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D-Index
31
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3525
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8251
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142

Svein Dale 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 Svein Dale sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 88 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Svein Dale 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 Svein Dale sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Svein Dale is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. The main areas of study include ecology, ecology evolution behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, plant science, and global and planetary change.

Their work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Animal ecology and behavior studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Berry genetics and cultivation research
  • Turfgrass adaptation and management

Svein Dale has published research in multiple journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Ornis Norvegica
  • Journal für Ornithologie
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Urban Ecosystems

Representative recent publications include:

  • "Bird tolerance to humans in open tropical ecosystems," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Bird population changes in urban green spaces explained by regional population trends," 2024, Urban Ecosystems
  • "Irruptions of Pine Grosbeaks pulled by Rowanberry peaks in southern areas," 2022, Journal für Ornithologie
  • "Irruptions of Bohemian Waxwings in relation to population density and food availability," 2023, Journal für Ornithologie
  • "Relative magnitude of two Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula) irruptions to southern Norway: comparison of citizen data and survey data," 2022, Ornis Norvegica

Svein Dale collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors including Peter Mikula, Oldřich Tomášek, Dušan Romportl, Timothy Khan Aikins, and Jorge Enrique Avendaño.

Best Publications

  • Female‐biased dispersal, low female recruitment, unpaired males, and the extinction of small and isolated bird populations

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  • Predation favours cryptic coloration in breeding male pied flycatchers

    Tore Slagsvold;Svein Dale;Andrzej Kruszewicz

  • Risk taking during parental care: a test of three hypotheses applied to the pied flycatcher

    S. Dale;Roar Gustavsen;Tore Slagsvold

  • Mate choice on multiple cues, decision rules and sampling strategies in female pied flycatchers

    Svein Dale;Tore Slagsvold

  • Disappearance of Female Pied Flycatchers in Relation to Breeding Stage and Experimentally Induced Molt

    Tore Slagsvold;Svein Dale

  • Competition for a mate restricts mate search of female pied flycatchers

    Svein Dale;Helge Rinden;Tore Slagsvold

  • Female pied flycatchers prefer brightly coloured males

    Glenn-Peter Sætre;Svein Dale;Tore Slagsvold

  • Urban bird community composition influenced by size of urban green spaces, presence of native forest, and urbanization

    Svein Dale

  • Dawn singing in the great tit (Parus major) : mate attraction, mate guarding, or territorial defence ?

    Tore Slagsvold;Svein Dale;Glenn-Peter Saetre

  • Viability of an endangered population of ortolan buntings: The effect of a skewed operational sex ratio

    Øyvind Steifetten;Svein Dale

  • Edge Effects on the Understory Bird Community in a Logged Forest in Uganda

    Svein Dale;Kjetil Mork;Rune Solvang;Andrew J. Plumptre

  • Costs and benefits of hatching asynchrony in blue tits Parus caeruleus

    Tore Slagsvold;Trond Amundsen;Svein Dale

  • Mate sampling behaviour of female pied flycatchers: evidence for active mate choice

    Svein Dale;Trond Amundsen;Jan T. Lifjeld;Tore Slagsvold

  • Longer breeding dispersal than natal dispersal in the ortolan bunting

    Svein Dale;Anne Lunde;Øyvind Steifetten

  • How do birds search for breeding areas at the landscape level? Interpatch movements of male ortolan buntings

    Svein Dale;Øyvind Steifetten;Tomasz S. Osiejuk;Katarzyna Losak

  • Effects of blood parasites on sexual and natural selection in the pied flycather

    S. Dale;A. Kruszewicz;T. Slagsvold

  • Female Contests for Nest Sites and Mates in the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

    Svein Dale;Tore Slagsvold

  • POPULATION DIVERGENCE IN SEXUAL ORNAMENTS: THE WHITE FOREHEAD PATCH OF NORWEGIAN PIED FLYCATCHERS IS SMALL AND UNSEXY.

    Svein Dale;Tore Slagsvold;Helene M. Lampe;Glenn-Peter Saetre

  • Female-female aggression explains polyterritoriality in male pied flycatchers

    Tore Slagsvold;Trond Amundsen;Svein Dale;Helene Lampe

  • Why do female pied flycatchers mate with already mated males: deception or restricted mate sampling?

    Tore Slagsvold;Svein Dale

  • Selection by sexual conflict for evenly spaced offspring in blue tits

    Tore Slagsvold;Trond Amundsen;Svein Dale

Frequent Co-Authors

Tore Slagsvold
Tore Slagsvold University of Oslo
Raphaël Arlettaz
Raphaël Arlettaz University of Bern
Frédéric Jiguet
Frédéric Jiguet French National Museum of Natural History
Trond Amundsen
Trond Amundsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Jan T. Lifjeld
Jan T. Lifjeld University of Oslo
Glenn-Peter Sætre
Glenn-Peter Sætre University of Oslo
Stein R. Moe
Stein R. Moe Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Franz Bairlein
Franz Bairlein Max Planck Society
Hans Ellegren
Hans Ellegren Uppsala University
Petr Procházka
Petr Procházka Czech Academy of Sciences

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