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

Erken Laboratory

Birgitta Sintring Foundation

Meet our Scientists

The IEG Seminars

Integrated Research and Nature Conservation

Competence Center for Hidden Biodiversity

Most recent publications

Water temperature, mixing, and ice phenology in the arctic-alpine Lake Darfáljávri (Lake Tarfala), northern Sweden
Kirchner, Nina; Weckström, Jan; Jansen, Joachim et al., 2024
Ciliate Grazing on the Bloom-Forming Microalga Gonyostomum semen
Bergman, Ingrid; Lindström, Eva S.; Sassenhagen, Ingrid, 2024
Acclimatizing laboratory-reared hatchling cod (Gadus morhua) to salinity conditions in the Baltic Sea
Schmidt, Neele; Garate-Olaizola, Maddi; Laurila, Anssi, 2024
Temperature variability is associated with the occurrence of extrapair paternity in blue tits
Arct, Aneta; Martyka, Rafal; Drobniak, Szymon M. et al., 2024
Resource Variation Within and Between Patches: Where Exploitation Competition, Local Adaptation, and Kin Selection Meet
Schmid, Max; Rüffler, Claus; Lehmann, Laurent et al., 2024
Screening for antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of Sri Lankan marine sponges through microfractionation: Isolation of bromopyrrole alkaloids from Stylissa massa
Kosgahakumbura, Lakmini; Gamage, Jayani; Robertson, Luke et al., 2024
The role of recombination dynamics in shaping signatures of direct and indirect selection across the Ficedula flycatcher genome
Chase, Madeline; Vilcot, Maurine; Mugal, Carina, 2024