Simen Pedersen
PhD Student
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E-mail: Simen.Pedersen@hihm.no Phone: +47 62430843 Fax: +47 62430851
Mailing address: Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Campus Evenstad Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences Hedmark University College NO-2480 Koppang Norway |
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Research interests: I’m a PhD student here at Evenstad working on indirect effects of large herbivores. I’m focusing on how large herbivores in two study systems (the boreal forest in Scandinavia and coastal heath in Australia) affect small mammals and birds through their effects on vegetation. I’m addressing three related research questions: First, how varying moose densities and browsing pressure affect the food preference of voles. Second, how varying moose densities and moose feeding stations affect passerine bird and small mammal species composition and reproductive performance. Finally, how native wallabies and introduced deer affect the small mammal communities in a coastal heath. I’m also interested in ecotoxicology and human – large carnivore conflicts. |
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Teaching: Evolution (5 ECTS) |
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Selected publications: Pedersen, S. Andreassen, H.P., Persson, I.-L., Julkunen-Tiitto, R., Danell, K. and Skarpe, C. 2011. Vole preference of bilberry along gradients of simulated moose density and site productivity. Integrative Zoology ( in press ). Nilsen E.B., Pedersen, S. , Linnell J.D.C. 2008. Can minimum convex polygon home ranges be used to draw biologically meaningful conclusions? Ecological Research 23(3): 635-639. Storaas T., Pedersen, S. , Andreassen, H.P., Arnemo, J.M., Dötterer, M., Eriksen, A., Frugaard, A., Gundersen, H., Haug, T.A., Milner, J., Maartmann, E., Nicolaysen, K.B., Nilsen, E.B., Rønning, H., Sivertsen, T., Solberg, E.J., Steinset, O.K., Strømseth, T., Wabakken, P., Zimmermann B. and Aalbu F. 2008. Effects of wolves on moose: when the wolf came and went from Koppangkjølen. Høgskolen i Hedmark, Oppdragsrapport 1-2008. 57 pp. (In Norwegian with English summary). Pedersen, S. , Nilsen, E.B. and Andreassen, H.P. 2007. Moose winter browsing affects the breeding success of great tits. Écoscience 14(4): 499-506. Pedersen, S. and Lierhagen, S. 2006. Heavy metal accumulation in arctic hares ( Lepus arcticus ) in Nunavut, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 368: 951-955. Please email me for a copy of any of the publications |
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