Anders Forsman
Professor
Institutionen för biologi och miljö
Fakulteten för hälso- och livsvetenskap
0480-44 61 73070-627 27 38
Kalmarsundslab 297
Anders Forsman undervisar och forskar i biologi med inriktning mot evolutionär ekologi. Han är också ämnesansvarig för forskarutbildningsämnet Ekologi.
Hans forskning handlar om hur evolutionära processer bidrar till mångfalden av form, färg, funktion och beteende mellan olika livsformer. Han undersöker också hur variation mellan individer påverkar populationers och arters ekologiska framgång och förmåga att fortleva i en värld där levnads-betingelserna ständigt förändras.
Forsman studerar insekter (torngräshoppor), grodor, ormar, ödlor, fiskar och däggdjur. Forskningen kombineras av beteendestudier, experiment, genetiska markörer och teoretiska modeller.
Forskningen är av relevans för tillämpad naturvård och kan bidra till ett mer hållbart jordbruk, fiske och skogsbruk.
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Mina forskargrupper
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Evolutionär ekologi Forskning inom evolutionär ekologi syftar till att förstå hur variationsrikedomen inom och mellan olika livsformer har uppkommit.
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Fiskekologi Östersjöns kustnära bestånd av rovfisk, främst abborre och gädda, har under senare decennier minskat kraftigt. Bakomliggande orsaker kan vara förändrade näringsvävar, konkurrens och störda …
Nyheter
- Svårt att förutspå hur den globala uppvärmningen kommer att påverka livet i våra hav och sjöar baserat på nuvarande forskning Nyhet
- Att välja rätt är inte lätt Nyhet
- Hem, ljuva hem! Nyhet
- Ekologi – olikhet ger stabilitet bland djuren i naturen Nyhet
- God planering och flexibilitet förlänger livet Nyhet
Publikationer
Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
- Betzholtz, P., Franzén, M., Forsman, A. (2017). Colour pattern variation can inform about extinction risk in moths. Animal Conservation. 20. 72-79.
- Tinnert, J., Forsman, A. (2017). The role of dispersal for genetic and phenotypic variation : insights from comparisons of sympatric pygmy grasshoppers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 122. 84-97.
- Forsman, A., Berggren, H. (2017). Can spatial sorting associated with spawning migration explain evolution of body size and vertebral number in Anguilla eels?. Ecology and Evolution. 7. 751-761.
- Tibblin, P., Forsman, A., Borger, T., Larsson, P. (2016). Causes and consequences of repeatability, flexibility and individual fine tuning of of migratory timing in pike. Journal of Animal Ecology. 85. 136-145.
- Tinnert, J., Hellgren, O., Lindberg, J., Koch-Schmidt, P., Forsman, A. (2016). Population genetic structure, differentiation, and diversity in Tetrix subulata pygmy grasshoppers : roles of population size and immigration. Ecology and Evolution. 6. 7831-7846.
- Sunde, J., Forsman, A. (2016). Mate choice is not consistent with short-term effects of intraspecific admixture in the common rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 119. 359-369.
- Tibblin, P., Berggren, H., Nordahl, O., Larsson, P., Forsman, A. (2016). Causes and consequences of intra-specific variation in vertebral number. Scientific Reports. 6.
- Tinnert, J., Berggren, H., Forsman, A. (2016). Population-specific effects of interbreeding and admixture on reproductive decisions and offspring quality. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 53. 55-68.
- Berggren, H., Nordahl, O., Tibblin, P., Larsson, P., Forsman, A. (2016). Testing for local adaptation to spawning habitat in sympatric subpopulations of northern pike by reciprocal translocation of embryos. PLoS ONE. 11.
- Karpestam, E., Merilaita, S., Forsman, A. (2016). Colour polymorphism protects prey individuals and populations against predation. Scientific Reports. 6.
- Forsman, A., Betzholtz, P., Franzén, M. (2016). Faster poleward range shifts in moths with more variable colour patterns. Scientific Reports. 6.
- Forsman, A., Betzholtz, P., Markus, F. (2015). Variable coloration is associated with dampened population fluctuations in noctuid moths. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 282.
- Tibblin, P., Forsman, A., Koch-Schmidt, P., Nordahl, O., Johannessen, P., et al. (2015). Evolutionary divergence of adult body size and juvenile growth in sympatric subpopulations of a top predator in aquatic ecosystems. American Naturalist. 186. 98-110.
- Forsman, A. (2014). Effects of genotypic and phenotypic variation on establishment are important for conservation, invasion and infection biology.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111. 302-307.
- Karpestam, E., Merilaita, S., Forsman, A. (2014). Body size influences differently the detectabilities of colour morphs of cryptic prey. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113. 112-122.
- Karpestam, E., Merilaita, S., Forsman, A. (2014). Natural levels of colour polymorphism reduce performance of visual predators searching for camouflaged prey. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 112. 546-555.
- Johansson, J., Caesar, S., Forsman, A. (2013). Multiple paternity increases phenotypic diversity in Tetrix subulata pygmy grasshoppers. Journal of Orthoptera Research. 22. 79-85.
- Karpestam, E., Forsman, A. (2013). Stable isotopes reveal dietary divergence between dispersal phenotypes in Tetrix subulata pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). European Journal of Entomology. 110. 65-70.
- Karpestam, E., Merilaita, S., Forsman, A. (2013). Detection experiments with humans implicate visual predation as a driver of colour polymorphism dynamics in pygmy grasshoppers. BMC Ecology. 13. Article number 17.
- Wennersten, L., Karpestam, E., Forsman, A. (2012). Phenotype manipulation influences microhabitat choice in pygmy grasshoppers. Current Zoology. 58. 392-400.
- Karpestam, E., Merilaita, S., Forsman, A. (2012). Reduced predation risk for melanistic pygmy grasshoppers in post-fire environments. Ecology and Evolution. 2. 2204-2212.
- Berggren, H., Tinnert, J., Forsman, A. (2012). Spatial sorting may explain evolutionary dynamics of wing polymorphism in pygmy grasshoppers.. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25. 2126-2138.
- Wennersten, L., Johansson, J., Karpestam, E., Forsman, A. (2012). Higher establishment success in more diverse groups of pygmy grasshoppers under seminatural conditions. Ecology. 93. 2519-2525.
- Forsman, A., Wennersten, L., Karlsson, M., Caesar, S. (2012). Variation in founder groups promotes establishment success in the wild. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 279. 2800-2806.
- Karpestam, E., Wennersten, L., Forsman, A. (2012). Matching habitat choice by experimentally mismatched phenotypes. Evolutionary Ecology. 26. 893-907.
- Karpestam, E., Forsman, A. (2011). Dietary differences among colour morphs of pygmy grasshoppers revealed by behavioural experiments and stable isotopes.. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 13. 461-477.
- Forsman, A., Karlsson, M., Wennersten, L., Johansson, J., Karpestam, E. (2011). Rapid evolution of fire melanism in replicated populations of pygmy grasshoppers. Evolution. 65. 2530-2540.
- Forsman, A. (2011). Rethinking the thermal melanism hypothesis: rearing temperature and coloration in pygmy grasshoppers. Evolutionary Ecology. 25. 1247-1257.
- Forsman, A., Merilä, J., Ebenhard, T. (2011). Phenotypic evolution of dispersal-enhancing traits in insular voles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 278. 225-232.
- Caesar, S., Karlsson, M., Forsman, A. (2010). Diversity and relatedness enhance survival in colour polymorphic grasshoppers. PLoS ONE. 5.
- Karlsson, M., Forsman, A. (2010). Is melanism in pygmy grasshoppers induced by crowding?. Evolutionary Ecology. 24. 975-983.
- Karlsson, M., Johansson, J., Caesar, S., Forsman, A. (2009). No evidence for developmental plasticity of colour patterns in response to rearing substrate in pygmy grasshoppers. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 87. 1044-1051.
- Forsman, A., Hagman, M. (2009). Association of coloration mode with population declines and endangerment in Australian frogs. Conservation Biology. 23. 1535-1543.
- Caesar, S., Forsman, A. (2009). Do polyandrous pygmy grasshopper females obtain fitness benefits for their offspring?. Behavioral Ecology. 20. 354-361.
- Wennersten, L., Forsman, A. (2009). Does colour polymorphism enhance survival of prey populations?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 276. 2187-2194.
- Forsman, A., Ahnesjö, J., Caesar, S., Karlsson, M. (2008). A model of ecological and evolutionary consequences of color polymorphism. Ecology. 89. 34-40.
- Forsman, A., Åberg, V. (2008). Associations of variable coloration with niche breadth and conservation status among Australian reptiles. Ecology. 89. 1201-1207.
- Forsman, A., Åberg, V. (2008). Variable coloration is associated with more northerly geographic range limits and larger range sizes in North American lizards and snakes. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 10. 1025-1036.
- Karlsson, M., Caesar, S., Forsman, A., Ahnesjö, J. (2008). Dynamics of colour polymorphism in a changing environment: Fire melanism and then what?. Oecologia. 154. 715-724.
- Forsman, A., Ahnesjö, J., Caesar, S. (2007). Fitness benefits of diverse offspring in pygmy grasshoppers. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 9. 1305-1318.
- Caesar, S., Ahnesjö, J., Forsman, A. (2007). Testing the role of co-adapted genes versus bet hedging for mating strategies in colour polymorphic pygmy grasshoppers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 90. 491-499.
- Ahnesjö, J., Forsman, A. (2006). Pygmy grasshoppers (Tetrix sp.) – eye-catching variation. Entomologisk Tidskrift. 127. 145-150.
- Forsman, A., Hagman, M. (2006). Calling is an honest indicator of paternal genetic quality in poison frogs. Evolution. 60. 2148-2157.
- Ahnesjö, J., Forsman, A. (2006). Differential habitat selection by pygmy grasshopper color morphs; interactive effects of temperature and predator avoidance. Evolutionary ecology. 20 (3). 235-257.
- Civantos, E., Forsman, A., Ahnesjö, J. (2005). “Developmental instability and immune function in colour polymorphic pygmy grasshoppers. Evolutionary ecology. 19 (1). 1-14.
- Civantos, E., Ahnesjö, J., Forsman, A. (2005). Immune function, parasitization and extended phenotypes in colour polymorphic pygmy grasshoppers. Biological journal of the Linnean Society. 85 (3). 373-383.
- Forsman, A., Herrström, J. (2004). Asymmetry in size, shape and colour impairs the protective value of conspicuous colour patterns.. Behavioral Ecology. 15:141-147.
- Civantos, E., Ahnesjö, J., Forsman, A., Martin, J., Lopez, P. (2004). Indirect effects of prey coloration on predation risk: grasshoppers versus lizards. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 6. 201-213.
- Nilsson, M., Forsman, A. (2003). Evolution of conspicuous colouration, body size and gregariousness: a comparative analysis of lepidopteran larvae. Evolutionary Ecology. 17. 51-66.
- Forsman, A., Merilaita, S. (2003). Fearful symmetry? Intra-individual comparisons of asymmetry in signalling versus cryptic colour patterns in butterflies.. Evolutionary Ecology 17: 491-507..
- Forsman, A., Hagman, M. (2003). Correlated evolution of conspicuous coloration and body size in poison frogs (Dendrobatidae).. Evolution 57: 2904-2910.
- Ahnesjö, J., Forsman, A. (2003). Correlated evolution of color pattern and body size in polymorphic pygmy grasshoppers, Tetrix undulata.. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 16. 1308-1318.
- Forsman, A., Ringblom, K., Civantos, E., Ahnesjö, J. (2002). Coevolution of color pattern and thermoregulatory behavior in polymorphic pygmy grasshoppers, Tetrix undulata. Evolution. 56. 349-360.
- Forsman, A. (2001). Clutch size versus clutch interval: life history strategies in the colour polymorphic pygmy grasshopper Tetrix subulata. Oecologia. 129. 357-366.
- Forsman, A. (2000). Some like it hot: intra-population variation in behavioral thermoregulation in color-polymorphic pygmy grasshoppers. Evolutionary Ecology. 14. 25-38.
- Civantos, E., Forsman, A. (2000). Determinants of survival in juvenile Psammodromus algirus lizards. Oecologia. 124. 64-72.
- Martin, J., Forsman, A. (1999). Social costs and development of nuptial coloration in male Psammodromus algirus lizards: an experiment. Behavioral Ecology. 10. 396-400.
- Forsman, A. (1999). Reproductive life history variation among colour morphs of the pygmy grasshopper, Tetrix subulata. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 67. 247-261.
- Forsman, A., Merilaita, S. (1999). Fearful symmetry: pattern size and asymmetry affects aposematic signal efficacy. Evolutionary Ecology. 13. 131-140.
- Forsman, A., Appelqvist, S. (1999). Experimental manipulation reveals differential effects of colour pattern on survival in male and female pygmy grasshoppers. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12. 391-401.
- Forsman, A. (1999). Variation in thermal sensitivity of performance among color morphs of a pygmy grasshopper, Tetrix subulata. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12. 869-878.
- Forsman, A. (1999). Temperature influence on escape behaviour in two species of pygmy grasshoppers. Ecoscience. 6. 35-40.
- Forsman, A., Appelqvist, S. (1998). Visual predators impose correlational selection on prey color pattern and behavior. Behavioral Ecology. 9. 409-413.
- Forsman, A., Lindell, L.E. (1997). Responses of a predator to variation in prey abundance: survival and emigration of adders in relation to vole density. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 75. 1099-1108.
- Forsman, A. (1997). Thermal capacity of different colour morphs in the pygmy grasshopper Tetrix subulata. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 34. 145-149.
- Forsman, A., Shine, R. (1997). Rejection of non-adaptive hypotheses for intraspecific variation in trophic morphology in gape-limited predators. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 62. 209-223.
- Lindell, L.E., Forsman, A. (1996). Density effects and snake predation: prey limitation and reduced growth rate of adders at high density of conspecifics. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 74. 1000-1007.
- Lindell, L.E., Forsman, A. (1996). Sexual dichromatism in snakes: support for the flicker-fusion hypothesis. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 74. 2254-2256.
- Forsman, A. (1996). An experimental test for food effects on head size allometry in juvenile snakes. Evolution. 50. 2536-2542.
- Forsman, A. (1996). Body size and net energy gain in gape-limited predators: a model. Journal of Herpetology. 30. 307-319.
- Forsman, A., Lindell, L.E. (1996). Resource dependent growth and body condition dynamics in juvenile snakes: an experiment. Oecologia. 108. 669-675.
- Forsman, A., Shine, R. (1995). Parallel geographic variation in body shape and reproductive life history within the Australian scincid lizard Lampropholis delicata. Functional Ecology. 9. 818-828.
- Forsman, A., Shine, R. (1995). The adaptive significance of colour pattern polymorphism in the Australian scincid lizard Lampropholis delicata. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 55. 273-291.
- Forsman, A. (1995). Opposing fitness consequences of colour pattern in male and female snakes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 8. 53-70.
- Forsman, A. (1995). Heating rates and body temperature variation in melanistic and zigzag Vipera berus: does colour make a difference?. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 32. 365-374.
- Forsman, A., Shine, R. (1995). Sexual size dimorphism in relation to frequency of reproduction in turtles (Testidunes: Emydidae). Copeia. 1995. 727-729.
- Forsman, A. (1994). Growth rate and survival in relation to relative head size in Vipera berus. Journal of Herpetology. 28. 231-238.
- Forsman, A., Merilä, J., Lindell, L.E. (1994). Do scale anomalies cause differential survival in Vipera berus?. Journal of Herpetology. 28. 435-440.
- Lindell, L.E., Forsman, A., Merilä, J. (1993). Variation in number of ventral scales in snakes: effects on body size, growth rate and survival in the adder, Vipera berus. Journal of Zoology. 230. 101-115.
- Forsman, A. (1993). Growth rate in different colour morphs of the adder, Vipera berus, in relation to yearly weather variation. Oikos. 66. 279-285.
- Forsman, A. (1993). Survival in relation to body size and growth rate in the adder, Vipera berus (L.). Journal of Animal Ecology. 62. 647-655.
- Forsman, A., Lindell, L.E. (1993). The advantage of a big head: swallowing performance in adders, Vipera berus (L.). Functional Ecology. 7. 183-189.
- Merilä, J., Forsman, A., Lindell, L.E. (1992). High frequency of ventral scute anomalies in Vipera berus populations.. Copeia. 1992. 1127-1130.
- Forsman, A. (1991). Variation in sexual size dimorphism and maximum body size among adder populations: effects of prey size. Journal of Animal Ecology. 60. 253-267.
- Forsman, A. (1991). Adaptive variation in head size in Vipera berus L. populations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 43. 281-296.
- Forsman, A., Lindell, L.E. (1991). Trade-off between growth and energy storage in male Vipera berus (L.) under different prey densities. Functional Ecology. 5. 717-723.
- Forsman, A., Malmquist, M.G. (1988). Evidence for echolocation in the common shrew, Sorex araneus L. Journal of Zoology. 216. 655-662.
- Hovmark, A., Jaensson, T.G.T., Åsbrink, E., Forsman, A., Jansson, E. (1988). First isolations of Borrelia burgdorferi from rodents collected in Northern Europe. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). 96. 917-920.
- Forsman, A., Ås, S. (1987). Maintenance of colour polymorphism in adder populations, Vipera berus L.: a test of a popular hypothesis. Oikos. 50. 13-16.
Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Forsman, A. (1997). Growth and survival of Vipera berus in a variable environment. Venomous snakes : ecology, evolution and snakebite. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 143-154.
Doktorsavhandling, monografi (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Forsman, A. (1992). Adaptive body and head size variation in populations of the adder Vipera berus. Doctoral Thesis.
Artikel, forskningöversikt (Refereegranskat)
- Forsman, A., Wennersten, L. (2016). Inter-individual variation promotes ecological success of populations and species : evidence from experimental and comparative studies. Ecography. 39. 630-648.
- Forsman, A., Berggren, H., Åström, M.E., Larsson, P. (2016). To what extent can existing research help project climate change impacts on biodiversity in aquatic environments? : A review of methodological approaches. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 4.
- Forsman, A. (2016). Is colour polymorphism advantageous to populations and species?. Molecular Ecology. 25. 2693-2698.
- Larsson, P., Tibblin, P., Koch-Schmidt, P., Engstedt, O., Nilsson, J., et al. (2015). Ecology, evolution, and management strategies of northern pike populations in the Baltic Sea. Ambio. 44. S451-S461.
- Forsman, A., Tibblin, P., Berggren, H., Nordahl, O., Koch-Schmidt, P., et al. (2015). Pike Esox lucius as an emerging model organism for studies in ecology and evolutionary biology: a review.. Journal of Fish Biology. 87. 472-479.
- Forsman, A. (2015). Rethinking phenotypic plasticity and its consequences for individuals, populations and species.. Heredity. 115. 276-284.
- Wennersten, L., Forsman, A. (2012). Population-level consequences of polymorphism, plasticity and randomized phenotype switching: a review of predictions. Biological Reviews. 87. 756-767.
Manuskript (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt (populärvetenskap, debatt))
- Ahnesjö, J., Forsman, A. (2006). Torngräshoppor (Tetrix sp.) – iögonfallande variation. Entomologisk Tidskrift. 127. 145-150.
- Forsman, A. (1993). Kapprustning i Stockholms skärgård. Fauna och Flora. 88. 20-24.
- Jaensson, T., Meijlon, H., Hovmark, A., Åsbrink, E., Forsman, A. (1989). Den fästingöverförda Borreliainfektionen i Sverige. Fauna och flora : populär tidskrift för biologi. 84. 124-129.