Research interests

• Deadwoodology
• Biodiversity
• Conservation biology
• Community ecology
• Landscape ecology
• Insect population ecology
• Restoration of forest ecosystems
• Effects of new forestry methods on biodiversity

Research projects

• Short term effects on biodiversity of forest fertilization: an ecosystem approach. 2009. VINNMER/VINNOVA.
• Effects of intensified forestry on ecosystem composition and biodiversity. 2009. Co-applicant J. Hjältén (STEM).
• Restoration measures to promote biodiversity in voluntary set asides. 2010. Co-applicant. Main applicant Joakim Hjältén.
• The value of volontary set asides for insect assemblages in boreal forest. 2009. Fonden för Skogsvetenskaplig forskning.
• Short term effects of intense forest fires on insect assemblages in boreal forest. 2008 (KSLA).

List of publications

15.  Scogins, P., Johansson, T. Hjältén, J. and Kruger, J. 2011. Responses of woody vegetation to exclusion of large herbivores in semi-arid savannas Austral Ecology In press.
14.  Gibb, H. and Johansson, T. 2011. Field tests of interspecific competition in ant assemblages: Revisiting the dominant red wood ants. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:548-557.
13.  Johansson T., Andersson, J., Hjältén J., Dynesius, M., Ecke, F. 2011. Short-term responses of beetle assemblages to wildfire in a region with more than 100 years of fire suppression. Insect Conservation and Diversity 4:142-151. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00114.x.
12.  Stenbacka, F., Hjälten, J., Hilszczański, J., Ball, J.P., Gibb, H., Johansson, T., Roger B. Pettersson, R.B. and Danell, K. 2010. Saproxylic parasitoid (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) communities in managed boreal forest landscapes. Insect Conservation and Diversity 3:114-123.
11.  Gibb, H. and Johansson, T. 2010. Forest succession and harvesting of hemipteran honeydew by boreal ants. Annales Zoologici Fennici 47:99-110.
10.  Johansson, T. Hjältén, J., Stenbacka, F., Dynesius, M. 2010. Responses of eight boreal flat bug (Heteroptera: Aradidae) species to clear-cutting and forest fire. Journal of Insect Conservation 14: 3-9.
9. Hjältén, J., Johansson, T., Alinvi, O., Danell, K., Ball, J. P., Pettersson, R., Gibb, H., and Hilszczański, J. 2007. The importance of substrate type, shading and scorching for the attractiveness of dead wood to saproxylic beetles. Basic and Applied Ecology 8: 364-376.
8. Johansson, T., Hjältén, J., Gibb, H., Hilszczański, J., Stenlid, J., Ball, J. P., Atlegrim, O., and Danell, K. 2007. Variable response of different functional groups of saproxylic beetles to substrate manipulation and forest management: implications for conservation strategies. Forest Ecology and Management 242: 496-510.
7. Johansson, T., Gibb, H., Hjältén, J., Hilszczański, J., Alinvi, O., Ball, J. P., and Danell, K. 2007. The effects of substrate manipulations and forest management on predators of saproxylic beetles. Forest Ecology and Management 242: 518-529.
6. Gibb, H., Hjältén, J., Ball, J. P., Atlegrim, O., Pettersson, R. B., Hilszczański, J., Johansson, T., and Danell, K. 2006. Effects of landscape composition and substrate availability on saproxylic beetles in boreal forests: a study using experimental logs for monitoring assemblages. Ecography 29: 191-204.
5. Gibb, H., Pettersson, R. B., Hjältén, J., Hilszczański, J., Ball, J. P., Johansson, T., Atlegrim, O., and Danell, K. 2006. Conservation-oriented forestry and early successional saproxylic beetles: Responses of functional groups to manipulated dead wood substrates. Biological Conservation 129: 437-450.
4. Johansson, T., Olsson, J., Hjältén, J., Jonsson, B. G., and Ericson, L. 2006. Beetle attraction to sporocarps and wood infected with mycelia of decay fungi in old-growth spruce forests in northern Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 237: 335-341.
3. Johansson, T., Gibb, H., Hilszczański, J., Pettersson, R. B., Hjältén, J., Atlegrim, O., Ball, J. P., and Danell, K. 2006. Conservation-oriented manipulations of coarse woody debris affect their value as habitat for spruce-infesting bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in northern Sweden. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 174-185.
2. Gibb, H., Ball, J. P., Johansson, T., Atlegrim, O., Hjältén, J., and Danell, K. 2005. The effects of management on coarse woody debris volume and quality in boreal forests in northern Sweden. Scand. J. For. Res. 20: 213-222.
1. Hilszczański, J., Gibb, H., Hjältén, J., Atlegrim, O., Johansson, T., Pettersson, R. B., Ball, J. P., and Danell, K. 2005. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) of Saproxylic beetles are affected by forest successional stage and dead wood characteristics in boreal spruce forest. Biological Conservation 126: 456-464.

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