Professor in Ecology

Research

The main topic of my work concerns the ecology of southern Swedish broadleaved forests, especially the causal analysis of species distribution patterns.
In my PhD-project 1990-94, I studied effects of acidic deposition on forest plants by integrating field studies and experimental, ecophysiological work.
After my PhD-thesis, I have studied secondary forest succession, with emphasis on effects of management history and soil chemistry.
Within the Broadleaves research programme at SLU 2003-2009,
I studied factors limiting the distribution of saproxylic beetles and epiphytes in beech forests.
My current research has a focus on restoration of herbaceous forest vegetation in young forests. Together with colleagues in the European research network FLEUR, I also study the importance of climate and land-use to performance of a set of forest herb species.

Teaching
I am responsible for the course "Broadleaves - ecology, nature conservation and silviculture" (15 ECTS) within the Euroforester M.Sc. programme.

Peer reviewed publications
You can download some of the publications as pdf by clicking the title in the list below.

Brunet, J., Neymark, M. 1992. Importance of soil acidity to the distribution of rare forest grasses in south Sweden. Flora 187: 317-326.

Andersson, M.E., Brunet, J. 1993. Sensitivity to H- and Al ions limiting growth and distribution of the woodland grass Bromus benekenii. Plant and Soil 153: 243-254.

Brunet, J. 1993. Environmental and historical factors limiting the distribution of rare forest grasses in south Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 61: 263-275.

Brunet, J. 1994. Interacting effects of pH, aluminium and base cations on growth and mineral composition of the woodland grasses Bromus benekenii and Hordelymus europaeus. Plant and Soil 161: 157-166.

Falkengren-Grerup, U., Brunet, J., Quist, M.E. 1995. Sensitivity of plants to acidic soils exemplified by the forest grass Bromus benekenii. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 85: 1233-1238.

Falkengren-Grerup, U., Brunet, J., Quist, M.E., Tyler, G. 1995. Is the Ca:Al ratio superior to pH, Ca or Al concentrations of soils in accounting for the distribution of plants in deciduous forest? Plant and Soil 177: 21-31.

Brunet, J., Falkengren-Grerup, U., Tyler, G. 1996. Herb layer vegetation of south Swedish beech and oak forests - effects of management and soil acidity during one decade. Forest Ecology and Management 88: 259-272.

Brunet, J., Falkengren-Grerup, U., Tyler, G. 1997. Pattern and dynamics of the ground vegetation in south Swedish Carpinus betulus forests: Importance of soil chemistry and management. Ecography 20: 513-520.

Brunet, J., Falkengren-Grerup, U., Rühling, Å., Tyler, G. 1997. Regional differences in floristic change in South Swedish oak forests as related to soil chemistry and land use. Journal of Vegetation Science 8: 329-336.

Brunet, J., von Oheimb, G. 1998. Migration of vascular plants to secondary woodlands in southern Sweden. Journal of Ecology 86: 429-438.

Brunet, J., von Oheimb, G. 1998. Colonization of secondary woodlands by Anemone nemorosa. Nordic Journal of Botany 18: 369-377.

Brunet, J., Diekmann, M., Falkengren-Grerup, U. 1998. Effects of nitrogen deposition  on field layer vegetation in south Swedish oak forests. Environmental Pollution 102 S1: 35-40.

Falkengren-Grerup, U., Brunet, J., Diekmann, M. 1998. Nitrogen mineralisation in deciduous forest soils in south Sweden in gradients of soil acidity and deposition. Environmental Pollution 102 S1: 415-420.

Diekmann, M., Brunet, J., Rühling, Å., Falkengren-Grerup, U. 1999. Effects of nitrogen deposition: results of a temporal-spatial analysis of deciduous forests in south Sweden. Plant Biology 1: 471-481.

Brunet, J., Tyler, G. 2000. Interannual variability in abundance of field layer species in a south Swedish deciduous wood. Flora 195: 97-103.

Brunet, J., von Oheimb, G., Diekmann, M. 2000. Factors influencing vegetation gradients across ancient – recent woodland borderlines in southern Sweden. Journal of Vegetation Science 11: 515-524.

Tyler, G., Brunet, J., Tyler, T. 2002. Sensitivity of the woodland herb Anemone hepatica to changing environmental conditions. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 207-216.

Brunet, J. 2004. Colonization of oak plantations by forest plants – effects of regional abundance and habitat fragmentation. In: Honnay, O.; Verheyen, K.; Bossuyt, B. and Hermy M. (eds). Forest Biodiversity: Lessons from History for Conservation, pp 129-141. CAB International.

Caldiz, M.S., Brunet, J. 2006. Litterfall of epiphytic macrolichens in Nothofagus forests of northern Patagonia, Argentina: relation to stand age and precipitation. Austral Ecology 31: 301-309.

Falkengren-Grerup, U., Ten Brink, D., Brunet, J. 2006. Land use effects on soil N, P, C and pH persist over 40-80 years of forest growth on agricultural soils. Forest Ecology and Management 225: 74-81.

Brunet, J. 2007. Plant colonization in heterogeneous landscapes - An 80-year perspective on restoration of broadleaved forest vegetation. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 563-572.

Caldiz, M.S., Nihlgård, B., Brunet, J. 2007. Lichen litter decomposition in Nothofagus forest of northern Patagonia: biomass and chemical changes over time. The Bryologist 110: 266-273.

Lindbladh, M., Brunet, J., Hannon, G., Niklasson, M., Eliasson, P., Eriksson, G., Ekstrand, A. 2007. Forest history as a basis for ecosystem restoration – a multi-disciplinary case-study in a south Swedish temperate landscape. Restoration Ecology 15: 284-295.

Vellend, M., Verheyen, K., Flinn, K.M., Jacquemyn, H., Kolb, A., Van Calster, H., Peterken, G., Graae, B.J., Bellemare, J., Honnay, O., Brunet, J., Wulf, M., Gerhardt, F., Hermy, M. 2007. Homogenization of forest plant communities and weakening of species-environment relationships via agricultural land use. Journal of Ecology 95: 565-573.

von Oheimb, G., Brunet, J. 2007. Dalby Söderskog revisited: long-term vegetation changes in a south Swedish deciduous forest. Acta Oecologica 31: 229-242.

Valtinat, K., Bruun, H.H., Brunet, J. 2008. Restoration of oak forest: effects of former arable land use on soil chemistry and herb layer vegetation. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 23: 513-521.

Brunet, J., Isacsson, G. 2009. Restoration of beech forest for saproxylic beetles –effects of habitat fragmentation and substrate density on species diversity and distribution. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 2387-2404.

Brunet, J., Isacsson, G. 2009. Influence of snag characteristics on saproxylic beetle assemblages in a south Swedish beech forest. Journal of Insect Conservation 13: 515-528.

De Frenne, P., Kolb, A., Verheyen, K., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Decocq, G., Diekmann, M., Eriksson, O., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Jõgar, Ü., Stanton, S., Zindel, R., Zobel, M., Graae, B.J. 2009. Unravelling the effects of temperature, latitude and local environment on the reproduction of forest herbs. Global Ecology and Biogeography 18: 641-651.

Fritz, Ö., Caldiz, M., Brunet, J. 2009. Interacting effects of tree characteristics on the occurrence of rare epiphytes in a Swedish beech forest area. The Bryologist 112: 488-505.

Bolte, A., Hilbrig, L., Grundmann, B., Kampf, F., Brunet, J., Roloff, A. 2010. Climate change impacts on stand structure and competitive interactions in a southern Swedish spruce-beech forest. European Journal of Forest Research 129: 261-276.

Brunet, J., Fritz, Ö., Richnau, G. 2010. Biodiversity in European beech forests – a review with recommendations for sustainable forest management. Ecological Bulletins 53: 77-94.

Brunet, J., Isacsson, G. 2010. A comparison of the saproxylic beetle fauna between lowland and upland beech forests in southern Sweden. Ecological Bulletins 53: 131-139.

Bruun, H.H., Valtinat, K., Kollmann, J., Brunet, J. 2010. Post-dispersal seed predation of woody forest species limits recolonization of forest plantations on ex-arable land. Preslia 82: 345-356.

De Frenne, P., Graae, B.J., Kolb, A., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Cousins, S.A.O., Decocq, G., Dhondt, R., Diekmann, M., Eriksson, O., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Jõgar, Ü., Saguez, R., Shevtsova, A., Stanton, S., Zindel, R., Zobel, M., Verheyen, K. 2010. Significant effects of temperature on the reproductive output of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa L. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 809-817.

Felton, A., Lindbladh, M., Brunet, J., Fritz, Ö. 2010. Replacing coniferous monocultures with mixed-species production stands: An assessment of the potential benefits for forest biodiversity in northern Europe. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 939-947.

Fritz, Ö., Brunet, J. 2010. Epiphytic bryophytes and lichens in Swedish beech forests – effects of forest history and habitat quality. Ecological Bulletins 53: 95-107.

Hannon, G.E., Niklasson, M., Brunet, J., Eliasson, P., Lindbladh, M. 2010. How long has the 'hotspot' been 'hot'? Past stand-scale structures at Siggaboda Nature Reserve in southern Sweden. Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 2167-2187.

Hedwall, P.-O., Nordin, A., Brunet, J., Bergh, J. 2010. Compositional changes of forest-floor vegetation in young stands of Norway spruce as an effect of repeated fertilisation. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 2418-2425.

Hultberg, T., Brunet, J., Broström, A., Lindbladh, M. 2010. Forest in a cultural landscape – the vegetation history of Torup in southernmost Sweden. Ecological Bulletins 53: 141-153.

Löf, M., Bergquist, J., Brunet, J., Karlsson, M., Welander, N.T. 2010. Conversion of Norway spruce to broadleaves – regeneration systems, fencing and performance of planted seedlings. Ecological Bulletins 53: 165-173.

Löf, M., Boman, M., Brunet, J., Hannerz, M., Mattsson, L., Nylinder, M. 2010. Broadleaved forest management for multiple goals in southern Sweden – an overview including future research prospects. Ecological Bulletins 53: 235-245.

Brunet, J., Valtinat, K., Mayr, L.M., Felton, A., Lindbladh, M., Bruun, H.H. 2011.
Understory succession in post-agricultural oak plantations: habitat fragmentation affects forest specialists and generalists differently. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 1863-1872.

De Frenne, P., Baeten, L., Graae, B.J., Brunet, J., Wulf, M., Orczewska, A., Kolb, A., Jansen, I., Jamoneau, A., Jacquemyn, H., Hermy, M., Diekmann, M., De Schrijver, A., De Sanctis, M., Decocq, G., Cousins, S.A.O., Verheyen, K. 2011. Interregional variation in the floristic recovery of postagricultural forests. Journal of Ecology 99: 600-609.

De Frenne, P., Brunet, J., Shevtsova, A., Kolb, A., Graae, B.J., Chabrerie, O., Cousins, S.A.O., Decocq, G., De Schrijver, A., Diekmann, M., Gruwez, R., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Nilsson, C., Stanton, S., Tack, W., Willaert, J., Verheyen, K. 2011. Temperature effects on forest herbs assessed by warming and transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient. Global Change Biology 17: 3240-3253.

De Frenne, P., Graae, B.J., Kolb, A., Shevtsova, A., Baeten, L., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Cousins, S.A., Decocq, G., Dhondt, R., Diekmann, M., Gruwez, R.,  Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Öster, M., Saguez, R., Stanton, S., Tack, W., Vanhellemont, M., Verheyen, K. 2011. An intraspecific application of the leaf-height-seed ecology strategy scheme on forest herbs along a latitudinal gradient. Ecography 34: 132-140.

De Frenne, P., Kolb, A., Graae, B.J., Decocq, G., Baltora, S., De Schrijver, A., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Cousins, S.A.O., Dhondt, R., Diekmann, M., Gruwez, R., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Liira, J., Saguez, R., Shevtsova, A., Baskin, C.C., Verheyen, K. 2011. A latitudinal gradient in seed nutrients of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa. Plant Biology 13: 493-501.

Hedwall, P.-O., Brunet, J., Nordin, A., Bergh, J. 2011. Decreased variation of forest understory vegetation is an effect of fertilisation in young stands of Picea abies. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 26: S11, 46-55.

Brunet, J., Felton, A., Lindbladh, M. (in press). From wooded pasture to timber production - changes in a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest landscape between 1840 and 2010. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, iFirst, doi:10.1080/02827581.2011.633548.

Graae, B.J., De Frenne, P., Kolb, A., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Verheyen, K., Pepin, N., Heinken, T., Zobel, M., Shevtsova, A., Milbau, A. (in press). On the use of weather data in ecological studies along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients. Oikos.

Verheyen, K., Baeten, L., De Frenne, P., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Brunet, J., Cornelis, J., Decocq, G., Dierschke, H., Eriksson, O., Hédl, R., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Hommel, P., Kirby, K., Naaf, T., Peterken, G.F., Petrik, P., Pfadenhauer, J., Van Calster, H., Walther, G.-R., Wulf, M., Verstraeten, G. (in press). Driving factors behind the eutrophication signal in understorey plant communities of deciduous temperate forests. Journal of Ecology.

Other publications
Brunet, J. 1990. Vegetationen i Skånes klibbalskogar. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 84: 179-190. (The vegetation of black alder forests in Skåne, S. Sweden).

Brunet, J. 1991. Die Vegetation der Erlenbruchwälder in Schonen. Tuexenia 11: 269-291. (The vegetation of alder swamp forests in Skåne, S. Sweden).

Brunet, J. 1991. Vegetationen i Skånes alm-och askskogar. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 85: 377-384. (The vegetation of elm and ash forests in Skåne, S. Sweden).

Brunet, J. 1992. Betespåverkan i fältskiktet i en skånsk ekblandskog. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 86: 347-353. (Impact of grazing on the field layer vegetation in a mixed oak forest in southern Sweden).

Brunet, J., Andersson, P.-A., Weimarck, G. 1993. Faktorer som påverkar utbredningen av Skånes ädellövskogsflora. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 87: 177-186. (Factors influencing the distribution of the deciduous forest flora in Skåne, S. Sweden).

Brunet, J. 1994. Importance of soil solution chemistry and land use to growth and distribution of four woodland grasses in southern Sweden. Ph.D. thesis. Dept. Plant Ecology, Lund university. Lund. 94pp. ISBN 91-7105-044-2.

Brunet, J. 1994. Utbredning av sällsynta lundgräs i södra Sverige. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 88: 103-108. (Distribution of rare woodland grasses in southern Sweden).

Brunet, J. 1994. Der Einfluß von Waldnutzung und Waldgeschichte auf die Vegetation südschwedischer Laubwälder. Norddeutsche Naturschutz Akademie Berichte 7/3: 96-101. (Impact of woodland management and history on the field layer vegetation in south Swedish deciduous woodlands).

Brunet, J., Falkengren-Grerup, U. 1994. Den hotade lundfloran. Skånes Natur 81: 25-29. (The threatened forest flora).

Brunet, J. 1995. Sveriges bokskogar har gamla rötter. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 89: 1-10. (Swedish beech woods have ancient roots).

Brunet, J. 1999. Invandring av skogsväxter till lövplanteringar på nedlagd åkermark. CBM:s skriftserie 2: 25-26. Uppsala 1999. (Migration of forest plants to post-agricultural broadleaved forests).

Brunet, J. 2003. Blekinges skogar – biologisk mångfald samt urval och skötsel av skogsreservat. Rapporter Länsstyrelsen i Blekinge 2003:1. 116 pp. Karlskrona. (The forests of Blekinge – biodiversity and governance of forest reserves).

Brunet, J. 2003. Småkryp och trädjättar i Torups bokskog. Skånska jätteträd, pp. 177-187. Lund. (Small bugs and big trees in Torup beech forest).

Brunet, J. 2004. Glimtar ur Blekinges skogshistoria. I: Skog och historia, Blekingeboken årgång 81, pp. 12-27. Blekinge museum. Karlskrona. (Some notes on the forest history of Blekinge).

Brunet, J. 2005. Skånes skogar – historia, mångfald och skydd. Skåne i utveckling 2005:12. 152 pp. Länsstyrelsen i Skåne län, Malmö. (The forests of Skåne – history, diversity and conservation).

Brunet, J., Berlin, G., Ederlöf, E., Fritz, Ö., Widgren, Å. 2005. Artpools- och
traktanalys av lövträdbärande marker i Blekinge, Skåne och Hallands län. Meddelande 2005:16. 62 pp. Länsstyrelsen Halland, Halmstad. (Analysis of regional species pools in the broadleaved forests of the counties Blekinge, Skåne and Halland).

Brunet, J. 2006. Tistelsnyltrot på ny lokal i Skåne. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 100: 301. (Orobanche reticulata at a new site in Skåne, S. Sweden).

Brunet, J. 2006. Ädellövskogens historiska utbredning och dagens naturvårdsmål. Kungliga Skogs- och Lantbruksakademiens Tidskrift 145 (5): 23-28. (Historical distribution of broadleaved forest and current conservation strategies).

Brunet, J., von Oheimb, G. 2008. Almsjukan och mördarsniglar – dramatik i Dalby Söderskog. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 102: 27-38. (Elm disease and hungry slugs: drastic vegetation changes in Dalby Söderskog, a south Swedish deciduous forest).

Isacsson, G., Brunet, J. 2008. Högstubbar ger fristad åt hotade insekter i bokskogen. Fakta Skog 1/2008. SLU publikationstjänst, Uppsala. (High stumps provide habitat for threatened insects in beech forests).

Brunet, J., Löf, M. 2009. Forskning på ädellöv vid SLU. Biodiverse 1/2009: 18-19.(Research on broadleaves at SLU).

Brunet, J., Löf, M., Andreasson, A., de Jong, J. 2010. Bruka och bevara ädellövskogen – en guide för målklassning och skötsel för kombinerade mål. CBM:s skriftserie 41, 80 pp. ISBN: 978-91-89232-53-2. (Management of temperate broadleaves – an illustrated guide for multiple use).

Meyer, P., Schmidt, M., Blick, T., Brunet, J., Dorow, W.H.O., Hakes, W., Härdtle, W., Heinken, T., Hertel, D., Knapp, H.D., Leuschner, C., von Oheimb, G., Otte, V., Schmidt, W. 2011. Stellungnahme zu Walentowski H. et al. 2010. ”Sind die deutschen Waldnaturschutz-konzepte adäquat für die Erhaltung der buchenwaldtypischen Flora und Fauna? Eine kritische Bewertung basierend auf der Herkunft der Waldarten des mitteleuropäischen Tief- und Hügel-landes”. Forstarchiv 82: 62-66.

Brunet, J., Fritz, Ö. 2011. Swedish beech forests – distribution and conservation status. BfN-Skripten 297: 21-32.

Fritz, Ö., Brunet, J. 2011. The ecology and conservation of epiphytic bryophytes and lichens in Swedish beech forests. BfN-Skripten 297: 33-43.

Niklasson, M., Brunet, J., Lindbladh, M., Hannon, G., Eliasson, P. 2011. Historik – Hur har det sydsvenska landskapets livsmiljöer förändrats? I: De Jong, J., Ebenhardt, T., Almstedt Jansson, M. (eds) Naturvårdskedjan – effektiva insatser för naturvården, pp. 201-218. Centrum för Biologisk Mångfald. Uppsala. (Historical changes in the southern Swedish forests).