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Animal Science and Veterinary
Norway
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
53
Citations
7552
World Ranking
527
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Arne Moksnes is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Environmental Science and Medicine, with a focus on ecological and epidemiological topics.

Their published work includes studies on species distribution, climate change, avian ecology, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Recent publications by or involving Moksnes include the following:

  • Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat, 2022, Climate Change Ecology
  • Tu1779: CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR-INDUCED COLITIS: DISEASE COURSE AND RISK FACTORS IN A POPULATION-BASED SETTING, 2025, Gastroenterology
  • Flexibility in the diel migratory schedule of an Arctic songbird despite robust 24-h activity rhythms across the annual cycle, 2025, Journal of Avian Biology

The main fields of study Moksnes has contributed to are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

Their work also covers several subfields, including:

  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases

The research topics associated with Moksnes include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Moksnes are:

  • Bård G. Stokke
  • Jørgen S. Søraker
  • Oddmund Kleven
  • Geir Rudolfsen
  • Gine Roll Skjærvø

The venues where Moksnes has published include Climate Change Ecology, Gastroenterology, and Journal of Avian Biology, indicating a diverse range of interdisciplinary research interests between ecology and medical science.

Best Publications

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • Egg‐morphs and host preference in the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus): an analysis of cuckoo and host eggs from European museum collections

    Arne Moksnes;Eivin r. ØSkaft

  • Behavioural Responses of Potential Hosts Towards Artificial Cuckoo Eggs and Dummies

    Eivin R∅Skaft;Lars Korsnes;Hans Chr. Pedersen;Arne Moksnes

  • Rejection Behavior by Common Cuckoo Hosts Towards Artificial Brood Parasite Eggs

    Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft;Anders T. Braa

  • Constraints on host choice: Why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?

    Tomáš Grim;Peter Samaš;Csaba Moskát;Oddmund Kleven

  • Adaptations of meadow pipits to parasitism by the common cuckoo

    A. Moksnes;E. Røskaft

  • Coevolution in Action: Disruptive Selection on Egg Colour in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Host

    Chanchao Yang;Chanchao Yang;Wei Liang;Yan Cai;Suhua Shi

  • Evolution of variation in egg color and marking pattern in European passerines: adaptations in a coevolutionary arms race with the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus

    Ingar Jostein Øien;Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft

  • Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus and host behaviour at Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus nests

    Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft;Lise Greger Hagen;Marcel Honza

  • Rejection of cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) eggs by meadow pipits (Anthus pratensis)

    Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft;Lars Korsnes

  • Rejection of artificial cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) eggs in relation to variation in egg appearance among reed warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

    Bård G. Stokke;Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft;Geir Rudolfsen

  • OBLIGATE BROOD PARASITES AS SELECTIVE AGENTS FOR EVOLUTION OF EGG APPEARANCE IN PASSERINE BIRDS

    Bård G. Stokke;Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft

  • Aggression to dummy cuckoos by potential European cuckoo hosts

    Eivin Røskaft;Arne Moksnes;Bard G. Stokke;Vitezslav Bicik

  • Behaviour of female common cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, in the vicinity of host nests before and during egg laying: a radiotelemetry study

    Marcel Honza;Barbara Taborsky;Michael Taborsky;Yvonne Teuschl

  • Diversity of parasitic cuckoos and their hosts in China

    Canchao Yang;Wei Liang;Anton Tinchov Antonov;Yan Cai

  • The risk of parasitism in relation to the distance from reed warbler nests to cuckoo perches

    I. J. Øien;M. Honza;A. Moksnes;E. Røskaft

  • Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs

    Frode Fossøy;Michael D Sorenson;Wei Liang;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • Are blackcaps current winners in the evolutionary struggle against the common cuckoo

    Marcel Honza;Petr Procházka;Petr Procházka;Bård G. Stokke;Arne Moksnes

  • Rapid increase in cuckoo egg matching in a recently parasitized reed warbler population

    J. M. Avilés;B. G. Stokke;A. Moksnes;E. Røskaft

  • The spatial habitat structure of host populations explains the pattern of rejection behavior in hosts and parasitic adaptations in cuckoos

    Eivin Røskaft;Arne Moksnes;Bård G. Stokke;Csaba Moskát

Frequent Co-Authors

Eivin Røskaft
Eivin Røskaft Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bård G. Stokke
Bård G. Stokke Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Marcel Honza
Marcel Honza Czech Academy of Sciences
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Wei Liang
Wei Liang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jacqui A. Shykoff
Jacqui A. Shykoff University of Paris-Saclay
Jesús M. Avilés
Jesús M. Avilés Spanish National Research Council
Geir Rudolfsen
Geir Rudolfsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Oddmund Kleven
Oddmund Kleven Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Csaba Moskát
Csaba Moskát Hungarian Natural History Museum

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