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Ove Eriksson
Dept of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm Univ. Stockholm Sweden

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Research article
Published: 17 March 2021 in Nordic Journal of Botany
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Species‐rich semi‐natural grasslands are declining all over northern Europe, and many plant species confined to such grasslands are currently under threat. We studied the development of populations of one such species, the field gentian Gentianella campestris, during three decades in the County of Södermanland, south of Stockholm, Sweden. Gentianella campestris is Red Listed as Endangered in Sweden. It is a strict biennial, and as far as known with only a transient seed bank. Large population fluctuations are a characteristic of this species, and its life history makes the species inherently sensitive to factors causing population reductions. We found that the number of sites with G. campestris has declined with over 60% in the last three decades. The total number of flowering individuals also show a strong decreasing trend, although there was an increase the last year (2020) at a few remaining sites. Cessation of grazing management is a major cause of the decline, but populations also disappeared from managed sites. It is possible that the management has been inappropriate, and circumstantial evidence suggests that summer drought might be an additional cause of population decline. Data from 2018, a year with an exceptional summer drought, supports this explanation. A sowing experiment indicated that recruitment of new populations is unlikely in the present‐day landscape where most vegetation is unsuitable for G. campestris. Due to the poor prospects for long‐term maintenance of grazing management in still remaining semi‐natural grasslands, and the decline even at sites with current management, G. campestris faces a risk of becoming regionally extinct within the coming decades.

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Linnea Glav Lundin; Ove Eriksson. The decline of Gentianella campestris : three decades of population development of an endangered grassland plant in Sweden. Nordic Journal of Botany 2021, 39, 1 .

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Linnea Glav Lundin, Ove Eriksson. The decline of Gentianella campestris : three decades of population development of an endangered grassland plant in Sweden. Nordic Journal of Botany. 2021; 39 (3):1.

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Linnea Glav Lundin; Ove Eriksson. 2021. "The decline of Gentianella campestris : three decades of population development of an endangered grassland plant in Sweden." Nordic Journal of Botany 39, no. 3: 1.

Original paper
Published: 01 March 2021 in Biodiversity and Conservation
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The main paradigm for protection of biodiversity, focusing on maintaining or restoring conditions where humans leave no or little impact, risks overlooking anthropogenic landscapes harboring a rich native biodiversity. An example is northern European agricultural landscapes with traditionally managed semi-natural grasslands harboring an exceptional local richness of many taxa, such as plants, fungi and insects. During the last century these grasslands have declined by more than 95%, i.e. in the same magnitude as other, internationally more recognized declines of natural habitats. In this study, data from the Swedish Red List was used to calculate tentative extinction rates for vascular plants, insects (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera) and fungi, given a scenario where such landscapes would vanish. Conservative estimates suggest that abandonment of traditional management in these landscapes would result in elevated extinction rates in all these taxa, between two and three orders of magnitude higher than global background extinction rates. It is suggested that the species richness in these landscapes reflects a species pool from Pleistocene herbivore-structured environments, which, after the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna, was rescued by the introduction of pre-historic agriculture. Maintaining traditionally managed agricultural landscapes is of paramount importance to prevent species loss. There is no inherent conflict between preservation of anthropogenic landscapes and remaining ‘wild’ areas, but valuating also anthropogenic landscapes is essential for biodiversity conservation.

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Ove Eriksson. The importance of traditional agricultural landscapes for preventing species extinctions. Biodiversity and Conservation 2021, 30, 1341 -1357.

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Ove Eriksson. The importance of traditional agricultural landscapes for preventing species extinctions. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2021; 30 (5):1341-1357.

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Ove Eriksson. 2021. "The importance of traditional agricultural landscapes for preventing species extinctions." Biodiversity and Conservation 30, no. 5: 1341-1357.

Journal article
Published: 15 January 2021 in Sustainability
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Infield systems originated during the early Iron Age and existed until the 19th century, although passing many transitions and changes. The core features of infield systems were enclosed infields with hay-meadows and crop fields, and unenclosed outland mainly used for livestock grazing. We examine the transitions and changes of domesticated landscapes with infield systems using the framework of human niche construction, focusing on reciprocal causation affecting change in both culture and environment. A first major transition occurred during the early Middle Ages, as a combined effect of a growing elite society and an increased availability of iron promoted expansion of villages with partly communal infields. A second major transition occurred during the 18th and 19th centuries, due to a then recognized inefficiency of agricultural production, leading to land reforms. In outlands, there was a continuous expansion of management throughout the whole period. Even though external factors had significant impacts as well, human niche construction affected a range of cultural and environmental features regarding the management and structure of domesticated landscapes with infield systems. Thus, niche construction theory is a useful framework for understanding the historical ecology of infield systems.

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Ove Eriksson; Matilda Arnell; Karl-Johan Lindholm. Historical Ecology of Scandinavian Infield Systems. Sustainability 2021, 13, 817 .

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Ove Eriksson, Matilda Arnell, Karl-Johan Lindholm. Historical Ecology of Scandinavian Infield Systems. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (2):817.

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Ove Eriksson; Matilda Arnell; Karl-Johan Lindholm. 2021. "Historical Ecology of Scandinavian Infield Systems." Sustainability 13, no. 2: 817.

Research
Published: 15 December 2020 in Ecography
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Plant distribution patterns are influenced by many different factors. We examined mechanisms behind local distribution patterns of boreo‐nemoral fleshy‐fruited woody plants with seed dispersal mainly mediated by birds. It has been suggested that guilds of these plants develop ‘orchards', i.e. locally aggregated occurrences composed of several species. We analysed spatially explicit occurrence data of different life stages of a local guild of fleshy‐fruited woody plants in south‐eastern Sweden, and conducted a seedling recruitment experiment for a subset of ten species. Spatial point pattern analyses showed that the guild of fleshy‐fruited species was aggregated at small (< 10 m) spatial scales. Saplings were more common under canopies of heterospecific reproductive individuals than expected by chance. These results show that the local guild of fleshy‐fruited species is distributed as orchards, i.e. clusters consisting of individuals of different species and life stages. We found no evidence of negative distance dependence between saplings and reproductive conspecific individuals. Results from the recruitment experiment suggest that recruitment is seed limited and generally low among the studied species. At the site‐scale (circular areas with 50 m radius), there was no difference in seedling recruitment between sites with and without reproductive conspecific individuals for most species included in the recruitment experiment. This further suggests that the aggregated patterns found are not simply a result of spatial concordance in suitable habitats across life stages. Instead, we suggest that the sheer number of seeds from species in the guild deposited under the crowns of fruit bearing individuals is the main mechanism behind the build‐up of orchards. Although further studies are needed to fully disentangle the processes underlying the observed patterns of local diversity, we argue that describing patterns and contrasting them to the predictions of ecologically relevant hypotheses is a useful first step.

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Matilda Arnell; Johan Ehrlén; Ove Eriksson. Local distribution patterns of fleshy‐fruited woody plants – testing the orchard hypothesis. Ecography 2020, 44, 481 -492.

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Matilda Arnell, Johan Ehrlén, Ove Eriksson. Local distribution patterns of fleshy‐fruited woody plants – testing the orchard hypothesis. Ecography. 2020; 44 (3):481-492.

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Matilda Arnell; Johan Ehrlén; Ove Eriksson. 2020. "Local distribution patterns of fleshy‐fruited woody plants – testing the orchard hypothesis." Ecography 44, no. 3: 481-492.

Review
Published: 20 April 2020 in Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History
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Ove Eriksson. Origin and Development of Managed Meadows in Sweden: A Review. Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History 2020, 7, 1 .

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Ove Eriksson. Origin and Development of Managed Meadows in Sweden: A Review. Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History. 2020; 7 (1):1.

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Ove Eriksson. 2020. "Origin and Development of Managed Meadows in Sweden: A Review." Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History 7, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 24 February 2020 in International Journal of Heritage Studies
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Ove Eriksson; Linnea Glav Lundin. ’Gooseberry is the only thing left’ – a study of declining biological cultural heritage at abandoned crofts in the province of Södermanland, Sweden. International Journal of Heritage Studies 2020, 26, 1061 -1076.

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Ove Eriksson, Linnea Glav Lundin. ’Gooseberry is the only thing left’ – a study of declining biological cultural heritage at abandoned crofts in the province of Södermanland, Sweden. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 2020; 26 (11):1061-1076.

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Ove Eriksson; Linnea Glav Lundin. 2020. "’Gooseberry is the only thing left’ – a study of declining biological cultural heritage at abandoned crofts in the province of Södermanland, Sweden." International Journal of Heritage Studies 26, no. 11: 1061-1076.

Journal article
Published: 05 July 2018 in Nature Conservation
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There is currently a growing concern that biocultural heritage is threatened in many landscapes. This paper focuses on biological cultural heritage, broadly meaning biological cultural traces that are considered as heritage, but leaving out other aspects of the biocultural heritage concept. An operational definition of biological cultural heritage (BCH) is suggested, based on niche construction theory: “biological manifestations of culture, reflecting indirect or intentional effects, or domesticated landscapes, resulting from historical human niche construction”. Some factors that influence recognition of BCH are discussed, using a comparison between Swedish open to semi-open vs. forested landscapes. While the former landscapes are generally associated with biological cultural values, BCH is generally over-looked in forests. Two main reasons for this are suggested: loss of cultural memory and a perception of forests as wilderness. A conclusion is that recognition of BCH is essential for guiding development of biological conservation programmes in forests, irrespective of whether the conservation goal is to focus on culturally impacted forests or to conserve what is considered as close to pristine forests. Furthermore, recognising BCH in forests will promote interest and learning of the history of forests and their values and will be informative for developing conservation programmes for all biota in forests, not only those that historically were favoured by culture. Hence, there is no inherent conflict between preserving relatively untouched forests and those with remaining traces of pre-industrial forest management. The recognition of BCH in forests will inspire and promote further integration of cultural and natural heritage research.

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Ove Eriksson. What is biological cultural heritage and why should we care about it? An example from Swedish rural landscapes and forests. Nature Conservation 2018, 28, 1 -32.

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Ove Eriksson. What is biological cultural heritage and why should we care about it? An example from Swedish rural landscapes and forests. Nature Conservation. 2018; 28 ():1-32.

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Ove Eriksson. 2018. "What is biological cultural heritage and why should we care about it? An example from Swedish rural landscapes and forests." Nature Conservation 28, no. : 1-32.

Journal article
Published: 21 December 2016 in BioScience
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More and more ecologists have started to resurvey communities sampled in earlier decades to determine long-term shifts in community composition and infer the likely drivers of the ecological changes observed. However, to assess the relative importance of, and interactions among, multiple drivers joint analyses of resurvey data from many regions spanning large environmental gradients are needed. In this paper we illustrate how combining resurvey data from multiple regions can increase the likelihood of driver-orthogonality within the design and show that repeatedly surveying across multiple regions provides higher representativeness and comprehensiveness, allowing us to answer more completely a broader range of questions. We provide general guidelines to aid implementation of multi-region resurvey databases. In so doing, we aim to encourage resurvey database development across other community types and biomes to advance global environmental change research.

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Kris Verheyen; Pieter De Frenne; Lander Baeten; Donald M. Waller; Radim Hédl; Michael Perring; Haben Blondeel; Jörg Brunet; Markéeta Chudomelova; Guillaume Decocq; Emiel De Lombaerde; Leen Depauw; Thomas Dirnböck; Tomasz Durak; Ove Eriksson; Frank S. Gilliam; Thilo Heinken; Steffi Heinrichs; Martin Hermy; Bogdan Jaroszewicz; Michael A. Jenkins; Sarah E. Johnson; Keith J. Kirby; Martin Kopecký; Dries Landuyt; Jonathan Lenoir; Daijiang Li; Martin Macek; Sybryn L. Maes; František Máliš; Fraser J. G. Mitchell; Tobias Naaf; George Peterken; Petr Petřík; Kamila Reczynska; David A. Rogers; Fride Høistad Schei; Wolfgang Schmidt; Tibor Standovár; Krzysztof Świerkosz; Karol Ujházy; Hans Van Calster; Mark Vellend; Ondřej Vild; Kerry Woods; Monika Wulf; Markus Bernhardt-Römermann. Combining Biodiversity Resurveys across Regions to Advance Global Change Research. BioScience 2016, 67, 73 -83.

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Kris Verheyen, Pieter De Frenne, Lander Baeten, Donald M. Waller, Radim Hédl, Michael Perring, Haben Blondeel, Jörg Brunet, Markéeta Chudomelova, Guillaume Decocq, Emiel De Lombaerde, Leen Depauw, Thomas Dirnböck, Tomasz Durak, Ove Eriksson, Frank S. Gilliam, Thilo Heinken, Steffi Heinrichs, Martin Hermy, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Michael A. Jenkins, Sarah E. Johnson, Keith J. Kirby, Martin Kopecký, Dries Landuyt, Jonathan Lenoir, Daijiang Li, Martin Macek, Sybryn L. Maes, František Máliš, Fraser J. G. Mitchell, Tobias Naaf, George Peterken, Petr Petřík, Kamila Reczynska, David A. Rogers, Fride Høistad Schei, Wolfgang Schmidt, Tibor Standovár, Krzysztof Świerkosz, Karol Ujházy, Hans Van Calster, Mark Vellend, Ondřej Vild, Kerry Woods, Monika Wulf, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann. Combining Biodiversity Resurveys across Regions to Advance Global Change Research. BioScience. 2016; 67 (1):73-83.

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Kris Verheyen; Pieter De Frenne; Lander Baeten; Donald M. Waller; Radim Hédl; Michael Perring; Haben Blondeel; Jörg Brunet; Markéeta Chudomelova; Guillaume Decocq; Emiel De Lombaerde; Leen Depauw; Thomas Dirnböck; Tomasz Durak; Ove Eriksson; Frank S. Gilliam; Thilo Heinken; Steffi Heinrichs; Martin Hermy; Bogdan Jaroszewicz; Michael A. Jenkins; Sarah E. Johnson; Keith J. Kirby; Martin Kopecký; Dries Landuyt; Jonathan Lenoir; Daijiang Li; Martin Macek; Sybryn L. Maes; František Máliš; Fraser J. G. Mitchell; Tobias Naaf; George Peterken; Petr Petřík; Kamila Reczynska; David A. Rogers; Fride Høistad Schei; Wolfgang Schmidt; Tibor Standovár; Krzysztof Świerkosz; Karol Ujházy; Hans Van Calster; Mark Vellend; Ondřej Vild; Kerry Woods; Monika Wulf; Markus Bernhardt-Römermann. 2016. "Combining Biodiversity Resurveys across Regions to Advance Global Change Research." BioScience 67, no. 1: 73-83.

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Published: 23 November 2016 in Landscape Research
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Domesticated landscapes are formed by complex social and ecological interactions. We study present-day remnants of species-rich hay meadows and pastures in Scandinavia, with historical roots in former ‘infield systems’, initially developed during the first centuries AD and maintained until the modernisation of agriculture during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Infield systems include infields, enclosed areas near farms incorporating hay meadows and crop fields, and surrounding outlying land used mainly for grazing. We interpret the development of Scandinavian infield systems and their relationship to vegetation and human culture using concepts of niche construction and entanglement. A key issue revolves around spatio-temporal stabilisation of managed grasslands, in turn related to a complex of interactions between cultural development (e.g. perceptions of land ownership and management practices) and ecological patterns (e.g. species richness). We propose that niche construction and entanglement are useful concepts bridging studies in social history and ecology, and for developing conservation programmes in cultural landscapes.

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Ove Eriksson; Matilda Arnell. Niche construction, entanglement and landscape domestication in Scandinavian infield systems. Landscape Research 2016, 42, 78 -88.

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Ove Eriksson, Matilda Arnell. Niche construction, entanglement and landscape domestication in Scandinavian infield systems. Landscape Research. 2016; 42 (1):78-88.

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Ove Eriksson; Matilda Arnell. 2016. "Niche construction, entanglement and landscape domestication in Scandinavian infield systems." Landscape Research 42, no. 1: 78-88.

Journal article
Published: 23 November 2016 in Land
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Conceptual advances in niche construction theory provide new perspectives and a tool-box for studies of human-environment interactions mediating what is termed anthropogenic biomes. This theory is useful also for studies on how anthropogenic biomes are perceived and valued. This paper addresses these topics using an example: “old cultural landscapes” in Scandinavia, i.e., landscapes formed by a long, dynamic and continuously changing history of management. Today, remnant habitats of this management history, such as wooded pastures and meadows, are the focus of conservation programs, due to their rich biodiversity and cultural and aesthetic values. After a review of historical niche construction processes, the paper examines current niche construction affecting these old cultural landscapes. Features produced by historical niche construction, e.g., landscape composition and species richness, are in the modern society reinterpreted to become values associated with beauty and heritage and species’ intrinsic values. These non-utilitarian motivators now become drivers of new niche construction dynamics, manifested as conservation programs. The paper also examines the possibility to maintain and create new habitats, potentially associated with values emanating from historical landscapes, but in transformed and urbanized landscapes.

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Ove Eriksson. Historical and Current Niche Construction in an Anthropogenic Biome: Old Cultural Landscapes in Southern Scandinavia. Land 2016, 5, 42 .

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Ove Eriksson. Historical and Current Niche Construction in an Anthropogenic Biome: Old Cultural Landscapes in Southern Scandinavia. Land. 2016; 5 (4):42.

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Ove Eriksson. 2016. "Historical and Current Niche Construction in an Anthropogenic Biome: Old Cultural Landscapes in Southern Scandinavia." Land 5, no. 4: 42.

Article
Published: 01 March 2015 in Folia Geobotanica
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The rare forest plant Chimaphila umbellata (Ericaceae) has decreased drastically during the last century, approximately by 80 % in some regions in Sweden. We examined associations between various biotic and abiotic conditions related to changes in forest management and nitrogen deposition, and C. umbellata population size, flowering frequency, fruit set and seed production. Environmental conditions at 38 C. umbellata sites in the provinces of Uppland and Södermanland, Sweden, included light inflow, cover of competitive species, soil nitrogen, continuity of forest cover and soil texture. The results suggested that population size was negatively affected by cover of competitive species. Population size was not related to light availability although increased shading was associated with decreased flowering frequency. Fruit set was negatively affected by cover of competitive species, and seed production decreased with increasing soil nitrogen content. Fruit set and seed production increased with increasing population size. This study shows that denser forest stands and increased abundance of Vaccinium myrtillus and graminoid species may have strong negative effects on C. umbellata. This species’ longevity and clonal propagation may buffer some negative impacts, which in turn might contribute to an extinction debt. To maintain viable populations of Chimaphila umbellata in Swedish forests, there is a need for targeted management in forest habitats, i.e. reintroducing moderate disturbance regimes to reduce competition and increase light inflow.

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Anna Lundell; Sara A. O. Cousins; Ove Eriksson. Population size and reproduction in the declining endangered forest plant Chimaphila umbellata in Sweden. Folia Geobotanica 2015, 50, 13 -23.

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Anna Lundell, Sara A. O. Cousins, Ove Eriksson. Population size and reproduction in the declining endangered forest plant Chimaphila umbellata in Sweden. Folia Geobotanica. 2015; 50 (1):13-23.

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Anna Lundell; Sara A. O. Cousins; Ove Eriksson. 2015. "Population size and reproduction in the declining endangered forest plant Chimaphila umbellata in Sweden." Folia Geobotanica 50, no. 1: 13-23.

Article
Published: 09 January 2015 in AMBIO
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This introduction to the Special Issue summarizes the results of 14 scientific articles from the interdisciplinary research program Ekoklim at Stockholm University, Sweden. In this program, we investigate effects of changing climate and land use on landscape processes, biodiversity, and ecosystem services, and analyze issues related to adaptive governance in the face of climate and land-use change. We not only have a research focus on the 22 650 km2 Norrström catchment surrounding lake Mälaren in south-central Sweden, but we also conduct research in other Swedish regions. The articles presented here show complex interactions between multiple drivers of change, as well as feedback processes at different spatiotemporal scales. Thus, the Ekoklim program highlights and deals with issues relevant for the future challenges society will face when land-use change interacts with climate change.

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Bodil Elmhagen; Ove Eriksson; Regina Lindborg. Implications of climate and land-use change for landscape processes, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and governance. AMBIO 2015, 44, 1 -5.

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Bodil Elmhagen, Ove Eriksson, Regina Lindborg. Implications of climate and land-use change for landscape processes, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and governance. AMBIO. 2015; 44 (1):1-5.

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Bodil Elmhagen; Ove Eriksson; Regina Lindborg. 2015. "Implications of climate and land-use change for landscape processes, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and governance." AMBIO 44, no. 1: 1-5.

Review
Published: 20 December 2014 in Biological Reviews
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The origins of interactions between angiosperms and fruit-eating seed dispersers have attracted much attention following a seminal paper on this topic by Tiffney (1984). This review synthesizes evidence pertaining to key events during the evolution of angiosperm-frugivore interactions and suggests some implications of this evidence for interpretations of angiosperm-frugivore coevolution. The most important conclusions are: (i) the diversification of angiosperm seed size and fleshy fruits commenced around 80 million years ago (Mya). The diversity of seed sizes, fruit sizes and fruit types peaked in the Eocene around 55 to 50 Mya. During this first phase of the interaction, angiosperms and animals evolving frugivory expanded into niche space not previously utilized by these groups, as frugivores and previously not existing fruit traits appeared. From the Eocene until the present, angiosperm-frugivore interactions have occurred within a broad frame of existing niche space, as defined by fruit traits and frugivory, motivating a separation of the angiosperm-frugivore interactions into two phases, before and after the peak in the early Eocene. (ii) The extinct multituberculates were probably the most important frugivores during the early radiation phase of angiosperm seeds and fleshy fruits. Primates and rodents are likely to have been important in the latter part of this first phase. (iii) Flying frugivores, birds and bats, evolved during the second phase, mainly during the Oligocene and Miocene, thus exploiting an existing diversity of fleshy fruits. (iv) A drastic climate shift around the Eocene-Oligocene boundary (around 34 Mya) resulted in more semi-open woodland vegetation, creating patchily occurring food resources for frugivores. This promoted evolution of a 'flying frugivore niche' exploited by birds and bats. In particular, passerines became a dominant frugivore group worldwide. (v) Fleshy fruits evolved at numerous occasions in many angiosperm families, and many of the originations of fleshy fruits occurred well after the peak in the early Eocene. (vi) During periods associated with environmental change altering coevolutionary networks and opening of niche space, reciprocal coevolution may result in strong directional selection formative for both fruit and frugivore evolution. Further evidence is needed to test this hypothesis. Based on the abundance of plant lineages with various forms of fleshy fruits, and the diversity of frugivores, it is suggested that periods of rapid coevolution in angiosperms and frugivores occurred numerous times during the 80 million years of angiosperm-frugivore evolution.

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Ove Eriksson. Evolution of angiosperm seed disperser mutualisms: the timing of origins and their consequences for coevolutionary interactions between angiosperms and frugivores. Biological Reviews 2014, 91, 168 -186.

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Ove Eriksson. Evolution of angiosperm seed disperser mutualisms: the timing of origins and their consequences for coevolutionary interactions between angiosperms and frugivores. Biological Reviews. 2014; 91 (1):168-186.

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Ove Eriksson. 2014. "Evolution of angiosperm seed disperser mutualisms: the timing of origins and their consequences for coevolutionary interactions between angiosperms and frugivores." Biological Reviews 91, no. 1: 168-186.

Journal article
Published: 27 November 2014 in Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History
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Ove Eriksson. Human Niche Construction and the Rural Environment. Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History 2014, 1, 1 .

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Ove Eriksson. Human Niche Construction and the Rural Environment. Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History. 2014; 1 (1):1.

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Ove Eriksson. 2014. "Human Niche Construction and the Rural Environment." Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History 1, no. 1: 1.

Review
Published: 13 March 2014 in Land
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A landscape perspective is generally recognized as essential for conservation biology. The main underlying reason is that species respond to features of the landscape at various spatial scales, for example habitat area, connectivity, and matrix habitats. However, there is also an “historical” component of a landscape perspective, which has not received similar attention. The underlying reasons for historical effects are that humans have influenced landscapes during several millennia and that species and communities may respond slowly to land use change. An historical perspective on landscapes also relates to how we perceive “natural” vs. “cultural” landscapes, and thus how conservation actions are motivated and valuated. We review studies from Sweden and the Baltic region in the context of an historical landscape perspective, focusing on semi-natural grasslands, i.e., grasslands formed by long-term human management for grazing and hay-making. Semi-natural grasslands are today a high concern for conservation. Historical effects are ubiquitous on species distributions and patterns of species richness, and have important implications for developing informed conservation programs in semi-natural grasslands, particularly with regard to assumptions of historical baselines, the choice of conservation targets, and insights on time-lags in the response of species to current landscape change.

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Ove Eriksson; Sara A. O. Cousins. Historical Landscape Perspectives on Grasslands in Sweden and the Baltic Region. Land 2014, 3, 300 -321.

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Ove Eriksson, Sara A. O. Cousins. Historical Landscape Perspectives on Grasslands in Sweden and the Baltic Region. Land. 2014; 3 (1):300-321.

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Ove Eriksson; Sara A. O. Cousins. 2014. "Historical Landscape Perspectives on Grasslands in Sweden and the Baltic Region." Land 3, no. 1: 300-321.

Journal article
Published: 28 January 2014 in Journal of Vegetation Science
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Eco‐evolutionary dynamics is a concept encapsulating a feedback between ecology and evolution, acting on short ecological time‐scales. Recent studies suggest that such dynamics have been generally over‐looked. The objective of this paper is to examine how eco‐evolutionary dynamics may contribute to vegetation science.

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Ove Eriksson. Vegetation change and eco-evolutionary dynamics. Journal of Vegetation Science 2014, 25, 1141 -1147.

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Ove Eriksson. Vegetation change and eco-evolutionary dynamics. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2014; 25 (5):1141-1147.

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Ove Eriksson. 2014. "Vegetation change and eco-evolutionary dynamics." Journal of Vegetation Science 25, no. 5: 1141-1147.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2004 in Restoration Ecology
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Plant species richness in rural landscapes of northern Europe has been positively influenced by traditional management for millennia. Owing to abandonment of these practices, the number of species‐rich semi‐natural grasslands has decreased, and remaining habitats suffer from deterioration, fragmentation, and plant species decline. To prevent further extinctions, restoration efforts have increased during the last decades, by reintroducing grazing in former semi‐natural grasslands. To assess the ecological factors that might influence the outcome of such restorations, we made a survey of semi‐natural grasslands in Sweden that have been restored during the last decade. We investigated how plant species richness, species density, species composition, and abundance of 10 species that are indicators of grazing are affected by (1) the size of the restored site, (2) the time between abandonment of grazing and restoration, (3) the time elapsed since restoration, and (4) the abundance of trees and shrubs at the restored site. Only two factors, abundance of trees and shrubs and time since restoration, were positively associated with total species richness and species density per meter square at restored sites. Variation in species composition among restored sites was not related to any of the investigated factors. Species composition was relatively similar among sites, except in mesic/wet grasslands. The investigated factors had small effects on the abundance of the grazing‐indicator species. Only Campanula rotundifolia responded to restoration with increasing abundance and may thus be a suitable indicator of improved habitat quality. In conclusion, positive effects on species richness may appear relatively soon after restoration, but rare, short‐lived species are still absent. Therefore, remnant populations in surrounding areas may be important in fully recreating former species richness and composition.

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Regina Lindborg; Ove Eriksson. Effects of Restoration on Plant Species Richness and Composition in Scandinavian Semi-Natural Grasslands. Restoration Ecology 2004, 12, 318 -326.

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Regina Lindborg, Ove Eriksson. Effects of Restoration on Plant Species Richness and Composition in Scandinavian Semi-Natural Grasslands. Restoration Ecology. 2004; 12 (3):318-326.

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Regina Lindborg; Ove Eriksson. 2004. "Effects of Restoration on Plant Species Richness and Composition in Scandinavian Semi-Natural Grasslands." Restoration Ecology 12, no. 3: 318-326.