Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Primary fields of research
Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammalian faunas of Scandinavia and Greenland: diversity and dynamics, palaeoecological reconstructions, rates of biological/geological events, climatic and environmental changes, palaeogeographical outline, effect of habitat fragmentation (island formation) and human impact.
Curation
Quaternary zoology collections of Late Pleistocene and Holocene vertebrates from Denmark, Greenland and South America.
Assistant curator: Knud Rosenlund.
Current research
Diversity and dynamics of the mammalian fauna in Denmark throughout the last glacial-interglacial cycle, 115-0 kyr BP.
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Danmarks pattedyr fra Istid til Nutid
Aaris-Sørensen, K., 2016, Statens Naturhistoriske Museum. 256 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication
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An arctic seal in temperate waters: History of the tinges seal (Pusa hispida) in the Baltic Sea and its adaptation to the changing environment
Ukkonen, P., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Arppe, L., Daugnora, L., Halkka, A., Lougas, L., Oinonen, M. J., Pilot, M. & Storå, J., Dec 2014, In: The Holocene. 24, 12, p. 1694-1706 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
24 Citations (Scopus) -
Ancient DNA identifies post-glacial recolonisation, not recent bottlenecks, as the primary driver of contemporary mtDNA phylogeography and diversity in Scandinavian brown bears.
Bray, S. C. E., Austin, J. J., Metcalf, J. L., Østbye, K., Østbye, E., Lauritzen, S-E., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Valdiosera, C., Adler, C. J. & Cooper, A., Mar 2013, In: Diversity and Distributions. 19, 3, p. 245-256 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
29 Citations (Scopus) -
Ancient DNA extracted from Danish aurochs (Bos primigenius): genetic diversity and preservation
Nielsen, P. G., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Hofreiter, M., Meyer, M., Bollback, J. P. & Noe-Nygaard, N., 2012, In: Annals of Anatomy. 194, 1, p. 103-111 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
13 Citations (Scopus) -
Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans
Lorenzen, E., Nogues, D. B., Orlando, L. A. A., Weinstock Arenovitz, J., Binladen, J. K. M. A., Marske, K. A., Ugan, A., Borregaard, M. K., Gilbert, M. T. P., Nielsen, R., Ho, S. Y. W., Goebel, T., Graf, K. E., Byers, D., Stenderup, J., Rasmussen, M., Campos, P., Leonard, J. A., Koepfli, K-P., Froese, D. & 35 others, , 2011, In: Nature. 479, 7373, p. 359-364 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access556 Citations (Scopus) -
The palaeoenvironmental δ13C record in European woolly mammoth tooth enamel
Arppe, L., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Daugnora, L., Lõugas, L., Wojtal, P. & Zupiņš, I., 2011, In: Quaternary International. 245, 2, p. 285-290 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus) -
Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius Blum.) and its environment in northern Europe during the last glaciation
Ukkonen, P., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Arppe, L., Clark, P. U., Daugnora, L., Lister, A. M., Lõugas, L., Seppä, H., Sommer, R. S., Stuart, A. J., Wojtal, P. & Zupiņš, I., 2011, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 30, 5-6, p. 693-712 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
44 Citations (Scopus) -
Ancient DNA analyses exclude humans as the driving force behind late Pleistocene musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) population dynamics
Campos, P., Willerslev, E., Sher, A., Orlando, L. A. A., Axelsson, E. G., Tikhonov, A., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Greenwood, A. D., Kahlke, R-D., Kosintsev, P., Krakhmalnaya, T., Kuznetsova, T., Lemey, P., MacPhee, R., Norris, C. A., Shepherd, K., Suchard, M. A., Zazula, G. D., Shapiro, B. & Gilbert, T., 23 Mar 2010, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 107, 12, p. 5675-5680 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
170 Citations (Scopus)