PhD-research
Main focus at present
• Studying spatiotemporal landscape changes and their consequences for forest species.
• Research on the ecology and distribution in the landscape of the model species grey-sided vole (Myodes rufocanus).
• Field work involving trapping of small mammals in forested protected areas of various size and connectivity in the counties of Västerbotten and Norrbotten.
• Analysis work focusing on historical aerial photos in a time series by applying different landscape metrics such as fragmentation and connectivity indices to explain changes in forest structure through time.
• Collaboration within the research group on network analysis of forest habitat patches for the grey-sided vole (M. rufocanus).
• Smaller pilot study on a second model species, the lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) in protected areas and how it is affected by size and/or connectivity of forest patches.

Teaching
• Forest faunistic course at VFM, SLU (2010 and 2011). The small mammal part of the course.
• Conservation biology course at VFM, SLU (2010 and 2011). Topics: (1) Nature assessment methods including one excursion and (2) the Swedish forestry model.

Grants
• PhD-position financed by Oscar och Lilli Lamms minne between 10/2009-10/2013.
• Helge Axelsson Johnsons stiftelse: Pilot study on the importance of big/small reserves with high/low connectivity for the lungwort lichen (L. pulmonaria).

Biology background
Field worker doing nature values assessments for Svea Skog AB in Västerbotten. Inventories of forest indicator species and structures in boreal forests. In 2008 from 1st of June until 31st October and in 2009 from 1st of June until 1st September.

University education
Masters degree (M.Sc.) in Biology at Umeå University, Sweden.

Scientific publications
Ecke F, Magnusson M & Hörnfeldt B. 2011. Spatio-temporal changes in the landscape structure of old forests in northern Sweden (Manuscript).

Magnusson M, Hedenås H & Olsson J. 2011. Red-listed wood-decaying fungi in natural and managed forests adjacent to the Swedish mountain border (Manuscript). 

Supervisors
Prof. Birger Hörnfeldt, SLU Umeå (Main supervisor)

FD. Frauke Ecke, SLU Umeå/Uppsala (Assistant supervisor)

FD. Örjan Bodin, Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholms University (Assistant supervisor)

Collaborators
M.Sc. Arvid Bergsten, Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University 

Grey-sided vole (Myodes rufocanus)
Photo: Jan Nilsson