Jos Milner / Staff/ Ansatte / Campus Evenstad / English / hihm

Associate professor

E-mail: jos.milner@hihm.no

Phone: +47 62430874

Fax: +47 62430851

Mailing address:

Hedmark University College

Faculty of Forestry and Wildlife Management

Campus Evenstad

NO-2480 Koppang

Norway

Research interests:

Population dynamics and grazing ecology of ungulates and the implications of these for applied management and conservation issues. Specifically, the interactions of factors such as body size and diet selection at the individual level, together with density, environmental conditions and management processes such as harvesting and supplementary feeding at the population level, on individual fitness and population dynamics. Study species include red deer, wild and domestic sheep, Svalbard reindeer and moose in UK and Norway.

Teaching:

Current Topics in Applied Ecology (master-level course in English) & occasional lecturer in Game Management and Carnivore Management bachelor-level courses. Supervision of phd, masters and undergraduate students.

Selected publications:

Milner, J.M., Nilsen, E.B., Andreassen, H.P. (2007) Demographic side effects of selective hunting in ungulates and carnivores. Conservation Biology 21 , 36-47.

Milner, J.M., Bonenfant, C., Mysterud, A., Gaillard, J.-M., Csányi, S. & Stenseth, N.C. (2006) Temporal and spatial development of red deer harvesting in Europe - biological and cultural factors. Journal of Applied Ecology 43 , 721-734.

Milner, J.M., Nilsen, E.B., Wabakken, P. & Storaas, T. (2005) Hunting moose or keeping sheep? – Producing meat in areas with carnivores. Alces 41 , 49-61.

Nilsen, E., Pettersen, T., Gundersen, H., Milner, J.M. , Mysterud, A., Solberg, E., Andreassen, H. & Stenseth, N.C. (2005) Moose harvesting strategies in the presence of wolves. Journal of Applied Ecology 42 , 389-399.

Pollock, M.L., Milner, J.M. , Waterhouse, A., Holland, J.P., Legg, C.J. (2005) Impacts of livestock in regenerating upland birch woodlands in Scotland. Biological Conservation 123 , 443-452.

Clutton-Brock, T.H., Coulson, T. & Milner, J.M. (2004) Red deer stocks in the Highlands of Scotland. Nature 429 , 261-262.

Milner, J.M. , Stien, A., Irvine, R.J., Albon, S.D., Langvatn, R. & Ropstad, E. (2003) Body condition in Svalbard reindeer and the use of blood parameters as indicators of condition and fitness Canadian Journal of Zoology 81 , 1566-1578.

Hutchings, M.R. , Milner, J.M. , Gordon, I.J., Kyriazakis, I. & Jackson, F. (2002) Grazing decisions of Soay sheep, Ovis aries , on St. Kilda: a consequence of parasite distribution? Oikos 96 , 235-244.

Milner, J.M. , Pemberton, J.M. Brotherstone, S. & Albon, S.D. (2000) Estimating variance components and heritabilities in the wild: a case study using the ‘animal model’ approach. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13 , 804-814.

Milner, J.M. , Elston, D.A. & Albon, S.D. (1999) Estimating the contributions of population density and climatic fluctuations to interannual variation in survival of Soay sheep. Journal of Animal Ecology 68 , 1235-1247.

Milner, J.M. , Albon, S.D., Illius A.W., Pemberton, J.M. & Clutton-Brock, T.H. (1999) Repeated selection of morphometric traits in the Soay sheep on St. Kilda. Journal of Animal Ecology 68 , 472-488.


Associate professor E-mail: jos.milner@hihm.no Phone: +47 62430874 Fax: +47 62430851 Mailing address: Hedmark University College Faculty of Forestry and Wildlife Management Campus Evenstad NO-2480 Koppang Norway

Research interests: Population dynamics and grazing ecology of ungulates and the implications of these for applied management and conservation issues. Specifically, the interactions of factors such as body size and diet selection at the individual level, together with density, environmental conditions and management processes such as harvesting and supplementary feeding at the population level, on individual fitness and population dynamics. Study species include red deer, wild and domestic sheep, Svalbard reindeer and moose in UK and Norway.

Teaching: Current Topics in Applied Ecology (master-level course in English) & occasional lecturer in Game Management and Carnivore Management bachelor-level courses. Supervision of phd, masters and undergraduate students.

Selected publications: Milner, J.M., Nilsen, E.B., Andreassen, H.P. (2007) Demographic side effects of selective hunting in ungulates and carnivores. Conservation Biology 21 , 36-47. Milner, J.M., Bonenfant, C., Mysterud, A., Gaillard, J.-M., Csányi, S. & Stenseth, N.C. (2006) Temporal and spatial development of red deer harvesting in Europe - biological and cultural factors. Journal of Applied Ecology 43 , 721-734. Milner, J.M., Nilsen, E.B., Wabakken, P. & Storaas, T. (2005) Hunting moose or keeping sheep? – Producing meat in areas with carnivores. Alces 41 , 49-61. Nilsen, E., Pettersen, T., Gundersen, H., Milner, J.M. , Mysterud, A., Solberg, E., Andreassen, H. & Stenseth, N.C. (2005) Moose harvesting strategies in the presence of wolves. Journal of Applied Ecology 42 , 389-399. Pollock, M.L., Milner, J.M. , Waterhouse, A., Holland, J.P., Legg, C.J. (2005) Impacts of livestock in regenerating upland birch woodlands in Scotland. Biological Conservation 123 , 443-452. Clutton-Brock, T.H., Coulson, T. & Milner, J.M. (2004) Red deer stocks in the Highlands of Scotland. Nature 429 , 261-262. Milner, J.M. , Stien, A., Irvine, R.J., Albon, S.D., Langvatn, R. & Ropstad, E. (2003) Body condition in Svalbard reindeer and the use of blood parameters as indicators of condition and fitness Canadian Journal of Zoology 81 , 1566-1578. Hutchings, M.R. , Milner, J.M. , Gordon, I.J., Kyriazakis, I. & Jackson, F. (2002) Grazing decisions of Soay sheep, Ovis aries , on St. Kilda: a consequence of parasite distribution? Oikos 96 , 235-244. Milner, J.M. , Pemberton, J.M. Brotherstone, S. & Albon, S.D. (2000) Estimating variance components and heritabilities in the wild: a case study using the ‘animal model’ approach. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13 , 804-814. Milner, J.M. , Elston, D.A. & Albon, S.D. (1999) Estimating the contributions of population density and climatic fluctuations to interannual variation in survival of Soay sheep. Journal of Animal Ecology 68 , 1235-1247. Milner, J.M. , Albon, S.D., Illius A.W., Pemberton, J.M. & Clutton-Brock, T.H. (1999) Repeated selection of morphometric traits in the Soay sheep on St. Kilda. Journal of Animal Ecology 68 , 472-488.