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Nils Chr. Stenseth

Nils Chr. Stenseth

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Ecology and Evolution
Norway
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
136
Citations
72573
World Ranking
55
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Nils Chr. Stenseth is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics addressed in their work cover a variety of areas such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Yersinia Bacterium, Plague, and Ectoparasites Research, Species Distribution and Climate Change, COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Global Ecology and Conservation

Among recent papers published by Nils Chr. Stenseth are:

  • Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt climate change events over the past 6,700 years, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Spatial variation in biodiversity loss across China under multiple environmental stressors, 2020, Science Advances
  • Genomic stability through time despite decades of exploitation in cod on both sides of the Atlantic, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Toward a holistic understanding of pastoralism, 2021, One Earth
  • Risk and vulnerability of Mongolian grasslands under climate change, 2021, Environmental Research Letters

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research output. Frequent co-authors include Ruifu Yang, Afework Bekele, Anagaw Atickem, Peter J. Fashing, and Ottar N. Bjørnstad.

Awards granted to Nils Chr. Stenseth include:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2018
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2005

Best Publications

  • Using the satellite-derived NDVI to assess ecological responses to environmental change

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Jon Olav Vik;Atle Mysterud;Jean-Michel Gaillard

  • Ecological effects of climate fluctuations.

    Nils Chr Stenseth;Atle Mysterud;Geir Ottersen;James W. Hurrell

  • Ecological mechanisms and landscape ecology

    John A. Wiens;Nils Chr. Stenseth;Beatrice Van Horne;Rolf Anker Ims

  • Climate and the match or mismatch between predator requirements and resource availability

    Joël M. Durant;Dag Ø. Hjermann;Geir Ottersen;Nils Christian Stenseth

  • Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China

    ChaoQing Yu;Xiao Huang;Han Chen;H. Charles J. Godfray

  • Review article. Studying climate effects on ecology through the use of climate indices: the North Atlantic Oscillation, El Niño Southern Oscillation and beyond.

    Nils Chr. Stenseth;Geir Ottersen;James W. Hurrell;Atle Mysterud

  • Ecological effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation

    Geir Ottersen;Benjamin Planque;Andrea Belgrano;Eric S Post

  • The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system

    Bastiaan Star;Alexander J. Nederbragt;Sissel Jentoft;Unni Grimholt

  • Wavelet analysis of ecological time series

    Bernard Cazelles;Mario Chavez;Dominique Berteaux;Frédéric Ménard

  • CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, PLANT PHENOLOGY, AND NORTHERN UNGULATES

    Eric Post;Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • Climate, changing phenology, and other life history traits: Nonlinearity and match–mismatch to the environment

    Nils Chr. Stenseth;Atle Mysterud

  • Plague: past, present, and future.

    Nils Chr-H.-R. Stenseth;Bakyt B. Atshabar;Mike Begon;Steven R. Belmain

  • Rapid advance of spring arrival dates in long-distance migratory birds.

    Niclas Jonzén;Andreas Lindén;Torbjørn Ergon;Endre Knudsen

  • Linking climate change to lemming cycles

    Kyrre L. Kausrud;Atle Mysterud;Harald Steen;Harald Steen;Jon Olav Vik

  • Adapting to climate change: a perspective from evolutionary physiology

    Steven Loudon Chown;Ary Anthony Hoffmann;Torsten Nygaard Kristensen;Michael J Angilletta

  • Population cycles in voles and lemmings : density dependence and phase dependence in a stochastic world

    Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • Ecosystem consequences of wolf behavioural response to climate

    Eric S Post;Rolf O. Peterson;Nils Chr Stenseth;Brian E. McLaren

  • Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

    Endre Knudsen;Andreas Linden;Christiaan Both;Niclas Jonzen

  • Temporal and spatial development of red deer harvesting in Europe: biological and cultural factors

    Jos M. Milner;Jos M. Milner;Christophe Bonenfant;Christophe Bonenfant;Atle Mysterud;Jean‐Michel Gaillard

  • Mice, rats, and people: the bio‐economics of agricultural rodent pests

    Nils Chr Stenseth;Herwig Leirs;Anders Skonhoft;Stephen A. Davis

  • COEVOLUTION IN ECOSYSTEMS: RED QUEEN EVOLUTION OR STASIS?

    Nils Chr. Stenseth;J. Maynard Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Atle Mysterud
Atle Mysterud University of Oslo
Nigel G. Yoccoz
Nigel G. Yoccoz University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Geir Ottersen
Geir Ottersen University of Oslo
Rolf Langvatn
Rolf Langvatn Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University
Eric Post
Eric Post University of California, Davis
Leif Egil Loe
Leif Egil Loe Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Herwig Leirs
Herwig Leirs University of Antwerp
Kjetill S. Jakobsen
Kjetill S. Jakobsen University of Oslo
Lorenzo Ciannelli
Lorenzo Ciannelli Oregon State University

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