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Michael Le Pepke

Michael Le Pepke

Departmental engineer

michael.p.pedersen@ntnu.no
Realfagbygget, D1-215, Gløshaugen, Høgskoleringen 5
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About

I am a PhD student at the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics and I have a broad interest in molecular ecology, ornithology, life-history evolution, phylogenetics and biogeography. In my PhD project, I investigate telomere dynamics and life-history trade-offs in populations of free-living (wild) house sparrows in northern Norway, where I do field work. I am collaborating with the University of Glasgow (telomere ecology), the University of Copenhagen (avian diversification) and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (DNA barcoding).

I have an undergraduate background in nanoscience and a master in ecology and evolution from the University of Copenhagen. My PhD supervisor is Thor Harald Ringsby, co-supervisors are Thomas Kvalnes, Henrik Jensen and Jonathan Wright.

Contact me if you like avian insularity, telomere biology or are interested in master projects involving field work – projects range wide within ecology and eco-evolutionary dynamics; insects, parasites, feeding rates, ecophysiology.

Competencies

  • Biology

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2022

  • Pepke, Michael Le; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Kvalnes, Thomas; Boner, Winnie; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Ringsby, Thor Harald. (2022) Inbreeding is associated with shorter early-life telomere length in a wild passerine. Conservation Genetics
    Academic article
  • Pepke, Michael Le; Kvalnes, Thomas; Rønning, Bernt; Jensen, Henrik; Boner, Winnie; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2022) Artificial size selection experiment reveals telomere length dynamics and fitness consequences in a wild passerine. Molecular Ecology
    Academic article

2021

  • Pepke, Michael Le; Kvalnes, Thomas; Lundregan, Sarah; Boner, Winnie; Monaghan, Pat; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2021) Genetic architecture and heritability of early-life telomere length in a wild passerine. Molecular Ecology
    Academic article
  • Araya-Ajoy, Yimen; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Froy, Hannah; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Kvalnes, Thomas; Rønning, Bernt. (2021) Variation in generation time reveals density regulation as an important driver of pace of life in a bird metapopulation. Ecology Letters
    Academic article
  • Pepke, Michael Le; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Kvalnes, Thomas; Wright, Jonathan. (2021) The Ecological and evolutionary role of telomere length in house sparrows. Doctoral theses at NTNU (420)
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Pepke, Michael Le; Eisenberg, Dan T.A.. (2021) On the comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: Telomere length co‐evolves with body mass, lifespan and cancer risk. Molecular Ecology
    Academic article

2020

  • Pepke, Michael Le; Eisenberg, Dan T.A.. (2020) Accounting for phylogenetic relatedness in cross-species analyses of telomere shortening rates. Experimental Results
    Academic article
  • Fjeldså, Jon; Jønsson, Knud A.; Kennedy, Jonathan D.; Marki, Petter Zahl; Pepke, Michael Le. (2020) Chapter 18: How species diversity accumulated over time. In: The Largest Avian Radiation. The Evolution of Perching Birds, or the Order Passeriformes. Lynx Edicions
    Academic monograph
  • Pepke, Michael Le. (2020) Birds and bugs: Trapping and tracking the vital insect food for young birds. NTNU Fagblogg
    Popular scientific article

2019

  • Pepke (Pedersen), Michael Le; Irestedt, Martin; Fjeldså, Jon; Rahbek, Carsten; Jønsson, Knud Andreas. (2019) Reconciling supertramps, great speciators and relict species with the taxon cycle stages of a large island radiation (Aves: Campephagidae). Journal of Biogeography
    Academic article
  • Thurmann-Nielsen, Cathrine Framstad; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Pepke, Michael Le; Rønning, Bernt; Kvalnes, Thomas. (2019) Nest Microclimate in Relation to Maternal Phenotypic Quality and Reproductive Success in a Wild Population of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Gjestrud Julseth, Martin; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Rønning, Bernt; Pepke, Michael Le; Skei, Jon Kristian; Kvalnes, Thomas. (2019) The effect of arthropod availability on reproductive phenology and success in a multi-brooded passerine Passer domesticus. NTNU
    Masters thesis

2018

  • Pedersen, Michael Pepke; Irestedt, Martin; Joseph, Leo; Rahbek, Carsten; Jønsson, Knud A. (2018) Phylogeography of a ‘great speciator’ (Aves: Edolisoma tenuirostre) reveals complex dispersal and diversification dynamics across the Indo-Pacific. Journal of Biogeography
    Academic article
  • Pedersen, Michael Pepke. (2018) Kvant: tidsskrift for fysik og astronomi
    Popular scientific article
  • Pedersen, Michael Pepke. (2018) Aktuel Naturvidenskab
    Popular scientific article

2016

  • Pedersen, Michael Pepke. (2016) Phylogeny and biogeography of Campephagidae (Aves: Passeriformes): Great speciators, supertramps and taxon cycles. Master thesis. University of Copenhagen
    Masters thesis

Journal publications

  • Pepke, Michael Le; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Kvalnes, Thomas; Boner, Winnie; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Ringsby, Thor Harald. (2022) Inbreeding is associated with shorter early-life telomere length in a wild passerine. Conservation Genetics
    Academic article
  • Pepke, Michael Le; Kvalnes, Thomas; Rønning, Bernt; Jensen, Henrik; Boner, Winnie; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2022) Artificial size selection experiment reveals telomere length dynamics and fitness consequences in a wild passerine. Molecular Ecology
    Academic article
  • Pepke, Michael Le; Kvalnes, Thomas; Lundregan, Sarah; Boner, Winnie; Monaghan, Pat; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2021) Genetic architecture and heritability of early-life telomere length in a wild passerine. Molecular Ecology
    Academic article
  • Araya-Ajoy, Yimen; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Froy, Hannah; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Kvalnes, Thomas; Rønning, Bernt. (2021) Variation in generation time reveals density regulation as an important driver of pace of life in a bird metapopulation. Ecology Letters
    Academic article
  • Pepke, Michael Le; Eisenberg, Dan T.A.. (2021) On the comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: Telomere length co‐evolves with body mass, lifespan and cancer risk. Molecular Ecology
    Academic article
  • Pepke, Michael Le; Eisenberg, Dan T.A.. (2020) Accounting for phylogenetic relatedness in cross-species analyses of telomere shortening rates. Experimental Results
    Academic article
  • Pepke, Michael Le. (2020) Birds and bugs: Trapping and tracking the vital insect food for young birds. NTNU Fagblogg
    Popular scientific article
  • Pepke (Pedersen), Michael Le; Irestedt, Martin; Fjeldså, Jon; Rahbek, Carsten; Jønsson, Knud Andreas. (2019) Reconciling supertramps, great speciators and relict species with the taxon cycle stages of a large island radiation (Aves: Campephagidae). Journal of Biogeography
    Academic article
  • Pedersen, Michael Pepke; Irestedt, Martin; Joseph, Leo; Rahbek, Carsten; Jønsson, Knud A. (2018) Phylogeography of a ‘great speciator’ (Aves: Edolisoma tenuirostre) reveals complex dispersal and diversification dynamics across the Indo-Pacific. Journal of Biogeography
    Academic article
  • Pedersen, Michael Pepke. (2018) Kvant: tidsskrift for fysik og astronomi
    Popular scientific article
  • Pedersen, Michael Pepke. (2018) Aktuel Naturvidenskab
    Popular scientific article

Books

  • Fjeldså, Jon; Jønsson, Knud A.; Kennedy, Jonathan D.; Marki, Petter Zahl; Pepke, Michael Le. (2020) Chapter 18: How species diversity accumulated over time. In: The Largest Avian Radiation. The Evolution of Perching Birds, or the Order Passeriformes. Lynx Edicions
    Academic monograph

Report

  • Pepke, Michael Le; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Kvalnes, Thomas; Wright, Jonathan. (2021) The Ecological and evolutionary role of telomere length in house sparrows. Doctoral theses at NTNU (420)
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Thurmann-Nielsen, Cathrine Framstad; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Pepke, Michael Le; Rønning, Bernt; Kvalnes, Thomas. (2019) Nest Microclimate in Relation to Maternal Phenotypic Quality and Reproductive Success in a Wild Population of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Gjestrud Julseth, Martin; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Rønning, Bernt; Pepke, Michael Le; Skei, Jon Kristian; Kvalnes, Thomas. (2019) The effect of arthropod availability on reproductive phenology and success in a multi-brooded passerine Passer domesticus. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Pedersen, Michael Pepke. (2016) Phylogeny and biogeography of Campephagidae (Aves: Passeriformes): Great speciators, supertramps and taxon cycles. Master thesis. University of Copenhagen
    Masters thesis
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