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Erling Johan Solberg is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant portion of their work situated within ecology. The scientist's contributions extend into subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, public health with an environmental and occupational focus, management, monitoring, policy and law, and molecular biology.

Key topics in Solberg's research include:

  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Rangeland management and livestock ecology
  • Wildlife-road interactions and conservation
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Parasite biology and host interactions
  • Prion diseases and protein misfolding

The scientist has published extensively in several journals, with notable frequency in the following venues:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Biological Conservation

Among recent publications are:

  • "The challenges and opportunities of coexisting with wild ungulates in the human-dominated landscapes of Europe's Anthropocene" (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • "Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations" (2021, Science)
  • "Sporadic cases of chronic wasting disease in old moose - an epidemiological study" (2024, Journal of General Virology)
  • "The accuracy and precision of age determination by dental cementum annuli in four northern cervids" (2020, European Journal of Wildlife Research)
  • "Identifying and correcting spatial bias in opportunistic citizen science data for wild ungulates in Norway" (2021, Ecology and Evolution)

Erling Johan Solberg has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Christer M. Rolandsen (14 joint publications)
  • Atle Mysterud (8 joint publications)
  • Bram Van Moorter (6 joint publications)
  • Erling L. Meisingset (5 joint publications)
  • Morten Heim (4 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

    Marlee A. Tucker;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;William F. Fagan;John M. Fryxell

  • A model-driven approach to quantify migration patterns: individual, regional and yearly differences.

    Nils Bunnefeld;Luca Börger;Bram van Moorter;Christer M. Rolandsen

  • Dynamics of a harvested moose population in a variable environment

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

  • The challenges and opportunities of coexisting with wild ungulates in the human-dominated landscapes of Europe’s Anthropocene

    John Durrus Linnell;Benjamin Cretois;Erlend Birkeland Nilsen;Christer Moe Rolandsen

  • The fear of wolves: A review of wolf attacks on humans

    John Linnell;Reidar Andersen;Zanete Andersone;Linas Balciauskas

  • Status of moose populations and challenges to moose management in Fennoscandia.

    S. Lavsund;T. Nygrén;E. J. Solberg

  • Body mass and winter mortality in red deer calves: disentangling sex and climate effects

    Anne Loison;Rolf Langvatn;Erling Johan Solberg

  • Home ranges, habitat and body mass: simple correlates of home range size in ungulates.

    Endre Grüner Ofstad;Ivar Herfindal;Erling Johan Solberg;Bernt-Erik Sæther

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

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

  • Habitat quality influences population distribution, individual space use and functional responses in habitat selection by a large herbivore

    Kari Bjørneraas;Ivar Herfindal;Erling Johan Solberg;Bernt-Erik Sæther

  • Moose Alces alces habitat use at multiple temporal scales in a human-altered landscape

    Kari Bjørneraas;Erling Johan Solberg;Ivar Herfindal;Bram Van Moorter

  • REVIEW: Can habitat selection predict abundance?

    Mark S. Boyce;Chris J. Johnson;Evelyn H. Merrill;Scott E. Nielsen

  • Resource Management Cycles and the Sustainability of Harvested Wildlife Populations

    John M. Fryxell;Craig Packer;Kevin McCann;Erling J. Solberg

  • Factors Affecting Juvenile Survival in House Sparrow Passer domesticus

    Thor Harald Ringsby;Bernt-Erik Saether;Erling Johan Solberg

  • Ageing and reproductive effort in male moose under variable levels of intrasexual competition

    Atle Mysterud;Erling J. Solberg;Nigel G. Yoccoz

  • Understanding scales of movement: animals ride waves and ripples of environmental change.

    Bram van Moorter;Nils Bunnefeld;Nils Bunnefeld;Manuela Panzacchi;Christer M Rolandsen

  • CLIMATE CAUSES LARGE-SCALE SPATIAL SYNCHRONY IN POPULATION FLUCTUATIONS OF A TEMPERATE HERBIVORE

    Vidar Grøtan;Bernt-Erik SÆther;Steinar Engen;Erling Johan Solberg

  • Is the Fear of Wolves Justified? A Fennoscandian Perspective

    John D. C. Linnell;Erling J. Solberg;Scott Brainerd;Olof Liberg

  • Scale dependency and functional response in moose habitat selection

    Ivar Herfindal;Jean‐Pierre Tremblay;Brage B. Hansen;Erling J. Solberg

  • Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations.

    Matthew J. Kauffman;Francesca Cagnacci;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Mark Hebblewhite

  • Activity patterns of predator and prey: a simultaneous study of GPS-collared wolves and moose

    Ane Eriksen;Petter Wabakken;Barbara Zimmermann;Harry Peter Andreassen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernt-Erik Sæther
Bernt-Erik Sæther Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ivar Herfindal
Ivar Herfindal Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Atle Mysterud
Atle Mysterud University of Oslo
Gunnar Austrheim
Gunnar Austrheim Norwegian University of Science and Technology
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
James D. M. Speed
James D. M. Speed Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Vidar Grøtan
Vidar Grøtan Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Anne Loison
Anne Loison Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Håkan Sand
Håkan Sand Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Rolf Langvatn
Rolf Langvatn Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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