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Overview

Frank Götmark is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with an emphasis on Global Maternal and Child Health, Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences, and species-related ecological studies. Their body of work covers several subfields, including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Global and Planetary Change, Gender Studies, Economics and Econometrics, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, notably:

  • Human fertility in relation to education, economy, religion, contraception, and family planning programs (2020), published in BMC Public Health
  • Population growth and climate change: Addressing the overlooked threat multiplier (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Overpopulation is a major cause of biodiversity loss and smaller human populations are necessary to preserve what is left (2022), published in Biological Conservation
  • Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to? (2023), published in Biological Conservation
  • Population growth, family planning and the Paris Agreement: an assessment of the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) (2022), published in International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics

Götmark frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of their frequent co-authors include:

  • Philip Cafaro
  • Pernilla Hansson
  • Sabina Burrascano
  • Francesco Chianucci
  • Giovanni Trentanovi

The scientist's publications often appear in venues related to conservation and ecological research. Prominent publication forums include:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • BMC Public Health
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Their research topics encompass issues related to biodiversity and forest ecology, the interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and plants, as well as family dynamics and climate change methodologies. Specific topics addressed include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering

Best Publications

  • Relative importance of coarse and fine woody debris for the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in temperate broadleaf forests

    Björn Nordén;Martin Ryberg;Frank Götmark;Bettina Olausson

  • The Effects of Investigator Disturbance on Nesting Birds

    Frank Götmark

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

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

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

    Donald Blomqvist;O. C. Johansson;Frank Götmark

  • Prey Selection by Sparrowhawks, Accipiter nisus: Relative Predation Risk for Breeding Passerine Birds in Relation to their Size, Ecology and Behaviour

    Frank Gotmark;Peter Post

  • Flock-feeding on fish schools increases individual success in gulls.

    Frank Götmark;David W. Winkler;David W. Winkler;Malte Andersson

  • Colonial breeding reduces nest predation in the common gull (Larus canus)

    Frank Götmark;Malte Andersson

  • Dead wood in semi-natural temperate broadleaved woodland: contribution of coarse and fine dead wood, attached dead wood and stumps

    Björn Nordén;Frank Götmark;Marie Tönnberg;Martin Ryberg

  • Factors and scales potentially important for saproxylic beetles in temperate mixed oak forest

    Niklas Franc;Frank Götmark;Bjørn Økland;Björn Nordén

  • Protected Areas in Sweden: Is Natural Variety Adequately Represented?

    Christer Nilsson;Frank Götmark

  • Habitat management alternatives for conservation forests in the temperate zone: Review, synthesis, and implications

    Frank Götmark

  • At which spatial and temporal scales does landscape context affect local density of Red Data Book and Indicator species

    Heidi Paltto;Björn Nordén;Frank Götmark;Niklas Franc

  • Broadleaved tree species in conifer-dominated forestry: Regeneration and limitation of saplings in southern Sweden

    Frank Götmark;Jonas Fridman;Göran Kempe;Björn Norden

  • Why Be a Shrub? A Basic Model and Hypotheses for the Adaptive Values of a Common Growth Form

    Frank Götmark;Elin Götmark;Anna M. Jensen

  • Overpopulation is a major cause of biodiversity loss and smaller human populations are necessary to preserve what is left

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  • Are Indices Reliable for Assessing Conservation Value of Natural Areas? An Avian Case Study

    Frank Götmark;Matti Åhlund;Mats O.G. Eriksson

  • Predation by sparrowhawks favours early breeding and small broods in great tits

    Frank Götmark

  • Evaluating partial cutting in broadleaved temperate forest under strong experimental control: Short-term effects on herbaceous plants

    Frank Götmark;Heidi Paltto;Björn Nordén;Elin Götmark

  • Anti-predator effect of conspicuous plumage in a male bird

    Frank Götmark

  • Bright Male Plumage and Predation Risk in Passerine Birds: Are Males Easier to Detect Than Females?

    Frank Götmark;Annika Hohlfält

  • Do Field Observers Attract Nest Predators and Influence Nesting Success of Common Eiders

    Frank Gotmark;Matti Ahlund

  • Conspicuous Coloration in Male Birds is Favoured by Predation in Some Species and Disfavoured in Others

    Frank Gotmark

Frequent Co-Authors

Malte Andersson
Malte Andersson University of Gothenburg
Magnus Löf
Magnus Löf Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Igor Drobyshev
Igor Drobyshev Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
David W. Winkler
David W. Winkler Cornell University
Christer Nilsson
Christer Nilsson Umeå University
Donald Blomqvist
Donald Blomqvist University of Gothenburg
Per Milberg
Per Milberg Linköping University
Nils Ryman
Nils Ryman Stockholm University
Matts Lindbladh
Matts Lindbladh Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kristoffer Hylander
Kristoffer Hylander Stockholm University

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