population on Brøggerhalvøya and on the islands in Forlandssundet – Sarsøyra and Kaffiøyra – were large this year with consistently good calf production at all monitoring...

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COAT's prediction for the willow ptarmigan populations in Finnmark corresponds quite well with FeFo's assessments
30. August 2022 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 and several stakeholders, including the landowner Finnmarkseiendommen (FeFo).Now we have the results of this year’s FeFo assessment (i.e. line-transect surveys) to compare with our predictions which was...

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Record year for the arctic fox in Varanger
26. August 2022

Despite moderate abundances of rodents (an increase phase year) 12 arctic fox litters and 76 pups have been registered on Varanger Peninsula so far this summer.

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COAT predicts this year’s ptarmigan density in Finnmark
12. July 2022

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 and several stakeholders, including the landowner Finnmarkseiendommen (FeFo).

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One more PhD in COAT
13. June 2022

On 8th of June Eivind Kleiven has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Population cycles in small rodents seen through the lens of a wildlife camera".

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Fresh PhD in COAT
8. June 2022

On the 3rd of June Pedro Da Silva Nicolau has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Boreal rodents fluctuating in space and time. Tying the observation process to the modeling of seasonal population dynamics".

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New PhD in COAT
2. June 2022

On 24th of May Isabell Eischeid has successfully defended her PhD thesis “Tundra vegetation ecology from the sky - Aerial images and photogrammetry as tools to monitor landscape change.

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PhD defence in COAT Tools 3. June 2022.
23. May 2022 MSc Pedro Da Silva Nicolau (COAT Tools) will held his trail lecture and defend his thesis for the PhD degree in Natural Sciences Friday 3. June 2022, at UiT campus Tromsø. Trail lecture 10:00“The role of stochasticity in population ecology” Defence at 12:00"Boreal rodents fluctuating in space and time. Tying the observation process to the modeling of seasonal population dynamics" Trail lecture...

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PhD defence in COAT Tools 8. June 2022.
13. May 2022 MSc in Science Eivind Flittie Kleiven (COAT Tools and AMB) will held his trail lecture and defend his thesis for the PhD degree in Natural Sciences Wednesday 8. June 2022, at UiT campus Tromsø. Trail lecture kl. 10:15 – 11:00"Estimating and predicting species distributions in a changing world"Defence kl. 12:15 – 15:00"Population cycles in small rodents seen through the lens of a wildlife...

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Automatic sound stations and bioacoustics: The backbone of COAT Varanger's annual winter field work on ptarmigan
13. May 2022

Members of COAT Varanger’s ptarmigan module has recently deployed the sound stations for this year’s monitoring in the study area just above Bergebydalen in Nesseby municipality. This work started back in 2017, and this is therefore the 6th years of monitoring the two arctic ptarmigan species by use of bioacoustics.

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PhD defence in COAT Tools 24. May.
5. May 2022 MSc in Agricultural Sciences Isabell Eischeid (COAT Tools and AMB) will held her tail lecture and defend her thesis for the PhD degree in Natural Sciences Tuesday 24 May 2022 in Store Auditorium (E-101), NFH, UiT Campus Tromsø. Trail lecture 15:15 - 11:00:Spatial and temporal scaling in the Arctic: how can remote sensing contribute to ecology? Disputas / defence 12:15 - 15:00:Tundra vegetation...

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Monitoring of gyrfalcons, golden eagles and ravens in Varanger
29. April 2022

COAT have in collaboration with Rovfuglgruppa I Vest-Finnmark, for the fourth consecutive year, checked how many gyrfalcons, golden eagles and ravens that are attempting to breed on the Varanger peninsula.

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New study started in Svalbard
19. April 2022 We have started a large carcass-project in Svalbard and the first pictures is already collected. It will be interesting to see how the predators behave. The project is a collaboration between Norwegian Polar Institute, COAT and Nord Universitet. To read more about this study see Norwegian Polarinstitue's article presenting the study (in Norwegian). The same study has been carried out by COAT...

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Track our red foxes online!
18. February 2022

You may have heard about our gps-tracking project of red foxes on Varanger Peninsula. You can now participate by exploring the latest positions on this interactive and automatically updated map.

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COAT related publications from the SUSTAIN project
9. February 2022 SUSTAIN was a nationally coordinated research project funded by the Research Council of Norway during 2015-2021. The project included three geographic nods (research groups): Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) in Oslo, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD) in Trondheim and COAT in Tromsø. A SUSTAIN special issue of the journal Climate Research has now been published. 

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