Research interests

Research on small mammals, on population dynamics at the landscape scale and on conservation of populations and communities as dependent on ecosystem structure and function.

Recent publications

Hansson, L. 1998. On biodiversity concentrations: Local hot spots and related edge effects for woodland small mammals. – Oikos 91:55-62.

Hansson, L. 1998. Mast seeding and population dynamics of rodents: one factor is not enough. - Oikos 82: 591-594.

Hansson, L. 1998. Nestedness as a conservation tool: plants and birds in oak-hazel woodland in Sweden. - Ecology Letters 1:142-145.

Hansson, L. 1998. Hyggeskanten ställer livet på ända. - Forskning & Framsteg 33: 4: 38-39.

Hansson, L. and Henttonen, H. 1998. Rodent fluctuations in relation to seasonality in Fennoscandia and Hokkaido. - Researches in Population Ecology 40:127-129. Watt, A., Grabherr, G.,

Hansson, L. and Troumbis, A. 1998. Relevant measurements of biodiversity. - Ecosystem Research Report 25:32-36. European Commission, Brussels.

Hansson, L. 1999. Intraspecific variation in dynamics: small rodents between food and predation in changing landscapes. – Oikos 85: 159-169.

Hansson, L. 2000. Landscape and edge effects on population dynamics: approaches and examples. In Sanderson, J. & Harris, L. D. (eds.) Landscape ecology. A top-down approach. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, pp 73-88.

Hansson, L. 2000. Edge structures and edge effects on plants and birds in ancient oak-hazel woodlands – Landscape and Urban Planning 46: 203-207.

Hansson, L. 2000. Mammalian landscapes. – Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:212,

Hansson, L. 2000. Interactions by vascular plants and birds between isolated ancient oak-hazel woods and a matrix of conifer plantations. – Biological Conservation 95: 191-196.

Bujalska, G. & Hansson, L. (eds.) 2000. Bank vole biology. Polish Journal of Ecology 48, Supplementum, pp 1-235.

Warszawa. Bujalska, G. & Hansson, L. 2000. Bank vole biology: Recent advances in the population biology of a model species. - Polish Journal of Ecology 48, Supplementum 5-7.

Yoccoz, N. G., Hansson, L. & Ims, R. A. 2000. Geographical differences in size, reproduction and behaviour of bank voles in relation to density variations. – Polish Journal of Ecology 48, Supplementum 63-72.

Hansson, L., Jedrzejewska, B. & Jerzejewski, W. 2000. Regional differences in dynamics of bank vole populations in Europe. – Polish Journal of Ecology 48, Supplementum 163-177.

Bujalska, G. & Hansson, L. 2000. Advances in the population biology of the bank vole: Some conclusions and proposals for future species. – Polish Journal of Ecology 68, Supplementum 233-235.

Baxter, R. & Hansson, L. 2001. Bark consumption by small rodents in the northern and southern hemispheres. – Mammal Review 31: 47-59

Hansson, L. 2001. Key habitats in Swedish managed forests. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Supplementum 3:52-61.

Hansson, L. among 46 other authors. 2001. Biodiversity evaluation tools for European forests. Ecological Bulletins 50: 1-236

Hansson, L. 2001. Indicators of biodiversity: recent approaches and some general suggestions. - Ecological Bulletins 50: 223-229.

Hansson, L. & Johnson, R. K. 2001. Biology of interactions between forest and water. In Larsson, T.-B. (ed) Biodiversity of water and forest: Science in support of the Ecosystem Approach. Naturvårdsverket, Stockholm, pp 3-44.

Hansson, L. 2001. Traditional management of forests: Plant and bird community responses to alternative restoration of oak-hazel woodland in Sweden. Biodiversity and Conservation 10:1865-1873

Hansson, L. 2001. Diet selection in wild animals. In Owen, J. B., Treasure, J. L. and Collier, D. A (eds) Animal models - disorders of eating behaviour and body composition. Kluwer Academic Publ., pp 69-82, Dordrecht.

Hansson, L. 2002. Dynamics and trophic interactions of small rodents: Landscape or regional effects on spatial variation? Oecologia 130:259-266.

Hansson, L. 2002. Consumption of bark and seeds by voles in relation to habitat and landscape structure. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 17: 28-34

Hansson, L. 2002. Rodent dynamics, population regulation and predation in changable landscapes: Importance for Echinococcus transmission. In Craig, P. S. and Pawlowski, Z(eds) Cestode zoonoses: eccinococosis and cysticercosis - An emergent and global problem. IOS Press, pp 267-285, Amsterdam.

Hansson, L. In press. Mammal movements and foraging at remnant woodlands inside coniferous forest landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management

Hansson, L. In press. Cycles and travelling waves in rodent dynamics: A comparison – Acta Theriologica