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Karl-Olof Bergman

Associate Professor, Docent

I believe in increasing our knowledge how to preserve species and ecosystems.

Presentation

My main interest is in the field of conservation biology and I have broad interest with regard to organisms. I have been studying plants, lichens, butterflies, beetles and frogs, everything in the context of increasing our knowledge how to preserve species and ecosystems.

Karl-Olof BergmanI did my PhD about the conservation of a threatened butterfly, the Woodland Brown, (Lopinga achine). The project dealt with detailed autoecological studies such as choice of host plant, habitat selection, and dispersal ability. The effects of patch area, isolation, and successional stages were also examined.
Monitoring of invertebrates is another field that I have been working with. I am the main adviser in development of monitoring of butterflies and bumblebees in the NILS (National Inventory of the Landscape in Sweden) project. I have written the monitoring methods for butterflies, bumblebees, dung beetles and grasshoppers for SEPA.
I have a personal and professional interest in tropical conservation and I enjoy travelling and photographing in tropical areas. Visit my personal Instagram account to see some photos from the tropics.

Publications

2024

Per Milberg, Karl-Olof Bergman, Niklas Jansson, Henrik Norman, Fia Sundin, Lars Westerberg, Victor Johansson (2024) Short Spatiotemporal Fire History Explains the Occurrence of Beetles Favoured by Fire Insects, Vol. 15, Article 775 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Victor Johansson, Demieka Seabrook Sawenfalk, Karl-Olof Bergman, Oskar Kindvall, John Askling, Markus Franzén (2024) Oviposition preferences and larval survival of the marsh fritillary butterfly: The adverse impact of grazing Insect Conservation and Diversity (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2021

Per Milberg, Victor Eriksson, Karl-Olof Bergman (2021) Assemblages of flower-visiting insects in clear-cuts are rich and dynamic
Per Milberg, Victor Eriksson, Karl-Olof Bergman (2021) Assemblages of flower-visiting insects in clear-cuts are rich and dynamic European Journal of Entomology, Assemblages of flower-visiting insects in clear-cuts are rich and dynamic, Vol. 118, p. 182-191 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2020

Per Milberg, Karl-Olof Bergman, Anders Glimskar, Sigrid Nilsson, Malin Tälle (2020) Site factors are more important than management for indicator species in semi-natural grasslands in southern Sweden Plant Ecology, Vol. 221, p. 577-594 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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