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4782
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7594
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129

Ivar Herfindal publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ivar Herfindal sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 107 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Ivar Herfindal D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ivar Herfindal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ivar Herfindal is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their primary research area lies within Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology and related subfields.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and studies involving Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites. Other notable topics include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation.

Herfindal has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "The Moran effect revisited: spatial population synchrony under global warming" (2020), published in Ecography
  • "Predator co-occurrence in alpine and Arctic tundra in relation to fluctuating prey" (2022), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Participatory monitoring drives biodiversity knowledge in global protected areas" (2023), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Highways associated with expansion of boreal scavengers into the alpine tundra of Fennoscandia" (2020), published in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Opposing fitness consequences of habitat use in a harvested moose population" (2020), published in Journal of Animal Ecology

The scientist frequently publishes in several scientific journals. The most common venues include:

  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Climate Research
  • Ecography
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology

Herfindal collaborates closely with a number of coauthors, with whom they have multiple joint publications. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Aline Magdalena Lee
  • Brage Bremset Hansen
  • Bernt-Erik Sæther
  • Flurin Filli
  • Ellen C. Martin

Their research spans various ecological subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Best Publications

  • Prey density, environmental productivity and home-range size in the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

    Ivar Herfindal;John D. C. Linnell;John Odden;Erlend Birkeland Nilsen

  • Screening Global Positioning System Location Data for Errors Using Animal Movement Characteristics

    Kari Bjørneraas;Bram Van Moorter;Christer Moe Rolandsen;Ivar Herfindal

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • What shapes Eurasian lynx distribution in human dominated landscapes: selecting prey or avoiding people?

    Mathieu Basille;Ivar Herfindal;Hugues Santin-Janin;John D. C. Linnell

  • Can intra-specific variation in carnivore home-range size be explained using remote-sensing estimates of environmental productivity?

    Erlend B. Nilsen;Ivar Herfindal;John D. C. Linnell

  • Predicting the continuum between corridors and barriers to animal movements using Step Selection Functions and Randomized Shortest Paths.

    Manuela Panzacchi;Bram Van Moorter;Olav Strand;Marco Saerens

  • 'You shall not pass!': quantifying barrier permeability and proximity avoidance by animals.

    Hawthorne L. Beyer;Eliezer Gurarie;Eliezer Gurarie;Luca Börger;Manuela Panzacchi

  • Lynx depredation on domestic sheep in Norway

    John Odden;John D. C. Linnell;Pal Fossland Moa;Ivar Herfindal

  • Scale dependency and functional response in moose habitat selection

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

  • Selecting Habitat to Survive: The Impact of Road Density on Survival in a Large Carnivore

    Mathieu Basille;Mathieu Basille;Bram F. A. Van Moorter;Ivar Herfindal;Jodie Martin;Jodie Martin

  • Population characteristics predict responses in moose body mass to temporal variation in the environment.

    Ivar Herfindal;Bernt‐Erik Sæther;Erling Johan Solberg;Reidar Andersen

  • Environmental phenology and geographical gradients in moose body mass

    Ivar Herfindal;Erling Johan Solberg;Bernt-Erik Sæther;Kjell Arild Høgda

  • Functional response in habitat selection and the tradeoffs between foraging niche components in a large herbivore

    Brage Bremset Hansen;Ivar Herfindal;Ronny Aanes;Bernt‐Erik Sæther

  • The length of growing season and adult sex ratio affect sexual size dimorphism in moose.

    Mathieu Garel;Mathieu Garel;Erling Johan Solberg;Bernt-Erik SÆther;Ivar Herfindal

  • Vulnerability of Domestic Sheep to Lynx Depredation in Relation to Roe Deer Density

    John Odden;Ivar Herfindal;John D. C. Linnell;Reidar Andersen

  • People and Wildlife: Zoning as a means of mitigating conflicts with large carnivores: principles and reality

    John D. C. Linnell;Erlend Birkeland Nilsen;Unni Støbet Lande;Ivar Herfindal

  • DOES RECREATIONAL HUNTING OF LYNX REDUCE DEPREDATION LOSSES OF DOMESTIC SHEEP

    Ivar Herfindal;John D. C. Linnell;Pål F. Moa;John Odden

  • The Moran effect revisited: spatial population synchrony under global warming

    Brage B. Hansen;Vidar Grøtan;Ivar Herfindal;Aline M. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernt-Erik Sæther
Bernt-Erik Sæther Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Erling Johan Solberg
Erling Johan Solberg Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Reidar Andersen
Reidar Andersen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
John Odden
John Odden Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Vidar Grøtan
Vidar Grøtan Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Torkild Tveraa
Torkild Tveraa Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Steinar Engen
Steinar Engen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Anne Loison
Anne Loison Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Rolf A. Ims
Rolf A. Ims University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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