University of Gothenburg

Research publications

The scientific output from our members creates the foundation for the activities at the centre. It is important that information spread concerning biodiversity, the threats against it and possible solutions has a strong scientific foundation. Together we not only explore and discover new things about biodiversity, we also share it in the scientific community as well as to the general public.

Fish in a human hand
Photo: Göteborgs Universitet/TT
Human searching grass for specimens

2026

 

Acevedo-Romo I, Moreno-Morán D, Campoy AN, Häussermann V, Försterra G, Waller RG. Early life history of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus (Scleractinia) revealed through ex situ observations. Marine Biology 2026;173(8):136.

Al-Handal AY, Sullivan MJ, Tronholm A, Wulff A. A new species of Campyloneis (Bacillariophyceae) from Tenerife, NE Atlantic. Diatom Research 2026:1-7.

Al-Handal AY, Sullivan MJ, Tronholm A, Wulff A. Two new species of diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from the coast of Tenerife, the Canary Islands, Spain.Fottea 2026. 26. 49-56. 10.5507/fot.2025.014.

Antonelli, A., Davis, C., Larridon, I., Little, D.P., Smith, R.J. and Smith, S.A. The digital biodiversity revolution. New Phytologist, 2026. 251: 595-601.  

Antonelli A. DNA-based identification of plants and the genomic nature of plant species differences. Communications Biology 2026. 

Arno J, Morel J, Rasaminirina ….. Silvestro D, Antonelli A….et al. A pipeline to compile expert‐verified datasets of digitised herbarium specimens for automated plant identification to accelerate taxonomy. Plants, People, Planet 2026;8(4):1145-59.

Bartolomé J, Cassinello J, Ceacero F….. Lemoine RT,…. et al. Comment: Nores et al.(2024) fail in their attempt to demonstrate the inappropriateness of an eventual introduction of the European bison to Spain as a rewilding initiative. Conservation Science and Practice 2026;8(4):e70132.

Beaurepaire A, Carneiro LT, …Osterman J, et al. Advancing pollinator science: A new global and integrative research platform: Pensoft Publishers, 2026:e188033.

Beckmann LM, Eveborn L, Kenchington E, Waller RG (2026) Hotspots beyond borders: quantitative assessment of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems on the Corner Rise seamounts with implications for conservation planning. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2026.13:1752067. 

Björkman MP, Dietrich J, Gray ML, et al. Increased CH4 Oxidation in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems Caused by Vegetation‐Mediated Soil Drying. Global Change Biology 2026;32(3):e70810.

Brachmann CG, Ryberg M,  Björk, RG. Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic. Ecography 2026. :e08045.

Bystriakova N, de Melo P, Antonelli A, et al. Setting priorities for the acquisition of primary plant occurrence data. Diversity and Distributions 2026;32(7):e70238.

Carrillo JD, Torres Jimenez MF, … Antonelli A, Bacon CD, Faurby S,Silvestro D, et al. Decoupled diversity and disparity after faunistic turnover in caviomorph rodents. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2026;293(2066).

Carroll D, Harvey‐Carroll J, Härkönen T, Harding KC. Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) Sighted 34 Years After Their Inclusion in a Capture‐Mark‐Recapture Study. Marine Mammal Science 2026;42(1):e70073.

Carroll D, Zareer IH, Pérez CC, Harvey-Carroll J. Nutrient availability drives local seasonal movements of an endangered marine megafauna species. Scientific Reports 2026;16(1):4997.

D'hont B, Calders K, Antonelli A, et al. Integrating terrestrial and canopy laser scanning for comprehensive analysis of large old trees: Implications for single tree and biodiversity research. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 2026;12(1):5-20.

da Silva AC, Colli-Silva M, Antonelli A, Fidanza K. Bioregionalisation of vascular aquatic macrophytes endemic to the Neotropical region. Hydrobiologia 2026:1-18.

Damián-Parizaca A, Peréz-Escobar O, Karremans AP, Antonelli A, et al. Dissetangling the Vine: Phylogenomics and Historical Biogeography of Vanilla (Orchidaceae). bioRxiv 2026:2026.04. 07.716943.

de Paula LF, Smith RJ, …Antonelli A., et al. Beyond scents: calling on the fragrance industry to champion plant diversity. BioScience 2026:biag014.

de Paula LF, Smith RJ, Handley V,… Antonelli A.,…. et al. Beyond scents: calling on the fragrance industry to champion plant diversity. BioScience 2026;76(6):513-24.

de Sales AR, Evans KE, Pereira MJ. Protecting Elephants Through Science and Dance: A Powerful Environmental Education Approach. Wild 2026;3(1):12.

Downes P, St John F, Evans K, Willcock S, Shannon G. A systematic map of research on the conflict between humans and African savannah elephants. Biological Conservation 2026;319:111853.

Farooq H, Geldmann J, Faurby S. Species Yet to Be Discovered Are More Threatened and Have Smaller Ranges. Diversity and Distributions 2026;32(2):e70144.

Faurby S, Farooq H. Global patterns in species description year cannot reliably estimate undescribed diversity. Frontiers of Biogeography 2026;19:e171197.

Faurby S, Matthews T, Triantis K, Sayol F. Quantifying the unrecorded loss of avian phylogenetic diversity. Ecography 2026:e08267.

Faurby S, Matthews TJ, Silvestro D. Global Diversity Estimates Need to Acknowledge Species–Area Relationships. Global Ecology and Biogeography 2026;35(6):e70267.

Faurby S, Werdelin L, Antonelli A. Good colonizers diversify faster. The American Naturalist 2026;207(1):30-43.

Feng Y-L, Hu H-H, Liu B, … Antonelli A.  et al. A comprehensive dated phylogeny of China’s vascular plants reveals a hidden global biodiversity hotspot. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2026:1-13.

Fiorillo BF, Paganini Faggioni G, Provete DB. The utility of an index of biotic integrity for predicting terrestrial frog species diversity in a tropical forest. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 2026;61(1):36-45.

Funosas D, Sebastián-González E, …Antonelli, A,….. et al. A global assessment of BirdNET performance: Differences among continents, biomes, and species. Ecological Indicators 2026;182:114550.

Funosas D, Sebastián-González E, Morant J, …Antonelli, A,…..  et al. A global assessment of BirdNET performance: Differences among continents, biomes, and species. Ecological Indicators 2026;182:114550.

Gardiner A, Mathes GH, … Silvestro, D,, et al. Revealing the hidden patterns of shark and ray diversity over the past 145 million years. Current Biology 2026.

Gómez-Martínez D, Ngou JS, Ugolini V, et al. Antibiotic resistance gradient along a large Scandinavian river influenced by wastewater treatment plants. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2026:fiag007.

Hamdan B, Guimarães M, …Antonelli A,…et al. Herpetofauna in a High Altitude Atlantic Forest Remnant from Southeastern Brazil. Oecologia Australis. 2026;30(1).

Hestetun JT, Lanzén A, Kongsrud JA, Alvestad T, Johansen P-O, Dahlgren TG. Metabarcoding and targeted barcoding can enhance Norwegian Continental Shelf macrofauna species inventories. PeerJ 2026;14:e20849.

Huang W, Li D-Z, Antonelli A, et al. DNA-based identification of plants and the genomic nature of plant species differences. Communications biology 2026.

Humphreys AM, Fisher DO, Witts NA, Silvestro D, Antonelli A. Harnessing the benefits of herbarium specimen digitisation for inferring recent and ongoing plant extinctions. New Phytologist 2026;251(2):677-88.

Jessop A, Steyaert M, Daraghmeh N, et al. A review of autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS) for monitoring hard‐bottom benthic biodiversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2026;17(2):435-55.

Kan S, Levy SA, … Martin PU, et al. Overlooked and overexploited: Extensive conversion of grasslands and wetlands driven by global food, feed, and bioenergy demand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2026;123(9):e2521183123.

Kappa F, Härkönen T, Freitas C, Carroll D, Harding KC. Shifting harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) diet may reflect ecosystem changes in skagerrak. Marine Mammal Science 2026;42(1):e70069.

Keller V, Fawcett S, Webster C, Ching S, Bacon C. Hawaiian Pritchardia: Species Delimitation and Genetic Diversity with a Focus on the Ko’olau Mountains of O’ahu. Palms 2026;70(1).

Lake FB, Bacon CD, Carrié R, Ekroos J, Hammer EC. Biodiversity of soil microbial communities in conventional and organic agriculture in Southern Sweden: Copernicus Meetings, 2026.

Lindström M, Sahasrabuddhe R, Holmgren A, Blöcker C, Edler D, Rosvall M. Mapping memory-biased dynamics with compact models reveals overlapping communities in large networks. Journal of Physics: Complexity 2026;7(1):015006.

Linnér BO, Porsani J, Chibwe B,…. Antonelli A, … et al. Digitalising biodiversity: Exploring perceptions on risks and opportunities. Plants, People, Planet 2026;8(4):1366-77.

Liu Q, Rogers AD, … Waller RG, et al. Critical knowledge gaps in the conservation and restoration of cold‐water corals. Restoration Ecology 2026;34(3):e70286.

Liu X, Song H, … Silvestro, D, et al. Multiple paths to recovery after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Current Biology 2026;36(3):576-88. e3.

Liu Z, Colombo S, Rancilhac L,….Olssson U,…. et al. Weak Nuclear Divergence Despite Pronounced Mitochondrial Divergence Within a Widespread Desert‐Inhabiting Palearctic Lark (Aves: Alaudidae). Zoologica Scripta 2026;55(3):389-404.

Maor R, Truszkowski J, Ablett F, et al. High-resolution soybean tracing for deforestation-free supply chains. Communications Earth & Environment 2026;7(1):310.

Matthews TJ, Sayol F, Soares FC….. Faurby, S. Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Science Advances 2026;12(30):eaee1788.

Mikryukov V, Dulya O, Abarenkov K,…. Antonelli A, …  et al. Global dataset of soil eukaryotic communities created with a uniform protocol and long read sequencing. Scientific Data 2026.

Moreno-Morán D, Acevedo-Romo I, Häussermann V,……Waller RG. Species-specific fertilisation kinetics in two structurally distinct Desmophyllum cold-water corals. Coral Reefs 2026:1-17.

Neal L, Wiklund H, Smith CR, et al. New Species of Macellicephala McIntosh, 1885 (Annelida, Polynoidae), Associated with the Reef Stage of a Whale Fall. Taxonomy 2026;6(2):30.

Pärssinen V, Bussière LF, Wiberg RAW, et al. Evolution of female ornamentation in dance flies: valuable gifts are worth dressing up for. Evolution 2026;80(1):154-67.

Pascual D, Hugelius G, Canadell JG,…. De Jong GF…. et al. Higher carbon storage in primary than secondary boreal forests in Sweden. Science 2026;391(6791):1256-61.

Paton AJ, Ameka GK, Antonelli A, et al. Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use. Plants, People, Planet 2026;8(4):1029-41.

Pérez‐Granados C, Funosas D, Morant J,….Antonelli A, Gogoleva S,….. et al. Optimization of passive acoustic bird surveys: a global assessment of BirdNET settings. Ibis 2026;168(2):785-98.

Pérez‐Granados C, Morant J, Darras KF,….Antonelli A, Gogoleva S,…..  et al. WABAD: A world annotated bird acoustic dataset for passive acoustic monitoring. Ecology 2026;107(2):e70317.

Pleijel H, Klingberg J, Sjöman H, Wallin G. Mercury Accumulation is Related to the Leaf Economics Spectrum. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 2026;237(2):1-13.

Ranaivoson RM, Rabarijaona RN, …Antonelli A, et al. Plastid and nuclear phylogenomics of Cyphostemma (Vitaceae) provide new insights into genome size evolution across sub‐Saharan Africa. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2026;68(5):1399-420.

Rasmusson LM, Eggertsen M, Hall-Spencer JM. An assessment of rhodolith bed ecosystem services. Annals of Botany 2026:mcag184.

Rebouças R, Moroti MdT, Carvalho T, Martins M, Toledo LF, Provete DB. Environmental and geomorphological drivers of frog diversity on islands worldwide. Ecography 2026:e07818.

Repullés M, Chazot N, …Antonelli A, et al. Tracing the origins and evolution of nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera) in the Atlantic Forest. Ecography 2026:e08419.

Richard‐Bollans A, Silvestro D. The persistent advantage of model‐based phylogenetic methods for single‐trait prediction. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2026.

Saitoh T, Shipilina D, … OIlsson U, et al. Discovering and protecting cryptic biodiversity: A case study of a previously undescribed, vulnerable bird species in Japan. PNAS Nexus 2026;5(3) doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag037.

Schwieger S, Dietrich J, Björkman MP,….Björk RG,….  et al. TundraFlux: a database of ecosystem respiration with biotic and abiotic metadata from Arctic and alpine tundra warming experiments. Earth System Science Data 2026;18(7):4965-82.

Smiljanić J, Blöcker C, Holmgren A, Edler D, Neuman M, Rosvall M. Community detection with the map equation and infomap: Theory and applications. ACM Computing Surveys 2026;58(7):1-34.

Sritongchuay T, Beckmann M, … Osterman J, et al. Crop diversity in the landscape boosts pollinators and yield of pollinator dependent crops across the world. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 2026;395:109943 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109943.

Stewart EC, Jimi N, Moreau C, Wiklund H, Dahlgren TG, Glover AG. Novel deep-sea commensalism: a new genus and two new species of Myzostomida from the abyssal Pacific Ocean. Invertebrate Systematics 2026;40(4):IS25078-IS78.

Stewart EC, Wiklund H, Neal L, et al. Impacts of an industrial deep-sea mining trial on macrofaunal biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2026;10(2):318-29.

Strannegård C, Palak M, Engsner N, Stocco A, Antonelli A, Silvestro D. Agent-based ecosystem modeling with deep reinforcement learning. Ecological Informatics 2026:103819.

Szczygieł HA, Johns B, Fortet B, Dent DH, Quitmeyer K, Quitmeyer A. Mothbox and Mothbot: automated light trap and data processing system for scalable insect monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2026;17(7):2082-91.

Szczygieł HA, Quitmeyer A, Johns B, et al. Simultaneous automated insect monitoring across a remote tropical elevation gradient with Mothbox. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2026;66:icag072.

Tedersoo L, Geisen S, Chang Y, Nilsson RH. Toward DNA-based taxonomy of prokaryotes and microeukaryotes. Trends in Genetics 2026.

Truszkowski J, Boeschoten L, Mortier T, et al. Chemical timber tracing: combining tree-genera information lowers reference data needs and makes harvest location identification more accurate. Annals of Forest Science 2026.

van Benthem KJ, Nagel R, Beckmann LM, Hoffman JI, Wittmann MJ. The marginal male hypothesis explains only small amounts of spatial variation in density in pinnipeds. Scientific Reports 2026;16(1):3072.

van Blerk J, Verboom G, Cramer M, Lamberton L. Phylogenetic Endemism and Ancestral Area Inference Reveal Historical Refugia in the Greater Cape Floristic Region. Journal of Biogeography 2026;53(1):e70119.

Veltman MA, Anthoons B, … Antonelli A., et al. Molecular evidence reveals unsustainable harvest of wild orchids. Current Biology 2026.

Verdonen M, Barrio IC, … Bjorkman, AD., et al. Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change. Environmental Research Letters 2026;21(1):013002.

Vergara A, Hernández-Verdeja T, …. Elder D. et al. IsoformMapper: a web application for protein-level comparison of splice variants through structural community analysis. RNA 2026;32(1):1-20.

Vergara A, Hernández-Verdeja T, Ojeda-May P,…. Edler D,… et al. IsoformMapper: a web application for protein-level comparison of splice variants through structural community analysis. RNA 2026;32(1):1-20.

Volle C, Fälthammar de Jong G, Karström M, Ahlström A. Swedish primary forests: factors behind their persistence and potential suitability as natural baselines. Landscape Ecology 2026;41(2):39.

Vu D, de Vries M, …. Nilsson, H., et al. Advancing Yeast Identification Using High‐Throughput DNA Barcode Data From a Curated Culture Collection. Molecular Ecology Resources 2026;26(1):e70082.

Weides SE, Grytnes JA,…..Pacheco-Riaño, LC. et al. On the Limits of Alpine Plants: A Systematic Review of the Factors Behind Species' Elevational Range Limits. Ecology and Evolution 2026;16(3):e73183.

Wintermantel D, Kassie D, Hendricks-Franco L,…. Osterman J. EU Omnibus proposal increases pesticide risks. Science 2026;392(6805):1348-51.

Yu J, Zhou J, Luo S,…. Antonelli, A. et al. Genomic and ecological drivers of parallel arid adaptation in tree grapes (Vitaceae). Nature Communications 2026.

Zhan Y, Fan M…. Antonelli, A. et al. Data-driven optimisation of national botanical garden systems for ex situ conservation