Eivin Røskaft
Background and activities
Scientific Interest
Eivin Røskaft (PhD) is a professor in evolutionary biology at the Department of Biology, NTNU. His scientific interest is to use evolutionary biology in conservation. Conservation of African and Asian protected areas is challenging because of human population increase, biodiversity encroachment and human activities /incl. tourism. Thus it is important to understand any kind of encroachment of natural resources in the light of evolution and human behaviour. Røskaft is leading projects in Africa and Asia related to human-wildlife conflict, population dynamics of animals, and animal behaviour in relation to human activities.
Additionally Røskaft is involved in a coevolutionary project between avian brood parasites and their hosts, as well as how environment affects human fitness in Norway.
Capacity building in Africa/Asia is one of Røskaft’s main interests; he has trained around 150 MSc students and 55 PhD students from most continents to their final degrees. Røskaft has published more than 300 papers of which more than 200 in per reviewed scientific journals. His web of science h-index is 49 and google scholar h-index = 63.
Røskaft has been the Dean at the Faculty of life sciences, director of the centre for development and environment and head of department at NTNU, as well as director of NINA.
Background
- Head of Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 2002-2009
- Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1999-present
- Director, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research 1994-1999
- Deputy Director, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research 1993-1994
- Professor (20 %), Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1991-1999
- Director, University of Trondheim, Centre for Environment and Development 1991-1993
- Dean, University of Trondheim, Faculty of Science 1990-1991
- Scientific Advisor, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research 1989-1993
- Associate Professor, University of Trondheim 1988-1991
- Associate Professor, University of Trondheim, Program for Applied Ecology 1986-1988
Courses
- BI3081 - Scientific Seminars
- BI8091 - Advanced Biology
- BI3082 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology II
- BI8081 - Advanced Conservation Biology
- RFEL3080 - Scientific Research Seminar in Natural Resource Management
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) Local people’s knowledge of topi (Damaliscus lunatus) and their illegal hunting for bushmeat consumption in the Serengeti Ecosystem. African Journal of Ecology.
- (2022) Factors Influencing Communities’ Attitudes and Participation in Protected Area Conservation: A Case Study from Northern Myanmar. Society & Natural Resources. vol. 35 (3).
- (2022) Ectoparasite load of small mammals in the Serengeti Ecosystem: effects of land use, season, host species, age, sex and breeding status. Parasitology Research. vol. 121 (3).
- (2022) Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat. Climate Change Ecology.
- (2021) Behavioural and demographic changes in impala populations after 15 years of improved conservation management. Global Ecology and Conservation. vol. 27.
- (2021) The relationship between feeding patch quality and fodder species of wild elephants in the Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. International Journal of Biology. vol. 13 (2).
- (2021) Magnitude, Patterns and Composition of Wildlife Roadkill in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania. African Zoology. vol. 56 (3).
- (2021) Community spatial distance and educational determinants of how local people appreciate conservation benefits around Tarangire and Saadani National Parks, Tanzania. Global Ecology and Conservation. vol. 28.
- (2021) Can conservation incentives promote willingness to coexist with large carnivores in the eastern Serengeti ecosystem?. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation. vol. 13 (3).
- (2021) Lion and spotted hyena distributions within a buffer area of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Scientific Reports. vol. 11.
- (2021) No evidence of host-specific egg mimicry in Asian koels. PLOS ONE. vol. 16 (7).
- (2021) Economic Valuation of Tourism of the Sundarban Mangroves, Bangladesh. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment. vol. 13 (4).
- (2021) Efficiency of motorcycles in transportation of illegal bushmeat in western Serengeti, Tanzania. Environment and Natural Resources Research. vol. 11 (1).
- (2021) Impact of emissions from brick industries on soil properties, agricultural crops and homegardens in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Journal of Soil Science and Environmental Management.. vol. 12 (4).
- (2021) Land use and habitat selection by small mammals in the Tanzanian Greater Serengeti Ecosystem. Global Ecology and Conservation. vol. 27.
- (2021) Pattern and distribution of human-elephant conflicts in three conflict-prone landscapes in Myanmar. Global Ecology and Conservation. vol. 25.
- (2020) Attitudes of local leaders towards wildlife conservation in village areas in Southern Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Karatu District, Tanzania. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation. vol. 12 (3).
- (2020) Applying Multi-Temporal Landsat Satellite Data and Markov-Cellular Automata to Predict Forest Cover Change and Forest Degradation of Sundarban Reserve Forest, Bangladesh. Forests. vol. 11.
- (2020) Community Dependency and Perceptions of a Park in a Threatened Ecoregion of Myanmar. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation. vol. 12 (4).
- (2020) Triiodothyronine (T3) levels fluctuate in response to ambient temperature rather than nutritional status in a wild tropical ungulate. Conservation Physiology. vol. 8 (1).