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Rune Knudsen 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 Rune Knudsen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 134 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rune Knudsen 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 Rune Knudsen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Rune Knudsen is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway in Norway. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Aquatic Science, and Parasitology as key subfields.

The research topics covered by Knudsen include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, and Parasites and Host Interactions.

Knudsen has contributed to several recent papers in various scientific journals:

  • The effect of inter- and intraspecific competition on individual and population niche widths: a four-decade study on two interacting salmonids (2021), published in Oikos
  • Cercarial behaviour alters the consumer functional response of three-spined sticklebacks (2021), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Seasonal dietary shifts enhance parasite transmission to lake salmonids during ice cover (2020), published in Ecology and Evolution
  • Exploring temporal patterns in fish feeding ecology: Are ontogenetic dietary shifts stable over time? (2022), published in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Temperature does not influence functional response of amphipods consuming different trematode prey (2020), published in Parasitology Research

Frequent co-authors frequently collaborating with Knudsen include Per-Arne Amundsen, Eirik H. Henriksen, Isabel Blasco-Costa, Jan Brabec, and Miroslava Soldánová.

Publication venues where Knudsen has commonly published work include:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Oikos
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Parallel evolution of ecomorphological traits in the European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus (L.) species complex during postglacial times

    K. Østbye;P.‐A. Amundsen;L. Bernatchez;A. Klemetsen

  • Culling prey promotes predator recovery--alternative states in a whole-lake experiment.

    Lennart Persson;Lennart Persson;Lennart Persson;Per-Arne Amundsen;Per-Arne Amundsen;Per-Arne Amundsen;André M. De Roos;André M. De Roos;André M. De Roos;Anders Klemetsen;Anders Klemetsen;Anders Klemetsen

  • Food web topology and parasites in the pelagic zone of a subarctic lake

    Per-Arne Amundsen;Kevin D. Lafferty;Rune Knudsen;Raul Primicerio

  • Intraspecific competition and density dependence of food consumption and growth in Arctic charr

    Per-Arne Amundsen;Rune Knudsen;Anders Klemetsen

  • Ecological speciation in postglacial European whitefish: rapid adaptive radiations into the littoral, pelagic, and profundal lake habitats

    Kim Præbel;Rune Knudsen;Anna Siwertsson;Markku Karhunen

  • Incipient speciation through niche expansion: an example from the Arctic charr in a subarctic lake

    Rune Knudsen;Anders Klemetsen;Per-Arne Amundsen;Bjørn Hermansen

  • The role of gill raker number variability in adaptive radiation of coregonid fish

    Kimmo Kahilainen;Anna Siwertsson;Karl Øystein Gjelland;Rune Knudsen

  • Sympatric diversification as influenced by ecological opportunity and historical contingency in a young species lineage of whitefish

    Anna Siwertsson;Rune Knudsen;Kimmo K. Kahilainen;Kim Præbel

  • Parasitism and the Biodiversity-Functioning Relationship.

    André Frainer;André Frainer;Brendan G. McKie;Per-Arne Amundsen;Rune Knudsen

  • A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems

    Skúli Skúlason;Kevin J. Parsons;Richard Svanbäck;Katja Räsänen

  • Temporal stability of individual feeding specialization may promote speciation

    Rune Knudsen;Raul Primicerio;Per-Arne Amundsen;Anders Klemetsen

  • Niche segregation of coexisting Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) constrains food web coupling in subarctic lakes

    Antti P. Eloranta;Rune Knudsen;Per-Arne Amundsen

  • AGGREGATION OF HELMINTHS: THE ROLE OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF FISH HOSTS

    Rune Knudsen;Mark A. Curtis;Roar Kristoffersen

  • Habitat, diet and food assimilation of Arctic charr under the winter ice in two subarctic lakes

    A. Klemetsen;R. Knudsen;F. J. Staldvik;P.-A. Amundsen

  • Evidence for genetic differences in the offspring of two sympatric morphs of Arctic charr

    A. Klemetsen;J. M. Elliott;R. Knudsen;P. Sørensen

  • Geographical differences in marine feeding of Atlantic salmon post-smolts in Norwegian fjords

    A. H. Rikardsen;M. Haugland;P. A. Bjørn;B. Finstad

  • Lake size and fish diversity determine resource use and trophic position of a top predator in high-latitude lakes.

    Antti P. Eloranta;Kimmo K. Kahilainen;Per-Arne Amundsen;Rune Knudsen

  • Molecular analyses reveal high species diversity of trematodes in a sub-Arctic lake.

    Miroslava Soldánová;Simona Georgieva;Jana Roháčová;Rune Knudsen

  • Winter ecology of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a subarctic lake, Norway

    Per-Arne Amundsen;Rune Knudsen

  • Seasonal and ontogenetic variations in resource use by two sympatric Arctic charr morphs

    Per-Arne Amundsen;Rune Knudsen;Anders Klemetsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Per-Arne Amundsen
Per-Arne Amundsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Anders Klemetsen
Anders Klemetsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Kim Præbel
Kim Præbel University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Colin E. Adams
Colin E. Adams University of Glasgow
Raul Primicerio
Raul Primicerio University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Kimmo K. Kahilainen
Kimmo K. Kahilainen University of Helsinki
Kevin D. Lafferty
Kevin D. Lafferty United States Geological Survey
Armand M. Kuris
Armand M. Kuris University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Power
Michael Power University of Waterloo
Isabel Blasco-Costa
Isabel Blasco-Costa Natural History Museum of Geneva

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