Bernt-Erik Sæther

Professor

Department of Biology

bernt-erik.sather@ntnu.no +47 73590584

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

Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Gamelon, Marlène; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Yoccoz, Nigel; Pelabon, Christophe. (2020) The Demographic Buffering Hypothesis: Evidence and Challenges. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
Holand, Håkon; Kvalnes, Thomas; Røed, Knut; Holand, Øystein; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Kumpula, Jukka. (2020) Stabilizing selection and adaptive evolution in a combination of two traits in an arctic ungulate. Evolution. vol. 74.
jarillo, javier diaz; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Engen, Steinar; cao-garcia, francisco. (2020) Spatial scales of population synchrony in predator-prey systems. American Naturalist. vol. 195 (2).
Lee, Aline Magdalena; Myhre, Ane Marlene; Markussen, Stine Svalheim; Engen, Steinar; Solberg, Erling Johan; Haanes, Hallvard; Røed, Knut; Herfindal, Ivar; Heim, Morten; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2020) Decomposing demographic contributions to the effective population size with moose as a case study. Molecular Ecology. vol. 29 (1).
Lee, Aline Magdalena; Myhre, Ane Marlene; Markussen, Stine Svalheim; Engen, Steinar; Solberg, Erling Johan; Haanes, Hallvard; Røed, Knut; Herfindal, Ivar; Heim, Morten; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2020) Decomposing demographic contributions to the effective population size with moose as a case study. Molecular Ecology. vol. 29 (1).
Lee, Aline Magdalena; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Engen, Steinar. (2020) Spatial covariation of competing species in a fluctuating environment. Ecology. vol. 101 (1).
Veylit, Lara; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Baubet, Eric; Gamelon, Marlène. (2020) Grow fast at no cost: no evidence for a mortality cost for fast early-life growth in a hunted wild boar population. Oecologia.
Araya-Ajoy, Yimen; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Kvalnes, Thomas; Rønning, Bernt; Holand, Håkon; Myhre, Ane Marlene; Pärn, Henrik; Jensen, Henrik; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Wright, Jonathan. (2019) Characterizing morphological (co)variation using structural equation models: Body size, allometric relationships and evolvability in a house sparrow metapopulation. Evolution. vol. 73 (3).
Engen, Steinar; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2019) Ecological dynamics and large scale phenotypic differentiation in density-dependent populations. Theoretical Population Biology. vol. 127.
Fredricson Marquez, Jonatan; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Aanes, Sondre; Engen, Steinar; Herfindal, Ivar; Salthaug, Are; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2019) Spatial scaling of population synchrony in marine fish depends on their life history. Ecology Letters. vol. 22 (11).
Gamelon, Marlène; Sandercock, Brett; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2019) Does harvesting amplify environmentally induced population fluctuations over time in marine and terrestrial species?. Journal of Applied Ecology. vol. 56 (9).
Gamelon, Marlène; Vriend, Stefan; Engen, Steinar; Adriaensen, Frank; Dhondt, A.A.; Evans, Simon R.; Matthysen, Erik; Sheldon, Ben C.; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2019) Accounting for interspecific competition and age structure in demographic analyses of density dependence improves predictions of fluctuations in population size. Ecology Letters. vol. 22.
Hansen, Brage Bremset; Gamelon, Marlène; Albon, Steve D.; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Stien, Audun; Irvine, Robert Justin; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Loe, Leif Egil; Ropstad, Erik; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Grøtan, Vidar. (2019) More frequent extreme climate events stabilize reindeer population dynamics. Nature Communications. vol. 10 (1).
Hansen, Brage Bremset; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Peeters, Bart; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Albon, Steve D.; Herfindal, Ivar; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Grøtan, Vidar; Aanes, Ronny. (2019) Spatial heterogeneity in climate change effects decouples the long‐term dynamics of wild reindeer populations in the high Arctic. Global Change Biology. vol. 25 (11).
Holand, Håkon; Jensen, Henrik; Kvalnes, Thomas; Tufto, Jarle; Pärn, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Ringsby, Thor Harald. (2019) Parasite prevalence increases with temperature in an avian metapopulation in northern Norway. Parasitology. vol. 146 (8).
Layton-Matthews, Kate; Loonen, Maarten J.J.E.; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Coste, Christophe Francois Daniel; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Grøtan, Vidar. (2019) Density‐dependent population dynamics of a high Arctic capital breeder, the barnacle goose. Journal of Animal Ecology. vol. 88 (8).
Ofstad, Endre Grüner; Herfindal, Ivar; Solberg, Erling Johan; Heim, Morten; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2019) Use, selection, and home range properties: complex patterns of individual habitat utilization. Ecosphere. vol. 10:e02695 (4).
Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Engen, Steinar. (2019) Towards a predictive conservation biology: the devil is in the behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. vol. 374 (1781).
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.