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Victor Johansson

Associate Professor

I develop population models that can be used to simulate future population persistence under different scenarios of management and climate change.

Presentation

I have a general interest in landscape and (meta)population ecology, and its applications for conservation.

I have mainly worked with colonization-extinction dynamics, dispersal and persistence of sessile species (e.g. lichens, mosses, fungi and vascular plants), but lately I have gained an increased interest in pollinators. Right now, I work a lot with population dynamics of butterflies in relation to grazing and extreme weather. I work 50% at Linköping University and 50% at Calluna AB.

Publications

2026

Markus Franzén, Emil Ideskar, Victor Johansson, Per Milberg (2026) Structural recovery but compositional shift: Eight decades of forest succession under strict protection Biological Conservation, Vol. 313, Article 111588 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Markus Franzén, Victor Johansson (2025) Recent butterfly extinctions in Sweden reveal the inadequacy of site-based protection and the need for landscape-scale management Conservation Science and Practice (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Karl-Olof Bergman, Rebecca Petersen, Victor Johansson, Lars Westerberg, Per Milberg, Niklas Jansson (2025) From clear-cuts to nature reserves: saproxylic beetle diversity and deadwood availability in Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) stands in southern Sweden Annals of Forest Science, Vol. 82, Article 37 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Markus Franzén, Anders Forsman, Oskar Kindvall, Victor Johansson (2025) Distance of movement in three threatened butterfly species Ecological Entomology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Per Milberg, Kurt Christensen, Markus Franzén, Victor Johansson (2025) Mortality and growth rates in two populations of ancient oaks over a century Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 597, Article 123117 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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