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Henrik G. Smith

Henrik G. Smith

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Ecology and Evolution
Sweden
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
93
Citations
29812
World Ranking
402
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Henrik G. Smith is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research output includes significant work in subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Genetics.

Their main research topics encompass Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, and Forest Management and Policy.

Henrik G. Smith has published numerous articles in several scientific journals. They are frequently published in:

  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Biological Conservation
  • Basic and Applied Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent publications include:

  • Crop diversity benefits carabid and pollinator communities in landscapes with semi-natural habitats, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • The potential and realized foraging movements of bees are differentially determined by body size and sociality, 2022, Ecology
  • Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Wild bees and hoverflies respond differently to urbanisation, human population density and urban form, 2020, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Impacts of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy "Greening" Reform on Agricultural Development, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services, 2020, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Henrik G. Smith collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including Johan Ekroos, Yann Clough, Maj Rundlöf, Simon G. Potts, and Björn K. Klatt, with respective collaboration counts of 24, 18, 15, 13, and 10 publications together.

Best Publications

  • Seed coating with a neonicotinoid insecticide negatively affects wild bees

    Maj Rundlöf;Georg K.S. Andersson;Riccardo Bommarco;Ingemar Fries

  • Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

    David Kleijn;Rachael Winfree;Ignasi Bartomeus;Luísa G. Carvalheiro;Luísa G. Carvalheiro

  • Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

    Romina Rader;Ignasi Bartomeus;Lucas A. Garibaldi;Michael P.D. Garratt

  • Grasslands—more important for ecosystem services than you might think

    J. Bengtsson;J. Bengtsson;J. M. Bullock;B. Egoh;B. Egoh;C. Everson

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Does conservation on farmland contribute to halting the biodiversity decline

    David Kleijn;Maj Rundlöf;Maj Rundlöf;Jeroen Scheper;Henrik G. Smith

  • Land Sparing Versus Land Sharing: Moving Forward

    Jörn Fischer;David James Abson;Van Butsic;Van Butsic;M Jahi Chappell;M Jahi Chappell

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • Semi‐natural grasslands as population sources for pollinating insects in agricultural landscapes

    Erik Öckinger;Henrik G. Smith

  • The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

    Emily A. Martin;Matteo Dainese;Yann Clough;András Báldi

  • Environmental factors driving the effectiveness of European agri‐environmental measures in mitigating pollinator loss – a meta‐analysis

    Jeroen Scheper;Andrea Holzschuh;Mikko Kuussaari;Simon G. Potts

  • Combined effects of global change pressures on animal-mediated pollination

    Juan P. González-Varo;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Riccardo Bommarco;Simon G. Potts

  • Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Their Impacts on Bees: A Systematic Review of Research Approaches and Identification of Knowledge Gaps.

    Ola Lundin;Maj Rundlöf;Henrik G. Smith;Ingemar Fries

  • Drastic historic shifts in bumble-bee community composition in Sweden

    Riccardo Bommarco;Ola Lundin;Henrik G. Smith;Maj Rundlöf

  • The effect of organic farming on butterfly diversity depends on landscape context

    Maj Rundlöf;Henrik Smith

  • The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: a review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases

    Marcel M. Lambrechts;Frank Adriaensen;Daniel R. Ardia;Alexandr V. Artemyev

  • Interacting effects of farming practice and landscape context on bumble bees

    Maj Rundlöf;Helena Nilsson;Henrik G. Smith

  • Local and landscape-level floral resources explain effects of wildflower strips on wild bees across four European countries

    Jeroen Scheper;Riccardo Bommarco;Andrea Holzschuh;Simon G. Potts

  • Effects of grassland abandonment, restoration and management on butterflies and vascular plants

    Erik Öckinger;Anna K. Eriksson;Henrik G. Smith

  • Mass‐flowering crops dilute pollinator abundance in agricultural landscapes across Europe

    Andrea Holzschuh;Matteo Dainese;Juan P. González‐Varo;Sonja Mudri‐Stojnić

  • Land sparing versus land sharing: moving forward.

    J. Fischer;D. J. Abson;V. Butsic;M. J. Chappell

Frequent Co-Authors

Maj Rundlöf
Maj Rundlöf Lund University
Johan Ekroos
Johan Ekroos Lund University
Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Klaus Birkhofer
Klaus Birkhofer Brandenburg University of Technology
Erik Öckinger
Erik Öckinger Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Åke Lindström
Åke Lindström Lund University
Yann Clough
Yann Clough Lund University
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Katarina Hedlund
Katarina Hedlund Lund University

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