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Christer Björkman is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. The main fields of study focus on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Ecology, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their main topics of research cover Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, and Forest Management and Policy.

Recent publications by Christer Björkman include:

  • Complex responses of global insect pests to climate warming, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • When is it biological control? A framework of definitions, mechanisms, and classifications, 2021, Journal of Pest Science
  • Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions, 2020, NeoBiota
  • Forest biodiversity and ecosystem services from spruce-birch mixtures: The potential importance of tree spatial arrangement, 2021, Environmental Challenges
  • Associating Land Cover Changes with Patterns of Incidences of Climate-Sensitive Infections: An Example on Tick-Borne Diseases in the Nordic Area, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Their research has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Pest Science
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • NeoBiota
  • Environmental Challenges

Christer Björkman has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors such as Maartje J. Klapwijk, Helena Bylund, Adriana Puentes, Yayuan Chen, and Michelle Nordkvist.

Best Publications

  • Complex responses of global insect pests to climate warming

    Philipp Lehmann;Philipp Lehmann;Philipp Lehmann;Tea Ammunét;Madeleine Barton;Andrea Battisti

  • Replacing monocultures with mixed-species stands: Ecosystem service implications of two production forest alternatives in Sweden

    Adam Felton;Urban Nilsson;Johan Sonesson;Annika M. Felton

  • Leaf Trichome Formation and Plant Resistance to Herbivory

    Peter Dalin;Jon Ågren;Christer Björkman;Piritta Huttunen

  • Optimizing Crops for Biocontrol of Pests and Disease

    Johan A. Stenberg;Martin Heil;Inger Åhman;Christer Björkman

  • Insecticides suppress natural enemies and increase pest damage in cabbage.

    Riccardo Bommarco;Freddy Miranda;Helena Bylund;Christer Björkman

  • Effects of nitrogen fertilization on pine needle chemistry and sawfly performance

    Christer Björkman;Stig Larsson;Rolf Gref

  • Responses of Neodiprion sertifer (Hym., Diprionidae) larvae to variation in needle resin acid concentration in Scots pine.

    Stig Larsson;Christer Björkman;Rolf Gref

  • Oviposition preferences in pine sawflies : a trade-off between larval growth and defence against natural enemies

    Christer Björkman;Stig Larsson;Riccardo Bommarco

  • The distribution and abundance of animal populations in a climate of uncertainty

    Åsa Berggren;Christer Björkman;Helena Bylund;Matthew P. Ayres

  • Tri‐trophic interactions: bridging species, communities and ecosystems

    Luis Abdala-Roberts;Adriana Puentes;Deborah L. Finke;Robert J. Marquis

  • Socio-ecological implications of modifying rotation lengths in forestry

    Jean-Michel Roberge;Hjalmar Laudon;Christer Björkman;Thomas Ranius

  • Adult beetle grazing induces willow trichome defence against subsequent larval feeding.

    Peter Dalin;Christer Björkman

  • Abiotic factors, climatic variability and forest insect pests

    Seppo Neuvonen;Tarmo Antero Virtanen

  • Influence of plant quality on pine sawfly population dynamics

    Stig Larsson;Barbara Ekbom;Christer Björkman

  • Pine sawfly defence and variation in host plant resin acids: a trade‐off with growth

    Christer Björkman;Stig Larsson

  • Forest management and natural biocontrol of insect pests

    Maartje J. Klapwijk;Helena Bylund;Martin Schroeder;Christer Björkman

  • Methods to identify the prey of invertebrate predators in terrestrial field studies.

    Klaus Birkhofer;Klaus Birkhofer;Helena Bylund;Peter Dalin;Olga Ferlian

  • Ecological effects and management aspects of an exotic tree species : the case of lodgepole pine in Sweden

    Ola Engelmark;Kjell Sjöberg;Bengt Andersson;Ola Rosvall

  • Effects of leaf beetle damage on stem wood production in coppicing willow

    Christer Björkman;Solveig Höglund;Karin Eklund;Stig Larsson

  • Forest insects and climate change: long-term trends in herbivore damage.

    Maartje J. Klapwijk;Gyoergy Csoka;Aniko Hirka;Christer Bjorkman

  • Leaf trichome responses to herbivory in willows: induction, relaxation and costs.

    Christer Björkman;Peter Dalin;Karin Ahrné

  • Integrated agricultural research and crop breeding: Allelopathic weed control in cereals and long-term productivity in perennial biomass crops

    M. Weih;U.M.E. Didon;A.-C. Rönnberg-Wästljung;C. Björkman

  • Interactive effects of host resistance and drought stress on the performance of a gall-making aphid living on Norway spruce.

    Christer Bjorkman

  • HARVESTING DISRUPTS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF HERBIVORES IN A SHORT-ROTATION COPPICE SYSTEM

    Christer Björkman;Riccardo Bommarco;Karin Eklund;Solveig Höglund

  • Climate change and insect pest distribution range.

    A. Battisti;S. Larsson;C. Björkman;P. Niemelä

  • Reduced population control of an insect pest in managed willow monocultures.

    Peter Dalin;Oskar Kindvall;Christer Björkman

Frequent Co-Authors

Stig Larsson
Stig Larsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jan Stenlid
Jan Stenlid Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Adam Felton
Adam Felton Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Andrew M. Liebhold
Andrew M. Liebhold Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Jonathan Gershenzon
Jonathan Gershenzon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Andrea Battisti
Andrea Battisti University of Padua
Johan Bergh
Johan Bergh Linnaeus University
Riitta Julkunen-Tiitto
Riitta Julkunen-Tiitto University of Eastern Finland
Sanford D. Eigenbrode
Sanford D. Eigenbrode University of Idaho
Colin M. Orians
Colin M. Orians Tufts University

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