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Mats Björklund

Mats Björklund

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
5386
World Ranking
5665
National Ranking
138

Overview

Mats Björklund is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and focuses on research primarily within environmental science and related biological disciplines.

Their scholarly activity spans several main fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of particular interest in their research include:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Surgery

Their research covers a variety of specialized topics such as:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Mats Björklund has co-authored publications with several frequent collaborators including André P. Silva, S. Mukherjee, Uma Ramakrishnan, Carlos Fernandes, and Juan Carlos Señar.

They have contributed to research published in a range of scientific venues, such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Evolutionary Ecology
  • Mammalian Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Asian Spine Journal

Their recent papers include:

  • "Closely related species show species-specific environmental responses and different spatial conservation needs: Prionailurus cats in the Indian subcontinent," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Recent spread of blue tits into the Barcelona urban environment: morphological differences and the role of balanced dispersal," 2020, Evolutionary Ecology
  • "Phylogenetic analysis of marginal Asiatic black bears reveals a recent Iranian-Himalayan divergence and has implications for taxonomy and conservation," 2020, Mammalian Biology
  • "The difficulties of predicting evolutionary response to selection," 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Spinal ankylosis and sex-specific predisposing factors in type II odontoid fractures: a comparison with sub-axial fractures," 2025, Asian Spine Journal

Best Publications

  • HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY AND PRESENT DAY POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE GREENFINCH, CARDUEUS CHLORIS-AN ANALYSIS OF mtDNA CONTROL-REGION SEQUENCES.

    Juha Merilä;Juha Merilä;Mats Björklund;Allan J. Baker

  • Fluctuating Asymmetry and Measurement Error

    Juha Merilä;Mats Björklund

  • Be careful with your principal components.

    Mats Björklund

  • Can the song of male birds attract other males? An experiment with the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

    Rauno V. Alatalo;Arne Lundberg;Mats Björklund

  • Extra-pair copulations in the Pied Flycatcher ( Ficedula hypoleuca )

    Mats Björklund;Björn Westman

  • A phylogenetic interpretation of sexual dimorphism in body size and ornament in relation to mating system in birds

    Mats Björklund

  • IMPACTS OF EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE ON GENETIC DIVERSITY IN HATCHERY REARED BROWN TROUT (SALMO TRUTTA L.) POPULATIONS

    Teija Aho;Teija Aho;Johanna Liljestrand Rönn;Jorma Piironen;Mats Björklund;Mats Björklund

  • Are 'comparative methods' always necessary ?

    Mats Björklund

  • Genetic differentiation in the urban habitat: the great tits (Parus major) of the parks of Barcelona city

    Mats Björklund;Iker Ruiz;Juan Carlos Senar

  • Geographic and individual variation in haematozoan infections in the greenfinch, Carduelis chloris

    Juha Merilä;Mats Björklund;Gordon F. Bennett

  • Are third positions really that bad? A test using vertebrate cytochrome b

    Mats Björklund

  • Selection in a fluctuating environment leads to decreased genetic variation and facilitates the evolution of phenotypic plasticity.

    Lára R. Hallsson;Mats Björklund

  • Dynamics in the evolution of sexual traits: losses and gains, radiation and convergence in yellow wagtails (Motacilla flava).

    Anders Ödeen;Mats Björklund

  • High genetic variation in leopards indicates large and long-term stable effective population size.

    G. Spong;M. Johansson;M. Björklund

  • Reliability of noninvasive genetic census of otters compared to field censuses

    Johanna Arrendal;Carles Vilà;Mats Björklund

  • Disruption or aposematism? Significance of dorsal zigzag pattern of European vipers

    Janne Valkonen;Martti Niskanen;Mats Björklund;Johanna Mappes

  • The importance of evolutionary constraints in ecological time scales

    Mats Björklund

  • If FST does not measure neutral genetic differentiation, then comparing it with QST is misleading. Or is it?

    Pim Edelaar;Mats Björklund

  • The utility of the neglected mitochondrial control region for evolutionary studies in lepidoptera (insecta).

    Marta Vila;Mats Björklund

  • Genetic structure of lions (Panthera leo L.) in the Selous Game Reserve: implications for the evolution of sociality

    G. Spong;J. Stone;J. Stone;S. Creel;M. Björklund

  • Phenotypic integration as a constraint and adaptation

    Juha Merilä;Mats Björklund

  • Climate change: what will it do to fish–parasite interactions?

    Mare Lõhmus;Mats Björklund

Frequent Co-Authors

Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Juan Carlos Senar
Juan Carlos Senar Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona
Lars Gustafsson
Lars Gustafsson Uppsala University
Veijo Kaitala
Veijo Kaitala University of Helsinki
Per Lundberg
Per Lundberg Lund University
Esa Ranta
Esa Ranta University of Helsinki
L. Fredrik Sundström
L. Fredrik Sundström Uppsala University
Allan J. Baker
Allan J. Baker Royal Ontario Museum
Uma Ramakrishnan
Uma Ramakrishnan National Centre for Biological Sciences
Robert H. Devlin
Robert H. Devlin Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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