Bernt‐Erik Sæther

23.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
309 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Bernt‐Erik Sæther is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernt‐Erik Sæther has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 224 papers in Ecology, 104 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 90 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Bernt‐Erik Sæther's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (122 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (92 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (91 papers). Bernt‐Erik Sæther is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (122 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (92 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (91 papers). Bernt‐Erik Sæther collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and United Kingdom. Bernt‐Erik Sæther's co-authors include Steinar Engen, Russell Lande, Øyvind Bakke, Erling J. Solberg, Thor Harald Ringsby, Vidar Grøtan, Ronny Aanes, Morten Heim, Eivin Røskaft and Ivar Herfindal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bernt‐Erik Sæther

306 papers receiving 15.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Stochastic Population Dynamics in Ecology and Conservation

2003 1.2k citations Steinar Engen, Bernt‐Erik Sæther et al. profile →
AVIAN LIFE HISTORY VARIATION AND CONTRIBUTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS TO THE POPULATION GROWTH RATE

2000 1.0k citations Bernt‐Erik Sæther et al. Ecology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernt‐Erik Sæther Norway	72	11.8k	4.8k	4.7k	3.8k	2.6k	309	16.4k
Tim Coulson United Kingdom	64	10.3k 0.9×	5.0k 1.0×	3.5k 0.8×	4.6k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	239	15.5k
Charles J. Krebs Canada	78	17.3k 1.5×	5.8k 1.2×	8.0k 1.7×	3.1k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	345	23.5k
A. R. E. Sinclair Canada	69	13.3k 1.1×	3.0k 0.6×	6.0k 1.3×	2.2k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	175	17.5k
Stan Boutin Canada	77	16.4k 1.4×	6.1k 1.3×	4.7k 1.0×	2.2k 0.6×	3.3k 1.3×	383	21.0k
Rolf A. Ims Norway	65	10.8k 0.9×	3.8k 0.8×	4.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	311	14.8k
Oswald J. Schmitz United States	60	10.1k 0.9×	5.5k 1.2×	5.8k 1.2×	2.5k 0.7×	3.2k 1.2×	194	16.5k
Nigel G. Yoccoz Norway	71	16.5k 1.4×	4.9k 1.0×	6.4k 1.4×	3.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.5×	352	23.7k
S. D. Albon United Kingdom	68	12.1k 1.0×	5.1k 1.1×	2.7k 0.6×	4.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	140	17.3k
Atle Mysterud Norway	70	15.0k 1.3×	3.4k 0.7×	4.5k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	4.3k 1.6×	326	20.3k
Gerardo Ceballos Mexico	50	8.4k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	4.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	3.5k 1.3×	183	15.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernt‐Erik Sæther

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Niskanen, Alina K., Hannah Froy, Peter S. Ranke, et al.. (2025). Metapopulation‐level analyses reveal positive fitness consequences of immigration in a small bird. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(6). 1180–1192. 1 indexed citations

Engen, Steinar & Bernt‐Erik Sæther. (2024). Evolutionary and Ecological Processes Determining the Properties of the G Matrix. The American Naturalist. 204(5). 433–452. 2 indexed citations

Sæther, Bernt‐Erik, Robert P. Freckleton, David G. Noble, et al.. (2024). Species richness and evenness of European bird communities show differentiated responses to measures of productivity. Journal of Animal Ecology. 93(9). 1212–1224. 3 indexed citations

Herfindal, Ivar, et al.. (2023). Effects of local density dependence and temperature on the spatial synchrony of marine fish populations. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(11). 2214–2227. 2 indexed citations

Gamelon, Marlène, Stéphanie Jenouvrier, Melanie Lindner, Bernt‐Erik Sæther, & Marcel E. Visser. (2023). Detecting climate signals cascading through levels of biological organization. Nature Climate Change. 13(9). 985–989. 5 indexed citations

Kvalnes, Thomas, Bernt‐Erik Sæther, Steinar Engen, & Alexandre Roulin. (2022). Density-dependent selection and the maintenance of colour polymorphism in barn owls. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1976). 20220296–20220296. 9 indexed citations

Grøtan, Vidar, et al.. (2022). Effects of density, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on the dynamics of British bird communities. Ecology. 103(8). e3731–e3731. 15 indexed citations

Araya‐Ajoy, Yimen G., Alina K. Niskanen, Hannah Froy, et al.. (2021). Variation in generation time reveals density regulation as an important driver of pace of life in a bird metapopulation. Ecology Letters. 24(10). 2077–2087. 17 indexed citations

Niskanen, Alina K., Peter S. Ranke, Ingerid J. Hagen, et al.. (2021). Dispersal in a house sparrow metapopulation: An integrative case study of genetic assignment calibrated with ecological data and pedigree information. Molecular Ecology. 30(19). 4740–4756. 11 indexed citations

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Gamelon, Marlène, et al.. (2021). Effects of pulsed resources on the dynamics of seed consumer populations: a comparative demographic study in wild boar. Ecosphere. 12(5). 17 indexed citations

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Sæther, Bernt‐Erik, et al.. (2018). Spatial scales of population synchrony of two competing species: effects of harvesting and strength of competition. Oikos. 127(10). 1459–1470. 18 indexed citations

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Engen, Steinar, Francisco J. Cao, & Bernt‐Erik Sæther. (2018). The effect of harvesting on the spatial synchrony of population fluctuations. Theoretical Population Biology. 123. 28–34. 21 indexed citations

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Govaert, Lynn, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, Sébastien Lion, et al.. (2018). Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks—Theoretical models and perspectives. Functional Ecology. 33(1). 13–30. 126 indexed citations

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Rolandsen, Christer M., Erling J. Solberg, Kari Bjørneraas, et al.. (2010). Elgundersøkelsene i Nord-Trøndelag, Bindal og Rissa 2005 - 2010. Sluttrapport. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 2 indexed citations

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Solberg, Erling J., Knut H. Røed, Øystein Flagstad, et al.. (2009). Elgens genetiske struktur i Norge. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 2 indexed citations

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Heim, Morten, Erling J. Solberg, & Bernt‐Erik Sæther. (2006). Årsrapport fra NINAs elgmerkingsprosjekt i grenseområdet Akershus, Hedmark og Østfold i 2005. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 1 indexed citations

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Solberg, Erling J., et al.. (2003). Does rectal palpation of pregnant moose cows affect pre- and neo-natal mortality of their calves?. 39. 65–77. 9 indexed citations

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Rolandsen, Christer M., Erling J. Solberg, Jarle Tufto, Bernt‐Erik Sæther, & Morten Heim. (2003). Factors affecting detectability of moose Alces alces during the hunting season in northern Norway.. 39. 79–88. 6 indexed citations

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Ringsby, Thor Harald, Bernt‐Erik Sæther, Jarle Tufto, Henrik Jensen, & Erling J. Solberg. (2002). Asynchronous Spatiotemporal Demography of a House Sparrow Metapopulation in a Correlated Environment. Ecology. 83(2). 561–561. 4 indexed citations

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Andersen, Reidar & Bernt‐Erik Sæther. (1992). INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A GENERALIST HERBIVORE, THE MOOSE, AND ITS WINTER FOOD RESOURCES: A STUDY OF BEHAVIOURAL VARIATION. Alces : A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose. 101–104. 3 indexed citations

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