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Overview

Jan Bengtsson is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research spans multiple domains primarily within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on the dynamics of ecosystems and sustainable land use.

The main fields of study covered by this scientist include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their subfields of study reflect a diverse interest in ecosystem and plant sciences, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The research topics addressed in their work cover a range of ecological and environmental aspects such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Weed Control and Herbicide Applications

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan Bengtsson are:

  • "Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems," 2020, Functional Ecology
  • "Forest multifunctionality is not resilient to intensive forestry," 2021, European Journal of Forest Research
  • "Pervasive associations between dark septate endophytic fungi with tree root and soil microbiomes across Europe," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Stand age and climate influence forest ecosystem service delivery and multifunctionality," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Biotic interactions with mycorrhizal systems as extended nutrient acquisition strategies shaping forest soil communities and functions," 2020, Basic and Applied Ecology

Their work is frequently published in several scientific journals, such as:

  • Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Environmental Evidence
  • Functional Ecology
  • European Journal of Forest Research
  • Nature Communications

Jan Bengtsson often collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including:

  • Mohammad Bahram
  • Jon Moen
  • Tord Snäll
  • Christine Watson
  • Göran Bergkvist

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges

    M. Loreau;S. Naeem;P. Inchausti;J. Bengtsson

  • Response diversity, ecosystem change, and resilience

    Thomas Elmqvist;Carl Folke;Carl Folke;Magnus Nyström;Garry Peterson

  • Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses

    Teja Tscharntke;Jason M. Tylianakis;Tatyana A. Rand;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham

  • Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

    Flavia Geiger;Jan Bengtsson;Frank Berendse;Wolfgang W. Weisser

  • Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

    Lars Gamfeldt;Tord Snäll;Robert Bagchi;Micael Jonsson

  • Biodiversity, disturbances, ecosystem function and management of European forests

    Jan Bengtsson;Sven G Nilsson;Alain Franc;Paolo Menozzi

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

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

  • Reserves, Resilience and Dynamic Landscapes

    Janne Bengtsson;Per Angelstam;Thomas Elmqvist;Urban Emanuelsson

  • Land-use intensity and the effects of organic farming on biodiversity: a hierarchical meta-analysis

    Sean L. Tuck;Camilla Winqvist;Flávia Mota;Johan Ahnström

  • An indicator framework for assessing ecosystem services in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

    Joachim Maes;Camino Liquete;Anne Teller;Markus Erhard

  • Diversity of butterflies in the agricultural landscape: the role of farming system and landscape heterogeneity.

    Ann-Christin Weibull;Jan Bengtsson;Eva Nohlgren

  • Are natural microcosms useful model systems for ecology

    Diane S. Srivastava;Jurek Kolasa;Jan Bengtsson;Andrew Gonzalez

  • How Agricultural Intensification Affects Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    M. Emmerson;M.B. Morales;J.J. Oñate;P. Batáry

  • Which species? What kind of diversity? Which ecosystem function? Some problems in studies of relations between biodiversity and ecosystem function

    Jan Bengtsson

  • Bumble Bees (Bombus spp) along a Gradient of Increasing Urbanization

    Karin Ahrné;Jan Bengtsson;Thomas Elmqvist

  • Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe

    Camilla Winqvist;Jan Bengtsson;Tsipe Aavik;Frank Berendse

  • Landscape heterogeneity and farming practice influence biological control

    Örjan Östman;Barbara Ekbom;Janne Bengtsson

  • Carbon and nitrogen in coniferous forest soils after clear-felling and harvests of different intensity

    Bengt A. Olsson;Håkan Staaf;Heléne Lundkvist;Jan Bengtsson

  • Agricultural intensification and biodiversity partitioning in European landscapes comparing plants, carabids, and birds

    Andreas Flohre;Christina Fischer;Tsipe Aavik;Jan Bengtsson

  • Relationship among the species richness of different taxa.

    Volkmar Wolters;Janne Bengtsson;Andrei S. Zaitsev

Frequent Co-Authors

Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jaan Liira
Jaan Liira University of Tartu
Frank Berendse
Frank Berendse Wageningen University & Research
Tomas Pärt
Tomas Pärt Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Manuel B. Morales
Manuel B. Morales Autonomous University of Madrid
Sönke Eggers
Sönke Eggers Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jon Moen
Jon Moen Umeå University
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University

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