Richard Ottvall, PhD

My research interest lies mostly within conservation biology and in particular avian conservation and ecology. My PhD research focused on population ecology and management of waders breeding on coastal meadows in southern Sweden. This is an ongoing project where interactions between habitat and predation of wader nests are investigated. Presently, I am involved in analysing the effects of an agri-environment scheme on bird diversity. Moreover, I have carried out molecular studies on phylogeography and speciation of waders and penguins.

Research projects

Predicting effects of agri-environment schemes on bird diversity
The status of waders breeding on coastal meadows on Öland: effects of predator control on wader breeding success
The Swedish Bird Survey

Selected publications

Jiguet, F., Devictor, V, Ottvall, R., van Turnhout, C., van der Jeugd, H. & Lindström, Å. 2010. Bird population trends are linearly affected by climate change along species thermal ranges. – Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 277:3601-3608.

Waldenström, J., On, S. L. W. N., Ottvall, R., Hasselquist, D. & Olsen, B. 2007. Species diversity of campylobacteria in a wild bird community in Sweden. Journal of Applied Microbiology 102:424-432.

Jouventin, P., Cuthbert, R. & Ottvall, R. 2006. Genetic isolation and divergence in sexual traits: evidence for the northern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi being a sibling species. Molecular Ecology 15:3413-3423.

Ottvall, R. & Smith, H.G. 2006. Effects of an agri-environment scheme on wader populations on coastal meadows in southern Sweden. Agricultural, Ecosystems and Environments 113:264-271.

Ottvall, R., Höglund, J., Bensch, S. & Larsson, K. 2005. Population genetic structure in the redshank Tringa totanus as revealed by mtDNA and AFLP. Conservation Genetics 6:321-331.

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