Research interests

My main research interest is in the combination of landscape ecology and conservation biology. In my research projects I focus on biodiversity and ecosystem services and how these can be conserved and promoted in agricultural landscapes. As a PhD-student I have worked with research questions related to the consequences of organic farming for butterflies, bumblebees, birds and plants, and whether the effect of organic farming differ depending on landscape heterogeneity and proportion of organic farming at a landscape scale. I am currently studying how farming practice and landscape heterogeneity influence the pollination of flowering crops and the biological control of crop pests.

Ongoing research projects:

Pollination and pest control in clover

Influence of production systems on birds and insects
 

Publications

Scientific publications

Smith, H.G., Dänhardt, J., Lindström, Å. & Rundlöf, M. Consequences of
organic farming and landscape heterogeneity for species richness and
abundance of farmland birds. Oecologia (in press).

Dänhardt, J., Green, M., Lindström, Å., Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H.G. Farmland
as stopover habitat for migrating birds – effects of organic farming and
landscape structure. Oikos (in press).

Öckinger, E., Franzén, M., Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H.G. 2009. Mobility-dependent effects on species richness in fragmented landscapes. Basic and Applied Ecology 10: 573-578.

Rundlöf, M., Edlund, M. & Smith, H.G. 2009. Organic farming at local and landscape scales benefits plant diversity. Ecography 32: 1-9.

Rundlöf, M., Bengtsson, J. & Smith, H.G. 2008. Local and landscape effects of organic farming on butterfly species richness and abundance. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 813-820.

Rundlöf, M., Nilsson, H. & Smith, H.G. 2008. Interacting effects of farming practice and landscape context on bumble bees. Biological Conservation 141: 417-426.

Rundlöf, M. 2007. Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: landscape and scale-dependent effects of organic farming. Lund University, Sweden. (PhD-thesis).

Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H.G. 2006. The effect of organic farming on butterfly diversity depends on landscape context. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 1121-1127.

Popular science

Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H.G. 2007. Biologisk mångfald i jordbrukslandskapet – spelar ekologisk odling någon roll? Forskningsnytt 2: 3-4.

Sjödin, N.E., Bengtsson, J., Ahrné, K. & Rundlöf, M. 2006. Humlor behöver fungerande landskap. Biodiverse 11(4): 16.

Rundlöf, M. & Bommarco, R. 2008. Ny forskning på pollinering i raps och rödklöver. Svensk Frötidning 7: 8. (pdf)

Reports

Rundlöf, M. 2002. Lövskogsbestånd och vidkroniga lövträd i Möckelnområdet. Inventering baserad på infraröda flygbilder. Del 1-2. Länsstyrelsen och Naturskyddsföreningen i Kronobergs län.