Peter Hambäck Professor

• Coevolution in host-parasitoid systems
• Ecological immunology
• The ecological role of gut microbiomes
• Wetlandscape ecology
• Spider ecology
• Genomic tools for diet analysis

Research projects

• The ecology and evolution of indirect interactions in host-parasitoid systems. People involved: Xuyue Yang (SU), Ulrich Theopold (SU), Chris Wheat (SU), Tanja Slotte (SU). Financed through the Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsrådet.
• Managing constructed and natural wetlands for arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes. Financed through the Swedish Research Council Formas and through the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket). Main collaborators include David Åhlén, John Strand (Hushållningssällskapet) and Jerker Jarsjö (SU). For more information see Biowetland.se.
• Transferability of gut microbiomes and the ecology of plant-herbivore-parasitoid interactions. People involved: Yueqing An (SU), Chris Wheat (SU), Sarahi García (SU). Financed through the Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsrådet.

PhD-students (current and previous)

current

Xuyue Yang, "Coevolution and molecular background of species interactions in geographic mosaics"

David Åhlén, "Managing constructed and natural wetlands for arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes"

Yueqing An, "Transferability of gut microbiomes and the ecology of plant-herbivore-parasitoid interactions"

previous

Thomas Verschut (main advisor), Dissertation 2017-06-02 on “Searching for food in complex environments: Integrating processes at multiple spatial scales”.

Alma Strandmark (main advisor), Dissertation 2017-06-09, on “Effects of climate induced sea-level changes on coastal ecosystems: plants and arthropods”.

Ulrika Samnegård (coadvisor, main advisor: Kristoffer Hylander), Dissertation 2016-04-01, on "Ecosystem services and disservices on home grown coffee along land-use gradients in Ethiopia: pollination and pest damage"

Lisa Fors, Dissertation 2015-05-08, on “Coevolution in a tritrophic systems: from purple loosestrife to natural enemies"

Lina Lehndal (coadvisor, main advisor: Jon Ågren), Dissertation 2015-05-08, on “Effects of herbivory on population dynamics and evolution of resistance in purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.)”

Debissa Lemessa (coadvisor, main advisor: Kristoffer Hylander), Dissertation 2014-06-05, on “Pests and pest controlling organisms across tropical agroecological land-scapes in relation to forest and tree cover”.

Petter Andersson (main advisor), Dissertation: 2011-10-27, on “The importance of search behavior for spatial distributions of herbivorous insects”

Gundula Kolb (main advisor), Dissertation: 2010-11-05, on “The impact of cormorant nesting colonies on plants and arthropods“

Kajsa Mellbrand (main advisor), Dissertation: 2009-06-05, on “The Spider and the Sea: Effects of marine subsidies on the role of spiders in terrestrial food webs“

Hannah Östergård (coadvisor, main advisor: Johan Ehrlén), Dissertation: 2008-05-30, on “Plant-seed predator interactions – ecological and evolutionary aspects”

Maria Björkman (coadvisor, main advisor: Birgitta Rämert), Dissertation: 2007-12-13, on “Effects of intercropping on the life cycle of the turnip root fly (Delia floralis)”