Bilde av Ims, Rolf Anker
Bilde av Ims, Rolf Anker
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology rolf.ims@uit.no +4777646476 91544576 Tromsø You can find me here

Rolf Anker Ims


Job description

  • Professor i økologi
  • Leder av COAT – Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra


  • Eivind Flittie, Kenneth, Rolf Anker, Eeva M, Lauri Kalervo, Tarja Maarit et al.:
    A specialist predator in a food web with cyclic alternative prey: The gyrfalcon-ptarmigan case revisited
    Journal of Animal Ecology 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • Gerardo, Peter, Aleksandr, Natalia, Hanna, Desheng et al.:
    A versatile, semi-automated image analysis workflow for time-lapse camera trap image classification
    Ecological Informatics 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Jane Uhd, Per, Rolf Anker, Anna, Nigel Gilles, Per et al.:
    Panel-based assessment of ecosystem condition as a platform for adaptive and knowledge driven management
    Environmental Management 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Magne, Rolf Anker, Stefaniya Kamenova, Olivier, Eeva Marjatta :
    Is the diet cyclic phase-dependent in boreal vole populations?
    Ecology and Evolution 17. April 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • John Andre, Rolf Anker, Marita Anti :
    Trail cameras can greatly inflate nest predation rates
    Journal of Wildlife Management 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Rolf Anker, Nigel Gilles, Ingar Jostein :
    Om mus og gjess: Mengden av gråsidemus avgjør dverggjessenes ungeproduksjon
    Vår Fuglefauna 2024
  • Eeva M, Magnus, Jane Uhd, Nina Elisabeth, Nigel Gilles, Anders et al.:
    Macroecological patterns of rodent population dynamics shaped by bioclimatic gradients
    Ecography 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Simon, Rolf Anker, Nigel Gilles, Eivind Flittie, Pedro Guilherme Antunes Lopes Da Silva, Dorothee :
    Effects of resource availability and interspecific interactions on Arctic and red foxes' winter use of ungulate carrion in the Fennoscandian low-Arctic tundra
    Ecology and Evolution 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Eivind Flittie, Frédéric, Olivier, John-André, Rolf Anker, Eeva M et al.:
    A Dynamic Occupancy Model for Interacting Species with Two Spatial Scales
    Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Hanna, Eivind Flittie, Rolf Anker, Eeva M :
    A semi-automatic workflow to process images from small mammal camera traps
    Ecological Informatics 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Filippo, Tomas, Sandra, Rolf Anker, Marc, Jarad et al.:
    Life-cycle analysis of an endangered migratory goose to assess the impact ofconservation actions on population recovery
    Biological Conservation 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Christian, Øystein, Rolf Anker, Brett Kevin, Bård Gunnar, Frode :
    Predator–prey interactions in the Arctic: DNA metabarcoding reveals that nestling diet of snow buntings reflects arthropod seasonality
    Environmental DNA 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Isabell, Jesper, Rolf Anker, Bart A., Åshild Ønvik, Kees H.T. et al.:
    Snowmelt progression drives habitat selection and vegetation disturbance by an Arctic avian herbivore
    Ecosphere 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kyrre, Vigdis, Daniel, Sonya Rita, Stein Joar, Jo Skeie et al.:
    Impacts of climate change on the boreal forest ecosystem
    VKM Report 29. April 2022 DOI
  • Ole Petter Laksforsmo, Jane Uhd, Helge, Rolf Anker :
    A pioneering pest: the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is expanding its outbreak range into Low Arctic shrub tundra
    Arctic Science 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Eivind Flittie, Pedro Guilherme Antunes Lopes Da Silva, Sigrunn Holbek, Jon, Nigel, Rolf Anker :
    Using camera traps to monitor cyclic vole populations
    Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Pedro Guilherme Antunes Lopes Da Silva, Rolf Anker, Sigrunn Holbek, Nigel :
    Seasonality, density dependence, and spatial population synchrony
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Lars, Siw Turid, Dorothee, Rolf Anker, Ivar, Arild et al.:
    Predator co-occurrence in alpine and Arctic tundra in relation to fluctuating prey
    Journal of Animal Ecology 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Jane Uhd, Ole Petter Laksforsmo, Rolf Anker :
    Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest geometrid outbreaks
    Current Opinion in Insect Science 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Sandra, Rolf Anker, Nigel :
    Challenges and opportunities when implementing strategic foresight: lessons learned when engaging stakeholders in climate-ecological research
    Climate Research (CR) 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kyrre Linné, Vigdis, Daniel, Sonya Rita, Stein Joar, Jo Skeie et al.:
    Impacts of climate change on the boreal forest ecosystem. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
    VKM Report 2022 ARKIV
  • Samuel M., Heidi, Christian, Jørgen, Rolf Anker, Kit M. :
    Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) vocalizations across seasons and habitat types in Svalbard, Norway
    Polar Biology 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Filippo, John-André, Eva, Åshild Ønvik, Mikhail, Rolf Anker :
    Iterative model predictions for wildlife populations impacted by rapid climate change
    Global Change Biology 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Audun, Torkild, Rolf Anker, Jennifer, Nigel :
    Unfounded claims about productivity beyond density for reindeer pastoralism systems
    Pastoralism 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Clément, Marie-Anne, Rolf A., Jon :
    Stability of space use in svalbard coastal female polar bears: Intra-individual variability and influence of kinship
    Polar Research 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Jarad, Sandra, John-André, Rolf Anker, Audun, Nigel :
    Effect of scavenging on predation in a food web
    Ecology and Evolution 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Isabell, Eeva M, Jakob J., Rolf Anker, Jesper, Åshild Ø. et al.:
    Disturbance mapping in arctic tundra improved by a planning workflow for drone studies: Advancing tools for future ecosystem monitoring
    Remote Sensing 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Dominique, Audun, Nigel, Eva, Rolf Anker :
    Climate variability and density-dependent population dynamics: Lessons from a simple High Arctic ecosystem
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Albert, Kit M., Christian, Rolf Anker, Andrew D. :
    Drones and marine mammals in Svalbard, Norway
    Marine mammal science 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Florent, Rolf Anker, Jane Uhd, Pekka, Julia, Nigel et al.:
    A century of phenology studies of spring feeding geometrids offers insight into match-mismatch hypothesis
    08. Mai 2025 DOI
  • Rolf Anker, Einar, Nigel, Ole Einar Ellingbø, Ketil, Jane Uhd :
    Two exceptionally warm summers in the Norwegian Arctic
    Fram Forum 2025 DOI
  • Sofia Irene, Jane Uhd, Ella, Håvard, Ole Petter Laksforsmo, Rolf Anker :
    Do root-associated fungi influence birch sapling growth across forest recovery states and grazing regimes?
    10. April 2025 DOI
  • Rebecca K., Hans Kristian, Rolf Anker, Kristin, Anna Galina, Emma et al.:
    Echinococcus multilocularis in Svalbard 2009-2023
    Veterinærinstituttet 2025
  • Jane Uhd, Rolf Anker, Ole Petter Laksforsmo, Sofia Irene, Stian Normann :
    Arctic Forest Futures: Tilstandsendringer i nordboreal skog og tregrense. NINA Prosjektnotat 605
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 29. November 2024
  • Eivind Flittie, Eeva M, Nigel Gilles, Rolf Anker :
    A large-scale camera trap-based monitoring program for Arctic-alpine small mammals
    2024
  • Christian, Øystein, Rolf Anker, Brett Kevin, Bård Gunnar, Frode :
    Data from: Predator-prey interactions in the Arctic: DNA-metabarcoding reveals that nestling diet of snow buntings reflects arthropod seasonality
    2023 DOI
  • Eivind Flittie, Rolf Anker :
    Jakt kan være i utakt med lovverket
    14. November 2023
  • Ellen Kathrine, Ingrid, Rolf Anker :
    På sporet av dyrene
    01. März 2023
  • Ellen Kathrine, Ingrid, Rolf Anker :
    Sporene kan fortelle mye om dyrene i nabolaget
    15. März 2023
  • Amanda Elizabeth, Andre Frainer, Bodil Annikki Ulla Barbro, Rolf Anker :
    C2C: An integrated science approach in the changing north
    Fram Forum 2023
  • Rolf Anker, Jane Uhd, Åshild Ønvik, Ole Einar Ellingbø, Eeva M. :
    Klima-økologisk Observasjonssystem for Arktisk Tundra (COAT)
    Ottar 2022
  • Jane Uhd, James David Mervyn, Gunnar, Graciela, Tanja Kofod, Johan et al.:
    Panel-based Assessment of Ecosystem Condition – a methodological pilot for four terrestrial ecosystems in Trøndelag
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 2022
  • Ingrid, Siw Turid, Rolf Anker :
    SPOR
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
  • Lars, Siw Turid, Dorothee, Rolf Anker, Ivar, Arild et al.:
    Fjellrevens samspill med andre rovdyr i høyfjellet
    2022
  • Lars, Siw Turid, Dorothee, Rolf Anker, Ivar, Arild et al.:
    Predator guild interactions in alpine and arctic tundra in relation to fluctuating prey
    2022
  • Kyrre, Vigdis, Daniel, Sonya Rita, Stein Joar, Jo Skeie et al.:
    Klimaendringer og virkninger på hovedøkosystem skog.
    VKM 2022 ARKIV
  • Eivind Flittie, Erik, Vegard, Hanna, Benjamin, Francesco et al.:
    Ny nasjonal smågnagerovervåking i fjell basert på kamerafeller. Forslag til innsamlingsdesign og dataprosessering
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 2022
  • Nils Christian, Rolf Anker, Bernt-Erik, Luis, Ivar, Aline Magdalena et al.:
    Sustainable management of populations impacted by harvesting and climate change
    Climate Research (CR) 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Åshild Ønvik, Jane Uhd, Ingrid Marie Garfelt, Eva, Jesper Bruun, Virve et al.:
    Norwegian Arctic tundra: a panel-based assessment of ecosystem condition
    Norsk Polarinstitutt 2021
  • Audun, Rolf Anker, Nigel, Torkild, Jennifer :
    Berettiget kritikk av NMBU sin reindriftsforskning
    Forskning.no 2021 ARKIV

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    Research interests

    • Populasjons -, samfunns – og økosystemdynamikk, spesielt i boreale og arktiske miljøer
    • Effekter av klimaendringer i boreale og arktiske økosystemer
    • Adaptiv overvåkning og forvaltning av populasjoner og økosystemer




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