Plant Ecology and Evolution
We analyse the structure and dynamics of plant populations and communities, from genes to ecosystems
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The Division of Plant Ecology and Evolution offers graduate research programs in Plant Ecology and in Evolutionary Functional Genomics. We are also responsible for undergraduate education in ecology, evolution, genetics and genomics.
Our research is conducted in a number of research groups. In our research, we analyse the structure and dynamics of plant populations and communities, from genes to ecosystems. Several fields of research are represented including plant evolutionary ecology, population and community ecology, population genetics, genomics, and conservation biology. Basic research dominates, but there are also applied projects seeking to determine the consequences of changes in land use, and other human-induced changes of the environment, and projects focusing on the conservation of economically and medicinally important tree species.
Contact information
Head of program
Prof. Sophie Karrenberg
018-471 2863
sophie.karrenberg@ebc.uu.se
Visiting address
Plant Ecology and Evolution
Department of Ecology and Genetics
Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC)
Uppsala University
Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 Uppsala
Delivery address
Plant Ecology and Evolution
Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC)
Uppsala University
Kåbovägen 4, hus 7
752 36 Uppsala
People
Publications
Genetic data support the relict and native status of Styrax officinalis L. (Styracaceae) in Italy
Part of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2025
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The PeatPic project: predicting plot-scale green leaf phenology across peatlands
Part of Environmental Research Letters, 2025
- DOI for The PeatPic project: predicting plot-scale green leaf phenology across peatlands
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Part of AoB Plants, 2025
- DOI for Introduction to special issue: floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing world
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Vegetation change in dry grasslands in Northeast Germany over two decades: A resurvey
Part of Biological Conservation, 2026
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'Chimes of resilience': what makes forest trees genetically resilient?
Part of New Phytologist, p. 1934-1951, 2025
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Critical habitat thresholds for effective pollinator conservation in agricultural landscapes
Part of Science, p. 1314-1319, 2025
Part of Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift, p. 90-107, 2025
Genetic structure of the Sphagnum magellanicum (Sphagnaceae) complex in Europe
Part of The Bryologist, p. 474-486, 2025
Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic
Part of Nature, p. 653-661, 2025
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2025
- DOI for Intraspecific Trait Variation in Tree Species Responds to Environmental Heterogeneity at Range-Wide but Not Local Scales
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Emeritus Professors
List of our active retired professors
Publications in Swedish
List of all our publications in Swedish