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Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad

Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
10576
World Ranking
2742
National Ranking
38

Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 229 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Aquatic Science, and Genetics. The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

The recent publications of Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad include:

  • Salinity-induced transcriptome profiles in marine and freshwater threespine stickleback after an abrupt 6-hour exposure, 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • Age of European silver eels during a period of declining abundance in Norway, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Size- and stage-dependence in cause-specific mortality of migratory brown trout, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Marine protected areas rescue a sexually selected trait in European lobster, 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • A call for global action to conserve native trout in the 21st century and beyond, 2020, Ecology Of Freshwater Fish

Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad frequently collaborates with several co-authors, among whom are Eva B. Thorstad, Jan Henning L'Abée-Lund, Charlotte Evangelista, Beatriz Díaz Pauli, and Éric Édeline. This collaboration network indicates engagement with researchers specialized in related fields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to multiple publication venues, including:

  • Ecology Of Freshwater Fish
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad was inducted as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2015.

Best Publications

  • A critical review of adaptive genetic variation in Atlantic salmon: implications for conservation

    C. Garcia de Leaniz;I. A. Fleming;S. Einum;E. Verspoor

  • The major threats to Atlantic salmon in Norway

    Torbjørn Forseth;Bjørn Torgeir Barlaup;Bengt Finstad;Peder Fiske

  • Genetic divergence and phylogeographic relationships among European perch (Perca fluviatilis) populations reflect glacial refugia and postglacial colonization

    C L Nesbø;T Fossheim;L A Vollestad;K S Jakobsen

  • Trait changes in a harvested population are driven by a dynamic tug-of-war between natural and harvest selection

    Eric Edeline;Stephanie M. Carlson;Leif C. Stige;Ian J. Winfield

  • Geographic variation in age and length at metamorphosis of maturing European eel : environmental effects and phenotypic plasticity

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  • Basin‐scale phenology and effects of climate variability on global timing of initial seaward migration of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Jaime Otero;Jan Henning L'Abée-Lund;Ted Castro-Santos;Kjell Leonardsson

  • LATITUDINAL VARIATION IN LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS IN EURASIAN PERCH

    Erik Heibo;Carin Magnhagen;Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad

  • A century of life-history evolution in grayling

    Thrond O. Haugen;Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad

  • Environmental Factors Regulating the Seaward Migration of European Silver Eels (Anguilla anguilla)

    L. A. Vøllestad;B. Jonsson;N. A. Hvidsten;T. F. Næsje

  • A 13-year study of the population dynamics and growth of the European eel Anguilla anguilla in a Norwegian river: evidence for density-dependent mortality, and development of a model for predicting yield

    L. A. Vøllestad;B. Jonsson

  • Toxicity of acid aluminium-rich water to seven freshwater fish species: a comparative laboratory study.

    Antonio B.S. Poléo;Kjartan Østbye;Sigurd A. Øxnevad;Ronny A. Andersen

  • Population differences in early life-history traits in grayling.

    T. O. Haugen;L. A. Vøllestad

  • Four decades of opposing natural and human-induced artificial selection acting on Windermere pike (Esox lucius).

    Stephanie M. Carlson;Stephanie M. Carlson;Eric Edeline;L. Asbjørn Vøllestad;Thrond. O. Haugen

  • A meta‐analysis of fluctuating asymmetry in relation to heterozygosity

    Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad;Kjetil Hindar;Anders Pape Møller

  • The significance of water ionic strength on aluminium toxicity in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.).

    Nina E.W. Alstad;Birgitte M. Kjelsberg;L. Asbjørn Vøllestad;Espen Lydersen

  • The ideal free pike: 50 years of fitness-maximizing dispersal in Windermere.

    Thrond O Haugen;Thrond O Haugen;Ian J Winfield;L. Asbjørn Vøllestad;Janice M Fletcher

  • An Evaluation of Visible Implant Elastomer for Marking Age-0 Brown Trout

    Esben Moland Olsen;Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad

  • Life‐History Characteristics of the European Eel Anguilla anguilla in the Imsa River, Norway

    Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad;Bror Jonsson

  • Cortisol and glucose responses in juvenile brown trout subjected to a fluctuating flow regime in an artificial stream

    L. E. W. Flodmark;H. A. Urke;J. H. Halleraker;J. V. Arnekleiv

  • Seasonal mortality and the effect of body size : a review and an empirical test using individual data on brown trout

    Stephanie M. Carlson;Esben M. Olsen;L. Asbjørn Vøllestad

  • Where once the eel and the elephant were together: decline of the European eel because of changing hydrology in southwest Europe and northwest Africa?

    A. James Kettle;L. Asbjørn Vøllestad;Joanna Wibig

Frequent Co-Authors

Esben Moland Olsen
Esben Moland Olsen University of Agder
Thomas P. Quinn
Thomas P. Quinn University of Washington
Bror Jonsson
Bror Jonsson Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Craig R. Primmer
Craig R. Primmer University of Helsinki
Louis Bernatchez
Louis Bernatchez Université Laval
Eva B. Thorstad
Eva B. Thorstad Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Kjetill S. Jakobsen
Kjetill S. Jakobsen University of Oslo
Tor Atle Mo
Tor Atle Mo Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
John E. Brittain
John E. Brittain University of Oslo
Milan Gelnar
Milan Gelnar Masaryk University

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