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Staffan Andersson

Staffan Andersson

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8814
World Ranking
16778
National Ranking
260

Overview

Staffan Andersson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific focus in the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Genetics, and Paleontology.

The main topics covered in Andersson's research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Their scholarly output features recent papers such as:

  • A Cautionary Note on "A Cautionary Note on the Use of Ornstein Uhlenbeck Models in Macroevolutionary Studies" (2023) published in Systematic Biology
  • Seasonal but not sex-biased gene expression of the carotenoid ketolase, CYP2J19, in the sexually dichromatic southern red bishop (Euplectes orix) (2022) published in Royal Society Open Science
  • Plumage dimorphism and moult patterns of weaverbirds - a review (2023) published in Ostrich
  • Nest weave pattern in weaverbirds: a sexual signal selected through sensory drive? (2025) published in Evolution

Andersson's research has been published in a range of scientific venues, including:

  • Systematic Biology
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Ostrich
  • Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andersson include:

  • Mark Grabowski
  • Jason Pienaar
  • Kjetil Lysne Voje
  • Jesualdo A. Fuentes-González
  • Bjørn Tore Kopperud

Best Publications

  • Ultraviolet sexual dimorphism and assortative mating in blue tits

    Staffan Andersson;Jonas rnborg;Malte Andersson

  • Inhibition of cancer cell proliferation in vitro by fruit and berry extracts and correlations with antioxidant levels.

    Marie E. Olsson;† Karl-Erik Gustavsson;Staffan Andersson;and Åke Nilsson

  • Multiple receivers, multiple ornaments, and a trade-off between agonistic and epigamic signaling in a widowbird.

    Staffan Andersson;Sarah R. Pryke;Jonas Örnborg;Michael J. Lawes

  • Ultraviolet colour vision and ornamentation in bluethroats

    Staffan Andersson;Trond Amundsen

  • Red Carotenoid Coloration in the Zebra Finch Is Controlled by a Cytochrome P450 Gene Cluster

    Nicholas I. Mundy;Jessica Stapley;Clair Bennison;Rachel Tucker

  • Carotenoid status signaling in captive and wild red-collared widowbirds: Independent effects of badge size and color.

    Sarah R. Pryke;Staffan Andersson;Michael J. Lawes;Steven E. Piper

  • Ultraviolet plumage ornamentation affects social mate choice and sperm competition in bluethroats (Aves: Luscinia s. svecica): a field experiment

    Arild Johnsen;Staffan Andersson;Jonas rnborg;Jan T. Lifjeld

  • Sexual selection of multiple handicaps in the red-collared widowbird: female choice of tail length but not carotenoid display.

    Sarah R. Pryke;Staffan Andersson;Michael J. Lawes;Michael J. Lawes

  • Agonistic carotenoid signalling in male red-collared widowbirds: aggression related to the colour signal of both the territory owner and model intruder

    Sarah R. Pryke;Michael J. Lawes;Staffan Andersson

  • Plumage colour in nestling blue tits: sexual dichromatism, condition dependence and genetic effects

    Arild Johnsen;Kaspar Delhey;Staffan Andersson;Bart Kempenaers

  • Female preference for long tails in lekking Jackson's widowbirds : experimental evidence

    Staffan Andersson

  • Paternity analysis reveals opposing selection pressures on crown coloration in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus)

    Kaspar Delhey;Arild Johnsen;Anne Peters;Staffan Andersson

  • A phylogenetic comparative method for studying multivariate adaptation

    Krzysztof Bartoszek;Jason Pienaar;Petter Mostad;Staffan Andersson

  • Sexual selection and cues for female choice in leks of Jackson's widowbird Euplectes jacksoni

    Staffan Andersson

  • Carotenoids in sea buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides L.) berries during ripening and use of pheophytin a as a maturity marker.

    Staffan C. Andersson;Marie E. Olsson;Eva Johansson;Kimmo Rumpunen

  • Carotenoid diet and nestling provisioning in urban and rural great tits Parus major

    Caroline Isaksson;Staffan Andersson

  • Correlations between ultraviolet coloration, overwinter survival and offspring sex ratio in the blue tit.

    Simon C. Griffith;J. Örnborg;A. F. Russell;S. Andersson

  • Plasma glutathione and carotenoid coloration as potential biomarkers of environmental stress in great tits

    Caroline Isaksson;Jonas Örnborg;Eiríkur Stephensen;Staffan Andersson

  • Morphology of UV Reflectance in a Whistling-Thrush: Implications for the Study of Structural Colour Signalling in Birds

    Staffan Andersson

  • Seasonal changes in a ultraviolet structural colour signal in blue tits, Parus caeruleus

    Jonas Örnborg;Jonas Örnborg;Staffan Andersson;Simon C. Griffith;Ben C. Sheldon

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva Johansson
Eva Johansson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Caroline Isaksson
Caroline Isaksson Lund University
Nicholas I. Mundy
Nicholas I. Mundy University of Cambridge
Cedric Linder
Cedric Linder Uppsala University
Arild Johnsen
Arild Johnsen University of Oslo
Michael J. Lawes
Michael J. Lawes University of KwaZulu-Natal
Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Nils Mårtensson
Nils Mårtensson Uppsala University
Anders Johansson
Anders Johansson Umeå University
Marcus Bäumer
Marcus Bäumer University of Bremen

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