Ingrid Ahnesjö
Professor at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Animal Ecology
- E-mail:
- Ingrid.Ahnesjo@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA
Short presentation
I study the diversity and variability of animal mating patterns and parental care patterns, in terms of evolutionary behavioural ecology. In particular I enjoy to study the amazing reproductive ecology of pipefishes with multiple matings, predominant female mating competition and male pregnancy. I am also dedicated to teaching of evolution, organismal diversity, the scientific method, marine and behavioural ecology as well as gender perspectives in biology.
Keywords
- behavioral ecology
- syngnathidae
- animal mating system
- pipefish

Publications
Selection of publications
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Considering Gender‑Biased Assumptions in Evolutionary Biology
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 1-5, 2020
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Pipefish male pregnancy: Why do females prefer large mates?
Part of Research Outreach, 2020
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The "Sex Role" Concept: An Overview and Evaluation
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 461-470, 2013
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Evidence of paternal nutrient provisioning to embryos in broad-nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle
Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 1725-1737, 2011
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The dynamics of operational sex ratios and competition for mates
Part of TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, p. 404-408, 1996
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Pipefishes and seahorses: are they all sex-role reversed?
Part of Trends in Ecology & Evolution, p. 237-241, 1992
Recent publications
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Inkluderande och tvärvetenskaplig utbildningspraktik, när biologi och genusvetenskap möts
Part of Högre Utbildning, p. 90-97, 2024
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Large and interactive pipefish females display ornaments for longer with many males around
Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2024
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Part of Behavioral Ecology, 2024
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Part of Journal of Research in Science Teaching, p. 1195-1222, 2023
- DOI for "I try to encourage my students to think, read, and talk science": Intelligible identities in university teachers' figured worlds of higher education biology
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Part of Science Education, p. 837-854, 2021
- DOI for “Quite ironic that even I became a natural scientist”: Students' imagined identity trajectories in the Figured World of Higher Education Biology
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Inkluderande och tvärvetenskaplig utbildningspraktik, när biologi och genusvetenskap möts
Part of Högre Utbildning, p. 90-97, 2024
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Large and interactive pipefish females display ornaments for longer with many males around
Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2024
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Part of Behavioral Ecology, 2024
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Part of Journal of Research in Science Teaching, p. 1195-1222, 2023
- DOI for "I try to encourage my students to think, read, and talk science": Intelligible identities in university teachers' figured worlds of higher education biology
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Part of Science Education, p. 837-854, 2021
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The evolution of ecological specializationacross the range of a broadly distributedmarine species
Part of Evolution, p. 629-643, 2020
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Considering Gender‑Biased Assumptions in Evolutionary Biology
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 1-5, 2020
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Pipefish male pregnancy: Why do females prefer large mates?
Part of Research Outreach, 2020
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Pipefish embryo oxygenation, survival, and development: egg size, male size, and temperature effects
Part of Behavioral Ecology, p. 1451-1460, 2019
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Nutritional state - a survival kit for brooding pipefish fathers
Part of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. 312-318, 2017
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 150-160, 2017
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, p. 647-655, 2016
- DOI for Within species support for the expensive tissue hypothesis: a negative association between brain size and visceral fat storage in females of the Pacific seaweed pipefish
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, p. 3608-3620, 2016
- DOI for Evolutionary ecology of pipefish brooding structures: embryo survival and growth do not improve with a pouch
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Costs and Benefits to Pregnant Male Pipefish Caring for Broods of Different Sizes
Part of PLOS ONE, 2016
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Embryo oxygenation in pipefish brood pouches: novel insights
Part of Journal of Experimental Biology, p. 1639-1646, 2015
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Effects of mating order and male size on embryo survival in a pipefish
Part of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. 639-645, 2015
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The evolutionary puzzle of egg size, oxygenation and parental care in aquatic environments
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2015
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Problemet med "könsroller" kvarstår
Part of Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap, p. 136-137, 2013
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Vad kan vi lära av biologisk forskning om “könsroller”?
Part of Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap, p. 51-56, 2012
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Multiply mated males show higher embryo survival in a paternally caring fish
Part of Behavioral Ecology, p. 625-629, 2011
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The effect of maternal body size on embryo survivorship in the broods of pregnant male pipefish
Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, p. 1169-1177, 2011
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The relationship between female body size and egg size in pipefishes
Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 1847-1854, 2011
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Evidence of paternal nutrient provisioning to embryos in broad-nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle
Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 1725-1737, 2011
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Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 1833-1846, 2011
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The biology of Syngnathidae: pipefishes, seadragons and seahorses
Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 1597-1602, 2011
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Reproductive compensation in broad-nosed pipefish females
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. 1581-1587, 2010
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Brooding fathers, not siblings, take up nutrients from embryos
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. 971-977, 2010
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Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, p. 345-354, 2009
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Behavioural temperature preference in a brooding male pipefish Syngnathus typhle
Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 1039-1045, 2008
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Do egg size and parental care coevolve in fish?
Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 1499-1515, 2005
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Part of Evolution, p. 1374-1386, 2003
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Part of The Journal of Heredity, p. 159-166, 2001
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Using potential reproductive rates to predict mating competition among individuals qualified to mate
Part of BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, p. 397-401, 2001
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Female fifteen-spined sticklebacks prefer better fathers
Part of ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, p. 1177-1183, 1998
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Apparent resource competition among embryos in the brood pouch of a male pipefish
Part of BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY, p. 167-172, 1996
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Reproductive ecology of five pipefish species in one eelgrass meadow
Part of Environmental Biology of Fishes, p. 347-361, 1995
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Part of BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, p. 229-233, 1995
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Operational sex ratios and behavioral sex differences in a pipefish population
Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, p. 435-442, 1994
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Plasma-levels of sex steroids in 3 species of pipefish (Syngnathidae)
Part of Canadian Journal of Zoology, p. 1903-1907, 1993
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The role of females in influencing mating patterns
Part of Behavioral Ecology, p. 187-189, 1993
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Pipefishes and seahorses: are they all sex-role reversed?
Part of Trends in Ecology & Evolution, p. 237-241, 1992
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Fewer Newborn Result In Superior Juveniles In The Paternally Brooding Pipefish Syngnathus-Typhle L
Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 53-63, 1992
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Reproductive success of females limited by males in two pipefish species
Part of American Naturalist, p. 506-516, 1989
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Multiple matings and paternal brood care in the pipefish Syngnathus typhle
Part of Oikos, p. 184-188, 1988
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Reproductive Costs in two Sex-Role Reversed Pipefish Species (Syngnathidae)
Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 929-942, 1988
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Mate choice, fecundity and sexual dimorphism in two pipefish species (Syngnathidae)
Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, p. 301-307, 1986
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Reversed sex-roles and parental energy investment in zygotes of two pipefish (Syngnathidae) species
Part of Marine Ecology Progress Series, p. 209-215, 1986
Articles, review/survey
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The "Sex Role" Concept: An Overview and Evaluation
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 461-470, 2013
Chapters in book
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Evolution of Animal Mating Systems
Part of Oxford Bibliographies, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021
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Mate choice in males and females
Part of Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, p. 432-440, Elsevier, 2019
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Mate Choice in Males and Females
Part of Reference Module in Life Sciences, p. 394-398, Elsevier, 2017
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Mate Choice in Males and Females
Part of Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, p. 394-398, Academic Press, 2010
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Variation in sexual selection in fishes
Part of Fish Behaviour, p. 303-335, Science Publishers Inc., 2008
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Operational sex ratios and mating competition. Chapter 18
Part of Sex ratios, p. 366-382, Cambridge University Press, 2002
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
Reports
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2018
Other
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Recension: Cordelia Fine. Testosteron Rex: Myten om våra könade hjärnor
Part of Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap, p. 123-124, 2018
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Bokrecension av Retorik för naturvetare: skrivande som fördjupar lärandet
Part of Högre Utbildning, p. 83-85, 2014
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Equal Opportunity for Sexual Evolution
Part of BioScience, p. 641-642, 2011
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Part of Journal of Fish Biology, p. 308-309, 2010
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The dynamics of operational sex ratios and competition for mates
Part of TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, p. 404-408, 1996