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Christer Nilsson

I am an ecologist with broad interests but am mostly focused on streams and their shores.

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

E-mail
christer.nilsson@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 60 03

Works as

Affiliation
Professor emeritus at Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience
Location
SLU, Skogsmarksgränd 17, Umeå Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Hydrochoric seed dispersal of riparian plants follows hydrological patterns closer than geomorphic variation
Ecosystems, Springer 2025, Vol. 28, (3)
Hoppenreijs, Jacqueline H. T.; Lutz Eckstein, R.; Su, Xiaolei; et al.
The Fennoscandian Shield
Rivers of Europe, Elsevier 2022 : 453-494
Nilsson, Christer; Muotka, Timo; Timm, Henn; et al.
Navigating trade-offs between dams and river conservation
Global Sustainability, Cambridge University Press 2021, Vol. 4
Thieme, M. L.; Tickner, D.; Grill, G.; et al.
Hydropeaking affects germination and establishment of riverbank vegetation
Ecological Applications, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 30, (4)
Bejarano, Maria D.; Sordo-Ward, Alvaro; Alonso, Carlos; et al.
A New Tool for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Altering Short-Term Flow and Water Level Regimes
Water, MDPI 2020, Vol. 12, (10)
Bejarano, Maria Dolores; Garcia-Palacios, Jaime H.; Sordo-Ward, Alvaro; et al.
Functional Diversity of Riparian Woody Vegetation Is Less Affected by River Regulation in the Mediterranean Than Boreal Region
Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers Media S.A. 2020, Vol. 11
Lozanovska, Ivana; Bejarano, Maria Dolores; Martins, Maria Joao; et al.
Facets and scales in river restoration: Nestedness and interdependence of hydrological, geomorphic, ecological, and biogeochemical processes
Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 265
Polvi, Lina E.; Lind, Lovisa; Persson, Henrik; et al.
Evaluation of restoration approaches on the Inner Mongolian Steppe based on criteria of the Society for Ecological Restoration
Land Degradation and Development, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 31, (3) : 285-296
Zhang, Feng; Nilsson, Christer; Xu, Zhenzhu; et al.
Increasing Synchrony of Annual River‐Flood Peaks and Growing Season in Europe
Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2019, Vol. 46, (17-18) : 10446-10453
Balke, Thorsten; Nilsson, Christer
Mapping the world's free-flowing rivers
Nature, Nature Publishing Group 2019, Vol. 569, (7755) : 215-221
Grill, G.; Lehner, B.; Thieme, M.; et al.
Smaller future floods imply less habitat for riparian plants along a boreal river
Ecological Applications, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 29, (8)
Jansson, Roland; Ström, Lotta; Nilsson, Christer
Local flooding history affects plant recruitment in riparian zones
Journal of Vegetation Science, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 30, (2) : 224-234
Sarneel, Judith M.; Bejarano, Maria D.; van Oosterhout, Martin; et al.
Alternative transient states and slow plant community responses after changed flooding regimes
Global Change Biology, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 25, (4) : 1358-1367
Sarneel, Judith M.; Hefting, Mariet M.; Kowalchuk, George A.; et al.
Variation in hydrochory among lakes and streams: effects of channel planform, roughness, and currents
Ecohydrology, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 12, (5)
Su, Xiaolei; Lind, Lovisa; Polvi, Lina E.; et al.
Importance of landscape context for post-restoration recovery of riparian vegetation
Freshwater Biology, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 64, (5) : 1015-1028
Su, Xiaolei; Polvi, Lina E.; Lind, Lovisa; et al.
The abundance and distribution of guilds of riparian woody plants change in response to land use and flow regulation
Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley-Blackwell 2018, Vol. 55, (5) : 2227-2240
Aguiar, Francisca C.; Segurado, Pedro; Martins, Maria Joao; et al.
The effects of hydropeaking on riverine plants: a review
Biological Reviews, WILEY 2018, Vol. 93, (1) : 658-673
Bejarano, Maria D.; Jansson, Roland; Nilsson, Christer
Riparian plant guilds become simpler and most likely fewer following flow regulation
Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2018, Vol. 55, (1) : 365-376
Bejarano, Maria Dolores; Nilsson, Christer; Aguiar, Francisca Constanca
Contrasting Responses among Aquatic Organism Groups to Changes in Geomorphic Complexity Along a Gradient of Stream Habitat Restoration: Implications for Restoration Planning and Assessment
Water, MDPI 2018, Vol. 10, (10)
Hasselquist, Eliza Maher; Polvi, Lina E; Kahlert, Maria; et al.
Ecological Restoration as a Means of Managing Inland Flood Hazards
BioScience, Oxford University Press 2018, Vol. 68, (2) : 89-99
Nilsson, Christer; Riis, Tenna; Sarneel, Judith M.; et al.
First signs of macroinvertebrate recovery following enhanced restoration of boreal streams used for timber floating
Ecological Applications, Vol. 28, (2) : 587-597
Pilotto, Francesca; Nilsson, Christer; Polvi, Lina E.; et al.
Characterizing effects of hydropower plants on sub-daily flow regimes
Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 550 : 186-200
Bejarano, Maria Dolores; Sordo-Ward, Alvaro; Alonso, Carlos; et al.
Integrative conservation of riparian zones
Biological Conservation, Elsevier 2017, Vol. 211 : 20-29
Gonzalez, Eduardo; Felipe-Lucia, Maria R.; Bourgeois, Berenger; et al.
Recovery of nitrogen cycling in riparian zones after stream restoration using delta N-15 along a 25-year chronosequence in northern Sweden
Plant and Soil, Vol. 410, (1-2) : 423-436
Hasselquist, Eliza Maher; Hasselquist, Niles J.; Sparks, Jed P.; et al.
Vulnerability of Subarctic and Arctic breeding birds
Ecological Applications, Vol. 27, (1) : 219-234
Hof, Anouschka R.; Rodriguez-Castaneda, Genoveva; Allen, Andrew M.; et al.
How do biota respond to additional physical restoration of restored streams?
Ecosystems (New York. Print), Vol. 20, (1) : 144-162
Nilsson, Christer; Sarneel, Judith M.; Palm, Daniel; et al.
Soil erosion and deposition in the new shorelines of the Three Gorges Reservoir
Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier 2017, Vol. 599 : 1485-1492
Su, Xiaolei; Nilsson, Christer; Pilotto, Francesca; et al.
Traits of riparian woody plants responding to hydrological and hydraulic conditions: A Northern Swedish database
Ecology, Vol. 97, (10) : 2892-2892
Bejarano, Maria D.; Maroto, Judit; Nilsson, Christer; et al.
Impacts of environmental filters on functional redundancy in riparian vegetation
Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 53, (3) : 846-855
Bruno, Daniel; Gutierrez-Canovas, Cayetano; Sanchez-Fernandez, David; et al.
A phytometer study evaluating the effects of stream restoration on riparian vegetation
Ecohydrology, Vol. 9, (4) : 646-658
Dietrich, Anna L.; Nilsson, Christer; Jansson, Roland
Forest-Stream Links, Anthropogenic Stressors, and Climate Change: Implications for Restoration Planning
BioScience, Vol. 66, (8) : 646-654
Hjältén, Joakim; Nilsson, Christer; Jorgensen, Dolly; et al.
Hydrological and thermal controls of ice formation in 25 boreal stream reaches
Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 540 : 797-811
Lind, Lovisa; Alfredsen, Knut; Kuglerova, Lenka; et al.
Evaluating the process of ecological restoration
Ecology and Society, Vol. 21, (1)
Nilsson, Christer; Aradottir, Asa L.; Hagen, Dagmar; et al.
The importance of priority effects for riparian plant community dynamics
Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 27, (4) : 658-667
Sarneel, Judith M.; Kardol, Paul; Nilsson, Christer
Detection and apparent survival of PIT-tagged stream fish in winter
Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 6, (8) : 2536-2547
Weber, Christine; Scheuber, Hannes; Nilsson, Christer; et al.
Forest restoration to attract a putative umbrella species, the white-backed woodpecker, benefited saproxylic beetles
Ecosphere, Vol. 6, (12)
Bell, David; Hjältén, Joakim; Nilsson, Christer; et al.
Restoration effects on germination and survival of plants in the riparian zone: a phytometer study
Plant Ecology, Vol. 216, (3) : 465-477
Dietrich, Anna L.; Nilsson, Christer; Jansson, Roland
Time for recovery of riparian plants in restored northern Swedish streams: a chronosequence study
Ecological Applications, Vol. 25, (5) : 1373-1389
Hasselquist, Eliza Maher; Nilsson, Christer; Hjalten, Joakim; et al.
Future of biodiversity in the Barents Region
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Hof, Anouschka R; Jansson, Roland; Nilsson, Christer
Future changes in the supply of goods and services from natural ecosystems: prospects for the European north
Ecology and Society, Resilience Alliance 2015, Vol. 20, (3)
Jansson, Roland; Nilsson, Christer; Keskitalo, E Carina H; et al.
Vegetation patterns in small boreal streams relate to ice and winter floods
Journal of Ecology, Wiley-Blackwell 2015, Vol. 103, (2) : 431-440
Lind, Lovisa; Nilsson, Christer
Riparian and in-stream restoration of boreal streams and rivers: success or failure?
Ecohydrology, Wiley-Blackwell 2015, Vol. 8, (5) : 753-764
Nilsson, Christer; Polvi, Lina E; Gardeström, Johanna; et al.
Extreme events in streams and rivers in arctic and subarctic regions in an uncertain future
Freshwater Biology, Wiley-Blackwell 2015, Vol. 60, (12) : 2535-2546
Nilsson, Christer; Polvi, Lina E; Lind, Lovisa
Remote estimation of the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation for a maize canopy in Northeast China
Journal of Plant Ecology, Vol. 8, (4) : 429-435
Zhang, Feng; Zhou, Guangsheng; Nilsson, Christer
The Use of Phytometers for Evaluating Restoration Effects on Riparian Soil Fertility
Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 43, (6) : 1916-1925
Dietrich, Anna; Lind, Lovisa; Nilsson, Christer; et al.
Policy Language in Restoration Ecology
Restoration Ecology, Wiley-Blackwell 2014, Vol. 22, (1) : 1-4
Jørgensen, Dolly; Nilsson, Christer; Hof, Anouschka R.; et al.
The role of ice dynamics in shaping vegetation in flowing waters
Biological Reviews, Vol. 89, (4) : 791-804
Lind, Lovisa; Nilsson, Christer; Polvi, Lina E.; et al.
Effects of ice and floods on vegetation in streams in cold regions: implications for climate change
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley-Blackwell 2014, Vol. 4, (21) : 4173-4184
Lind, Lovisa; Nilsson, Christer; Weber, Christine
Potential and actual geomorphic complexity of restored headwater streams in northern Sweden
Geomorphology, Vol. 210 : 98-118
Polvi, Lina E.; Nilsson, Christer; Hasselquist, Eliza Maher
Invasibility of boreal wetland plant communities
Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 25, (4) : 1078-1089
Ström, Lotta; Jansson, Roland; Nilsson, Christer
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Restoration ecology