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Tomas Pärt is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden and has an extensive publication record in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics covered in Tomas Pärt's work include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Environmental Conservation and Management

Recent publications by Tomas Pärt demonstrate engagement with various ecological and conservation issues. Notable papers include:

  • "Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Tradeoffs and synergies in wetland multifunctionality: A scaling issue" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems" (2020), published in Functional Ecology
  • "Understanding and overcoming obstacles in adaptive management" (2022), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Compensating for lost nature values through biodiversity offsetting - Where is the evidence?" (2021), published in Biological Conservation

Tomas Pärt frequently collaborates with other researchers. Key co-authors include:

  • Debora Arlt (13 joint publications)
  • Michał Żmihorski (13 joint publications)
  • Jonas Knape (12 joint publications)
  • Ineta Kačergytė (9 joint publications)
  • Dorota Kotowska (7 joint publications)

The scientist's work appears regularly in certain academic journals, indicating a focused presence in specific research communities. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biological Conservation (4 publications)
  • Conservation Letters (3 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (2 publications)
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2 publications)
  • Journal of Applied Ecology (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

    Flavia Geiger;Jan Bengtsson;Frank Berendse;Wolfgang W. Weisser

  • Age and reproduction in birds — hypotheses and tests

    Pär Forslund;Tomas Pärt

  • How Agricultural Intensification Affects Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    M. Emmerson;M.B. Morales;J.J. Oñate;P. Batáry

  • Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe

    Camilla Winqvist;Jan Bengtsson;Tsipe Aavik;Frank Berendse

  • Agricultural intensification and biodiversity partitioning in European landscapes comparing plants, carabids, and birds

    Andreas Flohre;Christina Fischer;Tsipe Aavik;Jan Bengtsson

  • BREEDING DISPERSAL IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER (FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS): POSSIBLE CAUSES AND REPRODUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES

    Tomas Part;Lars Gustafsson

  • Acceleration of senescence in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis by reproductive costs

    Lars Gustafsson;Tomas Pärt

  • Adaptive plasticity in mate preference linked to differences in reproductive effort

    Anna Qvarnström;Anna Qvarnström;Tomas Pärt;Tomas Pärt;Ben C. Sheldon;Ben C. Sheldon

  • Different nest predator faunas and nest predation risk on ground and shrub nests at forest ecotones: an experiment and a review.

    Bo Söderström;Tomas Pärt;Johan Rydén

  • Population trends of farmland birds in Sweden and England: similar trends but different patterns of agricultural intensification

    Johan Wretenberg;Åke Lindström;Sören Svensson;Tomas Thierfelder

  • Badge size in collared flycatchers predicts outcome of male competition over territories

    Tomas Pärt;Anna Qvarnström

  • Availability and use of public information and conspecific density for settlement decisions in the collared flycatcher

    Blandine Doligez;Blandine Doligez;Tomas Pärt;Etienne Danchin;Jean Clobert

  • Influence of Landscape Scale on Farmland Birds Breeding in Semi‐Natural Pastures

    Bo Söderström;Tomas Pärt

  • Evaluating citizen-based presence data for bird monitoring

    Tord Snäll;Oskar Kindvall;Johan Nilsson;Tomas Pärt

  • Nonideal breeding habitat selection: a mismatch between preference and fitness.

    Debora Arlt;Tomas Pärt

  • "Terminal Investment" and a Sexual Conflict in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

    Tomas Part;Lars Gustafsson;Juan Moreno

  • Rainfall during parental care reduces reproductive and survival components of fitness in a passerine bird.

    Meit Öberg;Debora Arlt;Tomas Pärt;Ane Timenes Laugen;Ane Timenes Laugen

  • Linking agricultural policies to population trends of Swedish farmland birds in different agricultural regions

    Johan Wretenberg;Åke Lindström;Sören Svensson;Tomas Pärt

  • Gathering public information for habitat selection: prospecting birds cue on parental activity

    Tomas Pärt;Blandine Doligez;Blandine Doligez

  • Prospecting in the collared flycatcher: gathering public information for future breeding habitat selection?

    Blandine Doligez;Blandine Doligez;Tomas Pärt;Etienne Danchin

  • The importance of local familiarity and search costs for age- and sex-biased philopatry in the collared flycatcher

    Tomas Pärt

Frequent Co-Authors

Åke Berg
Åke Berg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sönke Eggers
Sönke Eggers Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lars Gustafsson
Lars Gustafsson Uppsala University
Blandine Doligez
Blandine Doligez Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jan Bengtsson
Jan Bengtsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jaan Liira
Jaan Liira University of Tartu
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Manuel B. Morales
Manuel B. Morales Autonomous University of Madrid
Frank Berendse
Frank Berendse Wageningen University & Research

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