Bernt-Erik Sæther
Background and activities
Bern-Erik Sæther is the Director of the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD). CBD is a Norwegian Centre of excellence (SFF). He belongs to the Ecology research group at the Department of Biology at NTNU
Research area
Integration of ecological and evolutionary processes, community and population dynamics. Bernt-Erik has led several major field projects, including the house sparrow and elk.
Background
- Director of the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD) [ 2013 -
- Professor in population ecology at the Department of Biology [ 1996 -
- Professor II (20 %) at NTNU [ 1990-1996 ]
- Senior scientific advisor (20 %) at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) [ 1996 ]
- Senior researcher, Division, Directorate for Nature Management [ 1990-1996 ]
- Division, Directorate for Nature Management. Researcher [ 1989 ]
- Researcher at Game Research [ 1984-1989 ]
- Research assistant at Game Research [ 1980-1984 ]
Honors
- Research Council of Norway’s Award for Outstanding Research (the Møbius Prize) together with Professor Steinar Engen (2013)
- Centre of Excellence Grant (SFF-III) by the Research Council of Norway to the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD) (2012)
- Advanced Research Grant from the European Research Council (2011-2016)
- Elected member of the The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (2010)
- Elected as member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2009)
- Elected as member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (2002)
Professional Memberships
- Member and chairman for the Swedish Research Committee in Wildlife Research
- Member of the Steering Board for Environmental Research, MISTRA
- Member of the Steering Board of the Division for Energy, Resources and the Environment in the Research Council of Norway
- Member of the steering board for the research program in climate research in Norway (NORKLIMA) (2002-2007)
- Member of the Swedish Committee for Environmental Research (2000-2005)
- Member of the Steering Board for Environment and Development in the Research Council of Norway (1999-2003)
Courses
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species. Ecology Letters. vol. 25 (7).
- (2022) Environmental effects on spatial population dynamics and synchrony: lessons from northern ecosystems. Climate Research (CR). vol. 86.
- (2022) Density-dependent selection and the maintenance of colour polymorphism in barn owls. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. vol. 289 (1976).
- (2022) Extreme events, trophic chain reactions, and shifts in phenotypic selection. Research Square.
- (2022) Population responses to harvesting in fluctuating environments. Climate Research (CR). vol. 86.
- (2022) Harvesting can stabilise population fluctuations and buffer the impacts of extreme climatic events. Ecology Letters. vol. 25 (4).
- (2022) Artificial size selection experiment reveals telomere length dynamics and fitness consequences in a wild passerine. Molecular Ecology.
- (2022) Inbreeding is associated with shorter early-life telomere length in a wild passerine. Conservation Genetics.
- (2022) Effects of density, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on the dynamics of British bird communities. Ecology. vol. 103 (8).
- (2022) Sustainable management of populations impacted by harvesting and climate change. Climate Research (CR). vol. 86.
- (2021) Variation in generation time reveals density regulation as an important driver of pace of life in a bird metapopulation. Ecology Letters. vol. 24.
- (2021) Sustainable strategies for harvesting predators and prey in a fluctuating environment. Ecological Modelling. vol. 440.
- (2021) An evolutionary and ecological community model for distribution of phenotypes and abundances among competing species. The American Naturalist. vol. 198 (1).
- (2021) Structure of the G-matrix in relation to phenotypic contributions to fitness. Theoretical Population Biology. vol. 138.
- (2021) Quantifying fixed individual heterogeneity in demographic parameters: Performance of correlated random effects for Bernoulli variables. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. vol. 13 (1).
- (2021) Effects of pulsed resources on the dynamics of seed consumer populations: a comparative demographic study in wild boar. Ecosphere. vol. 12 (5).
- (2021) Spatiotemporal variation in climatic conditions across ecosystems. Climate Research (CR). vol. 86.
- (2021) Demographic consequences of harvesting: a case study from a small and isolated moose population. Climate Research (CR). vol. 86.
- (2021) Detecting climate signals in populations across life histories. Global Change Biology.
- (2021) Optimal harvesting in a changing climate. Climate Research (CR). vol. 86.