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1. Effects of herbivory on arctic and alpine vegetation
Sammanfattning : The distribution of plant species and functional traits in alpine and arctic environments are determined by abiotic conditions, but also by biotic interactions. In this thesis, I investigate interactions among plants and herbivory effects on plant community composition and plant functional traits in three different regions: Swedish Lapland, Beringia (USA/Russia) and Finnmark (Norway). LÄS MER
2. Spatial and temporal population dynamics in the mountain tundra – mesopredator and prey
Sammanfattning : It is well known that competition, predation and fluctuating food resources can have strong effect on individual fitness and population dynamics. The complexity of natural systems can make it complicate to disentangle those processes, but environments with relatively simple food webs, and strong cyclic population dynamics offer contrasting conditions resembling experimental treatments. LÄS MER
3. The zoo-geomorphological impact of fossorial rodents in sub-polar alpine environments
Sammanfattning : The geomorphological impact of small fossorial mammals (adapted to digging and living underground), such as rodents can be significant, and both their direct and indirect effects may contribute to landscape formation. This thesis is based on empirical field studies of two burrowing rodent species in sub-polar environments, namely invasive House mice (Mus musculus) on sub-Antarctic Marion Island and Norwegian lemmings (Lemmus lemmus) in sub-Arctic Abisko. LÄS MER
4. Odour guided predation on acorns by small rodents during direct seeding
Sammanfattning : Costs related to planting of seedlings and plant material is a major economic obstacle that may impede successful large-scale forest restoration. One way to reduce this cost is to use direct seeding instead of planting. Nut-bearing trees such as oaks have seeds with large nutrient storage that results in competitive seedlings. LÄS MER
5. Small-Scale Dosimetry for the Testis: Applications in Nuclear Medicine Diagnostics and Therapy
Sammanfattning : It is well known that the testicles are among the most radiosensitive tissue, and constitute an important critical target for both external and internal radiation during diagnostic and therapeutic use of radionuclides. In systemic radionuclide therapy where very high activities are administered, the testis may become a dose-limiting organ; often with a complex, non-uniform activity distribution and a resulting non-uniform absorbed-dose distribution. LÄS MER
