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Per Milberg

Adjunct Professor

Biodiversity and species has always interested me and, consequently, how we should preserve and recreate natural environments.

Presentation

Two convictions have driven my research about nature conservation: 1) that we need to preserve as much as possible of Earth's biota; 2) that data collected for research of monitoring must be more efficiently used.

I want to contribute to the goals of nature conservation by providing knowledge about species and their occurrences that today is missing. The long-term goal is to convert own and other’s data into decision support for practical conservation work.

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Publications

2025

Markus Franzén, Niklas Jansson, M. Avci, A. Brin, H. Brustel, J. Budka, J. Buse, G. Carpaneto, S. Chiari, L. Cizek, M. Coskun, J. Dagley, P. M. Hammond, E. Mico, T. Oncul Abacigil, T. Pavlicek, J. Schlaghamersky, P. Sebek, A. Sverdrup-Thygeson, S. Vural Varli, Lars Westerberg, I. Wilde, A. Zauli, Per Milberg (2025) Taxonomic and Trophic Groups Mediate Latitudinal Variation in Saproxylic Beetle Species Richness and Body Size Across Western Palaearctic Oak Forests Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 15, Article e71574 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Markus Franzén, Victor Johansson, Per Milberg (2025) Long-term woody species dynamics following meadow abandonment in a strictly protected area Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 592, Article 122837 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jonas Jacobsson, Jonas Fridman, Anna-Lena Axelsson, Per Milberg (2025) An aging population? A century of change among Swedish forest trees Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 580, Article 122509 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Per Milberg, Karl-Olof Bergman, Linnéa Björklund, Lars Westerberg (2025) The potential of weeds in arable fields to support pollinator assemblages Weed research (Print), Vol. 65, Article e12673 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Per Milberg, Karl-Olof Bergman, Gabriella Fjellander, Malin Tälle, Lars Westerberg (2024) Bumblebee Abundance in Species-Rich Grasslands in Southern Sweden Decreases with Increasing Amount of Arable Land at a Landscape Level Insects, Vol. 15, Article 982 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News

butterfly sitting on wild flower

Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest

For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields. Results from a new study of 32,000 butterflies provide important knowledge about how to form the landscape to ensure the survival of butterflies.

Research group

The picture shows two six-spot burnets on a purple flower

Conservation Ecology Group

The management of species-rich grassland and deciduous forests have changed drastically over the last 80 years. Many species have become rare and endangered as the resources and habitat decreased. We study what is needed to preserve diversity.

Related

butterfly sitting on wild flower

Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest

For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields. Results from a new study of 32,000 butterflies provide important knowledge about how to form the landscape to ensure the survival of butterflies.
The picture shows two six-spot burnets on a purple flower

Conservation Ecology Group

The management of species-rich grassland and deciduous forests have changed drastically over the last 80 years. Many species have become rare and endangered as the resources and habitat decreased. We study what is needed to preserve diversity.
butterfly sitting on wild flower

Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest

For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields. Results from a new study of 32,000 butterflies provide important knowledge about how to form the landscape to ensure the survival of butterflies.

Publication list

2025

Markus Franzén, Niklas Jansson, M. Avci, A. Brin, H. Brustel, J. Budka, J. Buse, G. Carpaneto, S. Chiari, L. Cizek, M. Coskun, J. Dagley, P. M. Hammond, E. Mico, T. Oncul Abacigil, T. Pavlicek, J. Schlaghamersky, P. Sebek, A. Sverdrup-Thygeson, S. Vural Varli, Lars Westerberg, I. Wilde, A. Zauli, Per Milberg (2025) Taxonomic and Trophic Groups Mediate Latitudinal Variation in Saproxylic Beetle Species Richness and Body Size Across Western Palaearctic Oak Forests Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 15, Article e71574 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Markus Franzén, Victor Johansson, Per Milberg (2025) Long-term woody species dynamics following meadow abandonment in a strictly protected area Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 592, Article 122837 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jonas Jacobsson, Jonas Fridman, Anna-Lena Axelsson, Per Milberg (2025) An aging population? A century of change among Swedish forest trees Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 580, Article 122509 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Per Milberg, Karl-Olof Bergman, Linnéa Björklund, Lars Westerberg (2025) The potential of weeds in arable fields to support pollinator assemblages Weed research (Print), Vol. 65, Article e12673 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Per Milberg, Karl-Olof Bergman, Gabriella Fjellander, Malin Tälle, Lars Westerberg (2024) Bumblebee Abundance in Species-Rich Grasslands in Southern Sweden Decreases with Increasing Amount of Arable Land at a Landscape Level Insects, Vol. 15, Article 982 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Per Milberg, Kurt Christensen (2024) Raunkiær's oaks: mortality and growth among old oaks in a Danish deer park Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
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
Per Milberg, Johanna Strandhag (2024) How spruce and pine fare in a wooded meadow without management for a century Baltic Forestry, Vol. 30, Article 732 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Per Milberg, Markus Franzén, Amanda Karpaty Wickbom, Sabine Svelander, Victor Johansson (2024) Pollinator activity and flowering in agricultural weeds in Sweden Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 14, Article e11725 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Mattias Finndin, Per Milberg (2024) The population development of small trees and shrubs after 100 years of free succession of a wooded meadow in southern Sweden Silva Fennica, Vol. 58, Article 23071 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Per Milberg, Anna Palm (2024) Using citizen science data to compare flight phenology of two oligolectic bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) with the flowering of their host plants European Journal of Entomology, Vol. 121, p. 67-72 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Singarayer Florentine, Per Milberg, Martin Westbrooke (2023) Potential contributions of the soil seed bank and seed rain for accelerating the restoration of riparian catchments in Australia Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol. 47, Article e02645 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Alistair G. Auffret, Pieter Vangansbeke, Pieter De Frenne, Inger Auestad, Sofia Basto, Ulf Grandin, Hans Jacquemyn, Anna Jakobsson, Rein Kalamees, Marcus A. Koch, Rob Marrs, Bryndis Marteinsdottir, Markus Wagner, Renee M. Bekker, Hans Henrik Bruun, Guillaume Decocq, Martin Hermy, Malgorzata Jankowska-Blaszczuk, Per Milberg, Inger E. Maren, Robin J. Pakeman, Gareth K. Phoenix, Ken Thompson, Hans Van Calster, Vigdis Vandvik, Jan Plue (2023) More warm-adapted species in soil seed banks than in herb layer plant communities across Europe Journal of Ecology, Vol. 111, p. 1009-1020 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Per Milberg, Malin Talle (2023) Maintaining an open landscape: Comparison of management methods for semi-natural grasslands: A Swedish multi-site study Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol. 48, Article e02721 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2022

Kristin Ludewig, Yves P. Klinger, Tobias W. Donath, Lukas Bärmann, Carsten Eichberg., Jacob Gadegaad. Thomsen, Eugen Görzen, Wiebke Hansen, Eliza M. Hasselquist, Thierry Helminger, Frida Kaiskog, Emma Karlsson, Torsten Kirchner, Carola Knudsen, Nikola Lenzewski, Sigrid Lindmo, Per Milberg, Daniel Pruchniewicz, Richter, Tobias M. Sandner, Judith M. Sarneel., Ralf Schmiede, Simone Schneider, Kathrin Schwarz, Åsa Tjäder, Tokarska-Guzik, Claudia Walczak, Odile Weber, Ludwik Żołnierz, Rolf Lutz Eckstein (2022) Phenology of Lupinus polyphyllus from Central to Northern Europe
Kristin Ludewig, Yves P. Klinger, Tobias W. Donath, Lukas Bärmann, Carsten Eichberg, Jacob Gadegaad Thomsen, Eugen Görzen, Wiebke Hansen, Eliza M. Hasselquist, Thierry Helminger, Frida Kaiskog, Emma Karlsson, Torsten Kirchner, Carola Knudsen, Nikola Lenzewski, Sigrid Lindmo, Per Milberg, Daniel Pruchniewicz, Elisabeth Richter, Tobias M. Sandner, Judith M. Sarneel, Ralf Schmiede, Simone Schneider, Kathrin Schwarz, Åsa Tjäder, Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, Claudia Walczak, Odile Weber, Ludwik Żołnierz, Rolf Lutz Eckstein (2022) Phenology and morphology of the invasive legume Lupinus polyphyllus along a latitudinal gradient in Europe NeoBiota, Phenology of Lupinus polyphyllus from Central to Northern Europe, Vol. 78, p. 185-206 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Marine Elbakidze, Lucas Dawson, Per Milberg, Grzegorz Mikusinski, Marcus Hedblom, Ivan Kruhlov, Taras Yamelynets, Christina Schaffer, Karl-Eric Johansson, Mykhailo Grodzynskyi (2022) Multiple factors shape the interaction of people with urban greenspace: Sweden as a case study Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Vol. 74, Article 127672 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2021

Lars Westerberg, Hilda-Linn Berglund, Dennis Jonason, Per Milberg (2021) Colour pan-traps often catch less when there are more flowers around
Per Milberg, Victor Eriksson, Karl-Olof Bergman (2021) Assemblages of flower-visiting insects in clear-cuts are rich and dynamic
Maria Liljeroos, Per Milberg, Barbro Krevers, Anna Milberg (2021) Dying within dyads: Stress, sense of security and support during palliative home care PLOS ONE, Vol. 16, Article e0257274 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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