Claudia Melis

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Claudia Melis

Phone

Cellphone

Office

Departments

Faggruppe for natur, miljø og helse | Institutt for real-, natur- og samfunnsfag

Cristin ID

31355

Expertise

Kvantitative forskningsmetoder, Bærekraftig utvikling, Biologisk mangfold

Education

2002 • Doktorgrad i zoologi , Institutt for Evolutionær Biologi, Universitet i Siena (Italia). Thesis: "Territorial behaviour and habitat use of roe deer Capreolus capreolus".

1998 • MSc Natural Sciences,Dept. of Animal Biology and Genetics, Universitet i Firenze (Italia). Thesis: "The moon compass of Talitrus saltator Montagu (Amphipoda, Talitridae). Experiments on the chronometrical mechanism".

Dissemination

Academic lecture
Første resultater fra prosjektet FOOD4kids, bærekraft gjennom matkunnskap i barnehagen
Lecture
FOOD4kids: Bærekraft gjennom matkunnskap i barnehagen
Interview
Matlaging med Michelinstjerne i barnehagen
Poster
Sustainability through food literacy in early childhood education and care institutions
Academic lecture
Food and meals in early childhood education in Sweden, Norway and Italy: a comparison of national curricula and guidelines
Academic lecture
Early childhood education for sustainability in Sweden, Norway and Italy, a comparison of national curricula
Academic lecture
Preschool children´s knowledge about and attitude towards wild animal species
Lecture
Barnehagebarns kunnskap om arter og natur
Lecture
Young children and the environmental component of sustainability
Lecture
Noen resultater fra spørreundersøkelsen om mat i Granåsen barnehagen

Academic lecture
Norske og Italienske barnehagelærerstudenters kunnskap om solsystemet
Academic lecture
Knowledge of the Solar System in Teacher Education Students
Lecture
Nytt om genetikk
Academic lecture
Scientific literacy for fremtidens medborgere
Poster
Temporal variation in movement patterns of invasive raccoon dogs
Poster
Habitat use of raccoon dogs at their invasion front
Poster
Are water voles in worse body condition more often predated by eagle owl?
Lecture
Lynx predation on roe deer along a gradient in southeastern Norway
Academic lecture
Survival rates and causes of mortality of roe deer in a multipredator system

Publications

Brochure
Oppskrifter fra FOOD4kids-kurs med foreldre og barnehageansatte
Academic article
Perspectives from science teacher educators on the potential contribution of Sámi traditional knowledge to sustainable development
Interview Journal
Går grundig til verks på barnehagematen
Website (informational material)
FOOD4kids (English website)
Website (informational material)
FOOD4kids
Brochure
FOOD4kids Nyhetsbrev 1
Academic article
Knowledge on the structure of the solar system in teacher education students: the role of national context and gender
Academic article
Norwegian preschool children´s knowledge about some common wild animal species and their habitats
Academic article
Gut microbiome dysbiosis is associated with host genetics in the Norwegian Lundehund
Academic article
Children’s knowledge about the origins of food in early childhood education and care institutions (ECEC) in Norway

Academic article
Genetic Rescue of the Highly Inbred Norwegian Lundehund
Academic article
Kindergarten Teacher Students’ Knowledge Regarding Crucial Environmental Challenges
Academic article
Species Identification Skills in Teacher Education Students: The Role of Attitude, Context and Experience
Academic article
Kindergarten Children’s Perception about the Ecological Roles of Living Organisms
Academic article
Norwegian Kindergarten Children’s Knowledge about the Environmental Component of Sustainable Development
Academic article
Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients
Academic article
Caching behavior of large prey by Eurasian Lynx: Quantifying the anti-scavenging benefits
Academic article
Genetic rescue of an endangered domestic animal through outcrossing with closely related breeds: A case study of the Norwegian Lundehund
Academic article
Effects of experimental human approaches on escape behavior in Thomson’s gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
Academic article
Lack of sex-specific movement patterns in an alien species at its invasion front - consequences for invasion speed

Academic article
Molecular Genetics of Sex Identification, Breed Ancestry and Polydactyly in the Norwegian Lundehund Breed
Academic article
Individual and temporal variation in habitat association of an alien carnivore at its invasion front
Academic article
Genetic variability and structure of the water vole Arvicola amphibius across four metapopulations in northern Norway
Short communication
Low neutral genetic variability in a specialist puffin hunter: the Norwegian Lundehund
Academic article
Roe deer face competing risks between predators along a gradient in abundance
Report
Spatial ecology and habitat use by an invasive alien species - the raccoon dog in Scandinavia
Popular scientific article
Flere resultater fra forskning om genetisk mangfold hos lundehund
Report
Framdriftsrapport for Scandlynx Norge 2011
Academic article
Who ends up in the eagle owl pellets? A new method to assess whether water voles experience different predation risk
Popular scientific article
Foreløpige resultat fra forskning på genetisk mangfold hos lundehund

Academic article
Predicting animal performance through climatic and plant phenology variables: the case of an omnivore hibernating species in Finland
Academic article
The effect of traffic intensity on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in central Sweden
Academic article
Roe deer population growth and lynx predation along a gradient of environmental productivity and climate in Norway
Academic article
Effect of land-use on small mammal abundance and diversity in a forest-farmland mosaic landscape in south-eastern Norway
Popular scientific article
Fra fjord til fjell: Hvordan påvirker nordens tiger rådyrbestandene?
Academic article
Predation has a greater impact in less productive environments: variation in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, population density across Europe
Popular scientific article
En sulten katt på silkepoter - gaupas effekt på rådyrbestander
Report
Forslag til kortsiktige og langsiktige forvaltningsstrategier for mårhund i Norge
Academic article
The role of moose Alces alces L. in boreal forest - the effect on ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) abundance and diversity
Academic article
Fighting behaviour in territorial male roe deer Capreolus capreolus: the effects of antler size and residence

Academic article
Soil and vegetation nutrient response to bison carcasses in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland
Report
Raccoon dogs in Norway - potential expansion rate, distribution area and management implications
Masters thesis
Trafikkens effekt på diversiteten av utvalgte insektarter: Sommerfugler (Lepidoptera) og løpebiller (Carabidae) i Dalarna, Sverige
Academic article
Impact of red deer Cervus elaphus grazing on bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and composition of ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblage
Academic article
Biogeographic variation in wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) population density in western Eurasia
Academic article
Do male roe deer clump together during the rut?
Academic article
Site fidelity of male roe deer in a Mediterranean fragmented area
Academic article
Food habits of the Eurasian badger in a rural Mediterranean area
Academic article
Moon orientation in adult and young sandhoppers
Academic article
Moon and sun compasses in sandhoppers rely on two separate chronometric mechanisms

Research projects

Ongoing
Sustainability through food literacy in early childhood education and care institutions (FOOD4kids)
Completed
Lydhør LekeKunst
Completed
Kunnskap om og holdninger til insekter i barnehagen
Completed
Gut microbiome and genetic diversity in Norwegian Lundehund
Ongoing
5-6 åringers kunnskap og holdninger om naturmangfold
Completed
Vitenskapelig kompetanse hos barnehagelærerstudentene
Completed
5-6 åringers kunnskap om helse og miljø
Completed
Tarmflora hos barn i barnehager med forskjellig fokus på uteaktivitet og dyrehold

Claudia Melis

Claudia Melis

Dissemination

Første resultater fra prosjektet FOOD4kids, bærekraft gjennom matkunnskap i barnehagen

FOOD4kids: Bærekraft gjennom matkunnskap i barnehagen

Matlaging med Michelinstjerne i barnehagen

Sustainability through food literacy in early childhood education and care institutions

Food and meals in early childhood education in Sweden, Norway and Italy: a comparison of national curricula and guidelines

Early childhood education for sustainability in Sweden, Norway and Italy, a comparison of national curricula

Preschool children´s knowledge about and attitude towards wild animal species

Barnehagebarns kunnskap om arter og natur

Young children and the environmental component of sustainability

Noen resultater fra spørreundersøkelsen om mat i Granåsen barnehagen

Norske og Italienske barnehagelærerstudenters kunnskap om solsystemet

Knowledge of the Solar System in Teacher Education Students

Nytt om genetikk

Scientific literacy for fremtidens medborgere

Temporal variation in movement patterns of invasive raccoon dogs

Habitat use of raccoon dogs at their invasion front

Are water voles in worse body condition more often predated by eagle owl?

Lynx predation on roe deer along a gradient in southeastern Norway

Survival rates and causes of mortality of roe deer in a multipredator system

Publications

Oppskrifter fra FOOD4kids-kurs med foreldre og barnehageansatte

Perspectives from science teacher educators on the potential contribution of Sámi traditional knowledge to sustainable development

Går grundig til verks på barnehagematen

FOOD4kids (English website)

FOOD4kids

FOOD4kids Nyhetsbrev 1

Knowledge on the structure of the solar system in teacher education students: the role of national context and gender

Norwegian preschool children´s knowledge about some common wild animal species and their habitats

Gut microbiome dysbiosis is associated with host genetics in the Norwegian Lundehund

Children’s knowledge about the origins of food in early childhood education and care institutions (ECEC) in Norway

Genetic Rescue of the Highly Inbred Norwegian Lundehund

Kindergarten Teacher Students’ Knowledge Regarding Crucial Environmental Challenges

Species Identification Skills in Teacher Education Students: The Role of Attitude, Context and Experience

Kindergarten Children’s Perception about the Ecological Roles of Living Organisms

Norwegian Kindergarten Children’s Knowledge about the Environmental Component of Sustainable Development

Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients

Caching behavior of large prey by Eurasian Lynx: Quantifying the anti-scavenging benefits

Genetic rescue of an endangered domestic animal through outcrossing with closely related breeds: A case study of the Norwegian Lundehund

Effects of experimental human approaches on escape behavior in Thomson’s gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)

Lack of sex-specific movement patterns in an alien species at its invasion front - consequences for invasion speed

Molecular Genetics of Sex Identification, Breed Ancestry and Polydactyly in the Norwegian Lundehund Breed

Individual and temporal variation in habitat association of an alien carnivore at its invasion front

Genetic variability and structure of the water vole Arvicola amphibius across four metapopulations in northern Norway

Low neutral genetic variability in a specialist puffin hunter: the Norwegian Lundehund

Roe deer face competing risks between predators along a gradient in abundance

Spatial ecology and habitat use by an invasive alien species - the raccoon dog in Scandinavia

Flere resultater fra forskning om genetisk mangfold hos lundehund

Framdriftsrapport for Scandlynx Norge 2011

Who ends up in the eagle owl pellets? A new method to assess whether water voles experience different predation risk

Foreløpige resultat fra forskning på genetisk mangfold hos lundehund

Predicting animal performance through climatic and plant phenology variables: the case of an omnivore hibernating species in Finland

The effect of traffic intensity on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in central Sweden

Roe deer population growth and lynx predation along a gradient of environmental productivity and climate in Norway

Effect of land-use on small mammal abundance and diversity in a forest-farmland mosaic landscape in south-eastern Norway

Fra fjord til fjell: Hvordan påvirker nordens tiger rådyrbestandene?

Predation has a greater impact in less productive environments: variation in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, population density across Europe

En sulten katt på silkepoter - gaupas effekt på rådyrbestander

Forslag til kortsiktige og langsiktige forvaltningsstrategier for mårhund i Norge

The role of moose Alces alces L. in boreal forest - the effect on ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) abundance and diversity

Fighting behaviour in territorial male roe deer Capreolus capreolus: the effects of antler size and residence

Soil and vegetation nutrient response to bison carcasses in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

Raccoon dogs in Norway - potential expansion rate, distribution area and management implications

Trafikkens effekt på diversiteten av utvalgte insektarter: Sommerfugler (Lepidoptera) og løpebiller (Carabidae) i Dalarna, Sverige

Impact of red deer Cervus elaphus grazing on bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and composition of ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblage

Biogeographic variation in wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) population density in western Eurasia

Do male roe deer clump together during the rut?

Site fidelity of male roe deer in a Mediterranean fragmented area

Food habits of the Eurasian badger in a rural Mediterranean area

Moon orientation in adult and young sandhoppers

Moon and sun compasses in sandhoppers rely on two separate chronometric mechanisms

Research projects

Sustainability through food literacy in early childhood education and care institutions (FOOD4kids)

Lydhør LekeKunst

Kunnskap om og holdninger til insekter i barnehagen

Gut microbiome and genetic diversity in Norwegian Lundehund

5-6 åringers kunnskap og holdninger om naturmangfold

Vitenskapelig kompetanse hos barnehagelærerstudentene