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Christer Wiklund

Christer Wiklund

Stockholm University
Sweden

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
78
Citations
16288
World Ranking
925
National Ranking
13

Christer Wiklund publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christer Wiklund sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 259 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Christer Wiklund D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christer Wiklund sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christer Wiklund is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The research topics covered by Christer Wiklund include Plant and Animal Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Recent scholarly contributions by Wiklund include multiple papers on the genetics, ecology, and evolutionary biology of butterflies, often with a focus on Leptidea species. These publications are:

  • "High-density linkage maps and chromosome level genome assemblies unveil direction and frequency of extensive structural rearrangements in wood white butterflies (Leptidea spp.)" (2023), published in Chromosome Research
  • "The fine-scale recombination rate variation and associations with genomic features in a butterfly" (2023), published in Genome Research
  • "Incomplete Sterility of Chromosomal Hybrids: Implications for Karyotype Evolution and Homoploid Hybrid Speciation" (2020), published in Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Host plant diet affects growth and induces altered gene expression and microbiome composition in the wood white (Leptidea sinapis) butterfly" (2020), published in Molecular Ecology
  • "Nascent evolution of recombination rate differences as a consequence of chromosomal rearrangements" (2023), published in PLoS Genetics

Frequent collaborators in these research endeavors include Roger Vila, Niclas Backström, Karin Näsvall, Lars Höök, and Jesper Boman.

Christer Wiklund's research has appeared repeatedly in journals and venues contributing to evolutionary biology and ecology. Most common publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology Letters
  • Chromosome Research
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Animal Behaviour

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Flexible Growth Rates on Optimal Sizes and Development Times in a Seasonal Environment

    Peter A. Abrams;Olof Leimar;Soren Nylin;Christer Wiklund

  • Parental defence of offspring: A model and an example

    Malte Andersson;Christer G. Wiklund;Helen Rundgren

  • Adaptive variation in growth rate: life history costs and consequences in the speckled wood butterfly,Pararge aegeria.

    Karl Gotthard;Sören Nylin;Christer Wiklund

  • Why do males emerge before females?

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  • Proximate causes of Rensch's rule: does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Anthony F. G. Dixon;Daphne J. Fairbairn;Matthias W. Foellmer

  • Polyandry and its effect on female reproduction in the green-veined white butterfly ( Pieris napi L.)

    Christer Wiklund;Arja Kaitala;Virpi Lindfors;Johan Abenius

  • Fighting without weaponry: a review of male-male contest competition in butterflies

    Darrell J. Kemp;Christer Wiklund

  • Territorial defence and its seasonal decline in the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria)

    Per-Olof Wickman;Christer Wiklund

  • Why do males emerge before females? protandry as a mating strategy in male and female butterflies

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  • Prey survival by predator intimidation: an experimental study of peacock butterfly defence against blue tits

    Adrian Vallin;Sven Jakobsson;Johan Lind;Christer Wiklund

  • Generalist vs. specialist oviposition behaviour in Papilio machaon (Lepidoptera) and functional aspects on the hierarchy of oviposition preferences

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  • Clumping versus spacing out: Experiments on nest predation in fieldfares (Turdus pilaris)

    Malte Andersson;Christer G. Wiklund

  • Sexual cooperation and conflict in butterflies: a male-transferred anti-aphrodisiac reduces harassment of recently mated females.

    Johan Andersson;Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson;Christer Wiklund

  • Sex-related variation in growth rate as a result of selection for large size and protandry in a bivoltine butterfly, Pieris napi

    Christer Wiklund;Soren Nylin;Johan Forsberg

  • Aposematism and crypsis combined as a result of distance dependence: functional versatility of the colour pattern in the swallowtail butterfly larva

    Birgitta S Tullberg;Sami Merilaita;Christer Wiklund

  • Mass and production rate of ejaculates in relation to monandry/polyandry in butterflies

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  • Residency effects in animal contests

    Darrell J. Kemp;Christer Wiklund

  • Sexual size dimorphism in relation to female polygamy and protandry in butterflies: a comparative study of Swedish Pieridae and Satyridae

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  • Absence of Trade-Offs Between Sexual Size Dimorphism and Early Male Emergence in a Butterfly

    Soren Nylin;Christer Wiklund;Per-Olof Wickman;Enrique Garcia-Barros

  • Marginal eyespots on butterfly wings deflect bird attacks under low light intensities with UV wavelengths.

    Martin Olofsson;Adrian Vallin;Sven Jakobsson;Christer Wiklund

  • Egg-laying patterns in butterflies in relation to their phenology and the visual apparency and abundance of their host plants

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  • The Cost of Being Aposematic. An Experimental Study of Predation on Larvae of Papilio Machaon by the Great Tit Parus Major

    Torbjörn Järvi;Birgitta Sillén-Tullberg;Christer Wiklund

  • Seasonal butterfly design: morphological plasticity among three developmental pathways relative to sex, flight and thermoregulation

    H. Van Dyck;C. Wiklund

  • Sexual selection and speciation in mammals, butterflies and spiders.

    Matthew J. G. Gage;Geoffrey A. Parker;Soren Nylin;Christer Wiklund

  • OVIPOSITION PREFERENCES IN PAPILIO MACHAON IN RELATION TO THE HOST PLANTS OF THE LARVAE

    Christer Wiklund

  • Egg weight variation and lack of correlation between egg weight and offspring fitness in the wall brown butterfly Lasiommata megera

    Bengt Karlsson;Christer Wiklund

  • Sexual selection for large male size in a polyandrous butterfly: the effect of body size on male versus female reproductive success in Pieris napi

    Christer Wiklund;Arja Kaitala

  • Antiaphrodisiacs in pierid butterflies: a theme with variation!

    Johan Andersson;Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson;Christer Wiklund

  • Seasonal plasticity in growth and development of the speckled wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria (Satyrinae)

    Sören Nylin;Per‐Olof Wickman;Christer Wiklund

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Gotthard
Karl Gotthard Stockholm University
Johan Ehrlén
Johan Ehrlén Stockholm University
Sören Nylin
Sören Nylin Stockholm University
Roger Vila
Roger Vila Spanish National Research Council
Sven Jakobsson
Sven Jakobsson Stockholm University
Olof Leimar
Olof Leimar Stockholm University
Per-Olof Wickman
Per-Olof Wickman Stockholm University
Constantí Stefanescu
Constantí Stefanescu Autonomous University of Barcelona
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson
Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Royal Institute of Technology

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