Ådne Messel Nafstad
About
Phd. candidate on the project "The role of energy budgets on eco-evolutionary feedback loops in natural bird populations" with Prof. Henrik Jensen, Ass. Prof. Clare Stawski, Dr. Bernt Rønning, Dr. Stefanie Muff and Dr. Katja Räsänen. The project merges quantitative genetics, population ecology and ecophysiology of house sparrows (Passer domesticus), investigating metabolic rates and its' genetic links to ecological traits.
My research interests are:
Evolutionary biology
Quantitative genetics
Evolutionary, ecological and statistical modelling
Ecophysiology
Conservation biology
Biodiversity
I teach on the courses Bi1002, Bi2017, Bi2080, Bi3082, Bi3083 and Bi3051. I have previously taught Norwegian vegetation and its' relation to geology and climate at Nord University.
I also have some experience with marine ecology and alpine/arctic ecology.
Publications
2023
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Nafstad, Ådne Messel;
Rønning, Bernt;
Aase, Kenneth;
Ringsby, Thor Harald;
Hagen, Ingerid Julie;
Ranke, Peter Sjolte;
Kvalnes, Thomas;
Stawski, Clare;
Räsänen, Katja;
Sæther, Bernt-Erik;
Muff, Stefanie;
Jensen, Henrik.
(2023)
Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Academic article
2022
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Knudsen, Sofie Moe;
Jensen, Henrik;
Nafstad, Ådne Messel;
Burnett, Hamish Andrew;
Reid, Jane Margaret;
Rønning, Bernt.
(2022)
The effects of inbreeding on resting metabolic rate and thermal conductance in wild house sparrows (Passer domesticus).
2022.
Master thesis
Journal publications
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Nafstad, Ådne Messel;
Rønning, Bernt;
Aase, Kenneth;
Ringsby, Thor Harald;
Hagen, Ingerid Julie;
Ranke, Peter Sjolte;
Kvalnes, Thomas;
Stawski, Clare;
Räsänen, Katja;
Sæther, Bernt-Erik;
Muff, Stefanie;
Jensen, Henrik.
(2023)
Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Academic article
Report
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Knudsen, Sofie Moe;
Jensen, Henrik;
Nafstad, Ådne Messel;
Burnett, Hamish Andrew;
Reid, Jane Margaret;
Rønning, Bernt.
(2022)
The effects of inbreeding on resting metabolic rate and thermal conductance in wild house sparrows (Passer domesticus).
2022.
Master thesis