Bilde av Ims, Rolf Anker
Bilde av Ims, Rolf Anker
Institutt for arktisk og marin biologi 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 Kleiven, Kenneth Johansen, Rolf Anker Ims, Eeva M Soininen, Lauri Kalervo Oksanen, Tarja Maarit Oksanen 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 Celis, Peter Ungar, Aleksandr Sokolov, Natalia Sokolova, Hanna Böhner, Desheng Liu et al.:
    A versatile, semi-automated image analysis workflow for time-lapse camera trap image classification
    Ecological Informatics 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Jane Uhd Jepsen, Per Arneberg, Rolf Anker Ims, Anna Siwertsson, Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Per Fauchald et al.:
    Panel-based assessment of ecosystem condition as a platform for adaptive and knowledge driven management
    Environmental Management 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Magne Neby, Rolf Anker Ims, Stefaniya Kamenova Kamenova, Olivier Devineau, Eeva Marjatta Soininen :
    Is the diet cyclic phase-dependent in boreal vole populations?
    Ecology and Evolution 17. avril 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • John Andre Henden, Rolf Anker Ims, Marita Anti Strømeng :
    Trail cameras can greatly inflate nest predation rates
    Journal of Wildlife Management 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Rolf Anker Ims, Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Ingar Jostein Øien :
    Om mus og gjess: Mengden av gråsidemus avgjør dverggjessenes ungeproduksjon
    Vår Fuglefauna 2024
  • Eeva M Soininen, Magnus Magnusson, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Nina Elisabeth Eide, Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Anders Angerbjörn et al.:
    Macroecological patterns of rodent population dynamics shaped by bioclimatic gradients
    Ecography 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Simon Lacombe, Rolf Anker Ims, Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Pedro Guilherme Antunes Lopes Da Silva Nicolau, Dorothee Ehrich :
    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 Kleiven, Frédéric Barraquand, Olivier Gimenez, John-André Henden, Rolf Anker Ims, Eeva M Soininen et al.:
    A Dynamic Occupancy Model for Interacting Species with Two Spatial Scales
    Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Hanna Böhner, Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Rolf Anker Ims, Eeva M Soininen :
    A semi-automatic workflow to process images from small mammal camera traps
    Ecological Informatics 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Filippo Marolla, Tomas Aarvak, Sandra Hamel, Rolf Anker Ims, Marc Kéry, Jarad Mellard 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 Stolz, Øystein Varpe, Rolf Anker Ims, Brett Kevin Sandercock, Bård Gunnar Stokke, Frode Fossøy :
    Predator–prey interactions in the Arctic: DNA metabarcoding reveals that nestling diet of snow buntings reflects arthropod seasonality
    Environmental DNA 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Isabell Eischeid, Jesper Madsen, Rolf Anker Ims, Bart A. Nolet, Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, Kees H.T. Schreven et al.:
    Snowmelt progression drives habitat selection and vegetation disturbance by an Arctic avian herbivore
    Ecosphere 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kyrre Kausrud, Vigdis Vandvik, Daniel Flø, Sonya Rita Geange, Stein Joar Hegland, Jo Skeie Hermansen et al.:
    Impacts of climate change on the boreal forest ecosystem
    VKM Report 29. avril 2022 DOI
  • Ole Petter Laksforsmo Vindstad, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Helge Molvig, Rolf Anker Ims :
    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 Kleiven, Pedro Guilherme Antunes Lopes Da Silva Nicolau, Sigrunn Holbek Sørbye, Jon Aars, Nigel Yoccoz, Rolf Anker Ims :
    Using camera traps to monitor cyclic vole populations
    Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Pedro Guilherme Antunes Lopes Da Silva Nicolau, Rolf Anker Ims, Sigrunn Holbek Sørbye, Nigel Yoccoz :
    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 Rød-Eriksen, Siw Turid Killengreen, Dorothee Ehrich, Rolf Anker Ims, Ivar Herfindal, Arild Landa et al.:
    Predator co-occurrence in alpine and Arctic tundra in relation to fluctuating prey
    Journal of Animal Ecology 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Jane Uhd Jepsen, Ole Petter Laksforsmo Vindstad, Rolf Anker Ims :
    Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest geometrid outbreaks
    Current Opinion in Insect Science 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Sandra Hamel, Rolf Anker Ims, Nigel Yoccoz :
    Challenges and opportunities when implementing strategic foresight: lessons learned when engaging stakeholders in climate-ecological research
    Climate Research (CR) 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kyrre Linné Kausrud, Vigdis Vandvik, Daniel Flø, Sonya Rita Geange, Stein Joar Hegland, Jo Skeie Hermansen 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. Llobet, Heidi Ahonen, Christian Lydersen, Jørgen Berge, Rolf Anker Ims, Kit M. Kovacs :
    Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) vocalizations across seasons and habitat types in Svalbard, Norway
    Polar Biology 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Filippo marolla, John-André Henden, Eva Fuglei, Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, Mikhail Itkin, Rolf Anker Ims :
    Iterative model predictions for wildlife populations impacted by rapid climate change
    Global Change Biology 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Audun Stien, Torkild Tveraa, Rolf Anker Ims, Jennifer Stien, Nigel Yoccoz :
    Unfounded claims about productivity beyond density for reindeer pastoralism systems
    Pastoralism 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Clément Brun, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Rolf A. Ims, Jon Aars :
    Stability of space use in svalbard coastal female polar bears: Intra-individual variability and influence of kinship
    Polar Research 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Jarad Mellard, Sandra Hamel, John-André Henden, Rolf Anker Ims, Audun Stien, Nigel Yoccoz :
    Effect of scavenging on predation in a food web
    Ecology and Evolution 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Isabell Eischeid, Eeva M Soininen, Jakob J. Assmann, Rolf Anker Ims, Jesper Madsen, Åshild Ø. Pedersen 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 Fauteux, Audun Stien, Nigel Yoccoz, Eva Fuglei, Rolf Anker Ims :
    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 Palomino-González, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Rolf Anker Ims, Andrew D. Lowther :
    Drones and marine mammals in Svalbard, Norway
    Marine mammal science 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Florent Déry, Rolf Anker Ims, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Pekka Kaitaniemi, Julia Fält-Nardmann, Nigel Yoccoz et al.:
    A century of phenology studies of spring feeding geometrids offers insight into match-mismatch hypothesis
    08. mai 2025 DOI
  • Rolf Anker Ims, Einar Støvern, Nigel Yoccoz, Ole Einar Ellingbø Tveito, Ketil Isaksen, Jane Uhd Jepsen :
    Two exceptionally warm summers in the Norwegian Arctic
    Fram Forum 2025 DOI
  • Sofia Irene Samuelsson, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Ella Thoen, Håvard Kauserud, Ole Petter Laksforsmo Vindstad, Rolf Anker Ims :
    Do root-associated fungi influence birch sapling growth across forest recovery states and grazing regimes?
    10. avril 2025 DOI
  • Rebecca K. Davidson, Hans Kristian Mjelde, Rolf Anker Ims, Kristin Henriksen, Anna Galina Henriksson, Emma Vangen et al.:
    Echinococcus multilocularis in Svalbard 2009-2023
    Veterinærinstituttet 2025
  • Jane Uhd Jepsen, Rolf Anker Ims, Ole Petter Laksforsmo Vindstad, Sofia Irene Samuelsson, Stian Normann Anfinsen :
    Arctic Forest Futures: Tilstandsendringer i nordboreal skog og tregrense. NINA Prosjektnotat 605
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 29. novembre 2024
  • Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Eeva M Soininen, Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Rolf Anker Ims :
    A large-scale camera trap-based monitoring program for Arctic-alpine small mammals
    2024
  • Christian Stolz, Øystein Varpe, Rolf Anker Ims, Brett Kevin Sandercock, Bård Gunnar Stokke, Frode Fossøy :
    Data from: Predator-prey interactions in the Arctic: DNA-metabarcoding reveals that nestling diet of snow buntings reflects arthropod seasonality
    2023 DOI
  • Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Rolf Anker Ims :
    Jakt kan være i utakt med lovverket
    14. novembre 2023
  • Ellen Kathrine Bludd, Ingrid Jensvoll, Rolf Anker Ims :
    På sporet av dyrene
    01. mars 2023
  • Ellen Kathrine Bludd, Ingrid Jensvoll, Rolf Anker Ims :
    Sporene kan fortelle mye om dyrene i nabolaget
    15. mars 2023
  • Amanda Elizabeth Poste, Andre Frainer Barbosa, Bodil Annikki Ulla Barbro Bluhm, Rolf Anker Ims :
    C2C: An integrated science approach in the changing north
    Fram Forum 2023
  • Rolf Anker Ims, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, Ole Einar Ellingbø Tveito, Eeva M. Soininen :
    Klima-økologisk Observasjonssystem for Arktisk Tundra (COAT)
    Ottar 2022
  • Jane Uhd Jepsen, James David Mervyn Speed, Gunnar Austrheim, Graciela Rusch, Tanja Kofod Petersen, Johan Asplund et al.:
    Panel-based Assessment of Ecosystem Condition – a methodological pilot for four terrestrial ecosystems in Trøndelag
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 2022
  • Ingrid Jensvoll, Siw Turid Killengreen, Rolf Anker Ims :
    SPOR
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
  • Lars Rød-Eriksen, Siw Turid Killengreen, Dorothee Ehrich, Rolf Anker Ims, Ivar Herfindal, Arild Landa et al.:
    Fjellrevens samspill med andre rovdyr i høyfjellet
    2022
  • Lars Rød-Eriksen, Siw Turid Killengreen, Dorothee Ehrich, Rolf Anker Ims, Ivar Herfindal, Arild Landa et al.:
    Predator guild interactions in alpine and arctic tundra in relation to fluctuating prey
    2022
  • Kyrre Kausrud, Vigdis Vandvik, Daniel Flø, Sonya Rita Geange, Stein Joar Hegland, Jo Skeie Hermansen et al.:
    Klimaendringer og virkninger på hovedøkosystem skog.
    VKM 2022 ARKIV
  • Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Erik Framstad, Vegard Bakkestuen, Hanna Bohner, Benjamin Cretois, Francesco Frassinelli et al.:
    Ny nasjonal smågnagerovervåking i fjell basert på kamerafeller. Forslag til innsamlingsdesign og dataprosessering
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 2022
  • Nils Christian Stenseth, Rolf Anker Ims, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Luis Cadahia, Ivar Herfindal, Aline Magdalena Lee et al.:
    Sustainable management of populations impacted by harvesting and climate change
    Climate Research (CR) 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Ingrid Marie Garfelt Paulsen, Eva Fuglei, Jesper Bruun Mosbacher, Virve Ravolainen et al.:
    Norwegian Arctic tundra: a panel-based assessment of ecosystem condition
    Norsk Polarinstitutt 2021
  • Audun Stien, Rolf Anker Ims, Nigel Yoccoz, Torkild Tveraa, Jennifer Stien :
    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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