Morten Meldgaard

Research output

Research output per year 1980 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 2008 2019

• 37 Journal article
• 6 Book
• 4 Report
• 2 Book chapter
• 6 More
  • 2 Report chapter
  • 1 Anthology
  • 1 Doctoral thesis
  • 1 Article in proceedings
  • 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2019

  Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic

  Ameen, C., Feuerborn, T. R., Brown, S. K., Linderholm, A., Hulme-Beaman, A., Lebrasseur, O., Sinding, M-H. S., Lounsberry, Z. T., Lin, A. T., Appelt, M., Bachmann, L., Betts, M., Britton, K., Darwent, J., Dietz, R., Fredholm, M., Gopalakrishnan, S., Goriunova, O. I., Grønnow, B., Haile, J., & 39 othersHallsson, J. H., Harrison, R., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Knecht, R., Losey, R. J., Masson-MacLean, E., McGovern, T. H., McManus-Fry, E., Meldgaard, M., Midtdal, Å., Moss, M. L., Nikitin, I. G., Nomokonova, T., Pálsdóttir, A. H., Perri, A., Popov, A. N., Rankin, L., Reuther, J. D., Sablin, M., Schmidt, A. L., Shirar, S., Smiarowski, K., Sonne, C., Stiner, M. C., Vasyukov, M., West, C. F., Ween, G. B., Wennerberg, S. E., Wiig, Ø., Woollett, J., Dalén, L., Hansen, A. J., P Gilbert, M. T., Sacks, B. N., Frantz, L., Larson, G., Dobney, K., Darwent, C. M. & Evin, A., 4 Dec 2019, In: Proceedings. Biological sciences. 286, 1916, p. 20191929

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • sled dogs 100%
  • Arctic region 59%
  • dog 57%
  • dogs 43%
  • Dogs 40%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene

  et al., 13 Jun 2019, In: Nature. 570, p. 182–188

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Siberia 100%
  • Population 25%
  • North American Indians 19%
  • Population Dynamics 19%
  • North America 17%
  71 Citations (Scopus)

  180 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Greenland sled dogs at risk of extinction

  Sonne, C., Langebaek, R., Dietz, R., Andersen-Ranberg, E., Houser, G., Hansen, A. J., Sinding, M-H. S., Olsen, M. T., Egevang, C., Gilbert, M. T. P. & Meldgaard, M., 8 Jun 2018, In: Science. 360, 6393, p. 1080-1080

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Population genomics of grey wolves and wolf-like canids in North America

  Sinding, M. H. S., Gopalakrishan, S., Vieira, F. G., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Raundrup, K., Heide Jørgensen, M. P., Meldgaard, M., Petersen, B., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Mikkelsen, J. B., Marquard-Petersen, U., Dietz, R., Sonne, C., Dalén, L., Bachmann, L., Wiig, Ø., Hansen, A. J. & Gilbert, M. T. P., Nov 2018, In: PLOS Genetics. 14, 11, 23 p., e1007745.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • canid 100%
  • Canis lupus 90%
  • Canidae 88%
  • Metagenomics 86%
  • wolves 84%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  38 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Aasivissuit - Nipisat: inuit hunting ground between ice and sea

  Jensen, J. F., Andreasen, C., Fleischer-Lyberth, P., Løgstrup, L., Poulsen, H. H., Ólafsson, Ó. R., Løventoft-Jessen, A-C., Barr, S. & Meldgaard, M., Jan 2017, Qeqqata Municipality. 192 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication

• Nomination of Aasivissuit-Nipisat - inuit hunting ground between ice and sea - for inclusion on the World Heritage List: Annex 2: management plan

  Poulsen, H. H., Andreasen, C., Fleischer-Lyberth, P., Løgstrup, L., Jensen, J. F., Ólafsson, Ó. R., Løventoft-Jessen, A-C., Meldgaard, M., Barr, S. & Wûrtz Poulsen, K., 2017, Sisimiut: Qeqqata Municipality. 108 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Commissioned

  256 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago

  Seersholm, F. V., Pedersen, M. W., Søe, M. J., Shokry, H., Mak, S., Ruter, A. H., Raghavan, M., Fitzhugh, W., Kjær, K. H., Willerslev, E., Meldgaard, M., Kapel, C. & Hansen, A. J., 8 Nov 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 9 p., 13389.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Bowhead Whale 100%
  • Fossils 80%
  • whales 74%
  • fossils 67%
  • exploitation 57%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  185 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

  Raghavan, M., DeGiorgio, M., Albrechtsen, A., Moltke, I., Skoglund, P., Korneliussen, T. S., Grønnow, B., Appelt, M., Gulløv, H. C., Friesen, T. M., Fitzhugh, W., Malmström, H. S., Rasmussen, S., Olsen, J., Melchior, L. C., Fuller, B. T., Fahrni, S. M., Stafford jr., T., Grimes, V., Renouf, M. A. P., & 36 othersCybulski, J., Lynnerup, N., Lahr, M. M., Britton, K., Knecht, R., Arneborg, J., Metspalu, M., Cornejo, O. E., Malaspinas, A. S., Wang, Y., Rasmussen, M., Raghavan, V., Hansen, T. V. O., Khusnutdinova, E., Pierre, T. L., Dneprovsky, K., Andreasen, C., Lange, H., Hayes, M. G., Coltrain, J., Spitsyn, V. A., Götherström, A., Orlando, L. A. A., Kivisild, T., Villems, R., Crawford, M. H., Nielsen, F. C., Dissing, J., Heinemeier, J., Meldgaard, M., Bustamante, C., O'Rourke, D. H., Jakobsson, M., Gilbert, M. T. P., Nielsen, R. & Willerslev, E., 29 Aug 2014, In: Science. 345, 6200, 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Inuits 100%
  • Arctic Regions 81%
  • Archaeology 37%
  • Siberia 34%
  • Greenland 33%
  178 Citations (Scopus)

• The Greenland Ice Sheet: 80 years of climate change seen from the air

  Kjær, K. H., Bjørk, A. A., Funder, S. V., Groth-Hansen, F., Houmark-Nielsen, M., Khan, S. A., Kjeldsen, K. K., Korsgaard, N. J., Larsen, N. K., Meldgaard, M., Ries, C. J. & Thostrup, H. H., 2014, Copenhagen: Natural History Museum of Denmark, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 180 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication
• 2013

  Indlandsisen: 80 års klimaændringer set fra luften

  Kjær, K. H., Bjørk, A. A., Funder, S. V., Groth-Hansen, F., Houmark-Nielsen, M., Khan, S. A., Kjeldsen, K. K., Korsgaard, N. J., Larsen, N. K., Meldgaard, M., Ries, C. J. & Tholstrup, H. H., Dec 2013, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 180 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication
• 2012

  The future preservation of a permanently frozen kitchen midden in Western Greenland

  Hollesen, J., Jensen, J. B., Matthiesen, H., Elberling, B., Lange, H. & Meldgaard, M., 2012, In: Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites. 14, 1-4, p. 159-168 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Midden 100%
  • Greenland 87%
  • Kitchen 74%
  • Temperature 71%
  • Decay 59%
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Paleo-Eskimo kitchen midden preservation in permafrost under future climate conditions at Qajaa, West Greenland

  Elberling, B., Matthiesen, H., Jørgensen, C. J., Hansen, B., Grønnow, B., Meldgaard, M., Andreasen, C. & Khan, S. A., Jun 2011, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 38, 6, p. 1331-1339 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Permafrost 100%
  • Midden 88%
  • Eskimo 81%
  • Greenland 77%
  • Kitchen 66%
  15 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 othersZazula, G., Stafford jr., T., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Batra, P., Haywood, A. M., Singarayer, J. S., Valdes, P. J., Boeskorov, G., Burns, J. A., Davydov, S. P., Haile, J. S., Jenkins, D. L., Kosintsev, P., Kuznetsova, T., Lai, X., Martin, L. D., McDonald, H. G., Mol, D., Meldgaard, M., Munch, K., Stephan, E., Sablin, M., Sommer, R. S., Sipko, T., Scott, E., Suchard, M. A., Tikhonov, A., Willerslev, R., Wayne, R. K., Cooper, A., Hofreiter, M., Sher, A., Shapiro, B., Rahbek, C. & Willerslev, E., 17 Nov 2011, In: Nature. 479, 7373, p. 359-364 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Climate 100%
  • Bison 59%
  • musk 57%
  • Ecosystem 38%
  • Horses 33%
  427 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

  Rasmussen, M., Li, Y., Lindgreen, S., Pedersen, J. S., Albrechtsen, A., Moltke, I., Metspalu, M., Metspalu, E., Kivisild, T., Gupta, R., Bertalan, M., Nielsen, K., Gilbert, T., Wang, Y., Raghavan, M., Campos, P., Kamp, H. L. M., Wilson, A. S., Gledhill, A., Tridico, S., & 32 othersBunce, M., Lorenzen, E., Binladen, J. K. M. A., Guo, X., Zhao, J., Zhang, X., Zhang, H., Li, Z., Chen, M., Orlando, L. A. A., Kristiansen, K., Bak, M., Tommerup, N., Bendixen, C., Pierre, T. L., Grønnow, B., Meldgaard, M., Andreasen, C., Fedorova, S. A., Osipova, L. P., Higham, T. F. G., Ramsey, C. B., Hansen, T. V. O., Nielsen, F. C., Crawford, M. H., Brunak, S., Sicheritz-Pontén, T., Villems, R., Nielsen, R., Krogh, A., Wang, J. & Willerslev, E., 11 Feb 2010, In: Nature. 463, 7282, p. 757-762 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Inuits 100%
  • Human Genome 70%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 56%
  • Genome 45%
  • Permafrost 41%
  485 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Geographical report of the GeoArk expeditions to north-east Greenland 2007 and 2008

  Kroon, A., Jakobsen, B. H., Pedersen, J. B. T., Addington, L., Kaufmann, L., Grønnow, B., Jensen, J. F., Sørensen, M., Gulløv, H., Hardenberg, M., Gotfredsen, A. B. & Meldgaard, M., 2009, Copenhagen: SILA - National Museum of Denmark. 90 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
• 2008

  Baggrund og rammer for ekspeditionen. Galathea 3, 2006-2007

  Haslund-Christensen, S. & Meldgaard, M., 2008, Danmark: Dansk Ekspeditionsfond Galathea 3 og Thaning & Appel. 368 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication

• GeoArk: Coast, Man and Environment in North East Greenland

  Grønnow, B., Jakobsen, B. H., Gotfredsen, A. B., Jensen, J. F., Kroon, A., Meldgaard, M., Pedersen, J. B. T. & Sørensen, M., 2008, Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 13th Annual Report 2007. Klitgaard, A. B. & Rasch, M. (eds.). Copenhagen: Danish Polar Center, p. 83-84

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Communication

• GeoArk 2005 og 2007: rapport over rekognosceringer i Nordøstgrønland

  Fog Jensen, J., Grønnov, B., Gotfredsen, A. B., Jakobsen, B. H., Kroon, A., Meldgaard, M. & Sørensen, M., 2008, København: SILA, Nationalmuseets Center for Grønlandsforskning. 116 p. (Feltrapport /  SILA, Nationalmuseets Center for Grønlandsforskning; No. 27).

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

• GeoArk 2007: Kyst, mennesker og miljø i Nordøstgrønland

  Jakobsen, B. H., Kroon, A., Pedersen, J. B. T., Andersen, T. J., Grønnow, B., Sørensen, M., Gulløv, H. C., Jensen, J. F., Gotfredsen, A. B. & Meldgaard, M., 2008, In: Geografi - årsskrift for selskabets .../Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab. 2007, p. 35-43

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

• Paleo-eskimo mtDNA genome reveals matrilineal discontinuity in Greenland

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Kivisild, T., Grønnow, B., Andersen, P. K., Metspalu, E., Reidla, M., Tamm, E., Axelsson, E., Götherström, A., Campos, P. F., Rasmussen, M., Metspalu, M., Higham, T. F. G., Schwenninger, J-L., Nathan, R., De Hoog, C-J., Koch, A., Møller, L. N., Andreasen, C., Meldgaard, M., & 3 othersVillems, R., Bendixen, C. & Willerslev, E., 2008, In: Science. 320, 5884, p. 1787-1789 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Greenland 100%
  • Inuits 98%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 69%
  • Genome 44%
  • North American Indians 32%
  139 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Ancient Harp Seal Hunters of Disko Bay. Subsistence and Settlement at the Saqqaq Culture Site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC), West Greenland.

  Meldgaard, M., 2004, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum. 189 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis
• 2001

  Historical ecology.- In: Born, E. W. & J. Böcher (eds.) The Ecology of Greenland

  Meldgaard, M., 2001, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik Illinniusiorfik. 429 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Education
• 1998

  Polyphyletic Origin of the Small-Bodied, High-Arctic Subspecies of Tundra Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

  Nielsen, P. G., Meldgaard, M., Pääbo, S. & Arctander, P., 1998, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10, 2, p. 151-159 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  36 Citations (Scopus)
• 1997

  Sisikasiit: the Place with the Fox Holes

  Meldgaard, M., 1997, Fifty Years of Arctic Research: Anthropological Studies From Greenland to Siberia. Gilberg, R. & Gulløv, H. C. (eds.). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet, Vol. 18. p. 215-220

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
• 1996

  Cod, caribou and climate

  Meldgaard, M., 1996, Climate and Man in the Arctic: Proceedings from a seminar held by the Danish Polar Center 27. march 1996. Danish Polar Center, p. 26-34 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research

• Historisk-Arkæologisk Forsøgscenter i Lejre - 30 års forsøg med fortiden

  Meldgaard, M. & Rasmussen, M., 1996, Rhodos Int. Forlag for Videnskab. 9 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication
• 1995

  Lidt om Jens Rosings naturiagtagelser

  Meldgaard, M., 1995, In: Groenland (Charlottenlund). 4-5, p. 191-196 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Ressource pulses in a marine environment: A case study from Disko Bugt, West greenland

  Meldgaard, M., 1995, Man and Sea in the Mesolithic. Fisher, A. (ed.). Oxford: Left Coast Press, Vol. 53. p. 361-368 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
• 1993

  Hvad kan arkæologisk materiale fortælle os om husdyrenes og husdyrholdets udvikling?

  Meldgaard, M., 1993, Nordiak seminar om gamle husdyrracer. København: Nordic Council of Ministers, Vol. 501. p. 72-77 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Communication

• Radiocarbon AMS dating of Holocene wolf (Canis lupus) remains from greenland

  Bennike, O., Meldgaard, M., Heinemeier, J. & Rud, N., 1993, In: Holocene. 4, 1, p. 84-88 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 1991

  De første Vestgrønlændere

  Grønnow, B. & Meldgaard, M., 1991, In: Groenland. 4-7, p. 40

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

• Hvor blev de af?

  Grønnow, B. & Meldgaard, M., 1991, In: Groenland. 4-7, p. 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
• 1990

  Op- og Nedgangstider i den grønlandske dyreverden

  Meldgaard, M., 1990, In: Groenland (Charlottenlund). p. 169-180

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Skjoldungen - et paradis bag storisen: Feltrapport fra et tværvidenskabeligt projekt i Sydgrønland

  Gulløv, H. C., Meldgaard, M. & Rosing, M. T., 1990, In: Naturens Verden. p. 377-400 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Skjoldungen - et paradis bag Storisen

  Gulløv, H. C., Meldgaard, M. & Rosing, M. T., 1990, In: Naturens Verden. 11-12, p. 337-400

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
• 1989

  Dyrelivet i Kangerlussuaq

  Meldgaard, M., 1989, In: Forskning i Grønland. 1-2, p. 46-49 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Interglacial remains of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) and lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus(?)) from North Greenland

  Meldgaard, M. & Bennike, O., 1989, In: Boreas. 18, p. 359-366 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Urgammel Djupfryst sop hög funnen på Grønland

  Meldgaard, M. & Grønnow, B., 1989, In: Forskning & Framsteg. p. 4-11 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
• 1988

  Boplads i Dybfrost: Fra Christianshåb Museums udgravninger på Vest Grønlands ældste boplads

  Grønnow, B. & Meldgaard, M., 1988, In: Naturens Verden. 11-12, p. 409-440 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Isarukitsoq - Den stumpvingede

  Meldgaard, M., 1988, In: Groenland (Charlottenlund). p. 5-13 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Sådan døde jordens sidste gejrfugl

  Meldgaard, M., 1988, In: Illustreret Videnskab. 10, p. 48-51 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis (L.)) in Greenland

  Meldgaard, M., 1988, In: Historical Biology. 1, 2, p. 145-178 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 1987

  Factors determining leg length in Rangifer tarandus

  Klein, D. R., Meldgaard, M. & Fancy, S. G., 1987, In: Journal of Mammalogy. 68, 3, p. 642-655 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Human implications of arctic animal population fluctuations: Caribou in Greenland.- In: Nelson, J. G. et al. (eds) Arctic Heritage, Proceedings of a Symposium, August 24-28, 1985, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

  Meldgaard, M., 1987, 10 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• The First West Greenlanders

  Meldgaard, M., 1987, In: The Raven. p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
• 1986

  Mineselskab truer uerstattelige værdier i fredede Paradisdal: Kronik

  Meldgaard, M., Bøcher, J. J. & Grønnow, B., 1986, In: Atuagagdliutit. 20, p. 10-11 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Op- og nedgangstider for de grønlandske dyr

  Meldgaard, M., 1986, In: Forskning i Grønland. p. 26-31

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Rensdyr og moskusokser på langfart

  Translated title of the contribution: Musk Ox and Caribou undertaking long migrationsMeldgaard, M., 1986, In: Dyr i Natur og Museum. p. 12-15 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Sidste nyt fra Saqqaq Folket. Rapport fra udgravningerne af bopladsen Qeqertasussuk i Disko Bugt, Vest Grønland

  Meldgaard, M. & Grønnow, B., 1986, In: Forskning i Grønland. p. 9-18 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Sidste nyt om den uddøde grønlandske gejrfugl

  Meldgaard, M., 1986, In: Dyr i Natur og Museum. 2, p. 21-23 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication