Frank Johansson
Professor at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Animal Ecology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 64 88
- E-mail:
- Frank.Johansson@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Professor in Conservation Biology. My research focuses on: 1) Effects of the microbial agent Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) on terrestrial ecosystems, 2) Conservation ecology of urban ponds, 3) Potential responses to climate change: from genotype to community level. For more information, see my webpage.
I am course responsible for the course Ecology and Population genetics. I also teach Behavioural Ecology and Ecological Methods.
Biography
Head of of Animal Ecology Program, Dept. Ecology and Evolution, Uppsala University, 2021-to the present.
Professor, Animal Conservation Biology, Dept. Ecology and Genetics, 2012-to the present
Professor, Ecology, Umeå University, 2007-2011.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Animal Ecology, Umeå University, 1993.

Publications
Selection of publications
Can information from citizen science data be used to predict biodiversity in stormwater ponds?
Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Can information from citizen science data be used to predict biodiversity in stormwater ponds?
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Temperate insects with narrow seasonal activity periods can be as vulnerable to climate change as tropical insect species
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Predation selects for smaller eye size in a vertebrate: effects of environmental conditions and sex
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2019
Part of Ecography, p. 309-320, 2019
The Rate of Seasonal Changes in Temperature Alters Acclimation of Performance under Climate Change
Part of American Naturalist, p. 743-761, 2017
Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 187-198, 2016
Antagonistic natural and sexual selection on wing shape in a scrambling damselfly
Part of Evolution, p. 1582-1595, 2016
Ontogenetic changes in genetic variances of age-dependent plasticity along a latitudinal gradient
Part of Heredity, p. 366-378, 2015
Competitive interactions modify the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates
Part of Ecology, p. 1394-1406, 2014
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 5608-5623, 2013
Latitudinally structured variation in the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates
Part of Ecology Letters, p. 64-71, 2013
Part of Ecology, p. 1340-1352, 2012
Recent publications
Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
Part of Urban Ecosystems, p. 1027-1039, 2024
- DOI for Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
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Species-genetic diversity correlation in a metacommunity of urban pond invertebrates
Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 114-122, 2024
- DOI for Species-genetic diversity correlation in a metacommunity of urban pond invertebrates
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI for Effects of temperature and resource level on interspecific interactions in two species of Odonata larvae
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Phylogeography and phenotypic wing shape variation in a damselfly across populations in Europe
Part of BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI for Phylogeography and phenotypic wing shape variation in a damselfly across populations in Europe
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Odonata as focal taxa for biological responses to climate change
Part of Dragonflies and Damselflies, p. 385-400, Oxford University Press, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
Part of Urban Ecosystems, p. 1027-1039, 2024
- DOI for Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
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Species-genetic diversity correlation in a metacommunity of urban pond invertebrates
Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 114-122, 2024
- DOI for Species-genetic diversity correlation in a metacommunity of urban pond invertebrates
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI for Effects of temperature and resource level on interspecific interactions in two species of Odonata larvae
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Phylogeography and phenotypic wing shape variation in a damselfly across populations in Europe
Part of BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI for Phylogeography and phenotypic wing shape variation in a damselfly across populations in Europe
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Part of Avian Research, 2023
- DOI for A crowd-sourced genomic project to assess hybrid content in a rare avian vagrant (Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus (Pallas, 1770))
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 368-380, 2023
- DOI for Mixed support for an alignment between phenotypic plasticity and genetic differentiation in damselfly wing shape
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Phenological Shifts in a Warming World Affect Physiology and Life History in a Damselfly
Part of Insects, 2022
- DOI for Phenological Shifts in a Warming World Affect Physiology and Life History in a Damselfly
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Part of Environmental Entomology, p. 910-921, 2022
- DOI for Pushed Northward by Climate Change: Range Shifts With a Chance of Co-occurrence Reshuffling in the Forecast for Northern European Odonates
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Remaining forests on the Central Highlands of Madagascar: Endemic and endangered aquatic beetle fauna uncovered
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Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 460-474, 2022
- DOI for The effect of temperature and behaviour on the interaction between two dragonfly larvae species within the native and expanded range
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Microplastic exposure across trophic levels: effects on the host microbiota of freshwater organisms
Part of Environmental Microbiome, 2022
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Weak effects on growth and cannibalism under fluctuating temperatures in damselfly larvae
Part of Scientific Reports, 2022
- DOI for Weak effects on growth and cannibalism under fluctuating temperatures in damselfly larvae
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Part of Journal of Tropical Ecology, p. 17-24, 2022
- DOI for Wing shape differences along a migration route of the long-distance migrant Globe Skimmer Dragonfly Pantala flavescens
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Biodiversity in urban blue space- increasing knowledge and species richness
Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 1-3, 2022
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Body and wing size, but not wing shape, vary along a large-scale latitudinal gradient in a damselfly
Part of Scientific Reports, 2021
- DOI for Body and wing size, but not wing shape, vary along a large-scale latitudinal gradient in a damselfly
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Spatio-temporal variation in water beetle assemblages across temperate freshwater ecosystems
Part of Science of the Total Environment, 2021
Part of Evolution, p. 464-475, 2021
- DOI for Natural selection mediated by seasonal time constraints increases the alignment between evolvability and developmental plasticity
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The importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for biodiversity in urban ponds
Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 129-145, 2021
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Size-mediated priority effects are trait-dependent and consistent across latitudes in a damselfly
Part of Oikos, p. 1535-1547, 2021
Part of Environmental Pollution, 2021
Can information from citizen science data be used to predict biodiversity in stormwater ponds?
Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Can information from citizen science data be used to predict biodiversity in stormwater ponds?
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Temperate insects with narrow seasonal activity periods can be as vulnerable to climate change as tropical insect species
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Part of Journal of ethology, p. 365-371, 2020
- DOI for Preference for supernormal stimuli tends to override initially learned associations for conspicuous prey traits: implications from a laboratory study
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Part of Freshwater Science, p. 804-811, 2020
- DOI for Effects of predator cues carry over from egg and larval stage to adult life-history traits in a damselfly
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Part of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. 497-506, 2020
- DOI for High variation in last male sperm precedence and genital morphology in the emerald damselfly, Lestes sponsa
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Socio-economic impacts of marine conservation efforts in three Indonesian fishing communities
Part of Marine Policy, p. 59-67, 2019
Part of Ecological Indicators, 2019
Let's mate here and now - seasonal constraints increase mating efficiency
Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 623-629, 2019
Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 637-648, 2019
Predation selects for smaller eye size in a vertebrate: effects of environmental conditions and sex
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2019
Predator species related adaptive changes in larval growth and digestive physiology
Part of Journal of insect physiology, p. 23-29, 2019
Predation risk affects egg mortality and carry over effects in the larval stages in damselflies
Part of Freshwater Biology, p. 778-786, 2019
Part of Ecography, p. 309-320, 2019
Effects of predation stress and food ration on perch gut microbiota
Part of Microbiome, 2018
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 853-865, 2018
Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
Physiological mechanisms of adaptive developmental plasticity in Rana temporaria island populations
Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
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The interaction between predation risk and food ration on behavior and morphology of Eurasian perch
Part of Ecology and Evolution, p. 8567-8577, 2017
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Phylogeography and larval spine length of the dragonfly Leucorhinia dubia in Europe
Part of PLOS ONE, 2017
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Part of Ecological Indicators, p. 422-431, 2017
Part of Aquatic Toxicology, p. 70-77, 2017
Part of Urban Ecosystems, p. 1209-1220, 2017
- DOI for Is there a relationship between socio-economic factors and biodiversity in urban ponds?: A study in the city of Stockholm
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The Rate of Seasonal Changes in Temperature Alters Acclimation of Performance under Climate Change
Part of American Naturalist, p. 743-761, 2017
Part of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, p. 107-114, 2017
Part of Ecology of Freshwater Fish, p. 643-652, 2017
- DOI for Lack of trophic polymorphism despite substantial genetic differentiation in sympatric brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations
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The price of looking sexy: visual ecology of a three-level predator–prey system
Part of Functional Ecology, p. 707-718, 2017
Genetic differentiation in the boreal dragonfly Leucorrhinia dubia in the Palearctic region
Part of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. 294-304, 2017
Changing the habitat: the evolution of inter-correlated traits to escape from predators
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1394-1405, 2016
Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 187-198, 2016
Part of Canadian Journal of Zoology, p. 41-47, 2016
Part of Oikos, p. 414-423, 2016
Antagonistic natural and sexual selection on wing shape in a scrambling damselfly
Part of Evolution, p. 1582-1595, 2016
Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, p. 237-246, 2016
Effects of management intensity, function and vegetation on the biodiversity in urban ponds
Part of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, p. 103-112, 2016
- DOI for Effects of management intensity, function and vegetation on the biodiversity in urban ponds
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A large-scale latitudinal pattern of life-history traits in a strictly univoltine damselfly
Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 459-472, 2016
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 242-256, 2016
Part of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, p. 426-431, 2015
Relaxed predation results in reduced phenotypic integration in a suite of dragonflies
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1354-1363, 2015
Bird predation selects for wing shape and coloration in a damselfly
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 791-799, 2015
Ontogenetic changes in genetic variances of age-dependent plasticity along a latitudinal gradient
Part of Heredity, p. 366-378, 2015
A preliminary study on female-limited colour polymorphism in Lestes sponsa
Part of INT J ODONATOL, p. 89-93, 2014
Competitive interactions modify the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates
Part of Ecology, p. 1394-1406, 2014
Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 137-148, 2014
Part of Animal Behaviour, p. 1-7, 2014
Wing shape allometry and aerodynamics in calopterygid damselflies: a comparative approach
Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, p. 118, 2013
- DOI for Wing shape allometry and aerodynamics in calopterygid damselflies: a comparative approach
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 5608-5623, 2013
Habitat variation and wing coloration affect wing shape evolution in dragonflies
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1866-1874, 2013
No evidence that stickleback spines directly increase risk of predation by an invertebrate predator
Part of Evolutionary Ecology Research, p. 189-198, 2013
Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, p. 135-143, 2013
Latitudinally structured variation in the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates
Part of Ecology Letters, p. 64-71, 2013
Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 579-591, 2013
Part of Ecological Monographs, p. 491-510, 2013
Part of Ecography, p. 744-755, 2013
Growth Pattern Responses to Photoperiod across Latitudes in a Northern Damselfly
Part of PLOS ONE, 2012
- DOI for Growth Pattern Responses to Photoperiod across Latitudes in a Northern Damselfly
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Part of Ecology, p. 1340-1352, 2012
Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 863-878, 2012
Part of Conservation Genetics Resources, p. 191-196, 2012
Hind wing shape evolves faster than front wing shape in Calopteryx damselflies
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 116-125, 2012
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 2696-2704, 2011
Articles, review/survey
A potential pitfall in studies of biological shape: Does size matter?
Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 1447-1457, 2017
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 494-503, 2013
The Evolution of Wing Shape in Ornamented-Winged Damselflies (Calopterygidae, Odonata)
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 300-309, 2013
Predator-induced morphological defences as by-products of prey behaviour: a review and prospectus
Part of Oikos, p. 1175-1190, 2012
Chapters in book
Odonata as focal taxa for biological responses to climate change
Part of Dragonflies and Damselflies, p. 385-400, Oxford University Press, 2023
Urban ponds for people and by people
Part of Urban Landscape Ecology, p. 164-180, Routledge, 2016