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Ecology and Evolution
Norway
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
95
Citations
27136
World Ranking
364
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jon E. Swenson is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research is primarily focused on environmental science, encompassing a wide array of topics within ecology and wildlife studies.

The main fields of study in Swenson's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader domains, their research covers more specialized subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Genetics
  • Small Animals

The research topics frequently addressed involve:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Swenson's publication record includes work in numerous scientific venues, most notably:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Diversity
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Ecological Monographs
  • Conservation Physiology

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • "Effects of Human Disturbance on Terrestrial Apex Predators," 2021, Diversity
  • "Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Individual Variation in Predatory Behavior, Scavenging and Seasonal Prey Availability as Potential Drivers of Coexistence between Wolves and Bears," 2020, Diversity
  • "Of wolves and bears: Seasonal drivers of interference and exploitation competition between apex predators," 2021, Ecological Monographs
  • "Do follicles matter? Testing the effect of follicles on hair cortisol levels," 2020, Conservation Physiology

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including the title:

  • "Bears of the World," published by Cambridge University Press in 2020

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Andreas Zedrosser
  • Andrés Ordiz
  • Vincenzo Penteriani
  • Jonas Kindberg
  • Ole-Gunnar Støen

Best Publications

  • Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes

    Guillaume Chapron;Petra Kaczensky;John D. C. Linnell;Manuela von Arx

  • Recolonizing carnivores and naïve prey: Conservation lessons from pleistocene extinctions

    Joel Berger;Jon E. Swenson;Inga-Lill Persson

  • Predators and people: conservation of large carnivores is possible at high human densities if management policy is favourable

    John D. C. Linnell;Jon E. Swenson;Reidar Anderson

  • New perspectives in diet analysis based on DNA barcoding and parallel pyrosequencing: the trnL approach

    Alice Valentini;Christian Miquel;Muhammad Ali Nawaz;Eva Bellemain

  • Estimating Population Size of Elusive Animals with DNA from Hunter-Collected Feces: Four Methods for Brown Bears

    Eva Bellemain;Jon E. Swenson;David Tallmon;Sven Brunberg

  • Disease Reveals the Predator: Sarcoptic Mange, Red Fox Predation, and Prey Populations

    Erik R. Lindström;Henrik Andrén;Per Angelstam;Goran Cederlund

  • Large carnivores that kill livestock: do "problem individuals" really exist?

    Linnell Jdc;Odden J;Smith Me;Aanes R

  • Translocation of carnivores as a method for managing problem animals: a review

    John D. C. Linnell;Ronny Aanes;Jon E. Swenson;John Odden

  • Infanticide caused by hunting of male bears

    Jon E. Swenson;Finn Sandegren;Arne Söderberg;Anders Bjärvall

  • Home ranges in adult Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos): effect of mass, sex, reproductive category, population density and habitat type

    Bjørn Dahle;Jon E. Swenson

  • Nuclear DNA microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity and gene flow in the Scandinavian brown bear (Ursus arctos)

    Lisette Waits;Pierre Taberlet;Jon E. Swenson;Finn Sandegren

  • Geographic expansion of an increasing brown bear population: evidence for presaturation dispersal

    Jon E. Swenson;Finn Sandegren;Arne SO‐Derberg

  • Predators or prey? Spatio-temporal discrimination of human-derived risk by brown bears

    Andrés Ordiz;Ole-Gunnar Støen;Ole-Gunnar Støen;Miguel Delibes;Jon E. Swenson

  • An evaluation of field and non-invasive genetic methods to estimate brown bear (Ursus arctos) population size

    Knut Håkon Solberg;Eva Bellemain;Eva Bellemain;Ola-Mattis Drageset;Pierre Taberlet

  • The near extinction and recovery of brown bears in Scandinavia in relation to the bear management policies of Norway and Sweden

    Jon E. Swenson;Petter Wabakken;Finn Sandegren;Anders Bjärvall

  • Risk of capture-related mortality in large free-ranging mammals: experiences from Scandinavia

    Jon M. Arnemo;Per Ahlqvist;Roy Andersen;Finn Berntsen

  • Coping with human disturbance: spatial and temporal tactics of the brown bear (Ursus arctos)

    Jodie MartinJ. Martin;Mathieu BasilleM. Basille;Bram Van MoorterB. Van Moorter;Jonas KindbergJ. Kindberg

  • Seasonal range size in relation to reproductive strategies in brown bears Ursus arctos

    Bjørn Dahle;Jon E. Swenson

  • The paradox of keystone species persecuted as pests: A call for the conservation of abundant small mammals in their native range

    Miguel Delibes-Mateos;Miguel Delibes-Mateos;Andrew T. Smith;Con N. Slobodchikoff;Jon E. Swenson

  • The effect of matrix on the occurrence of hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia) in isolated habitat fragments.

    J. Åberg;G. Jansson;J. E. Swenson;P. Angelstam

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Zedrosser
Andreas Zedrosser University of South-Eastern Norway
Ole-Gunnar Støen
Ole-Gunnar Støen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jonas Kindberg
Jonas Kindberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Andrés Ordiz
Andrés Ordiz Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
Fanie Pelletier
Fanie Pelletier Université de Sherbrooke
Petter Wabakken
Petter Wabakken Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Bjørn Dahle
Bjørn Dahle Norwegian University of Life Sciences
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Atle Mysterud
Atle Mysterud University of Oslo

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