Jon Ågren
Professor at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Plant Ecology and Evolution
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 28 60
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 643 63 64
- E-mail:
- Jon.Agren@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
Museum Genomics Reveals Temporal Genetic Stasis and Global Genetic Diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
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Part of Oikos, 2025
- DOI for Positive indirect effects outweigh negative direct effects of ungulate grazers on population growth of a grassland herb
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Plant Mating Systems in Small Populations
Part of Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, p. 445-466, 2025
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Part of Ecology, 2025
Part of Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2024
- DOI for Determining oviposition preferences to inform population reinforcement of the specialist chequered blue butterfly (Scolitantides orion)
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All publications
Articles in journal
Museum Genomics Reveals Temporal Genetic Stasis and Global Genetic Diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
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Part of Oikos, 2025
- DOI for Positive indirect effects outweigh negative direct effects of ungulate grazers on population growth of a grassland herb
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Part of Ecology, 2025
Part of Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2024
- DOI for Determining oviposition preferences to inform population reinforcement of the specialist chequered blue butterfly (Scolitantides orion)
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Part of Biology Letters, 2024
- DOI for Adaptation to soil type contributes little to local adaptation in an Italian and a Swedish ecotype of Arabidopsis thaliana on contrasting soils
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
- DOI for A large-effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting cold acclimation
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Part of Evolution, p. 1019-1030, 2023
- DOI for Differences in mating system and predicted parental conflict affect post-pollination reproductive isolation in a flowering plant
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Ecological genetics of local adaptation in Arabidopsis: An 8‐year field experiment
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 4570-4583, 2023
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Reply to: Re-evaluating evidence for adaptive mutation rate variation
Part of Nature, 2023
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Evolvability and trait function predict phenotypic divergence of plant populations
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023
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Adaptation of perennial flowering phenology across the European range of Arabis alpina
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2023
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Mutation bias reflects natural selection in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Nature, p. 101-105, 2022
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Effects of primary seed dormancy on lifetime fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana in the field
Part of Annals of Botany, p. 795-808, 2022
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Seed dormancy varies widely among Arabidopsis thaliana populations both between and within Fennoscandia and Italy
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 608-621, 2022
- DOI for Climate drives rhizosphere microbiome variation and divergent selection between geographically distant Arabidopsis populations
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Life-history trade-offs and the genetic basis of fitness in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 2846-2858, 2021
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Part of Evolution, p. 330-348, 2021
Mechanisms of Male-Male Interference during Dispersal of Orchid Pollen
Part of American Naturalist, p. 250-265, 2021
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Part of Annals of Botany, p. 737-747, 2021
- DOI for Evolution of floral scent in relation to self-incompatibility and capacity for autonomous self-pollination in the perennial herb Arabis alpina
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, p. 5737-5747, 2020
- DOI for Divergent selection on flowering phenology but not on floral morphology between two closely related orchids
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Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 1518-1526, 2020
- DOI for Strong stabilizing selection on timing of germination in a Mediterranean population of Arabidopsis thaliana
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Part of Evolution, p. 597-609, 2020
- DOI for Manipulation of trait expression and pollination regime reveals the adaptive significance of spur length
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Root microbiota assembly and adaptive differentiation among European Arabidopsis populations
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 122-131, 2020
Heterosis is common and inbreeding depression absent in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 592-603, 2019
Part of Ecology and Evolution, p. 1191-1201, 2019
- DOI for The independent and combined effects of floral traits distinguishing two pollination ecotypes of a moth-pollinated orchid
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Conflicting selection on floral scent emission in the orchid Gymnadenia conopsea
Part of New Phytologist, p. 2009-2022, 2019
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Pollinators, herbivores, and the evolution of floral traits
Part of Science, p. 122-123, 2019
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 5028-5033, 2018
- DOI for Combining population genomics and fitness QTLs to identify the genetics of local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Demography and mating system shape the genome-wide impact of purifying selection in Arabis alpina
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 816-821, 2018
Specificity in Arabidopsis thaliana recruitment of root fungal communities from soil and rhizosphere
Part of Fungal Biology, p. 231-240, 2018
Part of Annals of Botany, p. 711-721, 2018
Part of Ecology, p. 2167-2175, 2018
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 2498-2511, 2018
Resource- and pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits
Part of Functional Ecology, p. 135-141, 2017
Interaction intensity and pollinator-mediated selection
Part of New Phytologist, p. 1381-1389, 2017
Part of Evolution, p. 2206-2218, 2017
Part of Evolution, p. 550-564, 2017
Strong Maternal Effects on Gene Expression in Arabidopsis lyrata Hybrids
Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 984-994, 2016
Similarity in G matrix structure among natural populations of Arabidopsis lyrata
Part of Evolution, p. 2370-2386, 2016
Part of Oecologia, p. 1159-1171, 2016
Part of Evolution, p. 716-724, 2016
Part of Annals of Botany, p. 249-256, 2016
Experimental reduction in interaction intensity strongly affects biotic selection
Part of Ecology, p. 3091-3098, 2016
Early life stages contribute strongly to local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 7590-7595, 2016
Part of PLOS ONE, 2015
- DOI for Herbivory Differentially Affects Plant Fitness in Three Populations of the Perennial Herb Lythrum salicaria along a Latitudinal Gradient
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 1264-1275, 2015
- DOI for Spatial variation in pollinator-mediated selection on phenology, floral display and spur length in the orchid Gymnadenia conopsea
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Maternal environment affects the genetic basis of seed dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 785-797, 2015
Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 120-127, 2015
Part of Ecology Letters, p. 357-364, 2015
Large-scale adaptive differentiation in the alpine perennial herb Arabis alpina
Part of New Phytologist, p. 459-470, 2015
Part of Ecology, p. 214-221, 2015
Heterosis and outbreeding depression in crosses between natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Heredity, p. 73-82, 2015
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 576-589, 2015
Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 2036-2047, 2015
Nonlinear costs of reproduction in a long-lived plant
Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 1205-1213, 2015
QTL mapping of freezing tolerance: links to fitness and adaptive trade-offs
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 4304-4315, 2014
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 4291-4303, 2014
There is More to Pollinator-Mediated Selection than Pollen Limitation
Part of Evolution, p. 1907-1918, 2014
Part of Journal of Plant Ecology, p. 373-383, 2014
Conflicting selection on the timing of germination in a natural population of Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 193-199, 2014
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Pollinator shifts and the evolution of spur length in the moth-pollinated orchid Platanthera bifolia
Part of Annals of Botany, p. 267-275, 2014
Distance to semi-natural grassland influences seed production of insect-pollinated herbs
Part of Oecologia, p. 199-208, 2014
Part of Ecology, p. 495-504, 2014
Part of Evolution, p. 2876-2888, 2013
Part of Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, p. 166-176, 2013
Part of Ecology, p. 1236-1242, 2013
- DOI for Vegetation context influences the strength and targets of pollinator-mediated selection in a deceptive orchid
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 18202-18207, 2013
Genetic mapping of adaptation reveals fitness trade-offs in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 21077-21087, 2013
Non-linear relationship between intensity of plant-animal interactions and selection strength
Part of Ecology Letters, p. 198-205, 2013
Part of PLOS ONE, 2012
- DOI for Magnitude and timing of leaf damage affect seed production in a natural population of Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae)
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Part of Oecologia, p. 1033-1042, 2012
Part of Conservation Genetics, p. 1305-1315, 2012
Part of Ecology, p. 1880-1891, 2012
Floral display and habitat quality affect cost of reproduction in Primula farinosa
Part of Oikos, p. 1400-1407, 2012
Part of New Phytologist, p. 1112-1122, 2012
Variation in tolerance to drought among Scandinavian populations of Arabidopsis lyrata
Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 559-577, 2012
Part of Oecologia, p. 461-468, 2011
Nonadditive effects of floral display and spur length on reproductive success in a deceptive orchid
Part of Ecology, p. 2167-2174, 2011
Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 1475-1485, 2011
Part of New Phytologist, p. 385-392, 2010
Part of Oecologia, p. 99-109, 2010
Part of Annales Botanici Fennici, p. 199-207, 2010
Cost of trichome production and resistance to a specialist insect herbivore in Arabidopsis lyrata
Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 1307-1319, 2010
Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 715-729, 2010
Pollinator-Mediated Selection on Floral Display and Spur Length in the Orchid Gymnadenia conopsea
Part of International journal of plant sciences, p. 999-1009, 2010
Morph-specific selection on floral traits in a polymorphic plant
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1251-1260, 2010
The Scale of Population Structure in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of PLoS Genetics, 2010
Cryptic population genetic structure: the number of inferred clusters depends on sample size
Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, p. 314-323, 2010
Improper excess light energy dissipation in Arabidopsis results in a metabolic reprogramming
Part of BMC Plant Biology, p. 12, 2009
Local adaptation in European populations of Arabidopsis lyrata (Brassicaceae)
Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 1129-1137, 2009
Part of Evolution, p. 1292-1300, 2009
Part of Functional Ecology, p. 1022-1028, 2009
Part of Oecologia, p. 77-86, 2009
Relationships between population size and pollen fates in a moth-pollinated orchid
Part of Biology Letters, p. 282-285, 2009
Mutualists and antagonists mediate frequency-dependent selection on floral display
Part of Ecology, p. 1564-1572, 2008
Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 334-345, 2008
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 558-567, 2007
Part of Oikos, p. 134-142, 2007
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 453-462, 2007
Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 1146-1155, 2007
Facilitation in an insect pollinated herb with a floral display dimorphism
Part of Ecology, p. 2113-2117, 2006
Part of Oecologia, p. 225-232, 2006
Part of New Phytologist, p. 615-621, 2006
Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 142-147, 2006
Population size, female fecundity, and sex ratio variation in gynodioecious Plantago maritima
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 825-833, 2006
Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 284-292, 2005
Part of Biotropica, p. 148-155, 2004
Population structure in Arabidopsis lyrata: evidence for divergent selection on trichome production
Part of Evolution, p. 2831-2836, 2004
Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 512-526, 2004
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, p. 803-809, 2004
Pollination success in a deceptive orchid is enhanced by co-ocurring rewarding magnet plants
Part of Ecology, p. 2919-2927, 2003
Part of Plant Systematics and Evolution, p. 19-32, 2002
Rapid Regulation of Light Harvesting and Plant Fitness in the Field.
Part of Science, p. 91-93, 2002
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 983-996 , 2002
Pollen limitation, seed predation and scape length in Primula farinosa
Part of Oikos, p. 45-51, 2002
Genetic basis of trichome production in Arabidopsis lyrata.
Part of Hereditas, p. 219-226, 2002
Associational resistance: insect damage to purple loosestrife reduced in thickets of sweet gale
Part of Ecology, p. 1784-1794, 2000
Articles, review/survey
Plant Mating Systems in Small Populations
Part of Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, p. 445-466, 2025
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Part of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2017
Chapters in book
What Do We Really Know About Adaptation at Range Edges?
Part of ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND SYSTEMATICS, VOL 51, 2020, p. 341-361, ANNUAL REVIEWS, 2020
Leaf trichome formation and plant resistance to herbivory
Part of Induced plant resistance to herbivory, p. 89-105, Springer, 2008
Part of Monteverde, p. 279-281, Oxford University Press, 2000