Research at the Department of Ecology and Genetics
We conduct both basic and applied research in the fields of ecology and evolution
Our research programs
Evolutionary Biology
The Evolutionary Biology program conducts research in evolutionary genetics
Limnology
The Limnology program focuses on limnology, the study of inland waters
Plant Ecology and Evolution
The Plant Ecology and Evolution program analyses the structure and dynamics of plant populations and communities
Animal Ecology
The Animal Ecology program studies ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of variation among and within species
Recent publications
- Wood anatomical trait correlations with hydraulic efficiency and safety in an aseasonal wet tropical forestTavares, Julia V.; Farrar, Samuel L.; Smith-Martin, Chris M. et al., 2026
- Assessing local adaptation and divergence at early life stages within Eastern Baltic cod: (Gadus morhua)Garate-Olaizola, Maddi; Frojd, Johanna; Larsson Åberg, Vanda et al., 2026
- Tropical forest trees with higher thermal optima of photosynthesis exhibit lower PSII heat stabilityTiwari, Rakesh; Hegde, Balachandra; Bandaru, Peddiraju et al., 2026
- Introgression catalyzing plumage evolution and speciation in an Asian songbird complexJiang, Chuan; Zhu, Wenwen; Alström, Per et al., 2026
- Population history rather than tree age contributes to the evolutionary importance of ancient trees in an endangered coniferZhang, Wei-Ping; Feng, Chao; Shi, Xi-Zuo et al., 2026
- Phylogeographic Breaks With and Without Contemporary Barriers to Migration in the Lizard Acanthodactylus erythrurusAlmeida, Filipe Gomes; Rancilhac, Lois; Benoit, Laure et al., 2026
- Apomixis imposes evolutionary costs by reducing recombination efficiency and disrupting segregationWang, Nan; Zhang, Weiping; Yang, Yuting et al., 2026
- Blood Parasite Infections and Reproductive Performance in a Multi-Host Avian SystemZukowska, Karolina; Gustafsson, Lars; Podmokla, Edyta, 2026
- Disturbance History Shapes Microbial Community Assembly and Predictability in a Continuous Culture SystemRenes, Sophia. E.; Bick, Berenike; McKie, Brendan Gerard et al., 2026
- Sign epistasis extends the effects of balancing selection on genetic diversityKhudiakova, Ksenia A.; Barton, Nicholas H.; Arnqvist, Göran, 2026