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

Rolf Anker Ims


Job description

  • Professor of Ecology
  • Leader of COAT – Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra


  • Isabelle Sofie Feinauer, Francesco Ravasini, Vendela Kempe Lagerholm, Johannes Måsviken, Remi Andre Olsen, Lucile Soler et al.:
    Whole genomes reveal subpopulations and isolation-by-distance patterns in the Norwegian lemming
    BMC Biology 09. April 2026 DOI / ARKIV
  • Chloé Rebecca Nater, Stijn P. Hofhuis, Matthew Grainger, Øystein Flagstad, Rolf Anker Ims, Siw Killengreen et al.:
    An integrated population modeling workflow for supporting mesopredator management
    Ecological Applications 01. April 2026 DOI / ARKIV
  • Marc Rams i Ríos, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Rolf Anker Ims, Andrew Lowther :
    Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida) Abundance in Isfjorden, Svalbard, After 20-Years of Climate Change and a Concomitant Survey Hiatus
    Marine mammal science 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • André Frainer, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Amanda Elizabeth Poste, Rolf Anker Ims, Per-Arne Amundsen, Einar Johannes Asbjørnsen et al.:
    Science Plan for Integrating Cross‐Ecosystem Monitoring in the Arctic
    Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 18. December 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • Stijn Hofhuis, Arnaud Tarroux, Rolf Anker Ims, Dorothee Ehrich :
    Space Use of an Expanding Generalist Predator Is Shaped by Human, Marine and Seasonal Effects on Arctic Tundra
    Ecology and Evolution 17. November 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • 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 / 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 / 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. April 2024 DOI / ARKIV / ARKIV / 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 ARKIV
  • 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 / ARKIV / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / ARKIV / 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 / 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. April 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • 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
  • Jonas Mölle, Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Rolf Anker Ims, Eeva M Soininen :
    Using subnivean camera traps to study arctic small mammal community dynamics during winter
    Arctic Science 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 / 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
  • Jane Uhd Jepsen, Per Arneberg, Rolf Anker Ims, Anna Siwertsson, Nigel Yoccoz :
    Panel-based Assessment of Ecosystem Condition (PAEC) – Technical protocol version 3
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 02. March 2026 ARKIV
  • Nina Elisabeth Eide, Kristine R. Ulvund, Karin Norén, Dorothee Ehrich, Jukka Ikonen, Samu Mäntyniemi et al.:
    25 years of conservation efforts – Status of the Arctic fox population in Fennoscandia 2025
    26. September 2025 ARKIV
  • Lars Rød-Eriksen, Siw 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
    02. September 2025 ARKIV
  • Nina Elisabeth Eide, Kristine R. Ulvund, Karin Norén, Dorothee Ehrich, Jukka Ikonen, Samu Mäntyniemi et al.:
    25 Years of Conservation Actions - Status of the Arctic Fox in Fennoscandia 2025
    02. September 2025 ARKIV
  • Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Rolf Anker Ims, Nigel Yoccoz, Einar Asbjørnsen :
    Short-term forecast of willow ptarmigan densities based on ecological modelling
    03. September 2025 ARKIV
  • Rolf Anker Ims, Dorothee Ehrich, Eva Fuglei, Siw Killengreen :
    Adaptiv overvåking og forvaltning av fjellrev
    Ottar 31. December 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Hanna Böhner, Albert Fernández-Chacón, Erik Framstad, Eeva M Soininen, Rolf Anker Ims et al.:
    3 år med kamerabasert overvåking av smågnagere i norske fjell: oppsummering og evaluering
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 2025 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. May 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • 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 / ARKIV
  • 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. April 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • 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 ARKIV
  • 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. November 2024 ARKIV
  • 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 ARKIV
  • 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 / ARKIV
  • Eivind Flittie Kleiven, Rolf Anker Ims :
    Jakt kan være i utakt med lovverket
    14. November 2023 ARKIV
  • Ellen Kathrine Bludd, Ingrid Jensvoll, Rolf Anker Ims :
    På sporet av dyrene
    01. March 2023 ARKIV
  • Ellen Kathrine Bludd, Ingrid Jensvoll, Rolf Anker Ims :
    Sporene kan fortelle mye om dyrene i nabolaget
    15. March 2023 ARKIV
  • 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 ARKIV
  • 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 ARKIV
  • 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 ARKIV
  • Ingrid Jensvoll, Siw Turid Killengreen, Rolf Anker Ims :
    SPOR
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022 ARKIV
  • 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 ARKIV
  • 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 ARKIV
  • 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 / ARKIV / ARKIV / 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 ARKIV

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    Research interests

    • Dynamics of population, communties and ecosystems, especially in boreal and Arctic environments
    • Impacts of climate change in boreal and Arctic ecosystems
    • Adaptive monitoring and management of populations and ecosystems




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