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Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
11329
World Ranking
2111
National Ranking
45

Overview

Bengt Gunnar Jonsson is affiliated with Mid Sweden University in Sweden. Their research primarily addresses topics within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on forest ecology and biodiversity, forest management and policy, and related ecological fields.

The scientist's work spans several main topics including:

  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Lichen and Fungal Ecology
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Within the broader fields of study, their publications mainly fall into:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Notable subfields covered in their research include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The list of recent papers reflects a focus on forest biodiversity, climate mitigation, and conservation:

  • "Sweden does not meet agreed national and international forest biodiversity targets: A call for adaptive landscape planning" (2020), published in Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Climate mitigation forestry-temporal trade-offs" (2021), published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Conservation significance of intact forest landscapes in the Scandinavian Mountains Green Belt" (2020), published in Landscape Ecology
  • "Multiple drivers of large-scale lichen decline in boreal forest canopies" (2022), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Strengthening the Network of High Conservation Value Forests in Boreal Landscapes" (2021), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bengt Gunnar Jonsson include:

  • Johan Svensson
  • Grzegorz Mikusiński
  • Jakub W. Bubnicki
  • Per Angelstam
  • Mattias Edman

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Environmental Evidence
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Landscape and Urban Planning

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity in dead wood.

    Jogeir N. Stokland;Juha Siitonen;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • Ecology of Species Living on Dead Wood - Lessons for Dead Wood Management

    Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Nicholas Kruys;Thomas Ranius

  • Fine woody debris is important for species richness on logs in managed boreal spruce forests of northern Sweden

    Nicholas Kruys;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • Wood-inhabiting cryptogams on dead Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees in managed Swedish boreal forests

    Nicholas Kruys;Clas Fries;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Tomas Lämås

  • Challenges of ecological restoration: Lessons from forests in northern Europe

    Panu Halme;Panu Halme;Katherine A. Allen;Ainārs Auniņš;Richard H.W. Bradshaw

  • Exploring potential biodiversity indicators in boreal forests

    Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Mats Jonsell

  • Treefall disturbance maintains high bryophyte diversity in a boreal spruce forest.

    Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Per-Anders Esseen

  • Habitat loss: ecological, evolutionary and genetic consequences

    Andrew Sih;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Gordon Luikart

  • Differences in habitat quality explain nestedness in a land snail meta‐community

    Kristoffer Hylander;Christer Nilsson;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Tove Göthner

  • The benefits of systematic mapping to evidence-based environmental management.

    Neal R. Haddaway;Claes Bernes;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Katarina Hedlund

  • Colonization and extinction patterns of wood‐decaying fungi in a boreal old‐growth Picea abies forest

    Mari T. Jönsson;Mattias Edman;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • Availability of coarse woody debris in a boreal old‐growth Picea abies forest

    Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • The bryophyte diaspore bank and its role after small‐scale disturbance in a boreal forest

    Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • Edge Effects on Liverworts and Lichens in Forest Patches in a Mosaic of Boreal Forest and Wetland

    Jon Moen;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • Roadless and Low-Traffic Areas as Conservation Targets in Europe

    Nuria Selva;Stefan Kreft;Vassiliki Kati;Martin Schluck

  • A null model for randomization tests of nestedness in species assemblages.

    Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • Verifying an Extinction Debt among Lichens and Fungi in Northern Swedish Boreal Forests

    Håkan Berglund;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • The forest management planning package: theory and application

    Bengt Jonsson;Jonas Jacobsson;Hans Kallur

  • Modelling dead wood in Norway spruce stands subject to different management regimes

    Thomas Ranius;Oskar Kindvall;Nicholas Kruys;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • Predictability of plant and fungal species richness of old‐growth boreal forest islands

    Håkan Berglund;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

  • Impacts of dead-wood manipulation on the biodiversity of temperate and boreal forests - A systematic review

    Jennie Sandström;Claes Bernes;Kaisa Junninen;Asko Lõhmus

Frequent Co-Authors

Göran Ståhl
Göran Ståhl Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Marc-André Villard
Marc-André Villard Mount Allison University
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Asko Lõhmus
Asko Lõhmus University of Tartu
Shawn Fraver
Shawn Fraver University of Maine
Per Angelstam
Per Angelstam Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Jari Kouki
Jari Kouki University of Eastern Finland
Kristoffer Hylander
Kristoffer Hylander Stockholm University
Grzegorz Mikusiński
Grzegorz Mikusiński Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Timo Kuuluvainen
Timo Kuuluvainen University of Helsinki

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