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Øystein Wiig

Øystein Wiig

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
14921
World Ranking
1208
National Ranking
18

Overview

Øystein Wiig is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway, focusing on research primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their publication record spans various subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Genetics, Oceanography, and General Health Professions.

Their research interests encompass several key topics: marine animal studies overview, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, wildlife ecology and conservation, cryospheric studies and observations, marine and coastal plant biology, indigenous studies and ecology, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Øystein Wiig has contributed to a range of scientific publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • Arctic-adapted dogs emerged at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (2020, Science)
  • Interrelated ecological impacts of climate change on an apex predator (2020, Ecological Applications)
  • Genomes of Pleistocene Siberian Wolves Uncover Multiple Extinct Wolf Lineages (2020, Current Biology)
  • Glacial ice supports a distinct and undocumented polar bear subpopulation persisting in late 21st-century sea-ice conditions (2022, Science)
  • A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Lutz Bachmann, Erik W. Born, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Kristin L. Laidre, and Jon Aars. Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science, Ecological Applications, Global Change Biology, and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Best Publications

  • QUANTIFYING THE SENSITIVITY OF ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS TO CLIMATE-INDUCED HABITAT CHANGE

    Kristin L. Laidre;Ian Stirling;Lloyd F. Lowry;Øystein Wiig

  • Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century.

    Kristin L. Laidre;Harry Stern;Kit M. Kovacs;Lloyd Lowry

  • Predicting 21st‐century polar bear habitat distribution from global climate models

    George M. Durner;David C. Douglas;Ryan M. Nielson;Steven C. Amstrup

  • What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota

    Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne;Niladri Basu;Birgit Braune

  • Polar and brown bear genomes reveal ancient admixture and demographic footprints of past climate change

    Webb Miller;Stephan C. Schuster;Stephan C. Schuster;Andreanna J. Welch;Aakrosh Ratan

  • Genetic structure of the world's polar bear populations.

    David Paetkau;Steven C. Amstrup;E.W. Born;W. Calvert

  • Organochlorines in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard.

    Aksel Bernhoft;Øystein Wiig;Øystein Wiig;Janneche Utne Skaare

  • Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Contaminants in Polar Bears from Eastern Russia, North America, Greenland, and Svalbard: Biomonitoring of Arctic Pollution

    R J Norstrom;S E Belikov;E W Born;G W Garner

  • Complete mitochondrial genome of a Pleistocene jawbone unveils the origin of polar bear

    Charlotte Lindqvist;Stephan C. Schuster;Yazhou Sun;Sandra L. Talbot

  • Congener-specific accumulation and food chain transfer of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in two arctic food chains.

    Hans Wolkers;Bert Van Bavel;Andrew E. Derocher;Øystein Wiig

  • Diet composition of polar bears in Svalbard and the western Barents Sea

    Andrew E. Derocher;Øystein Wiig;Magnus Andersen

  • Predation of Svalbard reindeer by polar bears

    Andrew E. Derocher;Øystein Wiig;Georg Bangjord

  • Postnatal growth in body length and mass of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard

    A. E. Derocher;Ø. Wiig

  • Space-use strategies of female polar bears in a dynamic sea ice habitat

    Mette Mauritzen;Andrew E Derocher;Øystein Wiig

  • Relationships between PCBs and Thyroid Hormones and Retinol in Female and Male Polar Bears

    Marte Braathen;Andrew E Derocher;Øystein Wiig;Eugen G Sørmo

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls and reproductive hormones in female polar bears at Svalbard.

    Marte Haave;Erik Ropstad;Andrew E Derocher;Elisabeth Lie

  • Relationships between plasma levels of organochlorines, retinol and thyroid hormones from polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard.

    Janneche Utne Skaare;Aksel Bernhoft;Øystein Wiig;Kaare R. Norum

  • Organochlorines affect the major androgenic hormone, testosterone, in male polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard.

    Irma C. Oskam;Erik Ropstad;Ellen Dahl;Elisabeth Lie

  • Two centuries of the Scandinavian wolf population: patterns of genetic variability and migration during an era of dramatic decline

    O. Flagstad;C. W. Walker;C. Vila;A.-K. Sundqvist

  • Possible immunotoxic effects of organochlorines in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard.

    Aksel Bernhoft;Janneche U. Skaare;Oystein Wiig;Andrew E. Derocher

  • Interspecific Gene Flow Shaped the Evolution of the Genus Canis.

    Shyam Gopalakrishnan;Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding;Jazmín Ramos-Madrigal;Jonas Niemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew E. Derocher
Andrew E. Derocher University of Alberta
Erik W. Born
Erik W. Born University of Alberta
Jon Aars
Jon Aars Norwegian Polar Institute
Janneche Utne Skaare
Janneche Utne Skaare Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Kristin L. Laidre
Kristin L. Laidre University of Washington
Christian Lydersen
Christian Lydersen Norwegian Polar Institute
Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Rune Dietz
Rune Dietz Aarhus University
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Bjørn Munro Jenssen
Bjørn Munro Jenssen Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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