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Ecology and Evolution
Sweden
2022

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
77
Citations
18139
World Ranking
976
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Mats Olsson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research spans across multiple fields within the biological sciences, focusing on areas such as Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Medicine. Within these broad fields, Olsson's work is particularly concentrated in the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Physiology, Global and Planetary Change, Aging, and Genetics.

The scientific topics that Olsson explores include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence; Animal Behavior and Reproduction; Amphibian and Reptile Biology; Bat Biology and Ecology Studies; Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms; Plant and Animal Studies; and Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations.

Olsson has published extensively in various academic journals. The frequent venues for their research include Molecular Ecology, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal of Experimental Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Royal Society Open Science.

Their recent papers cover a range of specialized topics within ecology and physiology. Notable publications include:

  • "How telomere dynamics are influenced by the balance between mitochondrial efficiency, reactive oxygen species production and DNA damage," 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • "Sperm competition in squamate reptiles," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Of telomeres and temperature: Measuring thermal effects on telomeres in ectothermic animals," 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • "Telomere length varies substantially between blood cell types in a reptile," 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Individual telomere dynamics and their links to life history in a viviparous lizard," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Olsson's research. Frequent co-authors include Erik Wapstra, Nicky Rollings, Christopher R. Friesen, Willow R. Lindsay, and Mark R. Wilson, with several joint publications indicating established research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Restoration of an inbred adder population

    Thomas Madsen;Richard Shine;Mats Olsson;Håkan Wittzell

  • Multiple paternity in reptiles: patterns and processes

    Tobias Uller;Mats Olsson

  • Is sperm really so cheap? Costs of reproduction in male adders, Vipera berus

    Mats Olsson;Thomas Madsen;Richard Shine

  • Assessing soil chemical and physical property responses to deforestation and subsequent cultivation in smallholders farming system in Ethiopia

    Mulugeta Lemenih;Erik Karltun;Mats Olsson

  • 13 – Sexual Selection and Sperm Competition in Reptiles

    M. Olsson;T. Madsen

  • Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards.

    Mats Olsson;Thomas Madsen;Jessica Nordby;Erik Wapstra

  • Sexual dimorphism in lizard body shape: the roles of sexual selection and fecundity selection.

    Mats Olsson;Mats Olsson;Richard Shine;Erik Wapstra;Beata Ujvari;Beata Ujvari

  • Sperm selection by females

    Mats Olsson;Richard Shine;Thomas Madsen;Annica Gullberg

  • Mycorrhizal weathering: A true case of mineral plant nutrition?

    Nico van Breemen;Roger Finlay;Ulla Lundström;Antoine G. Jongmans

  • Genetics and evolution of colour patterns in reptiles.

    Mats Olsson;Devi Stuart-Fox;Cissy Ballen

  • Soil carbon sequestration under different exotic tree species in the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia

    Bekele Lemma;Dan Berggren Kleja;Ingvar Nilsson;Mats Olsson

  • Nuptial coloration in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis: an intra-sexually selected cue to lighting ability

    Mats Olsson

  • Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology

    Daniel H Nussey;Duncan Baird;Emma Barrett;Winnie Boner

  • Differences in soil properties in adjacent stands of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch in SW Sweden

    Karna Hansson;Bengt A. Olsson;Mats Olsson;Ulf Johansson

  • Advances in understanding the podzolization process resulting from a multidisciplinary study of three coniferous forest soils in the Nordic Countries

    U.S. Lundström;N. van Breemen;D.C. Bain;P.A.W. van Hees

  • High prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) infection in water pythons (Liasis fuscus) from tropical Australia.

    Beata Ujvari;Beata Ujvari;Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen;Mats Olsson;Mats Olsson

  • Male preference for large females and assortative mating for body size in the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)

    Mats Olsson

  • The seasonal timing of oviposition in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis): why early clutches are better

    M. Olsson;R. Shine

  • Soil organic matter dynamics after deforestation along a farm field chronosequence in southern highlands of Ethiopia

    Mulugeta Lemenih;Erik Karltun;Mats Olsson

  • Testosterone, ticks and travels: a test of the immunocompetence-handicap hypothesis in free-ranging male sand lizards.

    Mats Olsson;Erik Wapstra;Thomas Madsen;Bengt Silverin

  • Soil seed flora, germination and regeneration pattern of woody species in an Acacia woodland of the Rift Valley in Ethiopia

    Mekuria Argaw;Demel Teketay;Mats Olsson

  • Female choice on male quantitative traits in lizards — why is it so rare?

    Mats Olsson;Thomas Madsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobias Uller
Tobias Uller Lund University
Erik Wapstra
Erik Wapstra University of Tasmania
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Thomas Madsen
Thomas Madsen Deakin University
Beata Ujvari
Beata Ujvari Deakin University
Mark R. Wilson
Mark R. Wilson University of Wollongong
Caroline Isaksson
Caroline Isaksson Lund University
Robert T. Mason
Robert T. Mason Oregon State University
Geoffrey M. While
Geoffrey M. While University of Tasmania
Mathieu Giraudeau
Mathieu Giraudeau University of La Rochelle

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