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Göran Englund

Göran Englund

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
7652
World Ranking
6042
National Ranking
149

Overview

Göran Englund is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and has contributed to environmental science with a focus on ecology and related subfields. Their research spans several areas including ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, genetics, and atmospheric science.

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Recent publications by Englund feature studies on biodiversity, environmental DNA, and ecological processes. Selected papers include:

  • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations, 2021, published in Quaternary
  • Climate mitigation forestry-temporal trade-offs, 2021, published in Environmental Research Letters
  • Geochemical identification of potential DNA-hotspots and DNA-infrared fingerprints in lake sediments, 2020, published in Applied Geochemistry
  • Ecological speciation in European whitefish is driven by a large-gaped predator, 2020, published in Evolution Letters
  • Tracking mineral and geochemical characteristics of Holocene lake sediments: the case of Hotagen, west-central Sweden, 2021, published in Journal of Soils and Sediments

Englund frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Quaternary
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Evolution Letters
  • Journal of Soils and Sediments

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors like Fredrik Olajos, Torbjörn Skytt, Anders G. Finstad, Bengt Gunnar Jonsson, and Hussein Kanbar, reflecting ongoing partnerships in various research projects.

Best Publications

  • Emergent impacts of multiple predators on prey

    Andrew Sih;Goran Englund;David Wooster

  • Temperature dependence of the functional response

    Göran Englund;Gunnar Öhlund;Catherine L. Hein;Catherine L. Hein;Sebastian Diehl

  • Habitat use by crayfish in stream pools: influence of predators, depth and body size

    Göran Englund;James J. Krupa

  • Scale effects and extrapolation in ecological experiments

    Göran Englund;Scott D. Cooper

  • Patch area, population density and the scaling of migration rates: the resource concentration hypothesis revisited

    Peter A. Hambäck;Göran Englund

  • Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change : new challenges for ecology and conservation

    Aníbal Pauchard;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Albihn;Ann Albihn;Jake Alexander

  • The importance of data-selection criteria: meta-analyses of stream predation experiments

    Göran Englund;Orlando Sarnelle;Scott D. Cooper

  • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity : Overview and Recommendations

    Eric Capo;Charline Giguet-Covex;Alexandra Rouillard;Kevin Nota

  • IMPORTANCE OF SPATIAL SCALE AND PREY MOVEMENTS IN PREDATOR CAGING EXPERIMENTS

    Göran Englund

  • Environmental DNA Time Series in Ecology.

    Miklós Bálint;Markus Pfenninger;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart;Pierre Taberlet

  • Functional responses and scaling in predator-prey interactions of marine fishes: contemporary issues and emerging concepts.

    Mary E. Hunsicker;Lorenzo Ciannelli;Kevin Mclean Bailey;Jeffrey A. Buckel

  • Effects of warming on predator-prey interactions - a resource-based approach and a theoretical synthesis.

    Wojciech Uszko;Sebastian Diehl;Göran Englund;Priyanga Amarasekare

  • Effects of Disturbance on Stream Moss and Invertebrate Community Structure

    Göran Englund

  • Temperature dependence of predation depends on the relative performance of predators and prey.

    Gunnar Öhlund;Per Hedström;Sven Norman;Catherine L. Hein

  • A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems

    Skúli Skúlason;Kevin J. Parsons;Richard Svanbäck;Katja Räsänen

  • EFFECTS OF FLOW REGULATION, HABITAT AREA AND ISOLATION ON THE MACROINVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF RAPIDS IN NORTH SWEDISH RIVERS

    Göran Englund;Björn Malmqvist

  • Scaling up the functional response for spatially heterogeneous systems

    Göran Englund;Kjell Leonardsson

  • Habitat specialization, body size, and family identity explain lepidopteran density–area relationships in a cross-continental comparison

    Peter A. Hambäck;Keith S. Summerville;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Jochen Krauss

  • Network connectivity and dispersal barriers: Using geographical information system (GIS) tools to predict landscape scale distribution of a key predator (Esox lucius) among lakes

    Johan Spens;Göran Englund;Hans Lundqvist

  • Fighting and assessment in the net-spinning caddis larva Arctopsyche ladogensis: a test of the sequential assessment game

    Göran Englund;Tommy I. Olsson

  • Ecological processes affecting community structure of blackfly larvae in regulated and unregulated rivers: a regional study

    Yixin Zhang;Björn Malmqvist;Göran Englund

Frequent Co-Authors

Björn Malmqvist
Björn Malmqvist Umeå University
Peter A. Hambäck
Peter A. Hambäck Stockholm University
Johan Elmberg
Johan Elmberg Kristianstad University
Frank Johansson
Frank Johansson Uppsala University
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Jun Yu
Jun Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ulf Bergström
Ulf Bergström Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sylvia Haider
Sylvia Haider Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Richard Svanbäck
Richard Svanbäck Uppsala University

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