Flagship leader: Rolf Ims, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, rolf.ims@uit.no
Vegetation state change and herbivore management
NCoE-Tundra: Herbivore effects on tundra overgrowth, management and environmental gains
Project leader: Jane Uhd Jepsen, jane.jepsen@nina.no
Participating institutions: NINA, UoT
KLIMAVEG: Long term vegetation change in alpine areas in Northern-Norway and Poland – relation to climate and grazing
Project leader:Jutta Kapfer, jutta.kapfer@skogoglandskap.no
Participating institutions: NFLI, UoT, UoOu
Species identification and demographic information from fecal NIRS scans? A study on fox and small rodents
Project leader:Kari Anne Bråthen ,
Participating institutions: UoT, NINA, NPI
Ecosystem effects of extreme climate events and changing seasons
WINNIT – effects of extreme weather and long distance pollution on plant societies
Project leader: Jarle W. Bjerke, jarle.werner.bjerke@nina.no
Participating institutions: NINA, Bioforsk, UoT
Ecosystem stress from the combined effects of WInter CLimate change and Air Pollution – how do the impacts differ between biomes? (WICLAP)
Project leader: Jarle W. Bjerke, jarle.werner.bjerke@nina.no
Participating institutions: NINA, MET, NORUT
Sentinel Synergy Framework (SenSyF)
Project leader: Eirik Malnes, Eirik.Malnes@norut.no
Participating institutions: NORUT, NINA, UoT
FINEGRASS: Effect of climate extremes on inland production of grass in North-Norway
Project leader: Gregory Taff, gta@skogoglandskap.no
Participating institutions: NFLI, Bioforsk, NINA
SnoEcoPhen: Phenological synchrony of arctic plants and their pollinators at altered snow regimes
Project leader: Elisabeth Cooper, elisabeth.cooper@uit.no
Participating institutions: UoT, UNIS
Capacity for adaptation in indigenous people and local societies
The re-distribution of common winter pastures – a comparative analyses of land tenure privatization (REDISTRIBUTE)
Project leader: Marius Warg Næss, marius.naess@niku.no
Participating institutions: NIKU, NINA, UCL
Adaptive management of ecosystem services
Adaptive goose management beyond borders
Project leader: Ingunn Tombre, ingunn.tombre@nina.no
Participating institutions: NINA, NIKU, NORUT, AU
Observation systems for climate effects
COAT: Climate-ecological-Observatory-for- Arctic-Tundra
Project leader: Rolf Ims, rolf.ims@uit.no
Participating institutions: UoT, NINA, NPI, UNIS, MET
Abbreviations:
ApN: Akvaplan-niva Inc.; AU: Aarhus University; AWI: Alfred Wegener Institute; BC: Bates College; BedIn: Bedford Institute; Bioforsk: Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research; BOS: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science; BS: The Bjerknes Centre; CEBC: Centre d`Etudes Biologiques de Chizé; Cedre: Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution; CRRL: Control/Robotics Research Laboratory (NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering); CRRLU: Columbia River Research Laboratory USA; CU: Clemson University; DTU: Technical University of Denmark; DU: Dalhousie University; EC: Environment Canada; FMFI: County governor of Finnmark; FMI: Finnish Meteorological Institute; FNI: Fridtjof Nansen Institue; FOC: Fisheries and Oceans Canada; FSU: Florida State University; JAMSTEC: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; IDAEA-CSIC: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research – Spanish Council for Scientific Research; IMR: Institute of Marine Research; INEP – RAS: Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems – Russian Academy of Sciences; IOPAS: Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences; LCED: Lapland Centre for Economic Development; MarinTek: The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute; MCBR: Murmansk Country Birth Registry; MET: The Norwegian Meteorological Institute; MU: Massey University; NEI: Northern and environmental issues; NFLI: The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, NGU: Geological Survey of Norway; NHS: Natural Heritage Services; NINA: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; NIKU: The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research; NILU: Norwegian Institute for Air Research; NIVA: Norwegian Institute for Water Research; NMBU: Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Nofima: The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research; NORUT: Northern Research Institute; NPC: The Northwest Public Health Researcher Center; NPI: Norwegian Polar Institute; NRPA: Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority; NULS: Norwegian University of Life Sciences; NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; NVH: Norwegian School of Veterinary Science; PINRO: Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography; RU: Ryerson University; SINTEF: The Company for Industrial and Technological Research; SIO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography; SRCES RAS: Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety – Russian Academy of Sciences; TECABN: Transport and the Environment County Administrative Board of Norrbotten; TM: Tromsø Municipality; TO: Troms Offshore; TRFM: Tana River Fisheries Management; UAF: University of Alaska; UB: University of Burgundy; UCL: University College of London; UoA: University of Antwerpen; UoAa: University of Aalborg; UoB: University of Bergen; UoC: University of California; UoCo: University of Copenhagen; UNIS: The University Centre in Svalbard; UoG: University of Gent; UoGo: University of Gothenburg; UoH: University of Hokkaido; UoJ: University of Jyväskylä; UoL: University of Leicester; UoLa: University of Laval; UoO: University of Oslo; UoOu: University of Oulu; UoM: University of Maine; UoNB: University of New Brunswick; UoQ: University of Queensland; UoR: University of Reading; UoS: University of Southampton: UoT: University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway; UoWa: University of Waterloo; UQAR: Université du Québec à Rimouski; UR: University of Reading; UT: University of Texas; UTu: University of Turku; WHOI: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution