Ecology

SLU Honey Bee Research Centre

Our mission is to support and strengthen research activities on honey bees in Sweden. We maintain beekeeping infrastructure at SLU’s Uppsala campus with honey bee colonies used to facilitate research

Video gallery

Videos about Forest History in Scandinavia For a first glimpse of our research ideas, have a look at our short films which we have produced together with Bosse and Titti Backström (Banum).

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The infrastructure at Röbäcksdalen has excellent conditions for teaching, research, and applied studies in crop production, soil science, climate studies, feeding of forages, and ecosystem studies in

Diss Stefan Skoglund

Population regulatory processes in the Baltic salmon (Salmo salar) charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Stefan Skoglund defends his thesis "Population regulatory processes in the Baltic salmon (Salmo salar)

Fishinfoodwebs

We link variation in body size and community composition to ecological and evolutionary dynamics in changing environments. In our research we combine dynamic models, experiments and analysis of

Wildlife responses to the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 not only changed human behaviors but also those of wildlife. When communities shut down and people flocked to nature, wildlife became less active there. As restrictions were lifted and

Organic environmental chemistry (OMK) laboratory

Organic environmental chemistry (OMK) laboratory develops methods and performs analyses of mainly pesticides (plant protection products, both currently used and banned) in different matrices such as

Biodiversity laboratory

We analyse the spices composition and biomass of aquatic organisms in lakes and streams. The information is used to assess the quality of the waters and habitats, as well as various indicator

Laboratories

Our laboratories have long experiences of accredited and quality assured analyses of water chemistry, aquatic biology and organic risk pollutants. The laboratories are accredited by SWEDAC since the

Education

Education and Awareness A core part of the group is the promote awareness and understanding through teaching Forest History at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels at SLU. For more information about

Researchers

tejshree.tiwari@slu.se

SLU researchers track giant deep-sea sharks – an important step towards conservation

For the first time, researchers track the threatened deep-sea shark, the Greenland shark, in Swedish waters. These sharks can live for hundreds of years and they are threatened by both fishing and