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Overview

Niclas Kolm is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research spans multiple fields within the biological sciences, particularly focusing on areas related to animal behavior, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

The main fields of study for Kolm include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Psychology

Within these broader fields, Kolm's work engages with various subfields, such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Social Psychology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The topics addressed in Kolm's research predominantly cover:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Kolm has been involved in several recent publications across a range of influential journals. Some notable papers include:

  • "Long life evolves in large-brained bird lineages," published in 2020 by Evolution
  • "Rapid evolution of coordinated and collective movement in response to artificial selection," published in 2020 by Science Advances
  • "Rapid mosaic brain evolution under artificial selection for relative telencephalon size in the guppy ( Poecilia reticulata )," published in 2021 by Science Advances
  • "Experimental expansion of relative telencephalon size improves the main executive function abilities in guppy," published in 2023 by PNAS Nexus
  • "Brain morphology correlates of learning and cognitive flexibility in a fish species ( Poecilia reticulata )," published in 2022 by Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent publication venues for Kolm include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Biology Letters

Collaborative work plays a significant role in Kolm's research output. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alexander Kotrschal
  • Séverine D. Buechel
  • Stephanie Fong
  • Mirjam Amcoff
  • John L. Fitzpatrick

Best Publications

  • Artificial Selection on Relative Brain Size in the Guppy Reveals Costs and Benefits of Evolving a Larger Brain

    Alexander Kotrschal;Björn Rogell;Andreas Bundsen;Beatrice Svensson

  • Species diversity can drive speciation.

    Brent C. Emerson;Niclas Kolm

  • Female promiscuity promotes the evolution of faster sperm in cichlid fishes.

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Robert Montgomerie;Julie K. Desjardins;Kelly A. Stiver

  • Brains and the city: big-brained passerine birds succeed in urban environments

    Alexei A. Maklakov;Simone Immler;Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer;Johanna Rönn

  • How predation shapes the social interaction rules of shoaling fish.

    James E. Herbert-Read;James E. Herbert-Read;Emil Rosén;Alex Szorkovszky;Christos C. Ioannou

  • Convergent recombination suppression suggests role of sexual selection in guppy sex chromosome formation.

    Alison E. Wright;Iulia Darolti;Natasha I. Bloch;Vicencio Oostra

  • Breakdown of brain-body allometry and the encephalization of birds and mammals.

    Masahito Tsuboi;Masahito Tsuboi;Masahito Tsuboi;Wouter van der Bijl;Bjørn Tore Kopperud;Johannes Erritzøe

  • Social fishes and single mothers: brain evolution in African cichlids.

    Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer;Svante Winberg;Niclas Kolm

  • Brain size affects performance in a reversal-learning test

    Séverine D. Buechel;Annika Boussard;Alexander Kotrschal;Wouter van der Bijl

  • Brain size affects female but not male survival under predation threat

    Alexander Kotrschal;Alexander Kotrschal;Séverine D. Buechel;Séverine D. Buechel;Sarah M. Zala;Alberto Corral‐Lopez

  • Do egg size and parental care coevolve in fishes

    Niclas Kolm;Niclas Kolm;Ingrid Ahnesjö

  • MALE CONTEST COMPETITION AND THE COEVOLUTION OF WEAPONRY AND TESTES IN PINNIPEDS

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Maria Almbro;Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer;Niclas Kolm

  • Females produce larger eggs for large males in a paternal mouthbrooding fish

    Niclas Kolm

  • Stress-induced changes in brain serotonergic activity, plasma cortisol and aggressive behavior in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is counteracted by L-DOPA

    Erik Höglund;Niclas Kolm;Svante Winberg

  • A larger brain confers a benefit in a spatial mate search learning task in male guppies

    Alexander Kotrschal;Alberto Corral-Lopez;Mirjam Amcoff;Niclas Kolm

  • Sexual selection determines parental care patterns in cichlid fishes.

    Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer;John L. Fitzpatrick;Niclas Kolm

  • Comparative support for the expensive tissue hypothesis: Big brains are correlated with smaller gut and greater parental investment in Lake Tanganyika cichlids.

    Masahito Tsuboi;Arild Husby;Alexander Kotrschal;Alexander Hayward

  • ARTIFICIAL SELECTION ON RELATIVE BRAIN SIZE REVEALS A POSITIVE GENETIC CORRELATION BETWEEN BRAIN SIZE AND PROACTIVE PERSONALITY IN THE GUPPY

    Alexander Kotrschal;Eva J. P. Lievens;Josefin Dahlbom;Andreas Bundsen

  • Sex, Ecology and the Brain: Evolutionary Correlates of Brain Structure Volumes in Tanganyikan Cichlids

    Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer;Niclas Kolm

  • Male-biased gene expression resolves sexual conflict through the evolution of sex-specific genetic architecture.

    Alison E. Wright;Matteo Fumagalli;Christopher R. Cooney;Natasha I. Bloch

  • Wild Populations of a Reef Fish Suffer from the “Nondestructive” Aquarium Trade Fishery

    Niclas Kolm;Anders Berglund

  • Brain size affects the behavioural response to predators in female guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

    Wouter van der Bijl;Malin Thyselius;Alexander Kotrschal;Niclas Kolm

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith E. Mank
Judith E. Mank University of British Columbia
Alexei A. Maklakov
Alexei A. Maklakov University of East Anglia
Brent C. Emerson
Brent C. Emerson Spanish National Research Council
Shaun P. Collin
Shaun P. Collin La Trobe University
Andrew N. Iwaniuk
Andrew N. Iwaniuk University of Lethbridge
John L. Fitzpatrick
John L. Fitzpatrick Stockholm University
Göran Arnqvist
Göran Arnqvist Uppsala University
Sigal Balshine
Sigal Balshine McMaster University
László Zsolt Garamszegi
László Zsolt Garamszegi Centre for Ecological Research
Gábor Herczeg
Gábor Herczeg Eötvös Loránd University

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