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Kai Norrdahl is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, their work focuses on several key subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their main research topics cover Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, and Fire Effects on Ecosystems.

Kai Norrdahl has authored several recent papers that reflect these areas of interest. Notable publications include:

  • Within-season changes in habitat use of forest-dwelling boreal bats, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • The impact of tree crops and temperature on the timing of frugivorous bird migration, 2020, Oecologia
  • Not invasive status but plant overstory matters: open shrub canopies support greater plant and arthropod diversity and more complex food web structures compared to shady tree canopies, 2023, Arthropod-Plant Interactions
  • Restoration of boreal wetlands increases bat activity, 2024, Restoration Ecology

Their frequent coauthors include Thomas M. Lilley, Ville Vasko, Anna S. Blomberg, Jon E. Brommer, and Eero J. Vesterinen. This collaboration network spans multiple projects and publications.

Kai Norrdahl's work has been published in specialized venues, notably Ecology and Evolution, Oecologia, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, and Restoration Ecology. Each of these journals reflects aspects of their core research areas in ecology and environmental science.

Best Publications

  • Numerical and Functional Responses of Kestrels, Short‐Eared Owls, and Long‐Eared Owls to Vole Densities

    Erkki Korpimaki;Kai Norrdahl

  • Responses of stoats and least weasels to fluctuating food abundances: is the low phase of the vole cycle due to mustelid predation?

    Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Norrdahl;Tuija Rinta-Jaskari

  • DOES MOBILITY OR SEX OF VOLES AFFECT RISK OF PREDATION BY MAMMALIAN PREDATORS

    Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimäki

  • Experimental reduction of predators reverses the crash phase of small-rodent cycles

    Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Norrdahl

  • Predator-induced synchrony in population oscillations of coexisting small mammal species.

    Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Norrdahl;Otso Huitu;Tero Klemola

  • Dynamic effects of predators on cyclic voles: field experimentation and model extrapolation

    Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Norrdahl;Tero Klemola;Tero Klemola;Terje Pettersen

  • Variation in the diet composition of a generalist predator, the red fox, in relation to season and density of main prey

    Graziella Lucia Dell'Arte;Toni Laaksonen;Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimäki

  • Predation of Tengmalm's Owls: Numerical Responses, Functional Responses and Dampening Impact on Population Fluctuations of Microtines

    Erkki Korpimaki;Kai Norrdahl

  • WINTER FOOD SUPPLY LIMITS GROWTH OF NORTHERN VOLE POPULATIONS IN THE ABSENCE OF PREDATION

    Otso Huitu;Minna Koivula;Erkki Korpimäki;Tero Klemola

  • Do breeding nomadic avian predators dampen population fluctuations of small mammals

    Erkki Korpimaki;Kai Norrdahl

  • Population cycles in northern small mammals.

    Kai Norrdahl

  • Mortality factors in a cyclic vole population

    Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimaki

  • Experimental tests of predation and food hypotheses for population cycles of voles.

    Tero Klemola;Minna Koivula;Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Norrdahl

  • What you need is what you eat? Prey selection by the bat Myotis daubentonii

    Eero J Vesterinen;Eero J Vesterinen;Lasse Ruokolainen;Niklas Wahlberg;Niklas Wahlberg;Carlos Peña

  • Antibiotic resistance. How wild are wild mammals

    Monica Österblad;Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimäki;Pentti Huovinen

  • Reproductive investment under fluctuating predation risk: Microtine rodents and small mustelids

    Erkki Korpimaki;Kai Norrdahl;Jari Valkama

  • Mobility decisions and the predation risks of reintroduction

    Peter B Banks;Peter B Banks;Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimäki

  • Avian predation on mustelids in Europe 1: occurrence and effects on body size variation and life traits

    Erkki Korpimaki;Kai Norrdahl

  • AVIAN PREDATION RISK MODIFIES BREEDING BIRD COMMUNITY ON A FARMLAND AREA

    Jukka Suhonen;Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimaki

  • Effects of predator removal on vertebrate prey populations: birds of prey and small mammals.

    Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimäki

Frequent Co-Authors

Erkki Korpimäki
Erkki Korpimäki University of Turku
Tero Klemola
Tero Klemola University of Turku
Peter B. Banks
Peter B. Banks University of Sydney
Jukka Suhonen
Jukka Suhonen University of Turku
Pentti Huovinen
Pentti Huovinen University of Turku
Tarja Oksanen
Tarja Oksanen University of Turku
Lauri Oksanen
Lauri Oksanen University of Turku
Tomas Roslin
Tomas Roslin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
C. Anthony Hart
C. Anthony Hart University of Liverpool

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