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75
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1057
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21

Overview

Ove Eriksson is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several main fields and subfields, focusing on ecological and botanical studies related to landscapes and conservation.

Their recent publications include research on biodiversity, agricultural landscapes, and greenspace management. Notable papers are:

  • Public attitudes toward biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe (2020, Conservation Letters)
  • Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • The importance of traditional agricultural landscapes for preventing species extinctions (2021, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • Acceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanites (2020, Basic and Applied Ecology)
  • Coproduction of Food, Cultural Heritage and Biodiversity by Livestock Grazing in Swedish Semi-natural Grasslands (2022, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)

The researcher frequently collaborates with others in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Matilda Arnell (4 joint publications)
  • Balázs Déak (3 joint publications)
  • Linnea Glav Lundin (3 joint publications)
  • Leonie K. Fischer (2 joint publications)
  • Lena Neuenkamp (2 joint publications)

Ove Eriksson has published predominantly in several academic venues. Frequent publication platforms are:

  • Nordic Journal of Botany (4 publications)
  • AMBIO (2 publications)
  • Conservation Letters (1 publication)
  • Ecology Letters (1 publication)
  • Biodiversity and Conservation (1 publication)

Their research spans various subfields related to ecological and environmental studies, including:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling

The central topics of Ove Eriksson's work focus on ecological and vegetation dynamics, botany, and land use impacts. These main topics include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Best Publications

  • The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

    M Kleyer;RM Bekker;RM Bekker;IC Knevel;IC Knevel;JP Bakker

  • Challenging Theophrastus: A common core list of plant traits for functional ecology

    E Weiher;A Van der Werf;Ken Thompson;Michael Roderick

  • Seed and microsite limitation of recruitment in plant populations.

    O. Eriksson;J. Ehrlén

  • A comparative study of seed number, seed size, seedling size and recruitment in grassland plants

    Anna Jakobsson;Ove Eriksson

  • HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY AFFECTS PRESENT PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY

    Regina Lindborg;Ove Eriksson

  • Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;David Anthony Coomes;Lander Baeten

  • Regional dynamics of plants : a review of evidence for remnant, source-sink and metapopulations

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  • Seedling dynamics and life histories in clonal plants

    Ove Eriksson

  • Assessing the effects of land-use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: a standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites.

    Eric Garnier;Sandra Lavorel;Pauline Ansquer;Helena Castro

  • Latitudinal gradients as natural laboratories to infer species' responses to temperature

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Bente J. Graae;Francisco Rodríguez‐Sánchez;Annette Kolb

  • Dynamics of genets in clonal plants

    Ove Eriksson

  • DISPERSAL LIMITATION AND PATCH OCCUPANCY IN FOREST HERBS

    Johan Ehrlén;Ove Eriksson

  • Land-use history and fragmentation of traditionally managed grasslands in Scandinavia

    Ove Eriksson;Sara A.O. Cousins;Hans Henrik Bruun

  • Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

    Claire Fortunel;Eric Garnier;Richard Joffre;Elena Kazakou

  • The species-pool hypothesis and plant community diversity

    Ove Eriksson

  • Driving factors behind the eutrophication signal in understorey plant communities of deciduous temperate forests

    Kris Verheyen;Lander Baeten;Pieter De Frenne;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann

  • Seed Size, Fruit Size, and Dispersal Systems in Angiosperms from the Early Cretaceous to the Late Tertiary.

    Ove Eriksson;Else Marie Friis;Per Löfgren

  • The influence of management history and habitat on plant species richness in a rural hemiboreal landscape, Sweden

    Sara A.O. Cousins;Ove Eriksson

  • "Windows of opportunity" for recruitment in long-lived clonal plants: experimental studies of seedling establishment in Vaccinium shrubs

    Ove Eriksson;Heléne Fröborg

  • Ecological and evolutionary consequences of spatial and temporal variation in pre-dispersal seed predation

    Annette Kolb;Johan Ehrlén;Ove Eriksson

  • Abundance, distribution and life histories of grassland plants: a comparative study of 81 species

    Ove Eriksson;Anna Jakobsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara A. O. Cousins
Sara A. O. Cousins Stockholm University
Johan Ehrlén
Johan Ehrlén Stockholm University
Regina Lindborg
Regina Lindborg Stockholm University
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Guillaume Decocq
Guillaume Decocq University of Picardie Jules Verne
Eric Garnier
Eric Garnier University of Montpellier
Thilo Heinken
Thilo Heinken University of Potsdam
Sandra Lavorel
Sandra Lavorel Grenoble Alpes University

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