Camilla Wikenros

My research includes both basic and applied scientific research questions regarding large carnivore and ungulate ecology and management. 

I work with basic scientific and applied research questions related to the management and conservation of the Scandinavian wolf population. I investigate the ecological impacts of wolf presence on other species, including humans, with a particular focus on predator-prey interactions and their cascading effects on scavenger communities and vegetation dynamics. Part of my research involves examining human use of natural resources, especially in relation to moose hunter harvest practices. Additional research areas include wolf population dynamics, predation on ungulates and smaller prey species, movement ecology, genetics, and broader ecosystem-level effects. 

I am a letcurer in the courses Wildlife Biology, Applied Conservation Biology, Wildlife Management and Implementation, and The Forests, the Soil, the Machine, and I mentor undergraduate and master's students on their thesis projects. I also give lectures for students at folk high schools, and at primary school level and upper secondary level. 

from 2025

Auclair L, Di Bernardi C, Sand H, Åkesson M, Zimmermann B, Flagstad Ø, Wabakken P, and Wikenros C. 2026. Recruitment probability in a large carnivore: the role of biological and human-related factors in early-life. Oikos 2026: e11422. 

Ausilio G, Wikenros C, Sand H, Devineau O, Wabakken P, Eriksen A, Aronsson M, Persson J, Mathisen KM, and Zimmermann B. 2025. Contrasting risk patterns from human hunters and a large carnivore influence the habitat selection of shared prey. Oecologia 207, 118.

Benson JF, Keiter DA, Mahoney PJ, ... Wikenros C, ... and Patterson BR. 2025. Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups. Ecology 106: e4492.

Sand H, Zimmermann B, Wabakken P, Eriksen A, and Wikenros C. 2025. Quantifying large carnivore predation relative to human harvest on moose in an intensively managed boreal ecosystem. Ecological Applications 35: e70000.

Veenbrink W, Zimmermann B, Sand H, Wikenros C, Wabakken P, and Mayer M. 2026. Wolves on ice: habitat use and selection of water bodies by wolves during winter. Animal Behaviour 231: 123401.  

Weimer RN, Sundell-Bergman S, Sonesten L, Wikenros C, and Rosén K. 2025. Long-term trends of radiocaesium concentrations in moose (Alces alces) harvested in Sweden. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 286: 107696. 

Wikenros, C, Zimmermann B, Månsson J, Eriksen A, Wabakken P, and Sand H. 2025. Retrospective analyses to understand how wolf territory density impacts moose quotas, harvest and observation rate. European Journal of Wildlife Research: 71, 42. 

I communicate research findings through popular science articles, lectures, films, media appearances, and collaboration with various stakeholders. Some examples of this work are presented here. Additional examples in Swedish are available on the Swedish version of this page.

Animated visualizations:

Interactions between moose and wolves

Wolf and wolverine interactions

Wolf predation

Moose migration – season one and two

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