Petter Kjellander

I am a wildlife ecologist with broad experience studying mammals and birds across a wide range of ecological contexts. My core expertise lies in ungulate ecology, working with species such as roe deer, fallow deer, European bison, muskox, and wild boar. A major theme throughout my career has been understanding how wildlife populations interact with both natural ecosystems and human-dominated landscapes, and how these interactions shape ecosystem functions and ecosystem services such as biodiversity, grazing dynamics, and landscape processes.

My long-standing research focus has been on roe deer ecology, examining the factors that regulate population size and distribution, including climate, hunting, predation, and interspecific competition. Much of this work also addresses how ungulates influence—and are influenced by—forestry practices, agricultural systems, and predation from carnivores such as the red fox, lynx, and wolf.

In recent years, my research has increasingly concentrated on wild boar ecology, including the estimation of key demographic parameters and the species' role in agricultural damage and landscape modification. A significant part of my current work involves the development of drone- and AI-based methods for detecting and quantifying wildlife damage to crops, with the aim of improving monitoring, management, and conflict mitigation at both local and regional scales.

Although I have also worked on tick ecology and tick-borne diseases, particularly in relation to fluctuations in mammal communities, this research now forms a complementary rather than central part of my current portfolio.

Publications:

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