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Overview

Jarl Giske is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics explored in Giske's research are:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Giske has contributed to multiple scholarly papers over recent years, including:

  • "The ODD Protocol for Describing Agent-Based and Other Simulation Models: A Second Update to Improve Clarity, Replication, and Structural Realism" (2020), published in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
  • "Hormones as adaptive control systems in juvenile fish" (2020), published in Biology Open
  • "Computational animal welfare: towards cognitive architecture models of animal sentience, emotion and wellbeing" (2020), published in Royal Society Open Science
  • "Does fishing dismantle fish culture and ecosystem structure? Questions about the implications of social learning among fish and fishers" (2023), published in Fish and Fisheries
  • "Hormonal adjustments to future expectations impact growth and survival in juvenile fish" (2020), published in Oikos

Frequent collaborators with whom Giske has published include:

  • Sigrunn Eliassen
  • Christian Jørgensen
  • Jacqueline Weidner
  • Camilla Håkonsrud Jensen
  • Sergey Budaev

Their research has appeared frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Fish and Fisheries
  • Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
  • Biology Open
  • Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries
  • Royal Society Open Science

Best Publications

  • A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models

    Volker Grimm;Uta Berger;Finn Bastiansen;Sigrunn Eliassen

  • The ODD protocol: A review and first update

    Volker Grimm;Uta Berger;Donald L. DeAngelis;J. Gary Polhill

  • The ODD protocol for describing agent-based and other simulation models: A second update to improve clarity, replication, and structural realism

    Volker Grimm;Steven F. Railsback;Christian E. Vincenot;Uta Berger

  • Principles for the conservation of wild living resources

    Marc Mangel;Lee M. Talbot;Gary K. Meffe;M. Tundi Agardy

  • A theoretical model of aquatic visual feeding

    Dag L. Aksnes;Jarl Giske

  • A theoretical analysis of how strain-specific viruses can control microbial species diversity

    T. Frede Thingstad;Selina Våge;Julia E. Storesund;Ruth-Anne Sandaa

  • Vertical distribution and trophic interactions of zooplankton and fish in Masfjorden, Norway

    Jarl Giske;Dag Lorents Aksnes;Beatriz M. Balino;Stein Kaartvedt

  • Making Predictions in a Changing World: The Benefits of Individual-Based Ecology

    Richard A. Stillman;Steven F. Railsback;Jarl Giske;Uta Berger

  • A length-based hypothesis for feeding migrations in pelagic fish

    Leif Nøttestad;Jarl Giske;Jens Christian Holst;Geir Huse

  • Exploration or exploitation: life expectancy changes the value of learning in foraging strategies

    Sigrunn Eliassen;Christian Jørgensen;Marc Mangel;Jarl Giske

  • Artificial evolution of life history and behavior.

    Espen Strand;Geir Huse;Jarl Giske

  • Ecology in Mare Pentium: an individual-based spatio-temporal model for fish with adapted behaviour

    Geir Huse;Jarl Giske

  • Modeling zooplankton dynamics

    Francois Carlotti;J. Giske;Félix Werner

  • Habitat profitability in pelagic environments

    DL Aksnes;J. Giske

  • Cues and decision rules in animal migration

    Silke Bauer;Bart A. Nolet;Jarl Giske;Jason W. Chapman

  • Implementing behaviour in individual-based models using neural networks and genetic algorithms

    Geir Huse;Espen Strand;Jarl Giske

  • A dynamic optimization model of the diel vertical distribution of a pelagic planktivorous fish

    Rune Rosland;Jarl Giske

  • Decision-making from the animal perspective: Bridging ecology and subjective cognition

    Sergei Budaev;Christian Jørgensen;Marc Mangel;Marc Mangel;Sigrunn Eliassen

  • Ontogeny, season and trade-offs: Vertical distribution of the mesopelagic fish Maurolicus muelleri

    Jarl Giske;Dag L. Aksnes

  • Visual predators, environmental variables and zooplankton mortality risk

    J. Giske;D. L. Aksnes;Ø. Fiksen

  • The influence of turbidity on growth and survival of fish larvae: a numerical analysis

    Øyvind Fiksen;Dag L. Aksnes;Magni H. Flyum;Jarl Giske

Frequent Co-Authors

Dag L. Aksnes
Dag L. Aksnes University of Bergen
Geir Huse
Geir Huse Institute of Marine Research
Christian Jorgensen
Christian Jorgensen University of Bergen
Marc Mangel
Marc Mangel University of Bergen
Øyvind Fiksen
Øyvind Fiksen University of Bergen
Volker Grimm
Volker Grimm Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Uta Berger
Uta Berger TU Dresden
T. Frede Thingstad
T. Frede Thingstad University of Bergen
Stein Kaartvedt
Stein Kaartvedt University of Oslo

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