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Donald Blomqvist

Donald Blomqvist

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
27
Citations
3110
World Ranking
2787
National Ranking
42

Donald Blomqvist publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald Blomqvist sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 66 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Donald Blomqvist D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald Blomqvist sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 27 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Donald Blomqvist is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, focusing primarily on environmental science. Their research spans areas including ecology, evolution, behavior, parasitology, infectious diseases, and genetics.

The main subfields of study Blomqvist works within are:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Genetics

The primary research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Blomqvist's recent notable publications consist of the following:

  • "Questing abundance of adult taiga ticks Ixodes persulcatus and their Borrelia prevalence at the north-western part of their distribution" (2020), published in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Genetic differentiation in an endangered and strongly philopatric, migrant shorebird" (2021), published in BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • "Survival probability in a small shorebird decreases with the time an individual carries a tracking device" (2020), published in Journal of Avian Biology
  • "Survival during the pre-fledging period rather than during post-fledging drives variation in local recruitment of an endangered migratory shorebird, the Southern Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii" (2020), published in Journal für Ornithologie
  • "Survival fluctuation is linked to precipitation variation during staging in a migratory shorebird" (2022), published in Scientific Reports

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Blomqvist include:

  • Veli-Matti Pakanen
  • Kari Koivula
  • Nelli Rönkä
  • Angela Pauliny
  • Vojtěch Brlík

Their work has appeared in various academic venues that feature research in ecology and related fields, including:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal für Ornithologie

Best Publications

  • Nest site selection : a trade-off between concealment and view of the surroundings ?

    Frank Gotmark;Donald Blomqvist;Olof C. Johansson;Jan Bergkvist

  • Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds

    Donald Blomqvist;Malte Andersson;Clemens Küpper;Innes C. Cuthill

  • Do woodpecker finches acquire tool-use by social learning?

    Sabine Tebbich;Michael Taborsky;Birgit Fessl;Donald Blomqvist

  • Parental quality and egg size affect chick survival in a precocial bird, the lapwing Vanellus vanellus.

    Donald Blomqvist;O. C. Johansson;Frank Götmark

  • Age‐independent telomere length predicts fitness in two bird Species

    Angela Pauliny;Richard H. Wagner;Jakob Augustin;Tibor Szép

  • Ambient temperature effects on photo induced gonadal cycles and hormonal secretion patterns in Great Tits from three different breeding latitudes.

    Bengt Silverin;John Wingfield;Karl-Arne Stokkan;Renato Massa

  • Male aerial display and reversed sexual size dimorphism in the dunlin

    Donald Blomqvist;Olof C Johansson;Uno Unger;Mikael Larsson

  • Sex differences in sand lizard telomere inheritance: paternal epigenetic effects increases telomere heritability and offspring survival.

    Mats Olsson;Mats Olsson;Angela Pauliny;Erik Wapstra;Tobias Uller

  • Trade‐offs in nest site selection in coastal populations of Lapwings Vanellus vanellus

    Donald Blomqvist;Olof C. Johansson

  • Food supplementation affects extrapair paternity in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

    Radovan Václav;Herbert Hoi;Donald Blomqvist

  • Nest Predation Management: Effects on Reproductive Success in Endangered Shorebirds

    Angela Pauliny;Mikael Larsson;Donald Blomqvist

  • Sexual differences in telomere selection in the wild.

    Mats Olsson;Angela Pauliny;Erik Wapstra;Tobias Uller

  • Habitat selection and diet of lapwing Vanellus vanellus chicks on coastal farmland in S.W. Sweden

    Olof C. Johansson;Donald Blomqvist

  • Proximate determinants of telomere length in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)

    Mats Olsson;Angela Pauliny;Erik Wapstra;Donald Blomqvist

  • Genetic mating system and timing of extra-pair fertilizations in the Kentish plover

    Clemens Küpper;János Kis;András Kosztolányi;Tamás Székely

  • EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY IN THE COMMON MURRE

    Tim R. Birkhead;Ben J. Hatchwell;Robert Lindner;Donald Blomqvist

  • Rapid growth accelerates telomere attrition in a transgenic fish.

    Angela Pauliny;Robert H. Devlin;Jörgen I. Johnsson;Donald Blomqvist

  • Polygamy slows down population divergence in shorebirds

    Josephine D'Urban Jackson;Josephine D'Urban Jackson;Natalie dos Remedios;Kathryn Maher;Sama Zefania

  • Telomere dynamics in wild brown trout: effects of compensatory growth and early growth investment

    Joacim Näslund;Angela Pauliny;Donald Blomqvist;Jörgen I. Johnsson

  • Exploration and ecology in Darwin’s finches

    Sabine Tebbich;Birgit Fessl;Donald Blomqvist;Donald Blomqvist

  • Genetic and Social Monogamy – Does It Occur Without Mate Guarding in the Ringed Plover?

    Johan Wallander;Donald Blomqvist;Jan T. Lifjeld

  • Telomere dynamics in a long-lived bird, the barnacle goose

    Angela Pauliny;Kjell Larsson;Donald Blomqvist

Frequent Co-Authors

Mats Olsson
Mats Olsson University of Gothenburg
Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Malte Andersson
Malte Andersson University of Gothenburg
Innes C. Cuthill
Innes C. Cuthill University of Bristol
Bart Kempenaers
Bart Kempenaers Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Richard B. Lanctot
Richard B. Lanctot United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Brett K. Sandercock
Brett K. Sandercock Kansas State University
Herbert Hoi
Herbert Hoi University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Jan T. Lifjeld
Jan T. Lifjeld University of Oslo
Kari Koivula
Kari Koivula University of Oulu

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