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Hamish Andrew Burnett

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Hamish Andrew Burnett

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Department of Biology

hamish.a.burnett@ntnu.no
Realfagbygget, E1-133, Gløshaugen
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2026

  • Hansson Frank, Tor; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Acker, Paul; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Wright, Jonathan; Jensen, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Araya Ajoy, Yimen Gerardo. (2026) Spatial heterogeneity in density dependence across life-history stages drives the dynamics of a bird metapopulation. Ecology
    Academic article
  • Peeters, Bart; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Mysterud, Atle; Tranulis, Michael A.; Jensen, Magnus Østgård; Jensen, Henrik; Martin, Michael David; Hansen, Brage Bremset. (2026) Villreinbestandenes genetiske sårbarhet for skrantesjuke: Kartlegging og muligheter for genetisk overvåking. Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    Research report

2025

  • Aase, Kenneth; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Jensen, Henrik; Muff, Stefanie. (2025) How accurate is genomic prediction across wild populations?. Evolution
    Academic article
  • Jensen, Henrik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Lundregan, Sarah; Mbote, Jordan Njoroge. (2025) Inbreeding depression and its effect on parasite load in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Araya Ajoy, Yimen Gerardo; Hansson Frank, Tor; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Søraker, Jørgen Skavdal; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Goedert, Debora; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2025) Assessing the 'Small Population' Paradigm: The Effects of Stochasticity on Evolutionary Change and Population Growth in a Bird Metapopulation. Ecology Letters
    Commentary

2024

  • McAuley, John B; Servin, Bertrand; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Brekke, Cathrine; Peters, Lucy; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Husby, Arild; Jensen, Henrik. (2024) The Genetic Architecture of Recombination Rates is Polygenic and Differs between the Sexes in Wild House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE)
    Academic article
  • David, Gabriel; Bertolotti, Alicia; Layer, Ryan; Scofield, Douglas; Hayward, Alexander; Baril, Tobias; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Gudmunds, Erik; Jensen, Henrik; Husby, Arild. (2024) Calling Structural Variants with Confidence from Short-Read Data in Wild Bird Populations. Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE)
    Academic article
  • Shrestha, Nitya; Jensen, Henrik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew. (2024) Changes in inbreeding level across different life stages in an insular house sparrow metapopulation in northern Norway. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Kellner, Fabian Laszlo; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Ellegaard, Martin Rene; Rosvold, Jørgen; Peeters, Bart; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Brealey, Jaelle C.; Dussex, Nicolas; Bieker, Vanessa Carina. (2024) A palaeogenomic investigation of overharvest implications in an endemic wild reindeer subspecies. Molecular Ecology
    Academic article
  • Hansen, Brage Bremset; Peeters, Bart; Flagstad, Øystein; Røed, Knut; Martin, Michael David; Jensen, Henrik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Mysterud, Atle; Sun, Xin. (2024) Rapid loss of genetic variation and increased inbreeding in small and isolated populations of Norwegian wild reindeer. BioRxiv
    Academic article

2023

  • Gholami, Fatemeh; Jensen, Henrik; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Kvalnes, Thomas; Burnett, Hamish Andrew. (2023) Effect of inbreeding on egg size and clutch size in an insular house sparrow metapopulation in northern Norway. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Master thesis
  • Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Peeters, Bart; Rosvold, Jørgen; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Dalén, Love; Loe, Leif Egil; Jensen, Henrik; Hansen, Brage Bremset. (2023) Contrasting genomic consequences of anthropogenic reintroduction and natural recolonization in high-arctic wild reindeer. Evolutionary Applications
    Academic article
  • Kazemi, Maryam; Jensen, Henrik; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Myhre, Ane Marlene. (2023) Demographic changes in female-skewed populations of house sparrow (Passer domesticus). Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis

2022

  • Whitley, Brandon Samuel; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Jensen, Henrik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew. (2022) An integrated population model methodology for incorporating the effect of inbreeding on fecundity in Svalbard reindeer. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Master thesis
  • 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). Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Ghimire, Kiran; Jensen, Henrik; Goedert, Debora; Burnett, Hamish Andrew. (2022) “Effects of inbreeding on nestling fitness in an insular house sparrow metapopulation in northern Norway”. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Buer, Amberly; Jensen, Henrik; Lundregan, Sarah; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Goedert, Debora. (2022) NR1D1 methylation as an epigenetic response during Syngamus trachea infection in the house sparrow. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis

Journal publications

  • Hansson Frank, Tor; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Acker, Paul; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Wright, Jonathan; Jensen, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Araya Ajoy, Yimen Gerardo. (2026) Spatial heterogeneity in density dependence across life-history stages drives the dynamics of a bird metapopulation. Ecology
    Academic article
  • Aase, Kenneth; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Jensen, Henrik; Muff, Stefanie. (2025) How accurate is genomic prediction across wild populations?. Evolution
    Academic article
  • McAuley, John B; Servin, Bertrand; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Brekke, Cathrine; Peters, Lucy; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Husby, Arild; Jensen, Henrik. (2024) The Genetic Architecture of Recombination Rates is Polygenic and Differs between the Sexes in Wild House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE)
    Academic article
  • David, Gabriel; Bertolotti, Alicia; Layer, Ryan; Scofield, Douglas; Hayward, Alexander; Baril, Tobias; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Gudmunds, Erik; Jensen, Henrik; Husby, Arild. (2024) Calling Structural Variants with Confidence from Short-Read Data in Wild Bird Populations. Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE)
    Academic article
  • Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Peeters, Bart; Rosvold, Jørgen; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Dalén, Love; Loe, Leif Egil; Jensen, Henrik; Hansen, Brage Bremset. (2023) Contrasting genomic consequences of anthropogenic reintroduction and natural recolonization in high-arctic wild reindeer. Evolutionary Applications
    Academic article
  • Kellner, Fabian Laszlo; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Ellegaard, Martin Rene; Rosvold, Jørgen; Peeters, Bart; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Brealey, Jaelle C.; Dussex, Nicolas; Bieker, Vanessa Carina. (2024) A palaeogenomic investigation of overharvest implications in an endemic wild reindeer subspecies. Molecular Ecology
    Academic article
  • Araya Ajoy, Yimen Gerardo; Hansson Frank, Tor; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Søraker, Jørgen Skavdal; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Goedert, Debora; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2025) Assessing the 'Small Population' Paradigm: The Effects of Stochasticity on Evolutionary Change and Population Growth in a Bird Metapopulation. Ecology Letters
    Commentary
  • Hansen, Brage Bremset; Peeters, Bart; Flagstad, Øystein; Røed, Knut; Martin, Michael David; Jensen, Henrik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Mysterud, Atle; Sun, Xin. (2024) Rapid loss of genetic variation and increased inbreeding in small and isolated populations of Norwegian wild reindeer. BioRxiv
    Academic article

Report

  • Peeters, Bart; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Mysterud, Atle; Tranulis, Michael A.; Jensen, Magnus Østgård; Jensen, Henrik; Martin, Michael David; Hansen, Brage Bremset. (2026) Villreinbestandenes genetiske sårbarhet for skrantesjuke: Kartlegging og muligheter for genetisk overvåking. Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    Research report

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Jensen, Henrik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Lundregan, Sarah; Mbote, Jordan Njoroge. (2025) Inbreeding depression and its effect on parasite load in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Whitley, Brandon Samuel; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Lee, Aline Magdalena; Jensen, Henrik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew. (2022) An integrated population model methodology for incorporating the effect of inbreeding on fecundity in Svalbard reindeer. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Master thesis
  • Gholami, Fatemeh; Jensen, Henrik; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Kvalnes, Thomas; Burnett, Hamish Andrew. (2023) Effect of inbreeding on egg size and clutch size in an insular house sparrow metapopulation in northern Norway. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Master thesis
  • Shrestha, Nitya; Jensen, Henrik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew. (2024) Changes in inbreeding level across different life stages in an insular house sparrow metapopulation in northern Norway. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • 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). Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Ghimire, Kiran; Jensen, Henrik; Goedert, Debora; Burnett, Hamish Andrew. (2022) “Effects of inbreeding on nestling fitness in an insular house sparrow metapopulation in northern Norway”. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Buer, Amberly; Jensen, Henrik; Lundregan, Sarah; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Goedert, Debora. (2022) NR1D1 methylation as an epigenetic response during Syngamus trachea infection in the house sparrow. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Kazemi, Maryam; Jensen, Henrik; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Myhre, Ane Marlene. (2023) Demographic changes in female-skewed populations of house sparrow (Passer domesticus). Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis

Outreach

2025

  • Conference poster
    Aase, Kenneth; McAuley, John; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Jensen, Henrik; Muff, Stefanie; Johnston, Susan. (2025) Crossovers and Consequences: Genomic Prediction Reveals Selection on Recombination Rates in a Natural Population. ESEB 2025 Congress
  • Conference poster
    Gravdal, Gard Westrum; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Jensen, Henrik; Muff, Stefanie. (2025) An interpretable machine learning-based alternative to genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and its application in a wild population. Congress of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
  • Conference poster
    Gravdal, Gard Westrum; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Jensen, Henrik; Muff, Stefanie. (2025) An interpretable machine learning-based alternative to GWAS, and its application in a wild population. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology

2024

  • Conference poster
    Aase, Kenneth; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Jensen, Henrik; Muff, Stefanie. (2024) How accurate is genomic prediction across wild populations?. 7th International Conference of Quantitative Genetics
  • Conference lecture
    Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Jensen, Henrik. (2024) Genetics of small and fragmented populations. IBI Science Day

2023

  • Conference poster
    Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Peeters, Bart; Rosvold, Jørgen; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Dalén, Love; Loe, Leif Egil; Jensen, Henrik; Hansen, Brage Bremset. (2023) Contrasting genomic consequences of anthropogenic reintroduction and natural recolonisation in high-arctic wild reindeer. OIKOS Norway 2023
  • Conference lecture
    Goedert, Debora; Saatoglu, Fikriye Dilan; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Muff, Stefanie; Frank, tor Hansson; Araya-Ajoy, Yimen G.; Jensen, Henrik. (2023) Genetic architecture of sex-biased dispersal. WAMBAM
  • Conference lecture
    Goedert, Debora; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Saatoglu, Fikriye Dilan; Frank, tor Hansson; Araya-Ajoy, Yimen G.; Muff, Stefanie; Jensen, Henrik. (2023) Underlying causes and eco-evolutionary consequences of dispersal. Squid Workshop - Brazil
  • Conference poster
    Gholami, Fatemeh; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Kvalnes, Thomas; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik. (2023) Inbreeding depression in egg and clutch size in house sparrows. OIKOS 2023

2022

  • Conference poster
    Ghimire, Kiran; Burnett, Hamish Andrew; Goedert, Debora; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Muff, Stefanie; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Reid, Jane Margaret; Jensen, Henrik. (2022) Effects of inbreeding on nestling fitness in an insular house sparrow metapopulation in northern Norway. 5th Conference of Nordic Society OIKOS 2022

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