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Ecology and Evolution
Norway
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
93
Citations
27074
World Ranking
406
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Bernt-Erik Sæther is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on ecology and its related subfields. Their work explores diverse ecological themes, including wildlife ecology and conservation, animal behavior and reproduction, and avian ecology and behavior.

Sæther's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their subfields of study reflect a broad ecological expertise:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling

Key topics Sæther has addressed in their publications feature:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

  • Marlène Gamelon
  • Thor Harald Ringsby
  • Henrik Jensen
  • Steinar Engen
  • Yimen G. Araya-Ajoy

They have contributed multiple papers to several publication venues, notably:

  • Journal of Animal Ecology (8 publications)
  • Ecology Letters (5 publications)
  • The American Naturalist (4 publications)
  • Molecular Ecology (3 publications)
  • Ecology (3 publications)

Recent papers authored by Sæther include:

  • The Demographic Buffering Hypothesis: Evidence and Challenges, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Consistent scaling of inbreeding depression in space and time in a house sparrow metapopulation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species, 2022, Ecology Letters

Best Publications

  • Stochastic Population Dynamics in Ecology and Conservation

    Russell Lande;Steinar Engen;Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • AVIAN LIFE HISTORY VARIATION AND CONTRIBUTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS TO THE POPULATION GROWTH RATE

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Øyvind Bakke

  • Environmental stochasticity and population dynamics of large herbivores: a search for mechanisms

    Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • Sex Biases in Avian Dispersal: A Reappraisal

    Alice L. Clarke;Bernt-Erik Sæther;Eivin Røskaft

  • Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life‐history continuum

    Owen R. Jones;Jean-Michel Gaillard;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Jussi S. Alho

  • Population Dynamical Consequences of Climate Change for a Small Temperate Songbird

    B.-E. Sæther;J. Tufto;S. Engen;K. Jerstad

  • Dynamics of a harvested moose population in a variable environment

    Erling Johan Solberg;Bernt‐Erik Saether;Olav Strand;Anne Loison

  • Climate Events Synchronize the Dynamics of a Resident Vertebrate Community in the High Arctic

    Brage Bremset Hansen;Vidar Grøtan;Ronny Aanes;Ronny Aanes;Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • Spatial Scale of Population Synchrony: Environmental Correlation versus Dispersal and Density Regulation.

    Russell Lande;Steinar Engen;Bernt‐Erik Sæther

  • Life History Variation, Population Processes and Priorities in Species Conservation: Towards a Reunion of Research Paradigms

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Thor Harald Ringsby;Eivin Røskaft

  • Fluctuations of an introduced population of Svalbard reindeer: the effects of density dependence and climatic variation

    Ronny Aanes;Bernt-Erik Sæther;Nils Are Øritsland

  • Population Growth in a Wild Bird Is Buffered Against Phenological Mismatch

    Thomas E. Reed;Vidar Grøtan;Stephanie Jenouvrier;Stephanie Jenouvrier;Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • Climate Influences on avian population dynamics

    Bernt-Erik SÆther;William J. Sutherland;Steinar Engen

  • The concept of fitness in fluctuating environments

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Steinar Engen

  • Ecological correlates of individual variation in age at maturity in female moose (Alces alces): the effects of environmental variability

    Bernt-Erik Saether;Morten Heim

  • Pattern of covariation between life-history traits of European birds

    Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • Optimal Harvesting of Fluctuating Populations with a Risk of Extinction

    Russell Lande;Steinar Engen;Bernt-Erik Saether

  • How Life History Influences Population Dynamics in Fluctuating Environments

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Tim Coulson;Vidar Grøtan;Steinar Engen

  • Climate, icing, and wild arctic reindeer: past relationships and future prospects.

    Brage Bremset Hansen;Ronny Aanes;Ivar Herfindal;Jack Kohler

  • Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks—Theoretical models and perspectives

    Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Sébastien Lion;Christophe Eizaguirre

  • Sexual variation in heritability and genetic correlations of morphological traits in house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

    H Jensen;H Jensen;B E Saether;T H Ringsby;J Tufto

  • THRESHOLD HARVESTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF FLUCTUATING RESOURCES

    Russell Lande;Bernt-Erik Sæther;Steinar Engen

  • Effects of density-dependence and climate on the dynamics of a Svalbard reindeer population

    E. J. Solberg;P. Jordhøy;O. Strand;R. Aanes

Frequent Co-Authors

Steinar Engen
Steinar Engen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Erling Johan Solberg
Erling Johan Solberg Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Vidar Grøtan
Vidar Grøtan Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ivar Herfindal
Ivar Herfindal Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Russell Lande
Russell Lande Imperial College London
Reidar Andersen
Reidar Andersen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Marcel E. Visser
Marcel E. Visser University of Groningen
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Anne Loison
Anne Loison Université Savoie Mont Blanc
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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