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Bjørn Dahle is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research spans primarily across Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on insect science and related ecological and genetic studies.

Their work covers several subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Sociology and Political Science. The main topics explored in their publications include Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Misinformation and Its Impacts, as well as Bee Products Chemical Analysis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bjørn Dahle include:

  • Melissa A. Y. Oddie
  • Peter Neumann
  • Barbara Locke
  • Dirk C. de Graaf
  • Joachim R. de Miranda

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues with multiple papers in several journals. The most frequent venues are:

  • Journal of Apicultural Research
  • Insects
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bee World
  • Scientific Reports

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Bjørn Dahle are:

  • Honey bee colony winter loss rates for 35 countries participating in the COLOSS survey for winter 2018-2019, and the effects of a new queen on the risk of colony winter loss (2020), Journal of Apicultural Research
  • Evaluation of Suppressed Mite Reproduction (SMR) Reveals Potential for Varroa Resistance in European Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) (2020), Insects
  • Shift in virus composition in honeybees (Apis mellifera) following worldwide invasion by the parasitic mite and virus vector Varroa destructor (2024), Royal Society Open Science
  • CSI Pollen: Diversity of Honey Bee Collected Pollen Studied by Citizen Scientists (2021), Insects
  • Reproductive success of the parasitic mite (Varroa destructor) is lower in honeybee colonies that target infested cells with recapping (2021), Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    Andreas Wallberg;Fan Han;Gustaf Wellhagen;Bjørn Dahle

  • Managed honey bee colony losses in Canada, China, Europe, Israel and Turkey, for the winters of 2008–9 and 2009–10

    Romee van der Zee;Lennard Pisa;Sreten Andonov;Robert Brodschneider

  • Home ranges in adult Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos): effect of mass, sex, reproductive category, population density and habitat type

    Bjørn Dahle;Jon E. Swenson

  • Seasonal range size in relation to reproductive strategies in brown bears Ursus arctos

    Bjørn Dahle;Jon E. Swenson

  • The diet of brown bears Ursus arctos in central Scandinavia: effect of access to free-ranging domestic sheep Ovis aries

    Bjørn Dahle;Ole J. Sørensen;Egil H. Wedul;Jon E. Swenson

  • A review of methods for discrimination of honey bee populations as applied to European beekeeping

    Maria Bouga;Cedric Alaux;Malgorzata Bienkowska;Ralph Büchler

  • Loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2017/18 in 36 countries participating in the COLOSS survey, including effects of forage sources

    Alison Gray;Robert Brodschneider;Noureddine Adjlane;Alexis Ballis

  • Genetic integrity of the Dark European honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) from protected populations: a genome-wide assessment using SNPs and mtDNA sequence data

    M Alice Pinto;Dora Henriques;Julio Chavez-Galarza;Per Kryger

  • Multi-country loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2016/2017 from the COLOSS survey

    Robert Brodschneider;Alison Gray;Noureddine Adjlane;Alexis Ballis

  • Results of international standardised beekeeper surveys of colony losses for winter 2012–2013: analysis of winter loss rates and mixed effects modelling of risk factors for winter loss

    Romee van der Zee;Robert Brodschneider;Valters Brusbardis;Jean-Daniel Charriere

  • Action Plan for the conservation of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) in Europe

    Jon E. Swenson;Norbert Gerstl;Bjørn Dahle;Andreas Zedrosser

  • Population Density and Food Conditions Determine Adult Female Body Size in Brown Bears

    Andreas Zedrosser;Bjørn Dahle;Jon E. Swenson

  • Honey bee colony winter loss rates for 35 countries participating in the COLOSS survey for winter 2018–2019, and the effects of a new queen on the risk of colony winter loss

    Alison Gray;Noureddine Adjlane;Alireza Arab;Alexis Ballis

  • Seasonal and annual variation in the diet of brown bears Ursus arctos in the boreal forest of southcentral Sweden

    Nina Emilie Stenset;Paul Antoni Nilsen Lutnæs;Valgerður Bjarnadóttir;Bjørn Steinar Dahle

  • Predation on Moose Calves by European Brown Bears

    Jon E. Swenson;Björn Dahle;Helena Busk;Ole Opseth

  • Preliminary analysis of loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2015/16 from the COLOSS survey

    Robert Brodschneider;Alison Gray;Romée van der Zee;Noureddine Adjlane

  • The role of Varroa destructor for honey bee colony losses in Norway

    Bjørn Dahle

  • FAMILY BREAKUP IN BROWN BEARS: ARE YOUNG FORCED TO LEAVE?

    Bjørn Dahle;J. O. N. E. Swenson

  • The effects of primiparity on reproductive performance in the brown bear

    Andreas Zedrosser;Bjørn Dahle;Ole-Gunnar Støen;Jon E. Swenson

  • Factors influencing length of maternal care in brown bears (Ursus arctos) and its effect on offspring

    Bjørn Dahle;Jon E. Swenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon E. Swenson
Jon E. Swenson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Peter J. Neumann
Peter J. Neumann University of Bern
Andreas Zedrosser
Andreas Zedrosser University of South-Eastern Norway
Yves Le Conte
Yves Le Conte INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Karl Crailsheim
Karl Crailsheim University of Graz
Per Kryger
Per Kryger Aarhus University
Ole-Gunnar Støen
Ole-Gunnar Støen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Joachim R. de Miranda
Joachim R. de Miranda Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Christian Walter Werner Pirk
Christian Walter Werner Pirk University of Pretoria
Lucy J. Robertson
Lucy J. Robertson Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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