Bernt-Erik Sæther

Professor

Realfagbygget, E3-174, Gløshaugen, Høgskoleringen 5

bernt-erik.sather@ntnu.no

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)

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

Engen, Steinar; Cao, Francisco J.; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2018) The effect of harvesting on the spatial synchrony of population fluctuations. Theoretical Population Biology. vol. 123.
Engen, Steinar; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2018) Spatial distribution and optimal harvesting of an age-structured population in a fluctuating environment. Mathematical Biosciences. vol. 296.
Gamelon, Marlène; Gayet, Thibault; Baubet, Eric; Devillard, Sébastien; Say, Ludovic; Brandt, Serge; Pelabon, Christophe; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2018) Does multiple paternity explain phenotypic variation among offspring in wild boar?. Behavioral Ecology. vol. 29 (4).
Gamelon, Marlène; Tufto, Jarle; Nilsson, Anna; Jerstad, Kurt; Røstad, Ole Wiggo; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2018) Environmental drivers of varying selective optima in a small passerine: A multivariate, multiepisodic approach. Evolution. vol. 72 (11).
Kvalnes, Thomas; Røberg, Anja Ås; Jensen, Henrik; Holand, Håkon; Pärn, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Ringsby, Thor Harald. (2018) Offspring fitness and the optimal propagule size in a fluctuating environment. Journal of Avian Biology. vol. 49 (7).
Lundregan, Sarah; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Gohli, Jostein; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Kemppainen, Petri; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Kvalnes, Thomas; Pärn, Henrik; Rønning, Bernt; Holand, Håkon; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Båtnes, Anna Solvang; Selvik, Linn-Karina M.; Lien, Sigbjørn; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Husby, Arild; Jensen, Henrik. (2018) Inferences of genetic architecture of bill morphology in house sparrow using a high-density SNP array point to a polygenic basis. Molecular Ecology. vol. 27 (17).
Markussen, Stine Svalheim; Herfindal, Ivar; Loison, Anne; Solberg, Erling Johan; Haanes, Hallvard; Røed, Knut; Heim, Morten; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2018) Determinants of age at first reproduction and lifetime breeding success revealed by full paternity assignment in a male ungulate. Oikos.
Engen, Steinar; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2017) Extinction risk and lack of evolutionary rescue under resource depletion or area reduction. American Naturalist. vol. 190 (1).
Gamelon, Marlène; Focardi, Stefano; Baubet, Eric; Brandt, Serge; Franzetti, Barbara; Ronchi, Francesca; Venner, Samuel; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Gaillard, Jean-Michel. (2017) Reproductive allocation in pulsed-resource environments: a comparative study in two populations of wild boar. Oecologia. vol. 183.
Gamelon, Marlène; Grøtan, Vidar; Nilsson, Anna L. K.; Engen, Steinar; Hurrell, James W.; Jerstad, Kurt; Phillips, Adam S.; Røstad, Ole Wiggo; Slagsvold, Tore; Walseng, Bjørn; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2017) Interactions between demography and environmental effects are important determinants of population dynamics. Science Advances. vol. 3 (2).
Kemppainen, Petri; Rønning, Bernt; Kvalnes, Thomas; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Billing, Anna Maria; Pärn, Henrik; Lien, Sigbjørn; Husby, Arild; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Jensen, Henrik. (2017) Controlling for P-value inflation in allele frequency change in experimental evolution and artificial selection experiments. Molecular Ecology Resources. vol. 17 (4).
Kvalnes, Thomas; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Rønning, Bernt; Pärn, Henrik; Holand, Håkon; Engen, Steinar; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2017) Reversal of response to artificial selection on body size in a wild passerine bird. Evolution. vol. 71 (8).
Lande, Russell; Engen, Steinar; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2017) Evolution of stochastic demography with life history tradeoffs in density-dependent age-structured populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. vol. 114 (44).
Markussen, Stine Svalheim; Loison, Anne; Herfindal, Ivar; Solberg, Erling Johan; Haanes, Hallvard; Røed, Knut; Heim, Morten; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2017) Fitness correlates of age at primiparity in a hunted moose population. Oecologia.
Myhre, Ane Marlene; Engen, Steinar; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2017) Effective size in density‐dependent two‐sex populations: the effect of mating systems. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. vol. 30 (8).
Ovaskainen, Otso; Tikhonov, Gleb; Dunson, David; Grøtan, Vidar; Engen, Steinar; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Abrego, Nerea. (2017) How are species interactions structured in species-rich communities? A new method for analysing time-series data. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. vol. 284 (1855).
Peeters, Bart; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Stien, Audun; Irvine, Robert Justin; Aanes, Ronny; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Strand, Olav; Hansen, Brage Bremset. (2017) Climate and density dependence cause changes in adult sex ratio in a large Arctic herbivore. Ecosphere. vol. 8 (2).
Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Skjelseth, Sigrun; Pärn, Henrik; Herfindal, Ivar; Borg Pedersen, Åsa Alexandra; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Kvalnes, Thomas; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Jensen, Henrik. (2017) Demographic influences of translocated individuals on a resident population of house sparrows. Oikos. vol. 126 (10).
Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Solberg, Erling Johan; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Van Moorter, Bram; Herfindal, Ivar; Bjørneraas, Kari. (2017) On fitness and partial migration in a large herbivore – migratory moose have higher reproductive performance than residents. Oikos. vol. 126 (4).
Silva, Catarina; McFarlane, S. Eryn; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Rönnegård, Lars; Billing, Anna Maria; Kvalnes, Thomas; Kemppainen, Petri; Rønning, Bernt; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Qvarnström, Anna; Ellegren, Hans; Jensen, Henrik; Husby, Arild. (2017) Insights into the genetic architecture of morphological and sexually selected traits in two passerine bird species. Heredity. vol. 119 (3).