Research interests

My research has focused on two areas - the ecology of plant/herbivore interactions, and the population ecology of processionary moths. My research on plant/herbivore interactions concerns variation in plant resistance to insects, in particular the role of environmental modification of genetically determined resistance. The research on processionary moths focuses on the spatial distribution of a local outbreak of Thaumetopoea pinivora on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, and effects of the urticating setae, released by the larvae, on humans.

I am presently acting as deputy program director of the interdisciplinary research program Future Forests.
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Publications

Ronnås, C., Cassel-Lundhagen, A., Battisti, A. & Larsson, S. 2011. Limited emigration from an outbreak of a forest pest. Molecular Ecology 20: 4606-4617

Battisti, A., Holm, G., Fagrell, B. & Larsson, S. 2011. Urticating hairs in arthropods – their nature and medical significance. Annual Review of Entomology 56:203-220

Granberg, M., Lidskog, R. & Larsson, S. 2008. Dealing with uncertainty: a case study of controlling insect populations in natural ecosystems. Local Environment 13:641-652

Zovi, D., Stastny, M., Battisti, A. & Larsson, S. 2008. Ecological costs on local adaptation of an insect herbivore imposed by host plants and natural enemies. Ecology 89:1388-1398

Glynn, C., Herms, D.A., Orians, C.M., Hansen, R.C. & Larsson, S. 2007. Testing the growth—differentiation balance hypothesis: dynamic responses of willows to nutrient availability. New Phytologist 176:623-634

Schroeder, L.M., Ranius, T., Ekbom, B. & Larsson, S. 2007. Spatial occurrence in a habitat-tracking metapopulation of a saproxylic beetle inhabiting a managed forest landscape. Ecological  Applications 17:900-909

Battisti, A., Stastny, M., Netherer, S., Robinet, C., Schopf, A., Roques, A. & Larsson, S. 2005. Expansion of geographic range in the pine processionary moth caused by increased winter temperatures. Ecological Applications 15:2084-2096 

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