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Nina Sletvold

Nina Sletvold

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3422
World Ranking
8139
National Ranking
210

Overview

Nina Sletvold is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden, focusing on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work predominantly addresses topics related to plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, plant parasitism and resistance, flowering plant growth and cultivation, plant reproductive biology, species distribution and climate change, as well as genetic diversity and population structure.

Their research spans multiple subfields, including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, plant science, genetics, and molecular biology. These areas reflect a broad interest in understanding biological systems at various organizational levels, particularly in relation to plants and their interactions with the environment.

Publication venues where Nina Sletvold has frequently contributed include the Journal of Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Evolution, Global Ecology and Biogeography, and the Journal of Applied Ecology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nina Sletvold include:

  • Global gradients in intraspecific variation in vegetative and floral traits are partially associated with climate and species richness, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Manipulation of trait expression and pollination regime reveals the adaptive significance of spur length, 2020, Evolution
  • Divergent selection on flowering phenology but not on floral morphology between two closely related orchids, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Predicting heterosis and inbreeding depression from population size and density to inform management efforts, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Soil water and nutrient availability interactively modify pollinator-mediated directional and correlational selection on floral display, 2022, New Phytologist

Their frequent co-authors include Linus Söderquist, Jon Ågren, Nina Joffard, Daniela Scaccabarozzi, and Johan P. Dahlgren, representing ongoing research collaborations that often intersect in the fields of ecology, evolution, and plant sciences.

Best Publications

  • Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection.

    Adam M. Siepielski;Michael B. Morrissey;Mathieu Buoro;Stephanie M. Carlson

  • Effects of floral display size and plant density on pollinator visitation rate in a natural population of Digitalis purpurea

    J. M. Grindeland;N. Sletvold;R. A. Ims

  • Evolutionary ecology of nectar.

    Amy L Parachnowitsch;Amy L Parachnowitsch;Jessamyn S Manson;Nina Sletvold

  • A meta‐analysis of the agents of selection on floral traits

    Christina M. Caruso;Katherine E. Eisen;Katherine E. Eisen;Ryan A. Martin;Nina Sletvold

  • Pollinator-mediated selection on floral display, spur length and flowering phenology in the deceptive orchid Dactylorhiza lapponica

    Nina Sletvold;John M. Grindeland;Jon Ågren

  • POLLINATOR-MEDIATED SELECTION ON FLORAL DISPLAY AND SPUR LENGTH IN THE ORCHID GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA

    Nina Sletvold;Jon Ågren

  • Spatial variation in pollinator-mediated selection on phenology, floral display and spur length in the orchid Gymnadenia conopsea.

    Elodie Chapurlat;Jon Ågren;Nina Sletvold

  • Strong pollinator-mediated selection for increased flower brightness and contrast in a deceptive orchid

    Nina Sletvold;Judith Trunschke;Mart Smit;Jeffrey Verbeek

  • Global gradients in intraspecific variation in vegetative and floral traits are partially associated with climate and species richness

    Jonas Kuppler;Jonas Kuppler;Cécile H. Albert;Gregory M. Ames;William Scott Armbruster;William Scott Armbruster

  • Interaction intensity and pollinator-mediated selection

    Judith Trunschke;Nina Sletvold;Jon Ågren

  • What Are the Environmental Determinants of Phenotypic Selection? A Meta-analysis of Experimental Studies.

    Christina M Caruso;Ryan A Martin;Nina Sletvold;Michael B Morrissey

  • Additive effects of pollinators and herbivores result in both conflicting and reinforcing selection on floral traits.

    Nina Sletvold;Kim K. Moritz;Jon Ågren

  • Effects of plant size on reproductive output and offspring performance in the facultative biennial Digitalis purpurea

    Nina Sletvold

  • Cost of trichome production and resistance to a specialist insect herbivore in Arabidopsis lyrata

    Nina Sletvold;Nina Sletvold;Piritta Huttunen;Richard Handley;Katri Kärkkäinen

  • Climate warming alters effects of management on population viability of threatened species : results from a 30-year experimental study on a rare orchid

    Nina Sletvold;Nina Sletvold;Johan P. Dahlgren;Dag-Inge Øien;Asbjørn Moen

  • Strong inbreeding depression and local outbreeding depression in the rewarding orchid Gymnadenia conopsea

    Nina Sletvold;Nina Sletvold;John Magne Grindeland;Pengjuan Zu;Pengjuan Zu;Jon Ågren

  • Variation in tolerance to drought among Scandinavian populations of Arabidopsis lyrata

    Nina Sletvold;Nina Sletvold;Jon Ågren

  • Climate-dependent costs of reproduction: Survival and fecundity costs decline with length of the growing season and summer temperature

    Nina Sletvold;Nina Sletvold;Jon Ågren

  • There is more to pollinator-mediated selection than pollen limitation.

    Nina Sletvold;Nina Sletvold;Jon Ågren

  • Separating selection by diurnal and nocturnal pollinators on floral display and spur length in Gymnadenia conopsea

    Nina Sletvold;Nina Sletvold;Judith Trunschke;Carolina Wimmergren;Jon Ågren

  • Vegetation context influences the strength and targets of pollinator-mediated selection in a deceptive orchid

    Nina Sletvold;John Magne Grindeland;Jon Ågren

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Ågren
Jon Ågren Uppsala University
Stephanie M. Carlson
Stephanie M. Carlson University of California, Berkeley
Joel G. Kingsolver
Joel G. Kingsolver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew D. C. MacColl
Andrew D. C. MacColl University of Nottingham
Sonya M. Clegg
Sonya M. Clegg University of Oxford
Michael J. Wade
Michael J. Wade Indiana University
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Bengt Hansson
Bengt Hansson Lund University
Loeske E. B. Kruuk
Loeske E. B. Kruuk University of Edinburgh
Tim Coulson
Tim Coulson University of Oxford

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