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Anders Forsman

Anders Forsman

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
52
Citations
8356
World Ranking
3511
National Ranking
87

Overview

Anders Forsman is affiliated with Linnaeus University in Sweden and focuses on research primarily within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Genetics.

Their research topics cover Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Key recent papers authored by or involving Anders Forsman include:

  • Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation, 2020, Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
  • Comparing the Performance of Microsatellites and RADseq in Population Genetic Studies: Analysis of Data for Pike (Esox lucius) and a Synthesis of Previous Studies, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Urban moth communities suggest that life in the city favours thermophilic multi-dimensional generalists, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Century-long butterfly range expansions in northern Europe depend on climate, land use and species traits, 2023, Communications Biology
  • Subsidized Common Agricultural Policy grazing jeopardizes the protection of biodiversity and Natura 2000 targeted species, 2022, Animal Conservation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Forsman include Markus Franzén, Johanna Sunde, Yeşerin Yıldırım, Petter Tibblin, and Mark Dopson. These collaborations point to a strong network within ecology and genetics research communities.

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
  • Insect Conservation and Diversity

Forsman's work spans multiple aspects of biological and ecological systems with a substantial focus on climate impacts, species interactions, and conservation biology. Their research outputs contribute to understanding the complex dynamics of ecological communities and genetic diversity in natural populations, as well as addressing methodological challenges in animal research reproducibility.

Best Publications

  • Rethinking phenotypic plasticity and its consequences for individuals, populations and species.

    Anders Forsman

  • Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation

    Bernhard Voelkl;Naomi S. Altman;Anders Forsman;Wolfgang Forstmeier

  • A MODEL OF ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF COLOR POLYMORPHISM

    Anders Forsman;Jonas Ahnesjö;Sofia Caesar;Magnus Karlsson

  • Effects of genotypic and phenotypic variation on establishment are important for conservation, invasion, and infection biology.

    Anders Forsman

  • Differential habitat selection by pygmy grasshopper color morphs; interactive effects of temperature and predator avoidance

    Jonas Ahnesjö;Anders Forsman

  • Inter-individual variation promotes ecological success of populations and species: evidence from experimental and comparative studies

    Anders Forsman;Lena Wennersten

  • COEVOLUTION OF COLOR PATTERN AND THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR IN POLYMORPHIC PYGMY GRASSHOPPERS TETRIX UNDULATA

    Anders Forsman;Karin Ringblom;Emilio Civantos;Jonas Ahnesjö

  • Variation in sexual size dimorphism and maximum body size among adder populations : Effects of prey size

    Anders Forsman

  • Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Environmental Change and Management Actions for Migrating Fish

    Carl Tamario;Johanna Sunde;Erik Petersson;Petter Tibblin

  • Visual predators impose correlational selection on prey color pattern and behavior

    Anders Forsman;Susanne Appelqvist

  • Opposing fitness consequences of colour pattern in male and female snakes

    Anders Forsman

  • Population‐level consequences of polymorphism, plasticity and randomized phenotype switching: a review of predictions

    Lena Wennersten;Anders Forsman

  • Fearful symmetry: pattern size and asymmetry affects aposematic signal efficacy

    Anders Forsman;Sami Merilaita

  • Comparing the Performance of Microsatellites and RADseq in Population Genetic Studies: Analysis of Data for Pike (Esox lucius) and a Synthesis of Previous Studies.

    Johanna Sunde;Yeşerin Yıldırım;Petter Tibblin;Anders Forsman

  • The advantage of a big head: swallowing performance in adders, Vipera berus (L.)

    Anders Forsman;L E Lindell

  • Some like it hot: intra-population variation in behavioral thermoregulation in color-polymorphic pygmy grasshoppers

    Anders Forsman

  • Social costs and development of nuptial coloration in male Psammodromus algirus lizards: an experiment

    José Martín;Anders Forsman

  • The adaptive significance of colour pattern polymorphism in the Australian scincid lizard Lampropholis delicata

    Anders Forsman;Richard Shine

  • CORRELATED EVOLUTION OF CONSPICUOUS COLORATION AND BODY SIZE IN POISON FROGS (DENDROBATIDAE)

    Mattias Hagman;Anders Forsman

  • Is colour polymorphism advantageous to populations and species

    Anders Forsman

  • Parallel geographic variation in body shape and reproductive life history within the Australian scincid lizard Lampropholis delicata

    Anders Forsman;R Shine

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Larsson
Per Larsson Lund University
Sami Merilaita
Sami Merilaita University of Turku
Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Hanno Würbel
Hanno Würbel University of Bern
Wolfgang Forstmeier
Wolfgang Forstmeier Max Planck Society
Jessica Gurevitch
Jessica Gurevitch Stony Brook University
Martien J H Kas
Martien J H Kas University of Groningen
Holger Schielzeth
Holger Schielzeth Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Mikhail V. Kozlov
Mikhail V. Kozlov University of Turku

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