Carl-Gustaf Thulin

Researcher (Associate Professor) at the Department of Animal Biosciences. Focus on fauna restoration, wildlife management, rewilding and evolutionary genetics.

On grad- and undergrad level at SLU and Uppsala University since 1995.

Mainly four ongoing projects:

"Bringing Bison (Bison bonasus) Back to Sweden" Funding: Skogssällskapet (project leader) More information

“Is the Native Subspecies the Heath Hare (Lepus timidus sylvaticus) Going Extinct?” Funding: SLU, Naturvårdsverket (project leader) More information

"Feralization of horses and their microbiota" Funding: SLU (collaboration with UU and LiU) More information

“Gotland Russ Grazing - A mean to support biodiversity and preserve an endangered regional breed” Funding: WWF & SLU More information

Participated on more than 100 national and international conferences, organised 55 public meetings/conferences, invited speaker 13 times, 10 oral presentations, 16 posters, 40 public presentations. Authorered 43 conference abstracts.

Authored a total of 215 articles/reports; 41 referee assessed scientific articles, nine books/chapters, 40 popular science articles, 28 reports, 36 strategic proposals and 22 evaluations. Participated in the public debate with 39 debate articles and several media-appearences (press, radio, TV). On X (Twitter) since 2012 (@CGThulin), also on Bluesky and LinkedIn.

MSc Biology, Uppsala University 1995

PhD Genetics, Uppsala University 1995

Posdoc, University of Tennessee 2001-2002, 2004

Doctor of Science, Uppsala University 2008

Employed by SLU since 2008.

Main supervisor for three graduated PhD students:

- Adriaan de Jong, 2012, SLU

- Pär Söderquist, 2015, SLU/Kristianstad University College

- Pablo Garrido, 2017, SLU

Assistant PhD supervisor for Jonas Malmsten, graduated 2014, SLU

Supervisor for MSc and BSc projects.

Referee Assessed Scientific Journals (10 most recent)

41. Thulin C-G, Chen Y, Garrido P (2025). Semi-feral horse grazing benefits the grassland diversity of flowering plants including a pollinator-promoting indicator species. Animals 15, 862 (link)

40. Garrido P, Thulin C-G, Negro JJ (2025). EU Nature Restoration Law fails to recognize missing large herbivore functions. Biological Conservation 303, 111026 (link)

39. Tickle L, Tavaziva VJ, Thulin C-G (2024). Stakeholder perceptions of solutions for sustainable management of the African elephant, Loxodonta africana. Wildlife Biology e01150 (link)

38. Andrade P, Alves JM, Pereira P, Rubin C-J, Silva E, Sprehn CG, Enbody E, Afonso S, Faria R, Zhang Y, Bonino N, Duckworth JA, Garreau H, Letnic M, Strive T, Thulin C-G, Queney G, Villafuerte R, Jiggins FM, Ferrand N, Andersson L, Carneiro M (2024). Selection against domestication alleles in introduced rabbit populations. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8, 1543–1555 (link)

37. Thulin C-G (2024). Opportunities with wild food in managed ecosystems – A Swedish perspective. Novel Techniques in Nutrition & Food Science 7 (4), 729-731 (link)

36. Gunnarsson S, Thulin C-G (2023). Extensive husbandry and animal welfare are important for acceptance of rabbit meat production among Swedish youth. World Rabbit Science 31 (4) (link)

35. Michell CT, Pohjoismäki JLO, Spong G, Thulin C-G (2022). Mountain- and brown hare genetic polymorphisms to survey local adaptations and conservation status of the heath hare (Lepus timidus sylvaticus, Nilsson 1831). Scientific Data 9, 667 (link)

34. Garrido P, Naumov V, Söderquist L, Jansson A, Thulin C-G (2022). Effects of experimental rewilding on butterflies, bumblebees and grasshoppers. Journal of Insect Conservation 26, 763–771 (link)

33. Thulin C-G, Sörhammar M, Bohlin J (2022). Black Stork Back: Species distribution model predictions of potential habitats for black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Sweden. Ornis Svecica 32, 14–25 (link)

32. Thulin C-G, Winiger A, Tallian AG, Kindberg J (2021). Hunting harvest data in Sweden idicate precipitous decline in the native mountain hare subspecies Lepus timidus sylvaticus (heath hare). Journal for Nature Conservation (link)

Other

Most recent:

Thulin C-G, Ausilio GM, Sannö A, Niklasson M, Kjellander P (2023). Genomförbarhetsanalys av återintroduktion av visent (Bison bonasus) till Sverige. Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, dnr SLU.afb.2023-11 [Eng. A feasibility analysis of reintroducing wisent (Bison bonasus) to Sweden] pdf

https://www.slu.se/en/departments/Animal-Biosciences/