I am interested in population dynamics and interspecific interactions. As wildlife populations and ecological interactions are most often imperfectly observed, I often investigate those topics using statistical models accounting for such imperfect detection. Furthermore, I have a special interest for the tundra food web, where the drivers of ecosystem dynamics are still poorly understood.

My PhD work was part of the long-term monitoring program Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra (COAT) and had a focus on rodent population cycles and monitoring of small mammals with camera traps.

I now work at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, running a national-level small mammal monitoring program based on the camera trap methodology developed through my PhD. I am also involved with research on climate change impacts on ptarmigans in COAT.

Publications:

Kleiven E.F., Barraquand F., Gimenez O., Henden J-A, Ims R.A., Soininen E.M. & Yoccoz N.G. A dynamic occupancy model for interacting species with two spatial scales. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Statistics, 2023, DOI:10.1007/s13253-023-00533-6.

Mölle, J., Kleiven, E.F., Ims, R.A. & Soininen, E.M. Using subnivean camera traps to study Arctic small mammal community dynamics during winter Arctic Science 2021 8(1): 183-199

Kleiven. E.F., Henden, J.-A., Ims, R.A. & Yoccoz, N.G. Seasonal difference in temporal transferability of an ecological model: near-term predictions of lemming outbreak abundances Sci Rep 2018 8, 15252

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Contact

ekleiven (at) gmail.com