Ph. D. theses

The following is a list of Ph. D. theses produced at the department. Most theses consist of a short summary of the authors work. This is published in a volume together with separates of the published papers and manuscripts that form the basis for the summary. The date given is for the disputation. Clicking on the author's name opens an abstract.

	Sara Naurin. Avian GEnome Evolution - Gene Expression, Gene Divergence and Sexual Dimorphism. 23 October 2009.
	Juliana Dänhardt. On the importance of farmland as stopover habitat for migrating birds. 15 May 2009.
	Johan Nilsson. Causes and consequences of individual variation in energy turnover rates. 17 April 2009.
	Sara S. Henningsson. On the role of migration for the distribution of arctic birds - a circumpolar perspective. 25 September 2008.
	Roine Strandberg. Migration strategies of raptors - spatio-temporal adaptions and constraints in travelling and foraging. 24 September 2008.
	Thomas Gosden. The Preservation of Favoured Morphs in the Struggle Between Sexes. 29 May 2008.
	Michael Tobler. Maternal programming: costs, benefits and constraints of maternal hormone transfer. 5 Oktober 2007.
	Oskar Brattström. Ecology of red admiral migration. 21 September 2007.
	Maj Rundlöf. Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes: Landscape and Scale-Dependent Effects of Organic Farming. 15 June 2007.
	Markus Franzén. Insect Diversity in Changing Landscapes. 16 Maj 2007.
	Anna Nilsson. The Problem of Partial Migration - the Case of the Blue Tit. 19 January 2007
	Olof Hellgren. Avian Malaria and Related Blood Parasites: Molecular Diversity, Ecology and Evolution. 15 December 2006.
	Jessica Abbott. Ontogeny and Population Biology of a Sex-Limited Colour Polymorphism. 23 November 2006.
	Erik Öckinger. Butterfly Diversity and Dispersal in Fragmented Grasslands. 17 November 2006.
	Mikael Åkesson. Quantitative Genetics and Genome Structure in a Wild Population: the Use of a Great Reed Warbler Pedigree. 29 September 2006.
	Sebastian Troëng. Migration of Sea Turtles from Caribbean Costa Rica: Implications for Management. 14 December 2005.
	Jonas Waldenström. Epidemiology and population structure of Campylobacter jejuni and related organisms in wild birds. 2 December 2005.
	Martin Granbom. Growth conditions and individual quality in starlings. 19 November 2004.
	Martin Stjernman. Causes and consequences of blood parasite infections in birds. 29 October 2004.
	Maria Hansson. Evolution and ecology of AhR genes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). 23 April 2004.
	Rachel Muheim. Magnetic orientation in migratory birds. 20 February 2004.
	Richard Ottvall. Population ecology and management of waders breeding on coastal meadows. 19 February 2004.
	Helena Westerdahl. Avian MHC: variation and selection in the wild. 10 October 2003.
	Jonas Hedin. Metapopulation ecology of Osmoderma eremita - dispersal, habitat quality and habitat history. 23 May 2003.
	Mikael Rosén. Birds in the Flow: Flight Mechanics, Wake Dynamics and Flight Performance. 11 april 2003.
	Bengt Hansson. Dispersal, inbreeding and fitness in natural populations. 21 februari 2003.
	Martin Green. Flight strategies in migrating birds: when and how to fly. 31 januari 2003.
	Helene Bracht Jørgensen. Food selection and fitness optimisation in insects. 13 december 2002.
	Lars Råberg. Costs in the ecology and evolution of the vertebrate immune system. 18 oktober 2002.
	Jakob Lohm. MHC and genomic diversity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). 11 oktober 2002.
	Måns Bruun. On starlings and farming. 7 juni 2002.
	Johan Bäckman . Bird Orientation: External Cues and Ecological Factors. 26 april 2002.
	Dagmar Gormsen. Colonization processes of soil fauna and mycorrhizal fungi. 21 december 2001.
	Liv Wennerberg. Genetic variation and migration of waders. 9 november 2001.
	Anna-Karin Augustsson. On enchytraeids and naidids: Life-history traits and response to environmental stress. 23 maj 2001.
	Anders Kvist. Fuel and fly: adaptations to endurance exercise in migrating birds. 20 april 2001.
	Thomas Ohlsson. Development and maintenance of quality indicators in pheasants. 15 december 2000.
	Irene Persson. Parental and embryonic behaviours in precocial birds. 19 maj 2000.

Björn Lardner. Phenotypic plasticity and local adaption in tadpoles. 28 april 2000.

Anders Nilsson. Pikevory: behavioural mechanisms in northern pike piscivory. 14 jan. 2000.

Nils Kjellén. Differential migration in raptors. 12 nov. 1999.

Åsa Langefors. Genetic Variation in Mhc Class II B in Atlantic Salmon: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives. 10 sept. 1999.

Lars Pettersson. Phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of an inducible morphological defence in crucian carp. 19 mars 1999.

Peter Valeur. Male moth behaviour and perception in pheromone plumes. 24 april 1998.

Ola Olsson. Through the eyes of a woodpecker: understanding habitat selection, territory quality and reproductive decisions from individual behaviour. 17 april 1998.

Ulf Wiktander. Reproduction and survival in the lesser spotted woodpecker. Effects of life history, mating system and age. 3 april 1998.

Maria Sandell. Female reproductive strategies and sexual conflicts in a polygynous mating system. 6 Mars 1998.

Erik Svensson. Costs, benefits and constraints in the evolution of avian reproductive tactics: a study on the blue tit. 6 June 1997.

Ulf Ottosson. Parent-offspring relations in birds: conflicts and trade-offs. 16 May 1997.

Mats G.E. Svensson. Pheromone-mediated mating system in a moth species. 31 October 1996.

Wenqi Wu. Mechanisms of specificity in moth pheromone production and response. 8 December 1995.

Adrian L. R. Thomas. On the Tails of Birds. 29 September 1995.

Susanne Åkesson. Avian Migratory Orientation: Geographic, Temporal and Geomagnetic Effects. 22 September 1995.

Jep Agrell. Female social behaviour, reproduction and population dynamics in a non-cyclic population of the field vole (Microtus agrestis). 19 May 1995.

Peter Anderson. Behavioural and physiological aspects of oviposition deterrence in moths. 12 May 1995.

Junwei Zhu. Diversity and conservatism in moth sex pheromone systems. 4 May 1995.

Mariano Cuadrado. Site fidelity and territorial behaviour of some migratory passerine species overwintering in the Mediterranean area. 31 March 1995.

Dorete Bloch. Pilot whales in the North Atlantic. Age, growth and social structure in Faroese grinds of long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas. 16 December 1994.

Dennis Hasselquist. Male attractiveness, mating tactics and realized fitness in the polygynous great reed warbler. 14 October 1994.

MARIA SJÖGREN. Dispersal and ecto-mycorrhizal grazing of soil invertebrates.30 September 1994.

JOHAN NELSON. Determinants of spacing behaviour, reproductive success and mating system in male field voles, Microtus agrestis. 20 May 1994

STAFFAN BENSCH. Costs, benefits and strategies for females in a polygynous mating system: a study on the great reed warbler. 24 September 1993.

KATARINA HEDLUND. Animal-microbial interactions: The fungivorous Collembola. 12 February 1993.

LENA TRANVIK. To sustain in a stressed environment: a study of soil Collembola.27 November 1992.

GUDMUNDUR A. GUDMUNDSSON. Flight and migration strategies of birds at polar latitudes. 2 October 1992.

ANN ERLANDSSON. Life on the water surface: behaviour and evolution in semiaquatic insects. 25 September 1992.

MATS GRAHN. Intra- and intersexual selection in the pheasant Phasianus colchicus. 27 May 1992.

JENS RYDELL. Ecology of the northern bat Eptesicus nilssoni during pregnancy and lactation. 26 October 1990.

ÅKE LINDSTRÖM. Stopover ecology of migrating birds. 12 October 1990.

ROLAND SANDBERG. Celestial and magnetic orientation of migrating birds: Field experiments with nocturnal passerine migrants at different sites and latitudes.28 September 1990.

HAKON PERSSON. Food selection, movements and energy budgets of staging and wintering geese on South Swedish farmland. 6 December 1989.

KARIN LUNDBERG. Social organization and survival of the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), and a comparison of advertisement behaviour in three polygynous bat species. 10 February 1989.

BILL HANSSON. Reproductive isolation by sex pheromones in some moth species. An electrophysiological approach. 14 October 1988.

HENRIK G SMITH. Reproductive costs and offspring quality: the evolution of clutch size in tits (Parus). 20 May 1988.

PAUL ERIC JÖNSSON. Ecology of the southern Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii.13 May 1988.

JAN-ÅKE NILSSON. Causes and consequences of dispersal in marsh tits, time as a fitness factor in establishment. 11 May 1988.

EINAR B OLAFSSON. Dynamics in deposit-feeding and suspension-feeding populations of the bivalve Macoma balthica; an experimental study. 29 April 1988.

OLLE ANDERBRANT. Reproduction and competition in the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. 8 April 1988.

SCOTT GILBERT. Factors limiting growth of sympatric Peromyscus and Clethrionomys populations in northern Canada. 11 December 1987.

JENS DAHLGREN. Partridge activity, growth rate and survival: Dependence on insect abundance. 4 December 1987.

THOMAS MADSEN. Natural and sexual selection in grass snakes, Natrix natrix, and adders, Vipera berus. 4 September 1987.

TORSTEN GUNNARSSON. Soil arthropods and their food: choice, use and consequences 2 June 1987.

BOEL JEPPSSON. Behavioural ecology of the water vole, Arvicola terrestris, and its implication to theories of microtine ecology. 27 May 1987.

ANDERS TUNLID. Chemical signatures in studies of bacterial communities. Highly sensitive and selective analyses by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. 3 October 1986.

THOMAS JONASSON. Resistance to frit fly attack in oat seedlings, and ecological approach to a plant breeding problem. 13 November 1985.

MIKAEL SANDELL. Ecology and behaviour of the stoat Mustela erminea and a theory on delayed implantation. 8 November 1985.

SIGFRID LUNDBERG. Five theoretical excursions into evolutionary ecology: on coevolution, pheromone communication, clutch size and bird migration. 7 November 1985.

PEHR H ENCKELL. Island life: Agency of Man upon dispersal, distribution, and genetic variation in Faroese populations of terrestrial invertebrates. 3 June 1985.

LARS LUNDQVIST. Life tactics and distribution of small ectoparasites (Anoplura, Siphonaptera and Acari) in northernmost Fennoscandia. 10 May 1985.

FREDRIK SCHLYTER. Aggregation pheromone system in the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. 26 April 1985.

CHRISTER BRÖNMARK. Freshwater molluscs: Distribution patterns, predation and interactions with macrophytes. 19 April 1985.

HANS KRISTIANSSON. Ecology of a hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus population in southern Sweden. 7 December 1984.

MAGNUS SYLVÉN. Reproduction and survival in common buzzards (Buteo buteo) illustrated by the seasonal allocation of energy expenses. 26 March 1982.

CHRISTER LÖFSTEDT. Sex pheromone communication in the turnip moth Agrotis segetum. 30 November 1984.

INGE HOFFMEYER. Interspecific behavioural niche separation in wood mice (Apodemus flavicollis and A. sylvaticus) and scent marking relative to social dominance in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus). 9 December 1983.

PER SJÖSTRÖM. Hunting, spacing and antipredatory behaviour in nymphs of Dinocras cephalotes (Plecoptera). 1 June 1983.

CARITA BRINCK. Scent marking in mustelids and bank voles, analyses of chemical compounds and their behavioural significance. 17 May 1983.

JOHNNY KARLSSON. Breeding of the starling (Sturnus vulgaris). 6 May 1983.

HANS KÄLLANDER. Aspects of the breeding biology, migratory movements, winter survival, and population fluctuations in the great tit Parus major and the blue tit P. caeruleus. 29 April 1983.

BO EBENMAN. Competition and differences in niches and morphology between individuals, sexes and age classes in animal populations, with special reference to passerine birds. 8 April 1983.

JAN HERRMANN. Food, reproduction and population ecology of Dendrocoelum lacteum (Turbellaria) in South Sweden. 10 December 1982.

GÖRAN BENGTSSON. Ecological significance of amino acids and metal ions, a microanalytical approach. 24 May 1982.

LARS-ERIC PERSSON. Structures and changes in soft bottom communities in the southern Baltic 23 April 1982.

INGVAR WÄREBORN. Environments and molluscs in a non-calcareous forest area in southern Sweden. 19 March 1982.

BJÖRN MALMQVIST. The feeding, breeding and population ecology of the brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri). 12 March 1982.

OLOF LIBERG. Predation and social behaviour in a population of domestic cat. An evolutionary perspective. 11 December 1981.

TORBJÖRN von SCHANTZ. Evolution of group living, and the importance of food and social organization in population regulation; a study on the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). 23 October 1981.

INGVAR NILSSON. Ecological aspects on birds of prey, especially long-eared owl and tawny owl. 9 October 1981.

AUGUSTINE KORLI KORHEINA. Environments and co-existence of Idotea species in the southern Baltic. 15 May 1981.

TORSTEN DAHLGREN. The effects of population density and food quality on repro-ductive output in the female guppy, Poecilia reticulata (Peters). 27 February 1981.

GÖRGEN GÖRANSSON. Dynamics, reproduction and social organization in pheasant Phasianus colchicus populations in South Scandinavia. 26 September 1980.

JON LOMAN. Social organization and reproductive ecology in a population of the hooded crow Corvus cornix. 9 April 1980.

GÖRAN HÖGSTEDT. The effect of territory quality, amount of food and interspecific competition on reproductive output and adult survival in the magpie Pica pica; an experimental study. 29 February 1980.

BJÖRN SVENSSON. The association between Epoicocladius flavens (Chironomidae) and Ephemera danica (Ephemeroptera). 26 October 1979.

SVEN G NILSSON. Biologiska samhällen i heterogena miljöer: En studie på fastland och öar. (Biological communities in heterogeneous habitats: A study on the mainland and islands.) 12 October 1979.

BO FRYLESTAM. Population ecology of the European hare in southern Sweden. 1 June 1979.

SÖREN SVENSSON. Fågelinventeringar - metoder och tillämpningar. (Bird censuses - methods and applications.) 23 May 1979.

ANDERS NILSSON. Ticks and their small mammal hosts. 24 May 1978.

LARS M NILSSON. Energetics and population dynamics of Gammarus pulex L. Amphipoda. 20 December 1977.

THOMAS ALERSTAM. Bird migration in relation to wind and topography. 29 October 1976.

LARS HAGERMAN. Respiration, activity and salt balance in the shrimp Crangon vulgaris (Fabr.). 22 October 1976.

JAN LÖFQVIST. The alarm-defence system in formicine ants. 21 May 1976.

CHRISTIAN OTTO. Energetics, dynamics and habitat adaptation in a larval population of Potamophylax cingulatus (Steph.) (Trichoptera). 9 April 1976.

STEN RUNDGREN. Environment and lumbricid populations in southern Sweden. 8 April 1976.

STEN NORDSTRÖM. Associations, activity, and growth in lumbricids in southern Sweden. 6 April 1976.

BO W SVENSSON. Population ecology of adult Potamophylax cingulatus (Steph.) and other Trichoptera at a South Swedish stream. 15 October 1975.

ÅKE GRANMO. Effects of surface active agents on marine mussels and fish. 26 May 1975.

PLUTARCO CALA. The ecology of the ide Idus idus (L.) in the river Kävlingeån, South Sweden. 23 May 1975.

BERITH PERSSON. Effects of organochlorine residues on the whitethroat Sylvia communis Lath. 7 December 1973.

ANDERS SÖDERGREN. Transport, distribution, and degradation of organochlorine residues in limnic ecosystems (defended at the Dept of Limnology). 23 May 1973.2

TORSTEN MALMBERG. Population fluctuations and pesticide influence in the rook Corvus frugilegus L., in Scania, Sweden 1955-1970. 25 May 1973.

SVEN ALMQVIST. Habitat selection and spatial distribution of spiders in coastal sand dunes. 25 May 1973.

RUTGER ROSENBERG. Macrofaunal recovery in a Swedish fjord following the closure of a sulphite pulp mill. 13 April 1973.

KERSTIN SVAHN. Coccidian blood parasites in Lacertids. 17 May 1972.

STEN ANDREASSON. Distribution, habitat selection, food and diel activity of Swedish freshwater sculpins (Cottus L.). 5 May 1972.

SVEN-AXEL BENGTSON. Ecological segregation, reproduction and fluctuations in the size of duck populations in Iceland. 21 April 1972.

LENNART HANSSON. Food conditions and population dynamics of Scandinavian granivorous and herbivorous rodents. 26 November 1971.

STURE ABRAHAMSSON. Population ecology and relation to environmental factors of Astacus astacus Linné and Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana. 3 June 1971.

INGRID HANSSON. Skull nematodes in mustelids. 3 June 1971.

RUNE GERELL. Distributional history, food habits, diel behaviour, territoriality, and population fluctuations of the mink Mustela vison Schreber in Sweden. 30 March 1971.

LEIF NILSSON. Non-breeding ecology of diving ducks in southernmost Sweden. 2 December 1970.

ULF SCHELLER. The Pauropoda of Ceylon. 29 May 1970.

HÅKAN HALLANDER. Habitats and habitat selection in the wolf spiders Pardosa chelata (O.F. MŸller) and P. pullata (Clerck). 20 March 1970.

GUNNAR MARKGREN. Reproduction of moose in Sweden. 17 May 1969.

ARNE BERGENGREN. On genetics, evolution and history of the heath-hare, a distinct population of the arctic hare, Lepus timidus L. 17 October 1969.

SAM ERLINGE. Food habits, home range and territoriality of the otter Lutra lutra L. 6 May 1969.

STAFFAN ULFSTRAND. Bentic animal communities of river Vindelälven in Swedish Lapland. 8 May 1968.

INGEMAR AHLÉN. Studies on the history of distribution, taxonomy and ecology of the Red Deer in Scandinavia. 21 May 1965.

PER DALENIUS. Studies on the Oribatei (Acari) of the Torneträsk territory in Swedish Lapland. 14 May 1963.

HANS KAURI. Die Rassenbildung bei europäischen Rana-Arten und die Gültigkeit der Klimaregeln. May 1959.

CHARLOTTE HOLMQVIST. Problem on marine-glacial relicts on account on the genus Mysis. 6 May 1959.

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