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Lennart Persson

Lennart Persson

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Ecology and Evolution
Sweden
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
83
Citations
22701
World Ranking
723
National Ranking
10

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

Lennart Persson is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden, where their research predominantly focuses on environmental science, with specific interests spanning global and planetary change, genetics, sociology and political science, nature and landscape conservation, and aquatic science.

Their recent publications include two papers from 2024. The first is titled How does stochasticity affect evolutionary regime shifts in age and size at maturation? published in the venue known as 19 s. The second paper, On the interplay of environmental changes and fishing pressure in exploited fish stocks, appeared in BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)).

Among their frequent co-authors are the following researchers:

  • David S. Boukal
  • André M. de Roos
  • Mikko Heino

The primary topics covered in Lennart Persson's work reflect a multidisciplinary approach focused on marine and fisheries research, evolution and genetic dynamics, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, as well as fish ecology and management studies, and fish biology and ecology studies:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Publication venues contributing to their scholarly output include:

  • 19 s.
  • BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway))

The research by Persson frequently intersects environmental variations and biological responses, as reflected in their investigations into the impacts of stochasticity on evolutionary traits like maturation, and the dynamic effects of environmental change combined with fishing pressures on fish stocks.

Best Publications

  • Light limitation of nutrient-poor lake ecosystems

    Jan Karlsson;Pär Byström;Jenny Ask;Per Ask

  • The estimation of daily rates of food consumption for fish

    J. M. Elliott;L. Persson

  • The ontogeny of piscivory and its ecological consequences

    Gary G. Mittelbach;Lennart Persson

  • Comparative support for the niche variation hypothesis that more generalized populations also are more heterogeneous

    Daniel I. Bolnick;Richard Svanbäck;Márcio S. Araújo;Lennart Persson

  • Direct experimental evidence for alternative stable states: a review

    Arne Schröder;Lennart Persson;André M. De Roos

  • Prey Refuges Affecting Interactions Between Piscivorous Perch and Juvenile Perch and Roach

    Lennart Persson;Peter Eklov

  • SHIFTS IN FISH COMMUNITIES ALONG THE PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENT OF TEMPERATE LAKES - PATTERNS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SIZE-STRUCTURED INTERACTIONS

    L. Persson;S. Diehl;L. Johansson;G. Andersson

  • Juvenile Competitive Bottlenecks: The Perch (Perca Fluviatilis)-Roach (Rutilus Rutilus) Interaction

    Lennart Persson;Larry A. Greenberg

  • Individual diet specialization, niche width and population dynamics: implications for trophic polymorphisms

    Richard Svanbäck;Richard Svanbäck;Lennart Persson

  • Asymmetrical Competition: Are Larger Animals Competitively Superior?

    Lennart Persson

  • Dwarfs and Giants: Cannibalism and Competition in Size-Structured Populations.

    David Claessen;André M. de Roos;Lennart Persson

  • Size‐Specific Interactions in Lake Systems: Predator Gape Limitation and prey Growth Rate and Mortality

    Lennart Persson;Jens Andersson;Eva Wahlstrom;Peter Eklov

  • Terrestrial carbon and intraspecific size-variation shape lake ecosystems

    Mats Jansson;Lennart Persson;André M. De Roos;Roger I. Jones

  • The influence of size‐dependent life‐history traits on the structure and dynamics of populations and communities

    André M. De Roos;Lennart Persson;Edward McCauley

  • Ontogenetic Scaling of Foraging Rates and the Dynamics of a Size-Structured Consumer-Resource Model

    L. Persson;K. Leonardsson;A.M. de Roos;M. Gyllenberg

  • Size-dependent life-history traits promote catastrophic collapses of top predators

    André M. De Roos;Lennart Persson

  • Size-dependent predation in piscivores : interactions between predator foraging and prey avoidance abilities

    David Lundvall;Richard Svanbäck;Lennart Persson;Pär Byström

  • Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development

    André M. de Roos;Lennart Persson

  • Trophic cascades : abiding heterogeneity and the trophic level concept at the end of the road

    Lennart Persson

  • Size-Structured Populations

    R. A. J. Taylor;Bo Ebenman;Lennart Persson

Frequent Co-Authors

André M. de Roos
André M. de Roos University of Amsterdam
Pär Byström
Pär Byström Umeå University
Richard Svanbäck
Richard Svanbäck Uppsala University
Mats Jansson
Mats Jansson Umeå University
Jan Karlsson
Jan Karlsson Umeå University
Sebastian Diehl
Sebastian Diehl Umeå University
Peter Eklöv
Peter Eklöv Uppsala University
Lars Rönnbäck
Lars Rönnbäck University of Gothenburg
Larry Greenberg
Larry Greenberg Karlstad University
Anna Gårdmark
Anna Gårdmark Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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