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1 Publications - Ove Eriksson 1. Eriksson, O., Inghe, O., Jerling, L., Tapper, P., Telenius, A. & Torstensson, P A note on non-adaptive hypotheses in plant ecology. Oikos 41: Eriksson, O Reproduction and clonal growth in Potentilla anserina L. (Rosaceae): the relation between growth form and dry weight allocation. Oecologia 66: Eriksson, O Mobility and space capture in the stoloniferous plant Potentilla anserina. Oikos 46: Eriksson, O Survivorship, reproduction, and dynamics of ramets of Potentilla anserina on a Baltic seashore meadow. Vegetatio 67: Eriksson, O Regulation of seed-set and gender variation in the hermaphroditic plant Potentilla anserina. Oikos 49: Eriksson, O Ramet behaviour and population growth in the clonal herb Potentilla anserina. Journal of Ecology 76: Eriksson, O Patterns of ramet survivorship in clonal fragments of the stoloniferous plant Potentilla anserina. Ecology 69: Eriksson, O Variation in growth rate in shoot populations of the clonal dwarf shrub Linnaea borealis. Holarctic Ecology 11: Eriksson, O Seedling dynamics and life histories in clonal plants. Oikos 55: Telenius, A., Angerbjörn, A. & Eriksson, O On phylogenetic ecology. Evolutionary Theory 8: Eriksson, O. & Jerling, L Hierarchical selection in clonal plants. Sommerfeltia 11: Eriksson, O Population structure and dynamics of the clonal dwarf-shrub Linnaea borealis. Journal of Vegetation Science 3: Eriksson, O & Bremer, B Fruit characteristics, life forms, and species richness in the plant family Rubiaceae. American Naturalist 138: Eriksson, O. & Ehrlén, J Phenological variation in fruit characteristics in vertebrate-dispersed plants. Oecologia 86: Miyanishi, K., Eriksson, O. & Wein, R.W The biology of Canadian weeds. Potentilla anserina L. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 71: Eriksson, O Evolution of seed dispersal and recruitment in clonal plants. Oikos 63:

2 17. Eriksson, O. & Bremer, B Pollination systems, dispersal modes, life forms, and diversification rates in angiosperm families. Evolution 46: Eriksson, O. & Ehrlén, J Seed and microsite limitation of recruitment in plant populations. Oecologia 91: Bremer, B. & Eriksson, O Evolution of fruit characters and dispersal modes in the tropical family Rubiaceae. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 47: Bremer, B. & Eriksson, O Ecological species concepts - a reply to Andersson. Taxon 41: Eriksson, O Dynamics of genets in clonal plants. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8: Eriksson, O The species-pool hypothesis and plant community diversity. Oikos 68: Eriksson, O. & Bremer, B Genet dynamics of the clonal plant Rubus saxatilis. Journal of Ecology 81: Ehrlén, J. & Eriksson, O Toxicity in fleshy fruits : a non-adaptive trait? Oikos 66: Eriksson, O Stochastic population dynamics of clonal plants: numerical experiments with ramet and genet models. Ecological Research 9: Eriksson, O Seedling recruitment in the perennial herb Actaea spicata L. Flora 189: Ehrlén, J. & Eriksson, O Pollen limitation and population dynamics in Lathyrus vernus. Ecology 76: Eriksson, O Seedling recruitment in deciduous forest herbs: The effects of litter, soil and seed bank. Flora 190: Eriksson, Å., Eriksson, O. & Berglund, H Species abundance patterns of plants in Swedish semi-natural pastures. Ecography 18: Eriksson, O Asynchronous flowering reduces seed predation in the perennial forest herb Actaea spicata. Acta Oecologica 16: Eriksson, O Population ecology and conservation - some theoretical considerations with examples from the Nordic flora. Symbolae Botanicae Upsaliensis 31: Eriksson, O Regional dynamics in plants: a review of evidence for remnant, sourcesink and metapopulations. Oikos 77:

3 33. Ehrlén, J. & Eriksson, O Seedling recruitment in the perennial herb Lathyrus vernus. Flora 191: Eriksson, O. & Fröborg, H Windows of opportunity for recruitment in long-lived clonal plants - experimental studies of seedling establishment on Vaccinium shrubs. Canadian Journal of Botany 74: Fröborg, H. & Eriksson, O Local colonization and extinction of field-layer plants in a deciduous forest and their dependence upon life history features. Journal of Vegetation Science 8: Eriksson, Å. & Eriksson, O Seedling recruitment in semi-natural pastures: the effects of disturbance, seed size, phenology and seed bank. Nordic Journal of Botany 17: Eriksson, O Colonization dynamics and relative abundance of three plant species (Antennaria dioica, Hieracium pilosella and Hypochoeris maculata) in dry semi-natural grasslands. Ecography 20: Eriksson, O. & Eriksson, Å Effects of arrival order and seed size on germination of grassland plants: are there assembly rules during recruitment? Ecological Research 13: Eriksson, O. & Ehrlén, J Phenological adaptations in fleshy vertebrate-dispersed fruits of temperate plants. Oikos 82: Eriksson, O. & Ehrlén, J Secondary metabolites in fleshy fruits: are adaptive explanations needed? American Naturalist 152: Eriksson, O. & Jakobsson, A Abundance, distribution and life histories of grassland plants: a comparative study of 81 species. Journal of Ecology 86: Eriksson, O. & Kiviniemi, K Site occupancy, recruitment, and extinction thresholds in grassland plants: an experimental study. Biological Conservation 87: Kiviniemi, K. & Eriksson, O Dispersal, recruitment, and site occupancy of grassland plants in fragmented habitats. Oikos 86: Eriksson, O Seed size variation and its effect on germination and seedling performance in the clonal herb Convallaria majalis. Acta Oecologica 20: Weiher, E., van der Werf, A., Thompson, K., Roderick, M., Garnier, E. & Eriksson, O Challenging Theophrastus: A common core list of plant traits for functional ecology. Journal of Vegetation Science 10: Eriksson, O. & Jakobsson, A Recruitment trade-offs and the evolution of dispersal mechanisms in plants. Evolutionary Ecology 13:

4 47. Eriksson, O Dispersal and colonization ability in grassland plants - assessment and implications for conservation. Folia Geobotanica 35: Ehrlén, J. & Eriksson, O Dispersal limitation and patch occupancy in forest herbs. Ecology 81: Jakobsson, A. & Eriksson, O A comparative study of seed production, seed size, seedling size and recruitment in grassland plants. Oikos 88: Eriksson, O., Friis, E. M., Pedersen, K. R. & Crane, P. R Seed size and dispersal systems of Early Cretaceous angiosperms from Famalicão, Portugal. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161: Eriksson, Å. & Eriksson, O Population dynamics of the perennial Plantago media in semi-natural grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 11: Eriksson, O Functional roles of remnant plant populations in communities and ecosystems. Global Ecology & Biogeography 9: Eriksson, O., Friis, E. M. & Löfgren, P Seed size, fruit size and dispersal systems in angiosperms from the Early Cretaceous to the Late Tertiary. American Naturalist 156: Löfgren, P., Lehtilä. K &. Eriksson, O Population dynamics and the influence of disturbance in the monocarpic plant Carlina vulgaris. Annales Botanici Fennici 37: Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O Plant species occurrences in a rural hemoboreal landscape: effects of remnant habitats, landscape history, topography and soil. Ecography 24: Franzén, D, & Eriksson, O Small scale patterns of species richness in Swedish semi-natural grasslands: the effects of community species pools. Ecography 24: Austrheim, G. & Eriksson, O Plant species diversity and grazing in the Scandinavian mountains patterns and processes at different spatial scales. Ecography 24: Jakobsson, A. & Eriksson, O Seed size and frequency patterns in understory plants in Swedish deciduous forests. Ecoscience 9: Kiviniemi, K. & Eriksson, O Size-related deterioration of semi-natural grassland fragments in Sweden. Diversity & Distributions 8: Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O The influence of management history and habitat on plant species richness in a rural hemiboreal landscape. Landscape Ecology 17: Gustafsson, C. D. S., Ehrlén, J. & Eriksson, O Recruitment in Dentaria bulbifera: the role of dispersal, habitat quality and mollusc herbivory. Journal of Vegetation Science 13:

5 62. Eriksson, O Ontogenetic niche shifts and their implications for recruitment in three clonal Vaccinium shrubs: Vaccinium myrtillus, V. vitis-idaea and V. oxycoccos Canadian Journal of Botany 80: Eriksson, O., Cousins, S. A. O. & H. H. Bruun Land-use history and fragmentation of traditionally managed grasslands in Scandinavia. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: Franzén, D. & Eriksson, O Patch distribution and dispersal limitation of four plant species in Swedish seminatural grasslands. Plant Ecology 166: Ehrlén, J. & Eriksson, O Large-scale spatial dynamics of plants: a response to Freckleton & Watkinson. Journal of Ecology 91: Austrheim, G. & Eriksson, O Recruitment and life-history traits of low abundant plant species in subalpine grasslands. Canadian Journal of Botany 81: Jakobsson, A. & Eriksson, O Trade-offs between dispersal and competitive ability: a comparative study of wind-dispersed plants. Evolutionary Ecology 17: Bolmgren, K., Eriksson, O. & H. P. Linder Contrasting flowering phenology and species richness in abiotically and biotically pollinated angiosperms. Evolution 57: Fröborg, H. & Eriksson, O Seed predation and population dynamics in the perennial forest herb Actaea spicata. Canadian Journal of Botany 81: Lindborg, R. & Eriksson, O Effects of restoration on species richness and composition in Scandinavian semi-natural grasslands. Restoration Ecology 12: Lindborg, R. & Eriksson, O Historical landscape connectivity affects present plant species diversity. Ecology 85: Lindborg, R., Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O Plant species response to land-use change: Campanula rotundifolia, Primula veris and Rhinanthus minor. Ecography 28: Bolmgren, K. & Eriksson, O Fleshy fruit evolution: origins, niche shifts, and diversification. Oikos 109: Lindborg, R. & Eriksson, O Functional response to land-use change in grasslands comparing species and trait data. Ecoscience Eriksson, O Game theory provides no explanation for seed size variation in grasslands. Oecologia 144: Jakobsson, A. & Eriksson, O Distribution and dispersal limitation of Carlina vulgaris in two landscapes in Sweden. Annales Botanici Fennici 42:

6 77. Zeipel, H., Ehrlén, J. & Eriksson, O Host plant population size determines cascading effects in a plant-herbivore-parasitoid system. Basic and Applied Ecology 7: Herben, T., Münzbergová, Z., Mildén, M., Ehrlén, J., Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O Long- term spatial dynamics of Succisa pratensis in a changing rural landscape: linking dynamical modelling with historical maps. Journal of Ecology 94: Eriksson, O., Wikström, S., Eriksson, Å. & Lindborg, R Species-rich Scandinavian grasslands are inherently open to invasion. Biological Invasions 8: Quested, H. & Eriksson, O Litter species composition influences the performance of seedlings of grassland herbs. Functional Ecology 20: Eriksson, O. & Ehrlén, J Long-term dynamics of herb populations in Swedish deciduous forests: some generalizations. Polish Botanical Studies 22: Dahlström, A., Cousins, S. A. O & Eriksson, O The history ( ) of land use, people and livestock, and the relationship to present plant species diversity in a rural landscape in Sweden. Environment and History 12: Dahlgren, J. P., Eriksson, O., Bolmgren, K., Strindell, M. & Ehrlén, J Specific leaf area as a superior predictor of changes in field-layer abundance during forest succession. Journal of Vegetation Science 17: Ehrlén, J., Münzbergová, Z., Diekmann, M & Eriksson, O Long-term assessment of seed limitation in plants: results from an 11-year experiment. Journal of Ecology 94: Jakobsson, A., Bruun, H.-H. & Eriksson, O Local seed rain and seed bank in a species-rich grassland: effects of plant abundance and seed size. Canadian Journal of Botany 84: Garnier E., Lavorel S., Ansquer P., Castro H., Cruz P., Dolezal J., Eriksson O., Fortunel C., Freitas H., Golodets C., Grigulis K., Jouany C., Kazakou E., Kigel J., Kleyer M., Lehsten V., Lepš J., Meier T., Pakeman R., Papadimitriou M., Papanastasis V. P., Quested H., Quétier F., Robson M., Roumet C., Rusch G., Skarpe C., Sternberg M., Theau J.-P., Thébault A., Vile D. and Zarovali M. P Assessing the effects of land use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: a standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites. Annals of Botany 99: Cousins, S.A.O., Ohlson, H. & Eriksson, O Effects of historical and present fragmentation on plant species diversity in semi-natural grasslands in Swedish rural landscapes. Landscape Ecology 22: Lindgren, Å., Eriksson, O. & Moen, J The impact of disturbance and seed availability on germination of alpine vegetation in the Scandinavian mountains. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 39:

7 89. Öster, M. & Eriksson, O Sex-ratio mediated pollen limitation in the dioecious herb Antennaria dioica. Ecoscience 14: Öster, M., Cousins, S.A.O. & Eriksson, O Size and heterogeneity rather than landscape context determine species richness in semi-natural grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: von Zeipel, H. & Eriksson, O Fruit removal in the forest herb Actaea spicata depends on local context of fruits sharing the same dispersers. International Journal of Plant Science 168: Quested, H., Eriksson, O., Fortunel, C. & Garnier, E Plant traits linked to wholecommunity litter quality and decomposition during land use change. Functional Ecology 21: Kolb, A., Ehrlén, J. & Eriksson, O Ecological and evolutionary consequences of spatial and temporal variation in pre-dispersal seed predation. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 9: Mildén, M., Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O The distribution of four grassland plant species in relation to landscape history in a Swedish rural area. Annales Botanici Fennici 44: Pakeman, R. J., Garnier, E., Lavorel, S., Ansquer, P., Castro, H., Cruz, P., Dolezal, J., Eriksson, O., Golodets, C., Kigel, J., Kleyer, M., Leps, J., Meier, T., Papadimitriou, M., Papanastasis, V. P., Quested, H., Quetier, F., Rusch, G., Sternberg, M., Theau, J.-P., Thébault, A & Vile, D Impact of abundance weighting on the response of seed traits to climate and land use. Journal of Ecology 96: Öster, M., Persson, K. & Eriksson, O Validation of biodiversity indicators used in a nationwide survey of semi-natural grasslands in Sweden. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 125: Lindborg, R., Bengtsson, J., Berg, Å., Cousins, S., Eriksson, O., Gustafsson, T.Hasund, K. P., Lenoir, L. Pihlgren, A., Sjödin, E. & Stenseke, M A landscape perspective on conservation of semi-natural grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 125: Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O After the hotspots are gone: land use history and grassland plant species diversity in a strongly transformed agricultural landscape. Applied Vegetation Science 11: Eriksson, O Evolution of seed size and biotic seed dispersal in angiosperms: paleoecological and neoecological evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: Kleyer, M., Bekker, R.M., Knevel, I.C., Bakker, J. P., Thompson, K., Sonnenschein, M., Poschlod, P., van Groenendael, J.M., Klimeš, L., Klimešova, J., Klotz, S., Rusch, G.M.,

8 Hermy, M., Adriens, D., Boedeltje, G., Bossuyt, B., Dannemann, A., Endels, P., Götzenberger, L., Hodgson, J.G., Jackel, A.-K., Kühn, I., Kunzmann, D., Ozinga, W.A., Römermann, C., Stadler, M., Schlegelmilch, J., Steendam, H.J., Tackenberg, O., Wilmann, B., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Eriksson, O., Garnier, E. & Peco, B The LEDA Traitbase: A database of plant life-history traits of North West Europe. Journal of Ecology 96: Fortunel, C., Garnier, E., Joffre, R., Kazakou, E., Quested, H., Grigulis, K., Lavorel, S., Ansquer, P., Castro, H., Cruz, P., Dolezal, J., Eriksson, O., Freitas, H., Golodets, C., Jouany, C., Kigel, J., Kleyer, M., Lehsten, V., Lepš, J., Meier, T., Pakeman, R., Papadimitriou, M., Papanastasis, V. P., Quétier, F., Robson, M., Sternberg, M., Theau, J.-P., Thébault A. & Zarovali, M Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe. Ecology 90: Öster, M., Ask, K., Römermann, C., Tackenberg, O. & Eriksson, O Plant colonization of ex-arable fields from adjacent species-rich grasslands: the importance of dispersal vs. recruitment ability. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 130: Dostál, P., Havlíčková, V., Jorritsma-Wienk, L. D., Eriksson, O. & Herben, T Interspecific competition changes reproductive output but does not increase reproductive costs in a grassland perennial. Basic and Applied Ecology 10: De Frenne, P., Kolb, A., Verheyen, K., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Decocq, G., Diekmann, M., Eriksson, O., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Jõgar, Ü. Stanton, S., Quataert, P., Zindel, R., Zobel, M. & Graae, B. J Unraveling the effects of temperature, latitude and local environment on the reproduction of forest herbs. Global Ecology and Biogeography 18: Öster, M., Ask, K., Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O Dispersal and establishment limitation reduces the potential for successful restoration of species-rich grasslands on former arable fields. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: De Frenne, P., Graae, B.J., Kolb, A., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Cousins, S.A.O., Decocq, G., Dhondt, R., Diekmann, M., Eriksson, O., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Jõgar, Ü., Saguez, R., Shevtsova, A., Stanton, S., Zindel, R., Zobel, M. & Verheyen, K Significant effects of temperature on the reproductive output of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa L. Forest Ecology and Management 259: Lindborg R., Stenseke, M. Cousins, S. A. O., Bengtsson, J., Berg Å., Eriksson, O., Gustafsson, T. & Sjödin, N. E Investigating biodiversity trajectories using scenarios lessons from two contrasting agricultural landscapes. Journal of Environmental Management 91: Bolmgren, K. & Eriksson, O Seed mass and the evolution of fleshy fruits in angiosperms. Oikos 119: Johansson, V., Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O Remnant populations and plant functional traits in abandoned semi-natural grasslands. Folia Geobotanica 46 (in press).

9 110. Eriksson, O Niche shifts and seed limitation as mechanisms behind seedling recruitment patterns in clonal plants. Preslia (in press) 111. Eriksson, O. & Kainulainen, K The evolutionary ecology of dust seeds. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 13: Eriksson, O. & Persson, L A spatial dimension of ecology: Ilkka Hanski Crafoord Laureate Ambio 40: Viard-Crétat, F., de Bello, F., Eriksson, O., Colace, M.-P. & Lavorel, S Filtering of seed traits revelaed by convergence and divergence patterns in subalpine grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology (in press). Book chapters 1. Eriksson, O. & Jerling, L Hierarchical selection and risk spreading in clonal plants. In: J. van Groenendael & H. de Kroon (eds) Clonal growth in plants: regulation and function. SPB Academic Publ., The Hague (pp ) 2. Eriksson, O Clonal life histories and the evolution of seed recruitment. In: H. de Kroon & J van Groenendael (eds.) The ecology and evolution of clonal plants. Backhuys Publishers, Leyden, pp Eriksson, O. & Kiviniemi, K Evolution of plant dispersal. In: T. Vuorisalo & P. Mutikainen (eds.) Life history evolution in plants. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp Eriksson, O. & Ehrlén, J Landscape fragmentation and the viability of plant populations. In J. Silvertown & J. Antonovics (eds) Integrating ecology and evolution in a spatial context. Blackwell. Oxford, pp Ouborg, N. J. & Eriksson, O Toward a metapopulation concept for plants. In: I. Hanski & O. E. Gaggiotti (eds.) Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution of Metapopulations. Elsevier, pp Eriksson, O, Cousins, S. A. O. & Lindborg, R Land use history, and the build-up and decline of species richness in Scandinavian semi-natural grasslands. In: Milne, J. (ed.) Pastoral systems in marginal environments. Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp Eriksson, O. & Ehrlén, J Seedling recruitment and population ecology. In: Leck, M. A., Parker, V. T. & Simpson, R. L. (eds.) Seedling ecology and evolution. Cambridge University Press, pp

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