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STIG LARSSON - CURRICULUM VITAE (December 2013)
CURRENT POSITION AND ADDRESS
Professor in Forest Entomology;
Department of Ecology, PO Box 7044, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
(SLU), SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden;
Stig.Larsson@slu.se
Personal home page: http://www.slu.se/ecology_stiglarsson
BORN
1947, married, two children (born -79, -82)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Tree-herbivore interactions, Insect Population Ecology, Climate Change Effects on
Biota
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
BSc (Fil.mag.), Uppsala University, 1972;
PhD in Entomology, Uppsala University, 1980;
Unappointed Associate Professor (Docent), SLU, 1984
APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor ('Forskarassistent'), SLU,1982–1988;
Senior Research Scientist ('Forskare'), SLU, grants from NFR, 1988–1992;
Associate Professor ('Högskolelektor'), SLU, 1992–1993;
Professor, SLU, 1993–present
POST DOC & VISITS
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon State University, USA, 1981, (9 months);
Visiting Scientist, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 1985/1986 (6 months);
Visiting Scientist, Florida State University, USA, 1990 (3 months);
Visiting Scientist, Padova University, Italy, 2004 (2 months)
Visiting Professor, Univ. of Natural Resources and Life Sci., Vienna, 2012, (2 weeks)
TEACHING
Teaching assistant Basic Biology, Dept. of Zoology, Uppsala University, 1973;
Teaching Certificate from Teachers College (Lärarhögskolan), Uppsala University,
1974;
Lecturer at courses in Ecological Zoology and Entomology at Uppsala University,
1983-1991;
Lecturer at courses in Forest Entomology, Agricultural Entomology and Biotechnical
Plant Pathology, Insect Ecology at the Department of Entomology (former
Department of Plant and Forest Protection), SLU;
Organizer and lecturer of advanced course (D-level) in Insect Ecology, SLU 2000-
2002, 2006;
Coorganizer (with R.F. Denno, Univ of Maryland, USA and E. Rubio, La Universidad
del Zulia, Venezuela) of graduate course in Tropical Insect Ecology with field
course in Venezuela 12-31 January, 1987;
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Organizer and lecturer of graduate course in Bark Beetle Biology (1983) and
Plant/Insect Interactions (1991) at the Department of Plant and Forest Protection,
SLU;
Organized (with C. Solbreck) graduate course on Insect Ecology with D.R. Strong as
the main teacher at the Department of Plant and Forest Protection, SLU (1989);
Coorganizer (with R.F. Denno, University of Maryland, USA and B. Benrey/R. Dirzo,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) of graduate course in Tropical
Insect Ecology with field course in Los Tuxlas, Mexico during 5 January – 5
February, 1996;
PhD-STUDENTS
Christer Björkman, ”Interactions between a pine sawfly, its host and natural enemies
as mediated by plant chemicals”, PhD received 31 May 1991;
Carolyn Glynn ”Costs in the interactions between a gall midge and willow”, PhD
received 13 September, 1996;
Håkan Häggström ”Variable plant quality and performance of the willow-feeding leaf
beetle Galerucella lineola”, PhD received 28 November 1997;
Agnis Smits ”Responses of Bupalus piniarius to plant quality variation generated by
larval feeding”, PhD received 23 March 2001;
Olov Paulsson ”Induced resistance in basket willow against a gall midge”, PhD
received 24 May 2002;
Weronika Linkovski ”Spatial distribution patterns and success of aspen gall midges
[Harmandia spp.]”, PhLic received 12 October 2000;
Solveig Höglund ”Induced plant responses in willow to a gall-forming insect”, PhD
received 10 December 2010;
Cecilia Ronnås “Population ecology at the range edge – survival and dispersal of a
high-density lepidopteran population”, PhD received 16 December 2011;
GRANT SUPPORT OF RESEARCH (from 1989)
1989-92 Direct and indirect effects of plants on herbivorous insects. Swedish
Natural Science Research Council, SEK 742 500;
1991-93 Plant protection in willow plantations. Swedish Energy Administration, 1
SEK 259 000;
1991/92 The relation between tree vigor and resistance against insects. National
Swedish Environmental Protection Board, SEK 150 000;
1991-96 Resistance mechanisms in trees against insects. Swedish Council of
Forestry and Agricultural Research, SEK 1665 000 (including funding for
postdoc position);
1991-94 Insect pests in willow plantations. Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning, SEK
1728 000;
1991-1995 Resistance mechanisms in plants. Swedish Natural Science Research
Council, SEK 1292 000 (including funding for "doktorandtjänst");
1992-94 Plant/insect interactions. Swedish Natural Science Research Council. SEK
204 000;
1993-1996 Plant protection in willow plantations. NUTEK, SEK 1800 000;
1994-95 Plant/insect interactions. Swedish Natural Science Research Council, SEK
113 400;
1995 Insect pests in willow plantations. Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning SEK
608 000;
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1995-96 Systemic acquired resistance in Salix viminalis against the gall midge
Dasineura marginemtorquens. Swedish Natural Science Research
Council, SEK 136 000;
1996-98 Insect pest in willow plantations. Stiftelsen lantbruksforskning, SEK 1
305 000;
1997 The risk for insect outbreaks on stressed trees. SJFR, SEK 195 000;
1997 Visiting scientist grant to Julia Koricheva, STINT, SEK 250 000;
1997-99 Plant protection in willow plantations. NUTEK, SEK 2400 000;
1997-2001 Resistance mechanisms in willow (postgraduate fellowship) NFR, SEK
1476 000:
1997 -99 Induced resistance in willow against a gall former: active defence or lack
of recognition. NFR, SEK 335 000;
1998 Prognosis of pine looper outbreaks. C.F. Lundström foundation, SEK
100 000;
1998 Towards sustainable forest protection in Latvia, KVA, SEK 90 000;
1999-2001 Tree vigor and insect attack. SJFR, SEK 555 000;
2000-2003 Resistance against insects in Salix plantations – genotype x environment
interactions. STEM, SEK 1556 400;
2001-2004 Conservation of biodiversity in managed forests. Joint project with Prof.
Kjell Danell, SLU, Umeå. SLU, SEK 14000 000;
2006-2008 Genetic variation in induced resistance against a gall-forming insect.
FORMAS, SEK 1900 000;
2006-2008 Processionary moth governance – When, why and how should society
intervene in natural biological systems? Joint project with Prof. Rolf
Lidskog, Örebro University. FORMAS, SEK 3900 000;
TALKS GIVEN AT CONFERENCES (from 1989)
Insect performance on stressed trees. Invited speaker at a IUFRO-Symposium on
"Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees", Abakan, Sovjet,
August 1989;
Responses of sawfly larvae to variable needle quality. Invited speaker at a symposium
on "Population Dynamics of Forest insects", Edinburgh, September 1989;
Why theories in plant/insect ecology are short-lived. Invited speaker at a workshop on
"Variability of Insect-Plant Interactions" arranged by the European Science
Foundation Network on Insect-Plant Interactions, Budapest, August 1991;
Performance of insects with different feeding habits on experimentally droughtstressed
Norway spruce trees. IUFRO meeting on "The role of stress in the
population dynamics of forest pests", Zakopane, Poland, 1991;
Oviposition choice and larval survival of Dasineura marginemtorquens (Diptera:
Cecidomyidae) on resistant and susceptible Salix viminalis. Invited speaker at the
XIX International Congress of Entomology, Beijing, China, July 1992;
Host plant use in cecidomyiids: problems in being short-lived. IUFRO meeting on
"Mechanisms and genetics of plant defence", Maui, Hawaii, 1994;
Role of plant vigor and natural enemies in the poopulation dynamics of a willow gall
midge (Dasineura marginemtorquens), IUFRO meeting on "Behavior, Population
Dynamics and Control and its rationale", Maui, Hawaii, 1994;
Stessed and vigorous trees - contrasting explanations for forest insect outbreaks.
Invited speaker at the IUFRO World Congress, Tampere, Finland, August 1995;
Terpenoids in pine-insect relationships. Invited speaker at symposium on "Secondary
Metabolism in Plant and Plant Cell", Leiden, the Netherlands, February 1996;
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Intraspecific variation in willow resistance against a gall-forming cecidomyiid.
Invited speaker at a symposium on "Tree Resistance to Insects" at the
Entomological Society of Canada Meeting, Fredericton, Canada, October 1996;
Induced resistance in plants against gall-forming insect: Active defence or lack of
recognition. Invited speaker at a symposium on "Insect-Plant Coevolution" at the
XX International Congress of Entomology, Florens, Italy, August 1996;
Variation in resistance. Invited speaker at the conference on "Alpine Ecology and
Biogeography", La Thuile, Italy, September 1997;
Plant Quality and Insect Population Dynamics – Role of Tri-trophic Interactions.
Invited speaker at a symposium on "Multitrophic Interactions" at the Gordon
conference on Plant Herbivore Interactions, Ventura, California, February 1998;
Genotypic variation in chitinase activity in willo and resistance to a galling insect.
XXI International Congress of Entomology, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, August 2000;
Overview of mechanisms of resistance in trees to insects. Invited speaker at the XXI
International Congress of Entomology, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, August 2000;
Hypersensitivity as a resistance mechanism in Salix viminalis against Dasineura
marginemtorquens. 3 rd International Symposium on the Biology of Gall-inducing
Arthropods, Stellenbosch, South Africa, January 2002;
Hypersensitivity responses and plant resistance to insects. 12th Symposium on Insect-
Plant Relationships, Berlin, August 2004;
Conservation of biodiversity in managed forests, Invited speaker at the XXII
International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia, August 2004;
Variation in resistance in willow against a gall-forming cecidomyiid, Invited speaker
at the XII International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa, July,
2008
COMMISSIONS
External examiner ("opponent") at doctoral dissertation, Bengt Karlsson, Dept. of
Zoology, University of Stockholm 1989;
External examiner ("opponent") at doctoral dissertation, Sinikka Hanhimäki, Dept of
Biology, University of Turku, Finland, 1993;
External examiner ("opponent") at doctoral dissertation, Kari Saikkonen, Dept of
Biology, University of Turku, Finland, 1994;
External examinar at doctoral dissertation, Peter Ochsner, Dept. of Zoology, Aarhus
University, Denmark, 1998;
External examiner of doctoral dissertations, Emiliano Buffo & Hamid Hamid, Padova
University, Italy, 2006;
External examiner of PhD-dissertations from Turku University, Finland (1999) and
University of Joensuu, Finland (2000 and 2002);
Sixteen times member of evaluation committee for PhD dissertations at Swedish
universities (Uppsala, Lund, Stockholm, Göteborg, SLU);
Three times reviewer for promotion to associate professor (”docentkompetens”) at
Swedish universities;
Reviewer, University of California, Riverside, promotion to Associate Professor, Dr.
Arthur Weis;
Reviewer, University of California, Davis, promotion to Associate Professor, Dr.
Sharon Strauss;
Reviewer, Tuft University, USA, promotion to Associate Professor, Dr. Colin M.
Orians, September 2000;
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Reviewer, University of California, Davis, promotion to the upper level of the
Professor series, Dr. Donald Strong, August 2007;
Reviewer, Växjö universitet, promotion to Full Professor, Dr. Anders Forsman;
Reviewer, Stockolm university, promotion to Full Professor, Dr. Johan Ehrlén;
External reviwer for professorship in Forest Zoology at the Finnish Forest Researsh
Institute (10 applicants);
External reviewer for position as associate professor in Plant Ecology at the Freie
Universität Berlin (ranking of 3 top candidates), 2005;
Member of NSERC evaluation committee for Industrial Research Chair at the
University of British Columbia, Canada, 2010;
Member of the evaluation committee of the Lamm Reasearch Foundation (1994-
2001);
Member of the evaluation committee of the Swedish Research Council for
Environment, Agricultiural Sciences and Spatial Planning, FORMAS (Ecology
Committee) (2001-2004);
Coorganizer (with Dr. Erkki Haukioja) of a symposium on "Evolution of plantherbivore
relationship:integratiopn of biochemical, ecological and environmental
aspects" at the Sixth Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology,
Arnhem, the Netherlands, August 1997;
Coorganizer (with Dr. Kjell Danell) of a Swedish/Finnish workshop on "Science and
the Management of Boreal Forest Diversity", held at Olofsfors, Sweden, 27-30
September, 1999;
Coorganizer (with Dr. Peter Hambäck) of a workshop on ”Scaling up plant/herbivore
interactions from small-scale experiments to heterogeneous landscapes” at the IX
European Ecological Congress, Lund, Sweden, July 2002;
Organizer of a symposium on “Insects and Diseases” at the 13 th meeting of the
International Boreal Forest Research Association, Umeå, August 2006;
Organizer (with B. Ekbom, C. Björkman) of the 13 th Syposium of Insect-Plant
Interactions, Uppsala, August 2007;
Coorganizer (with Melodie McGeoch) of the Ecology Section at the XII International
Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa, July, 2008;
Research proposals reviewed for the National Environment Research Council, UK,
the Israel Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada, Swedish Council of Forestry and Agricultural Research,
SamNordisk Skovforskning, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research,
Östersjöstiftelsen; Faroese Research Council
Papers reviewed for: Oikos, Ecography, Oecologia, Functional Ecology , Ecology,
Ecological Applications, PNAS, Trends in Plant Science, Ecology Letters,
Ecoscience, Ecological Entomology, Trees, Scandinavian Journal of Forestry
Research, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Annales des Sciences
Forestières, Ambio, Vegetatio, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Silva
Fennica, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Forest Ecology and
Management, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Chemoecology, Agricultural and
Forest Entomology; PLoS One
Subject Editor for OIKOS 1999-2008 (decided on 542 manuscripts);
Member of Editorial Board, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology;
Member of Editorial Board, Agricultural and Forest Entomology;
Board member, strategic research programme (MISTRA) on "Sustainable Forestry in
Southern Sweden", 1996-1997;
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Member of external evaluation group for Entomology Branch at Forestry
Commission, UK, September 1998;
Member of the advisory board for the project ”Mixed forest stands as a means of
sustainable forest management”, Turku University, Finland, 2001-2003:
Member of the advisory board for EU project on ”Global change and pine
processionary moth: a new challenge for integrated pest management”, 2002-
2005;
External reviewer at the annual seminar of the Centre of Excellence for Forest
Ecology and Management, University of Joensuu, Finland, April 2002;
Short-term Consultancy on forest entomology and pests in Belarus for Swedforest (as
a prt of the World Bank Belarus Forestry Development Project), three weeks in
July 1996 with two weeks field work in Belarus;
Chairman, Board of Master Programme in Natural Resources, SLU, 1996-1998;
Member and vice chair of the Appointments Board, SLU, 2004-2008;
Vice Dean, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, SLU, 2007-2009;
Vice Dean (prodekanus) and vice chair of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Natural
Resources and Agricultural Sciences, SLU, 2010-2012 (May);
Dean and chair of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Natural resources and Agricultural
Sciences June-December, 2012;
Associate Director of the research programme Future Forests 2009-2012.
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PUBLICATIONS – STIG LARSSON
A. ORIGINAL PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
According to ISI Web of Science (July 2013), a total of 72 original papers in
international refereed journals, cited in total 3,480 times; h-index 31.
Lidskog, R., Sundqvist, G., Kall, A-C, Sandin, P. & Larsson, S. 2013. Intensive
forestry in Sweden: stakeholder’s evaluation of benefits and risk. Journal of
Integrative Environmental Sciences 10:145-160
Battisti, A., Marini, L., Pitacco, A. & Larsson, S. 2013. Solar radiation directly affects
larval performance of a forest insect. Ecological Entomology 38: 553-559
Cassel-Lundhagen, A., Ronnås, C., Battisti, A., Wallén, J. & Larsson, S. 2013.
Stepping-stone expansion and habitat loss explain a peculiar genetic structure and
distribution of a forest insect. Molecular Ecology 22: 3362-3375
Höglund, S., Rönnberg-Wästljung, AC., Lagercrantz, U. & Larsson, S. 2012. A rare
major plant QTL determines non-responsiveness to a gall-forming insect in
willow. Tree Genetics & Genomics 8:1051-1060
Ronnås, C., Cassel-Lundhagen, A., Battisti, A. & Larsson, S. 2011. Limited
emigration from an outbreak of a forest pest. Molecular Ecology 20: 4606-4617
Battisti, A., Holm, G., Fagrell, B. & Larsson, S. 2011. Urticating hairs in arthropods –
their nature and medical significance. Annual Review of Entomology 56:203-220
Ronnås, C., Larsson, S., Pitacco, A. & Battisti A. 2010. Effects of colony size on larval
performance in a processionary moth. Ecological Entomology 35:436-445
Fagrell, B., Jörneskog, G., Salomonsson, A-C., Larsson, S., Holm G. 2008. Skin
reactions induced by experimental exposure to setae from larvae of the northern
pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pinivora). Contact Dermatitis 59:290-
295
Granberg, M., Lidskog, R. & Larsson, S. 2008. Dealing with uncertainty: a case study
of controlling insect populations in natural ecosystems. Local Environment
13:641-652
Aimi, A., Larsson, S., Ronnås, C., Frazao, J. & Battisti, A. 2008. Growth and survival
of larvae of Thaumetopoea pinivora inside and outside a local outbreak area.
Agricultural and Forest Entomology 10:225-232
Zovi, D., Stastny, M., Battisti, A. & Larsson, S. 2008. Ecological costs on local
adaptation of an insect herbivore imposed by host plants and natural enemies.
Ecology 89:1388-1398
Glynn, C., Herms, D.A., Orians, C.M., Hansen, R.C. & Larsson, S. 2007. Testing the
growth—differentiation balance hypothesis: dynamic responses of willows to
nutrient availability. New Phytologist 176:623-634
Buffo, E., Battisti, A., Stastny, M. & Larsson, S. 2007. Temperature as a predictor of
survival in the pine processionary moth in the Italian Alps. Agricultural and Forest
Entomology 9:65-72
McGeoch, M., Schroeder, M., Ekbom, B. & Larsson, S. 2007. Saproxylic beetle
diversity in a managed boreal forest: importance of stand characteristics and
forestry conservation measures. Diversity and Distributions 13:418-429
Schroeder, L.M., Ranius, T., Ekbom, B. & Larsson, S. 2007. Spatial occurrence in a
habitat-tracking metapopulation of a saproxylic beetle inhabiting a managed forest
landscape. Ecological Applications 17:900-909
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Schroeder, L.M., Ranius, T., Ekbom, B. & Larsson, S. 2006. Recruitment of
saproxylic beetles in high stumps created for maintaining biodiversity in a boreal
forest landscape. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research 36:2168-2178
Ekbom, B., Schroeder, M. & Larsson, S. 2006. Stand specific occurrence of coarse
woody debris in a managed boreal forest landscape in central Sweden. Forest
Ecology and Management 221:2-12
Stastny, M., Battisti, A., Petrucco-Toffolo, E., Schlyter, F. & Larsson S. 2006. Host
plant use in the expansion range of the pine processionary moth. Ecological
Entomology 31:481-490
Battisti, A., Stastny, M., Buffo, E. & Larsson, S. 2006. A rapid altitudinal range
expansion in the pine processionary moth produced by the 2003 climatic anomaly.
Global Change Biology 12:662-671
Werner, S.M., Albers, M.A., Cryderman, T., Diminic, D., Heyd, R., Hrasovic, B.,
Kobro, S., Larsson, S., Mech, R., Niemelä, P., Rousi, M., Raffa, K.F., Scanlon, K.
& Weber, S. 2006. Is the outbreak status of Thrips calcaratus Uzel in North
America due to altered host relationships? Forest Ecology and Management
225:200-206
Battisti, A., Stastny, M., Netherer, S., Robinet, C., Schopf, A., Roques, A. & Larsson,
S. 2005. Expansion of geographic range in the pine processionary moth caused by
increased winter temperatures. Ecological Applications 15:2084-2096
Höglund, S., Larsson, S. & Wingsle, G. 2005. Both hypersensitive and nonhypersensitive
responses are associated with resistance in Salix viminalis against
the gall midge Daisneura marginemtorquens. Journal of Experimental Botany
56:3215-3222
Höglund, S. & Larsson, S. 2005. Abiotic induction of susceptibility in insect-resistant
willow. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 115:89-96
Ollerstam, O. & Larsson, S. 2003. Salicylic acid mediates resistance in the willow
Salix viminalis against the gall midge Dasineura marginemtorquens. Journal of
Chemical Ecology. 29:163-174
Ollerstam, O., Rohfritsch, O., Höglund, S. & Larsson, S. 2002. A rapid hypersensitive
response associated with resistance in the willow Salix viminalis against the gall
midge Dasineura marginemtorquens. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
102:153-162
Smits, A., Larsson, S. & Hopkins, R. 2001. Reduced realised fecundity in the pine
looper Bupalus piniarius caused by host plant defoliation. Ecological Entomology
26:417-424
Björkman, C., Höglund, S., Eklund, K. & Larsson, S. 2000. Effects of leaf beetle
damage on stem wood production in coppicing willow. Agricultural and Forest
Entomology 2:131-139
Larsson, S., Ekbom, B. & Björkman, C. 2000. Influence of plant quality on pine
sawfly population dynamics. Oikos 89:440-450
Glynn, C. & Larsson, S. 2000. Rapid gall midge adaptation to a resistant willow
genotype. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 2:115-121
Smits, A. & Larsson, S. 1999. Effects of previous defoliation on pine looper larval
performance. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 1:19-26
Björkman, C., Kytö, M., Larsson, S. & Niemelä, P. 1998. Opposite responses of two
carbon-based defences in Scots pine needles to nitrogen fertilization. Ecoscience
5:502-507
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Koricheva, J., Larsson, S., Haukioja, E. & Keinänen, M. 1998. Regulation of woody
plant secondary metabolism by resource availability: hypothesis testing by means
of meta-analysis. Oikos 84:212-226
Koricheva, J., Larsson, S. & Haukioja, E. 1998. Insect performance on experimentally
stressed plants: a meta-analysis. Annual Review of Entomology 43:195-216
Haukioja, E., Ossipov, V., Koricheva, J., Honkanen, T., Larsson, S. & Lempa, K.
1998. Biosynthetic origin of carbon-based secondary compounds: cause of
variable responses of woody plants to fertilization. Chemoecology 8:133-139
Hellqvist, S. & Larsson, S. 1998. Host acceptance and larval development of the gall
midge Dasineura tetensi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on resistant and susceptible
black currant. Entomol. Fennica 9:95-102
Larsson, S., Häggström, H.E. & Denno, R.F. 1997. Preference for protected feeding
sites by larvae of the willow-feeding leaf beettle Galerucella lineola. Ecological
Entomology 22:445-452
Björkman, C., Larsson, S. & Bommarco, R. 1997. Oviposition preferences in pine
sawflies: a trade-off between larval growth and defense against natural enemies.
Oikos 79:45-52
Liu, Z. & Larsson, S. 1996. The relationship between a flower gall midge
Pseudasphondylia sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyidae) and its host plant Actinidia
valvata. Entomologica Sinica 3:271-282
Kytö, M., Niemelä, P. & Larsson, S. 1996. Insects on trees: Population and individual
responses to fertilization. Oikos 75:148-159
Häggström, H. & Larsson, S. 1995. Slow larval growth on a suboptimal willow results
in high predation mortality in the leaf beetle Galerucella lineola. Oecologia
104:308-315
Larsson, S., Glynn, C. & Höglund, S. 1995. High oviposition rate of Dasineura
marginemtorquens on Salix viminalis genotypes unsuitable for offspring
survival. Entomologia. Experimentalis et Applicata 77:263-270
Larsson, S. & Ekbom, B. 1995. Oviposition mistakes in herbivorous insects:
confusion or a step towards a new host plant? Oikos 72:155-160
Glynn, C. & Larsson, S. 1994. Gall initiation success and fecundity of Dasineura
marginemtorquens on variable Salix viminalis host plants. Entomologia
Experimentalis et Applicata 73:11-17
Larsson, S. & Björkman, C. 1993. Performance of chewing and phloem-feeding
insects on stressed trees. Scand. J. For. Res. 8:550-559.
Strong, D.R., Larsson, S. & Gullberg, U. 1993. Heritability of host plant resistance to
herbivory changes with gall midge density during an outbreak on willow.
Evolution 47:291-300
Larsson, S. & Strong, D.R. 1992. Oviposition choice and larval survival of Dasineura
marginemtorquens (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on resistant and susceptible Salix
viminalis. Ecological Entomology 17:227-232
Larsson, S., Lundgren, L., Ohmart, C.P. & Gref, R. 1992. Weak responses of pine
sawfly larvae to high needle flavonoid concentrations in Scots pine. Journal of
Chemical Ecology 18:271-282
Björkman, C., Larsson, S. & Gref, R. 1991. Effects of nitrogen fertilization on pine
needle chemistry and sawfly performance. Oecologia 86:202-209
Björkman, C. & Larsson, S. 1991. Pine sawfly defence and variation in host plant
resin acids: a trade-off with growth. Ecological Entomology 16:2893-289
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Denno, R.F., Larsson, S. & Olmstead, K.L. 1990. Host plant selection by willowfeeding
leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Role of enemy-free space and
plant quality. Ecology 71:124-137
Långström, B., Tenow, O., Ericsson, A., Hellqvist, C. & Larsson, S. 1990. Effects of
shoot pruning on stem growth, needle biomass and dynamics of carbohydrates
and nitrogen in Scots pine as related to season and tree age. Canadien Journal of
Forestry Research 20:514-523
Larsson, S. 1989. Stressful times for the plant stress - insect performance hypothesis.
Oikos 56:277-283.
Ohmart, C.P. & Larsson, S. 1989. Evidence for absorption of eucalypt essential oils
by Paropsis atomaria Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the
Australian Entomological Society 28:201-205
Larsson, S. & Ohmart, C.P. 1988. Leaf age and larval performance of the leaf beetle
Paropsis atomaria. Ecological Entomology 13:19-24
Tenow, O. & Larsson, S. 1987. Consumption of needle-eating insects on Scots pine in
relation to season and stand age. Holarctic Ecology 10:249-260
Fagerström, T., Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1987. On optimal defence in plants.
Functional Ecology 1:73-81
Larsson, S., Wirén, A., Lundgren, L. & Ericsson. T. 1986. Effects of light and nutrient
stress on leaf phenolic chemistry in Salix dasyclados and susceptibility to
Galerucella lineola (Coleoptera). Oikos 47:205-210
Larsson, S., Björkman, C. & Gref, R. 1986. Responses of Neodiprion sertifer (Hym.,
Diprionidae) larvae to variation in needle resin acid concentration in Scots pine.
Oecologia 70:77-84
Waring, R.H., McDonald, A.J.S., Larsson, S., Ericsson, T., Wirén, A., Arwidsson, E.,
Ericsson, A. Lohammar, T. 1985. Differences in chemical composition of plants
grown at constant relative growth rates with stable mineral nutrition. Oecologia
66:157-160
Ericsson, A., Hellqvist, C., Långström, B., Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1985. Effects on
growth of simulated and induced shoot-pruning by Tomicus piniperda as related
to carbohydrate and nitrogen dynamics in Scots pine. Journal of Applied Ecology
22:105-124
Larsson, S. 1985. Seasonal changes in the within-crown distribution of Cinara pini on
Scots pine. Oikos 45:217-222
Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1984. Areal distribution of a Neodiprion sertifer (Hym.,
Diprionidae) outbreak on Scots pine as related to stand condition . Holarctic
Ecology 7:81-90
Larsson, S., Oren, R., Waring, R.H. & Barret, J.W. 1983. Attacks of mountain pine
beetle as related to tree vigor of ponderosa pine. Forest Science 29:395-402
Larsson, S. 1983. Effects of artificial defoliation on stem growth in Salix smithiana
grown under intensive culture. Oecologia Applicata 4:343-349
Larsson, S. & Wirén, A. 1982. Leaf-eating insects in an energy forest stand of Salix
viminalis L. in Central Sweden. Annales Entomologici Fennice 48:119-125
Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1981. On the consumption rate of Neodiprion sertifer - A
reply to a comment by Frank Slansky Jr. Oecologia 48:294-295
Ericsson, A., Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1980. Effects of early and late season
defoliation on growth and carbohydrate dynamics in Scots pine. Journal of
Applied Ecology 17:747-769
Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1980. Needle-eating insects and grazing dynamics in a
mature Scots pine forest. Ecological Bulletins 32:269-306
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Ericsson, A., Hellkvist, J., Hillerdal-Hagströmer, K., Larsson, S., Mattson-Djos, E. &
Tenow, O. 1980. Consumption and pine growth - hypotheses on effects on
growth processes by needle-eating insects. Ecological Bulletins 32:537-545
Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1979. Utilization of dry matter and bioelements in larvae of
Neodiprion sertifer Geoffr. (Hym., Diprionidae) feeding on Scots pine (Pinus
sylvestris L.). Oecologia 43:157-172
Fagerström, T., Larsson, S., Lohm, U. & Tenow, O. 1978. Growth in Scots pine
(Pinus sylvestris L.): A hypothesis on response to Blastophagus piniperda L.
(Col., Scolytidae) attacks. Forest Ecology and Management 1:273-281
Larsson, S. & Lohm, U. 1975. Energy loss from a population of Phyllobius piri (Col.,
Curculionidae) during hibernation. Zoon 3:111-114.
Axelsson, B., Larsson, S., Lohm, U. & Persson, T. 1973.Production of larvae of
Phyllobius piri L. (Col., Curculionidae) in an abandoned field. – Entomologica
Scandinavica 4:21-29
B. REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS
Klapwijk, M.J., Ayres, M.P., Battisti, A. & Larsson, S. 2012. Assessing the impact of
climate change on outbreak potential. In: insect Outbreaks Revisited (Eds P.
Barbosa, D.K. Letourneau & A.A. Agrawal). Blacwell Publishing, pp. 429-450
Larsson, S., Ekbom, B., Schroeder, L.M. & McGeoch, M.A. 2006. Saproxylic beetles
in a boreal forest landscape managed for coarse woody debris. In: Insect
Biodiversity and Dead Wood: proceedings of a symposium for the 22nd
International Congress of Entomology (ed by J. Hanula & S.J. Grove), Gen. Tech.
Rep SRS-93, Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Southern Research Station, pp. 75-82
Larsson, S. 2002. Resistance in trees to insects – an overview of mechanisms and
interactions. In: Mechanisms and Deployment of Resistance in Trees to Insects
(Eds M.R. Wagner, K.M. Clancy, F. Lieutier & T.D. Paine). Kluwer, pp. 1-29
Niemelä, J., Larsson, S. & Simberloff, D. 2001. Concluding remarks – finding ways
to integrate timber production and biodiversity in Fennoscandian forestry.
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Suppl. 3, 119-123
Larsson, S. & Danell, K. 2001. Science and the managent of boreal forest
biodiversity. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Suppl. 3, 5-9
Björkman, C. & Larsson, S. 1999. Insects on drought-stressed trees: four feeding
guilds in one experiment. In: Physiology and Genetics of Tree-Phytophage
Interactions (ed. by F. Lieutier, W.J. Mattson & M.R. Wagner), INRA editions, pp.
323-335
Strong, D.R. & Larsson, S. 1992. The importance of herbivore population density in
multitrophic interactions in natural and agricultural ecosystems. In: Proc. 8th
Symp. Insect-Plant Relationships (eds. S.B.J. Menken, J.H. Visser & P.
Harrewijn). Kluwer Acad. Publ, Dordrecht, pp. 5-13
C. EDITED BOOKS
Larsson, S., Ekbom, B. & Björkman C. 2008. Proceedings from the 13th International
Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions. Entomologia Experimentalis et
Applicata 128:1-247
Larsson, S. & Danell, K. 2001. Science and the management of Boreal Forest
Biodiversity. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Supplement 3. 123 pp.
D. OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Nordin, A., Moen, J., Larsson, S. & Linder, S. 2011. Science for trade-offs between
conflicting interests in Future Forests. Forests 2: 631-636.
Holm, G., Sjöberg, J., Ekstrand, C., Björkholm, M., Granath, F., Ekbom, A. &
Larsson, S. 2009. Tallprocessionsspinnare – stort hälsoproblem på södra Gotland.
Läkartidningen 106:1891-1894
Holm, G. & Larsson, S. 2006. Allergi mot tallprocessionsspinnarlarver – ökad täthet
ger ökad risk. Läkartidningen 103:2217-2219
Larsson, S. 2006. Mass occurrence of the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea
pinivora in Gotland, south Sweden [in Swedish]. Ent Tidskr 127:1-7
Lindelöw, Å., Långström, B., Oolofsson, E., Schroeder, M. & Larsson, S. 1997.
Tallmätarhärjningen på Hökensås. Fakta Skog Nr 3, 4 pp
Larsson, S. 1989. Risken för insektsangrepp på stressade träd. Skogsfakta, konferens
12:43-48
Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1985. Local patterns in the distribution of a Neodiprion
sertifer outbreak. In: Population Dynamics of Forest Pests (eds. D. Bevan & J.T.
Stoakley). Proc. IUFRO working party at Dornoch, Scotland. For. Comm. Res.
Dev. Pap. 135:85-93
Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1985. Grazing of needle-eating insects in a Scots pine forest
in Central Sweden. In: Population Dynamics of Forest Pests (eds. D. Bevan &
J.T. Stoakley). Proc. IUFRO Working Party at Dornoch, Scotland. For. Comm.
Res. Dev. Pap. 135:47-55
Larsson, S. 1984. Insektsangrepp och trädvitalitet. Skogsfakta, supplement 3:21-25
Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1983. Interrelations between drought stress in pine and
outbreaks of needle-eating insects. A survey of hypotheses. In: The Role of
Insect-Plant Relationship in the Population Dynamics of Forest Pests (ed. A.S.
Isaev). Proc. IUFRO/MAB symposium at Irkutsk, USSR, pp. 101-111
Pitman, G., Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1982. Stem growth efficiency: an index of
susceptibility to bark beetle and sawfly attack. In: Carbon Uptake and Allocation
in Subalpine Ecosystems as a Key to Management (ed. R.H. Waring). Proc.
IUFRO Workshop at Corvallis, Oregon, USA, pp. 52-56
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