Professor, Head of Department
My research focuses on forest conservation and forest history.

I am a scientist who, for more than 15 years, has specialized in paleoecology (historical ecology) and the interface between paleoecology and conservation biology. My research focuses on the use of paleoecological data as a basis for understanding natural and anthropogenic impacts on forest ecosystems, and as a platform for addressing issues pertaining to the maintenance of biodiversity in forest ecosystems. My paleoecological research in Maine and Massachusetts, USA, concerns spruce dynamics during late glacial time.

Over the last ten years I have become increasingly interested in conservation within managed forests, such as dead wood and green tree retention. Evaluating the biodiversity effects of current and future management regimes in production forests will continue to be an important research area. The results of my research are of interest to the forestry sector in southern Sweden, but it is also relevant for the management of production forests internationally. I focus on the species groups for which I have experience in, namely wood dependant beetles and forest birds.

Teaching
I teach several different courses in ecology, forest conservation and vegetation history. Two courses in forest conservation are part of the Masters Programme on Forestry around the Southern Baltic Sea. The course language is English. 

Selected Scientific Publications
Felton, A., Andersson, E, Ventorp, D, Lindbladh, M. (In press) Avian biodiversity responses to retaining birch (Betula spp.) in Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands: An assessment from southern Sweden. Silva Fennica.

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

Brunet, J, Valtinat K, Mayr, ML, Felton, A, Lindbladh, M, Bruun, HH. (2011). Undererstory succession in post-agricultural oak plantations: habitat fragmentation affects forest specialists and generalists differently. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 1863–1871.

Lindbladh, M, Felton, A, Trubins, R & Sallnäs, O (2011) A Landscape and Policy Perspective on Forest Conversion - Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) and the Allocation of Deciduous forests in Southern Sweden. European Journal of Forest Research 861–869.

Lindbladh, M, Hultberg, T, Koch Widerberg, M & Felton, A, (2011) Halland’s Forests during the Last 300 Years – A Review of Malmström (1939). Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 26, 81-90

Lindbladh, M. & Foster, D. (2010) Dynamics of long-lived foundation species: the history of Quercus in Southern Scandinavia. Journal of Ecology 98: 1330–1345.

Bradshaw, RHW, Hannon, G & Lindbladh, M (2010) The role of fire in southern Scandinavian forests during the late Holocene. International Journal of Wildland Fire 19: 1040-1049

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: 141-154.

Gaillard, M-J, Sugita, S, Mazier, F, Trondman, A-K, Broström, A, Hickler, T,. Kaplan, JO, Kjellström, E, Kuneš, P, Lemmen, C, Olofsson, J, Smith, B, Strandberg, G, Fyfe, R, Nielsen, AB, Alenius, T, Balakauskas, L, Barnekow, L, Birks, HJB, Bjune, A, Björkman, L, Giesecke, T, Hjelle, K, Kalnina, L, Kangur, M, van der Knaap, WO, Koff, T, Lagerås, P, Latałowa, M, Leydet, M, Lechterbeck, J, Lindbladh, M, Odgaard, B, Peglar, S, Segerström, U, von Stedingk, H & Seppä, H. (2010) Holocene land-cover reconstructions for studies on land cover-climate feedbacks. Climate in the Past 6: 483-499.

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.

Hannon, G, 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.

Abrahamsson, M, Jonsell, M, Niklasson, M. & Lindbladh, M, (2009) Saproxylic beetle assemblages in artificially created high-stumps of spruce (Picea abies) and birch (Betula pubescens/pendula) on clearcuts – does the surrounding landscape matter? Insect Conservation and Diversity 2: 284-294.  

Lindbladh, M & Abrahamsson, M (2008). Beetle diversity in high-stumps from Norway spruce thinnings. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 23: 339 – 347.

Abrahamsson, M, Lindbladh, M & Rönnberg, J (2008) The influence of butt rot on beetle diversity in artificially created high-stumps of Norway spruce. Forest Ecology and Management 255, 3396-3403.

Lindbladh, M, Niklasson, M, Karlsson, M & Björkman, L (2008) Close anthropogenic control of Fagus establishment and expansion in a Swedish protected landscape – implications for forest history and conservation. Journal of Biogeography 35, 682-697.

Lindbladh, M, Abrahamsson, M, Seedre, M and Jonsell, M (2007) Saproxylic beetles in artificially created high stumps of spruce and birch within and outside hotspot areas. Biodiversity and Conservation 16, 3213-3226

Lindbladh, M, Oswald, W, Foster, D & Faison, E, Hou, J & Huang, Y (2007) A late-glacial transition from Picea glauca to Picea mariana in southern New England. Quaternary Research 67, 502-508.

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 15:2, 284-295.

Arahamsson, M & Lindbladh, M (2006) Saproxylic beetles and man-made dead wood – a substrate comparison between high and low stumps of spruce (Picea abies). Forest Ecology and Management. 226: 230-237

Bradshaw, RHW & Lindbladh, M (2005). Regional Spread and Stand-scale Establishment of Trees in North-West Europe. Ecology 86: 1679–1686

Lindbladh, M, Jacobson, GL & Schauffler, M (2003) The postglacial history of three Picea species in New England, USA. Quaternary Research 59: 61-69.

Lindbladh, M, Niklasson, M & Nilsson SG (2003) Long-time record of fire and open canopy in a high biodiversity forest in southeast Sweden. Biological Conservation 114: 231-243

Niklasson, M, Lindbladh, M & Björkman, L (2002) A long-term record of Quercus decline, logging and fire history in a southern Swedish Fagus-Picea forest. Journal of  Vegetation Science 13: 765-774

Lindbladh, M, Bradshaw RHW & Holmquist BH (2000) Pattern and process in south Swedish forests during the last 3000 years sensed at stand and regional scales. Journal of Ecology 88:113-128

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