Frank Götmark

Professor

Dept of BioEnv -

Zoologen

Telephone

+46 31-786 36 50

+46 702-30 93 15

Mail

frank.gotmark@bioenv.gu.se

Fax

+46 31-41 67 29

Visiting address

Medicinaregatan 18A

413 90 Göteborg

Postal address

Box 463

405 30 Göteborg

Publications

Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head
to?

S. Burrascano, F. Chianucci, G. Trentanovi, S. Kepfer-Rojas, T. Sitzia, F. Tinya, I. Doerfler, Y. Pailletj, T. A. Nagel, B. Mitic, L. Morillas, S. Munzi, T. Q. Van Der Sluis, E. Alterio, L. Balducci, R. B. De Andrades, C. Bougett, P. Giordani, T. Lachat, D. Matosevicx, F. Napoleone, J. Nascimbene, C. Paniccia, N. Roth, R. Aszalos, G. Brazaitis, A. Cutini, E. D'Andrea, P. De Smedt, J. Heilmann-Clausen, P. Janssen, D. Kozak, A. Marell, M. Mikolas, B. Norden, R. Matula, P. Schall, M. Svoboda, M. Ujhazyova, K. Vandekerkhove, M. Wohlwend, F. Xystrakis, M. Aleffi, C. Ammer, F. Archaux, T. Asbeck, D. Avtzis, M. Ayasse, S. Bagella, R. Balestrieri, A. Barbati, M. Basile, A. Bergamini, G. Bertini, A. B. Biscaccianti, S. Boch, J. Boloni, P. Bombi, Y. Boscardin, G. Brunialti, H. H. Bruun, F. Buscotbc, D. B. Byriel, T. Campagnarob, A. Campanaro, M. Chauvat, M. Ciach, M. Ciliak, L. Cistrone, J. M. C. Pereira, R. Daniel, B. De Cinti, G. De Filippo, W. Dekoninck, U. Di Salvatore, Y. Dumas, Z. Elek, F. Ferretti, D. Fotakis, T. Frank, J. Frey, C. Giancola, E. Gomoryova, M. Gosselin, F. Gosselin, M. M. Gossner, Frank Götmark, E. Haeler, A. K. Hansen, L. Hertzog, J. Hofmeister, J. Hosek, V. K. Johannsen, M. J. Justensen, N. Korboulewsky, B. Kovacs, F. Lakatos, C. M. Landivar, L. Lens, E. Lingua, F. Lombardi, F. Malis, L. Marchino, V. Marozas, G. Matteucci, W. Mattioli, P. F. Moller, J. Muller, C. Nemeth, G. Onodi, F. Parisi, T. Perot, S. Perret, A. M. Persiani, A. Portaccio, M. Posillico, Z. Preiksa, C. Rahbek, N. J. Rappa, S. Ravera, A. Romano, F. Samu, C. Scheidegger, I. K. Schmidt, S. Schwegmann, F. Sicuriello, A. P. Spinu, G. Spyroglou, J. Stillhard, E. Topalidou, A. P. Tottrup, K. Ujhazy, K. Veres, K. Verheyen, W. W. Weissercw, L. Zapponi, P. Odor
Biological Conservation - 2023
Fewer people would help preserve biodiversity: A response to Hughes et al.
(2023)

Philip Cafaro, Pernilla Hansson, Frank Götmark
Biological Conservation - 2023
Human fertility and religions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A comprehensive review of publications and data,
2010-2020

Nicola Turner, Frank Götmark
African Journal of Reproductive Health - 2023
Achieving sustainable population: Fertility decline in many developing countries follows modern contraception, not economic
growth

Frank Götmark, Malte Andersson
Sustainable Development - 2022
Population growth, family planning and the Paris Agreement: an assessment of the nationally determined contributions
(NDCs)

Jenna Dodson, Patricia Dérer, P. Cafaro, Frank Götmark
International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics - 2022
Varför tiger public service om folkökningens destruktiva
sidor?

Frank Götmark, Malte Andersson
Göteborgs-Posten - 2022
Conserving biodiversity means limiting our numbers: A response to Green et al.
2022

Philip Cafaro, Frank Götmark, Pernilla Hansson
Biological Conservation - 2022
Overpopulation is a major cause of biodiversity loss and smaller human populations are necessary to preserve what is
left

Philip Cafaro, Pernilla Hansson, Frank Götmark
Biological Conservation - 2022
Bromsa både folkökning och
klimatändring

Malte Andersson, Frank Götmark, Anders Wijkman
Svenska Dagbladet - 2021
Flerbarnstillägget leder till sämre
integration

Leif Andersson, Malte Andersson, Johanna Deinum, Frank Götmark
Aftonbladet - 2021
Afghanistans skenande folkökning är
ohållbar

Leif Andersson, Malte Andersson, Johanna Deinum, Frank Götmark
Expressen - 2021
Did forest fires maintain mixed oak forests in southern Scandinavia? A dendrochronological
speculation

I. Drobyshev, M. Niklasson, N. Ryzhkova, Frank Götmark, G. Pinto, M. Lindbladh
Forest Ecology and Management - 2021
Saproxylic beetles in pre-commercially thinned Norway spruce stands and woodland key habitats: How do conservation values
differ?

Oskar Gran, Frank Götmark
Forest Ecology and Management - 2021
Human fertility in relation to education, economy, religion, contraception, and family planning
programs

Frank Götmark, Malte Andersson
BMC public health - 2020
Population growth and climate change: Addressing the overlooked threat
multiplier

Jenna Dodson, Patricia Derer, Philip Cafaro, Frank Götmark
Science of the Total Environment - 2020
Bland ekar och arter (Nyhetsbrev
11)

Frank Götmark
2020
Human fertility in relation to education, economy, religion, contraception, and family planning
programs

Frank Götmark, Malte Andersson
Bmc Public Health - 2020
Vi måste minska invandringen av lågutbildade - om vi ska klara
välfärden

Malte Andersson, Frank Götmark
Göteborgs-Posten (GP Debatt, 29 februari) - 2020
The potential environmental impacts of EU immigration policy: future population numbers, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity
preservation

Philip Cafaro, Frank Götmark
The journal of population and sustainability - 2019
The World Must Reduce Population
Growth

Frank Götmark, Robin Maynard
Project Syndicate, 10 September (webbtidning,"The Worlds Opinion Page") - 2019
Vilseledande när folkökningens effekter på klimatet
utelämnas

Frank Götmark, Malte Andersson
Dagens Nyheter (DN-Debatt, 28 september) - 2019
Invandring behövs inte för att försörja en åldrande
befolkning

Malte Andersson, Frank Götmark
Göteborgs-Posten (GP Debatt, 16 juni) - 2019
The economy of selective cutting in recent mixed stands during restoration of temperate deciduous
forest

B. Norden, P. K. Rorstad, Jakob Magnér, Frank Götmark, M. Lof
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research - 2019
Long-term experimental management in Swedish mixed oak-rich forests has a positive effect on saproxylic beetles after
10 years

Oskar Gran, Frank Götmark
Biodiversity and Conservation - 2019
Changing land use and increasing abundance of deer cause natural regeneration failure of oaks: Six decades of landscape-scale
evidence

L. K. Petersson, P. Milberg, J. Bergstedt, J Dahlgren, A. M. Felton, Frank Götmark, C. Salk, M. Lof
Forest Ecology and Management - 2019
FN bör ha som mål att bromsa
folkökningen

Frank Götmark, Cecilia Boldeman, Lars-Göran Engfeldt, Börje Eriksson, Magnus Henrekson, Stig-Olof Holm, Karl-Erik Norrman, Carl Wahren
Svenska Dagbladet (SvD-Debatt, 22 juli) - 2018
Miljöskäl talar för mer begränsad
invandring

Frank Götmark, Philip Cafaro, Patricia Derer, Jenna Dodson, Karl-Erik Norrman, Carl Wahren
Svenska Dagbladet (SvD-Debatt, 17 mars) - 2018
Aging Human Populations: Good for Us, Good for the
Earth

Frank Götmark, P. Cafaro, J. O'Sullivan
Trends in Ecology & Evolution - 2018
Världens befolkningsökning: Dystra prognoser och goda erfarenheter av
familjeplanering

Frank Götmark
Humanisten - 2017
Bland ekar och arter (Nyhetsbrev
10)

Frank Götmark
2017
Hur många får plats? Del
3

Frank Götmark
Folkbladet (12 november) - 2017
Hur många får plats? Del
2

Frank Götmark
Folkbladet (8 oktober) - 2017
Hur många får plats? -Del
1

Frank Götmark
Folkbladet (1 oktober) - 2017
Befolkningsökningen är ett av
problemen

Frank Götmark
Göteborgs-Posten (GP-Debatt, 11 April) - 2017
Management, Scientific Approach, and Practice: A Comment on
Corlett

Frank Götmark, Elin Götmark
Trends in Ecology and Evolution - 2017
Varför finns buskar? Biologi och matematik i skön
förening

Elin Götmark, Frank Götmark
Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift - 2017
Why Be a Shrub? A Basic Model and Hypotheses for the Adaptive Values of a Common Growth
Form

Frank Götmark, Elin Götmark, A. Jensen
Frontiers in Plant Science - 2016
Utnyttja naturreservaten för vetenskaplig
forskning

Frank Götmark
Miljöaktuellt - 2015
Borde vi inte försöka bli lite
färre?

Frank Götmark
Svenska Dagbladet - 2015
Kraftig befolkningsökning ett hot mot klimat och
fred

Frank Götmark
Göteborgs-Posten - 2015
Bland ekar och arter (Nyhetsbrev nr
9)

Frank Götmark
2015
Strict reserves, IUCN classification, and the use of reserves for scientific research: a comment on Schultze et al.
(2014)

Frank Götmark, K. Kirby, M. B. Usher
Biodiversity and Conservation - 2015
Exclosures can favour natural regeneration of oak after conservation-oriented thinning in mixed forests in Sweden: A 10-year
study

Jenny Leonardsson, M. Lof, Frank Götmark
Forest Ecology and Management - 2015
Conservation Thinning in Secondary Forest: Negative but Mild Effect on Land Molluscs in Closed-Canopy Mixed Oak Forest in
Sweden

Birte Rancka, Ted von Proschwitz, K. Hylander, Frank Götmark
Plos One - 2015
Differential survival and growth of stumps in 14 woody species after conservation thinning in mixed oak-rich temperate
forests

Jenny Leonardsson, Frank Götmark
European Journal of Forest Research - 2015
Bland ekar och arter (Nyhetsbrev
8)

Frank Götmark
2014
Kunskap om naturvård - resultat från ett pågående projekt med
webbenkäter

Frank Götmark, Leif Lithander
Fauna och Flora - 2014
Regeneration of oaks (Quercus robur/Q-petraea) and three other tree species during long-term succession after catastrophic disturbance
(windthrow)

Frank Götmark, Charliene Kiffer
Plant Ecology - 2014
Retaining trees for conservation at clearcutting has increased structural diversity in young Swedish production
forests

N. Kruys, J. Fridman, Frank Götmark, P. Simonsson, L. Gustafsson
Forest Ecology and Management - 2013
Habitat management alternatives for conservation forests in the temperate zone: Review, synthesis, and
implications

Frank Götmark
Forest Ecology and Management - 2013
Partial cutting can enhance epiphyte conservation in temperate oak-rich
forests

Björn Nordén, Heidi Paltto, Christina Claesson, Frank Götmark
Forest Ecology and Management - 2012
Insects associated with fruit bodies of the wood-decaying fungus Oak mazegill (Daedalea quercina) in mixed oak forests in southern
Sweden

Komonen A, Frank Götmark, Mutanen M, Björn Nordén, Sääksjärvi I E
Entomologisk Tidskrift - 2012
Shrubs protect oak seedlings against ungulate browsing in temperate broadleaved forests of conservation interest: A field
experiment

Anna M. Jensen, Frank Götmark, Magnus Löf
Forest Ecology and Management - 2012
How we improved a landscape study of species richness of beetles in woodland key habitats, and how model output can be
improved

Frank Götmark, Emil Åsegård, Niklas Franc
Forest Ecology and Management - 2011
Factors influencing presence-absence of oak (Quercus spp.) seedlings after conservation-oriented partial cutting of high forests in
Sweden

Frank Götmark, Kaitlin Muir Schott, Anna Monrad Jensen
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research - 2011
Debatt: Därför måste forskningsfinansiärer satsa mer på
kunskapsöversikter

Frank Götmark, Gunilla Almered Olsson, Linda Hedlund, Lennart Henriksson, Peter Lindberg, Anna Stenström, Johan Wallander
Miljöaktuellt - 2011
Bland ekar och arter (Nyhetsbrev
7)

Frank Götmark
2011
Skogsbränsle, lövskogar och skoglig
naturvård

Frank Götmark, Jenny Leonardsson
Biodiverse - 2011
Skötsel av skogar med höga naturvärden – en kunskapsöversikt. Fri utveckling, traditionell hävd och naturvårdsgallring – tre skötselalternativ för sydsvenska
skogar

Frank Götmark
Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift - 2010
Naturvårdsgallring, vad är
det?

Frank Götmark, Björn Nordén, Niklas Franc, Heidi Paltto, Ted von Proschwitz, Bjorn Okland, Anna Monrad Jensen
Biodiverse - 2009
Education and advice contribute to increased density of broadleaved conservation trees, but not saplings, in young forest in
Sweden

Frank Götmark
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - 2009
Experiments for alternative management of forest reserves: effects of partial cutting on stem growth and mortality of large
oaks

Frank Götmark
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE FORESTIERE - 2009
Conflicts in conservation: Woodland key habitats, authorities and private forest owners in
Sweden

Frank Götmark
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH - 2009
Skogspolitiken hotar biologiska
mångfalden

B. G. Jonsson, Linda Laikre, Frank Götmark, Nils Ryman, Gunilla Almered Olsson, Lars Björk, Torbjörn Ebenhard, Joakim Hjältén, Margareta Ihse, Sven Jakobsson, Per Milberg, Sven Nilsson, Henrik Smith, Per Wramner
Dagens Nyheter - 2008
Openness in management: Hands-off vs partial cutting in conservation forests, and the response of
beetles

Niklas Franc, Frank Götmark
Biological Conservation - 2008
Are small sedentary species affected by habitat fragmentation? Local vs. landscape factors predicting species richness and composition of land molluscs in Swedish conservation
forests

Frank Götmark, Ted von Proschwitz, Niklas Franc
Journal of Biogeography - 2008
Partial cutting as a conservation alternative for oak Quercus spp. forest – response of bryophytes and lichens on dead
wood.

Heidi Paltto, Björn Nordén, Frank Götmark
Forest Ecology and Management - 2008
Oak woodland restoration: testing the effects on biodiversity of mycetophilids in
Sweden

Björn Økland, Frank Götmark, Björn Nordén
Biodiversity and Conservation 17 - 2008
Partial cutting reduces species richness of fungi on woody debris in oak-rich
forests

Björn Nordén, Frank Götmark, Martin Ryberg, Heidi Paltto, Johan Allmér
Canadian Journal of Forest Research - 2008
Indicators of biodiversity, what do they indicate? – Lessons for conservation of cryptogams in oak-rich
forest

Björn Nordén, Heidi Paltto, Frank Götmark, Kjell Wallin
Biological Conservation - 2007
Careful partial harvesting in conservation stands and retention of large oaks favour oak
regeneration

Frank Götmark
Biological Conservation - 2007
Annotated checklist of fungus gnats from Sweden (Diptera : Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae and
Mycetophilidae)

J Kjaerandsen, K. Hedmark, Olavi Kurina, A Polfvoi, B Okland, Frank Götmark
INSECT SYSTEMATICS & EVOLUTION - 2007
Factors and scales potentially important for saproxylic beetles in temperate mixed oak
forest

Niklas Franc, Frank Götmark, Bjørn Økland, Björn Nordén, Heidi Paltto
Biological Conservation - 2007
Seasonal changes in Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus predation: prey vulnerability in relation to visibility in hunting habitats and prey
behaviour

P. Post, Frank Götmark
Ardea - 2006
Foraging behavior and predation risk in male and female Eurasian Blackbirds (Turdus merula) during the breeding
season

P. Post, Frank Götmark
Auk - 2006
Predation by sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus on male and female pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca in relation to their breeding behaviour and
foraging

P. Post, Frank Götmark
Journal of Avian Biology - 2006
At which spatial and temporal scales does landscape context affect local density of Red Data Book and Indicator
species?

Heidi Paltto, Björn Nordén, Frank Götmark, Niklas Franc
Biological Conservation - 2006
Ek, bok, ask och andra lövträd: föryngring, begränsande faktorer och förändringar mellan 1985 och
2000.

Frank Götmark, Jonas Fridman, G. Kempe, H. Toet
Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift - 2006
What about the regeneration of oaks in the Swedish forests? I: The oak – history, ecology and
management

Frank Götmark
2006
Mer artrikt med
lövträdsodling

Frank Götmark
Göteborgs Posten - 2006
Stor potential för lövträd även i brukad
skog

Frank Götmark
Skogs-Eko - 2006
Reinforcement capacity of potential buffer zones: Forest structure and conservation values around forest reserves in southern
Sweden

Maria Thorell, Frank Götmark
Forest Ecology and Management - 2005
Regional diversity of mycetophilids (Diptera : Sciaroidea) in Scandinavian oak-dominated
forests

Bjørn Økland, Frank Götmark, Björn Nordén, Niklas Franc, A. Kurina, Alexei Polevoi
Biological Conservation - 2005
Broadleaved tree species in conifer-dominated forestry: Regeneration and limitation of saplings in southern
Sweden

Frank Götmark, Jonas Fridman, Göran Kempe, Björn Nordén
Forest Ecology and Management - 2005
Predation by sparrowhawks decreases with increased breeding density in a songbird, the great
tit

Frank Götmark, Malte Andersson
Oecologia - 2005
Browsing damage on broadleaved trees in semi-natural temperate forest in Sweden, with a focus on oak
regeneration

Frank Götmark, Åsa Berglund, Kerstin Wiklander
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research - 2005
Evaluating partial cutting in broadleaved temperate forest under strong experimental control: Short-term effects on herbaceous
plants

Frank Götmark, Heidi Paltto, Björn Nordén, Elin Götmark
Forest Ecology and Management - 2005
Dead wood in semi-natural temperate broadleaved woodland: contribution of coarse and fine dead wood, attached dead wood and
stumps

Björn Nordén, Frank Götmark, Marie Tönnberg, Martin Ryberg
Forest Ecology and Management - 2004
Relative importance of coarse and fine woody debris for the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in temperate broadleaf
forests

Björn Nordén, Martin Ryberg, Frank Götmark, Bettina Olausson
Biological Conservation - 2004
Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea excl. Sciaridae) in the Swedish boreonemoral
forests

Olavi Kurina, A. Polevoi, Frank Götmark, Bjørn Økland, Niklas Franc, Björn Nordén, K. Hedmark
Studia dipterologica - 2004
Skogsstyrelsen vill inte erkänna
problemet

Frank Götmark
Göteborgs-Posten - 2004
Allt färre lövträd i Sveriges
skogar

Frank Götmark
Göteborgs-Posten - 2004