(28) Burner, R. C., Stephan, J. G., Drag, L., Potterf, M., Birkemoe, T., Siitonen, J., Müller, J., Ovaskainen, O., Sverdrup-Thygeson, A., Snäll, T. (2023) Alternative measures of trait–niche relationships: A test on dispersal traits in saproxylic beetles. Ecology and Evolution

(27) Drag, L., Burner, R. C., Stephan, J. G., Birkemoe, T., Doerfler, I., Gossner, M. M., Magdon, P., Ovaskainen, O., Potterf, M., Schall, P., Snäll, T., Sverdrup-Thygeson, A., Weisser, W., & Müller, J. (2023). High resolution 3D forest structure explains ecomorphological trait variation in assemblages of saproxylic beetles. Functional Ecology

(26) Santangelo, J. S., Ness, R. W., Cohan, B., Fitzpatrick, C. R., Innes, … Stephan, J. G., … Johnson, M. T. J. (2022). Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science

(25) Burner, R. C., Drag, L., Stephan, J. G., Birkemoe, T., Wetherbee, R., Muller, J., Siitonen, J., Snäll, T., Skarpaas, O., Potterf, M., Doerfler, I., Gossner, M. M., Schall, P., Weisser, W. W., & Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. (2022). Functional structure of European forest beetle communities is enhanced by rare species. Biological Conservation

(24) Potterf, M., Eyvindson, K., Blattert, C., Burgas, D., Burner, R. C., Stephan, J. G., & Mönkkönen, M. (2022). Interpreting wind damage risk—How multifunctional forest management impacts standing timber at risk of wind felling. European Journal of Forest Research

(23) Lembrechts, J. J., van den Hoogen, J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M. B., De Frenne, … Stephan, J. G., … Lenoir, J. (2022). Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology

(22) Fukasawa, Y., Matsukura, K., Stephan, J. G., Makoto, K., Suzuki, S. N., Kominami, Y., Takagi, M., Tanaka, N., Takemoto, S., Kinuura, H., Okano, K., Song, Z., Jomura, M., Kadowaki, K., Yamashita, S., & Ushio, M. (2022). Patterns of community composition and diversity in latent fungi of living Quercus serrata trunks across a range of oak wilt prevalence and climate variables in Japan. Fungal Ecology

(21) Runnel, K., Stephan, J. G., Jonsell, M., Kutser, K., Lõhmus, A., Strengbom, J., Tamm, H., & Ranius, T. (2021). Do different growth rates of trees cause distinct habitat qualities for saproxylic assemblages? Oecologia

(20) Zhang, X. (Nina), Stephan, J. G., Björkman, C., & Puentes, A. (2021). Global change calls for novel plant protection: Reviewing the potential of omnivorous plant-inhabiting arthropods as predators and plant defence inducers. Current Opinion in Insect Science

(19) Locke, B., Thaduri, S., Stephan, J. G., Low, M., Blacquière, T., Dahle, B., Le Conte, Y., Neumann, P., & de Miranda, J. R. (2021). Adapted tolerance to virus infections in four geographically distinct Varroa destructor-resistant honeybee populations. Scientific Reports

(18) Burner, R. C., Birkemoe, T., Stephan, J. G., Drag, L., Muller, J., Ovaskainen, O., Potterf, M., Skarpaas, O., Snall, T., & Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. (2021). Choosy beetles: How host trees and southern boreal forest naturalness may determine dead wood beetle communities. Forest Ecology and Management

(17) Burner, R. C., Stephan, J. G., Drag, L., Birkemoe, T., Muller, J., Snäll, T., Ovaskainen, O., Potterf, M., Siitonen, J., Skarpaas, O., Doerfler, I., Gossner, M. M., Schall, P., Weisser, W. W., & Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. (2021). Traits mediate niches and co-occurrences of forest beetles in ways that differ among bioclimatic regions. Journal of Biogeography

(16) Stephan, J. G., de Miranda, J. R., & Forsgren, E. (2020). American foulbrood in a honeybee colony: Spore-symptom relationship and feedbacks between disease and colony development. BMC Ecology

(15) Lembrechts, J. J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M. B., De Frenne, P., Kopecký, M., Lenoir, J., … Stephan, J. G., … Nijs, I. (2020). SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature. Global Change Biology

(14) Lamei, S., Stephan, J. G., Nilson, B., Sieuwerts, S., Riesbeck, K., de Miranda, J. R., & Forsgren, E. (2020). Feeding Honeybee Colonies with Honeybee-Specific Lactic Acid Bacteria (Hbs-LAB) Does Not Affect Colony-Level Hbs-LAB Composition or Paenibacillus larvae Spore Levels, Although American Foulbrood Affected Colonies Harbor a More Diverse Hbs-LAB Community. Microbial Ecology

(13) Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I. C., … Stephan, J. G., … Wirth, C. (2020). TRY plant trait database—Enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology

(12) Thaduri, S., Stephan, J. G., de Miranda, J. R., & Locke, B. (2019). Disentangling host-parasite-pathogen interactions in a varroa-resistant honeybee population reveals virus tolerance as an independent, naturally adapted survival mechanism. Scientific Reports

(11) De Long, J. R., Jackson, B. G., Wilkinson, A., Pritchard, W. J., Oakley, S., Mason, K. E., Stephan, J. G., Ostle, N. J., Johnson, D., Baggs, E. M., & Bardgett, R. D. (2019). Relationships between plant traits, soil properties and carbon fluxes differ between monocultures and mixed communities in temperate grassland. Journal of Ecology

(10) Lamei, S., Stephan, J. G., Riesbeck, K., Vasquez, A., Olofsson, T., Nilson, B., de Miranda, J. R., & Forsgren, E. (2019). The secretome of honey bee-specific lactic acid bacteria inhibits Paenibacillus larvae growth. Journal of Apicultural Research

(9) Stephan, J. G., Lamei, S., Pettis, J. S., Riesbeck, K., de Miranda, J. R., & Forsgren, E. (2019). Honeybee-Specific Lactic Acid Bacterium Supplements Have No Effect on American Foulbrood-Infected Honeybee Colonies. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

(8) Puentes, A., Stephan, J. G., & Björkman, C. (2018). A Systematic Review on the Effects of Plant-Feeding by Omnivorous Arthropods: Time to Catch-Up With the Mirid-Tomato Bias? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

(7) de Miranda, J., Hedman, H., Onorati, P., Stephan, J. G., Karlberg, O., Bylund, H., & Terenius, O. (2017). Characterization of a Novel RNA Virus Discovered in the Autumnal Moth Epirrita autumnata in Sweden. Viruses

(6) Stephan, J. G., Pourazari, F., Tattersdill, K., Kobayashi, T., Nishizawa, K., & De Long, J. R. (2017). Long-term deer exclosure alters soil properties, plant traits, understory plant community and insect herbivory, but not the functional relationships among them. Oeco logia

(5) Stephan, J. G., Stenberg, J. A., & Björkman, C. (2017). Consumptive and nonconsumptive effect ratios depend on interaction between plant quality and hunting behavior of omnivorous predators. Ecology and Evolution

(4) Stephan, J. G., Low, M., Stenberg, J. A., & Björkman, C. (2016). Predator hunting mode and host plant quality shape attack‐abatement patterns of predation risk in an insect herbivore. Ecosphere

(3) Stephan, J. G., Albertsson, J., Wang, L., & Porcel, M. (2016). Weeds within willow short-rotation coppices alter the arthropod community and improve biological control of the blue willow beetle. BioControl

(2) Stephan, J. G., Wirth, R., Leal, I. R., & Meyer, S. T. (2015). Spatially Heterogeneous Nest-Clearing Behavior Coincides with Rain Event in the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Neotropical Entomology

(1) Stephan, J. G., Stenberg, J. A., & Björkman, C. (2015). How far away is the next basket of eggs? Spatial memory and perceived cues shape aggregation patterns in a leaf beetle. Ecology

Other publications

Stephan J.G., Wikberg S., Sundberg S. (2022) Spatial modelling of habitat suitability for Calypso bulbosa , a protected plant species in boreal moist forest SLU Artdatabanken Rapport

Toräng P., Jacobson A., Stephan J.G. (2022) Indicators and thresholds for the assessment of ecological condition in terrestrial habitats – a pilot study focusing on hay meadows (6510, 6520) and siliceous rock habitats with pioneer vegetation (8230)) SLU Artdatabanken Rapport

Stephan J.G., Forsgren E. (2019) Kan man förutsäga utbrott av amerikansk yngelröta baserat på mängden bakteriesporer i prover av vuxna bin? Gadden

Stephan K., SUPA, Stephan J. G. (2019) Living and working in Sweden - practical help for post docs, phd students and others - from getting a personal number to buying a house Guide

Stephan J. (2016) Behavioural Mechanisms behind Aggregation in a Tritrophic Perspective PhD Thesis (with the papers)

Claes, A., Åsman, A., Yazdkhasti, E., El-Daim, A., Moustafa, I.A., Stephan, J., Yi, J., Hatorangan, M.R., Pucholt, P. and Batista, R., (2014) The 8th Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society PhD Students Conference Book

Stephan J. G. Perception and effects of herbivory-induced plant volatiles on leaf-cutting ants and their symbiotic fungus Master's Thesis

 

Conference contributions

Oral presentations

Stephan J. G., Stenberg J. A., Björkman C. (2015) Mechanisms behind aggregation: Spatial memory use of an herbivorous leaf beetle and effects of predator hunting mode on clutch size. 45th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfOe) 2015, Göttingen, Germany

Stephan J. G., Stenberg J. A., Björkman C. (2014) Information on conspecific aggregation level and host plant properties affects egg clustering of a leaf beetle. Nordic Oikos Meeting 2014, Stockholm, Sweden

Stephan J. G., Stenberg J. A., Björkman C. (2013) Intraspecific competition and experience affect oviposition in a leaf beetle. 2nd Global Conference on Entomology, Kuching, Malaysia

Wirth R., Tremmel M., Stephan J., Kost C. (2011) Delayed induction of plant defences by leaf-cutting ants. Unveiling the secrets of a key herbivore? Annual Meeting of the German Society for Tropical Ecology, Frankfurt, Germany

Stephan J. G., Kost C., Wirth R. (2010) Who decides whether the food is fine? The distinct response of leaf-cutting ants and their fungal partner to herbivory-induced plant volatiles. 40th Anniversary Conference, Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GfÖ), Gießen, Germany

Poster

Stephan J. G., Forsgren E. (2017)  American foulbrood in honey bees: The difficult relationship between clinical symptoms of a colony and spore counts from individual bees. Epidemics 6, Sitges, Spain

Stephan J. G., Stenberg J. A., Björkman C. (2014) Predator hunting mode and habitat domain of two predators sharing a leaf beetle. 15th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Stephan J. G., Stenberg J. A., Björkman C. (2012) Bottom-up and top-down forces shape herbivore-predator interaction. Plant Science for Future Needs, Uppsala, Sweden