In press

• Martin L. B., Hasselquist, D. & Wikelski, M. Immunocompetence and life history of the House Sparrow, Passer domesticus: jack of all trades of master of some?  Oecologia, in press.

• Kurtz, J., Wegner, K. M., Kalbe, M., Reusch, T. B. H.,  Schaschl, H., Hasselquist, D. & Milinski, M. Oxidative stress in relation to parasite infection, MHC and immune defence in sticklebacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B, in press.

• Waldenström, J., Rhönnstad, P. & Hasselquist, D. Population trends and habitat preferences in the Barred Warbler at Ottenby, SE Sweden. Ornis Svecica, in press.

• Mendes, L., Piersma, T. & Hasselquist, D. Differences in metabolic rates during antibody production in shorebirds with contrasting habitat choices. Journal of Ornithology, in press.

• Åkesson, M., Bensch, S. & Hasselquist, D. Genetic and phenotypic associations in morphological traits: a long term study of great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Journal of Avian Biology, in press.

• Janssen, K., Erikstad, K. E. & Bensch, S. Offspring sex ratio allocation in the parasitic jaeger: selection for pale females and melanic males. Behavioral Ecology, in press.

• Valkiūnas, G., Bensch, S., Iezhova, T. A., Križanauskiene, A., Hellgren, O., Bolshakov, C. V. Nested cytochrome b PCR diagnostics underestimate mixed infections of avian blood Haemosporidian parasites: microscopy is still essential. Journal of Parasitology, in press.

• Partecke, J., Gwinner, E. & Bensch, S. Is urbanization of European blackbirds (Turdus merula) associated with genetic isolation? Journal of Ornithology, in press.

• Reullier, J., Pérez-Tris, J., Bensch, S. & Secondi, J. Diversity, distribution and exchange of blood parasites meeting at an avian. Molecular Ecology, in press.

• Forstmeier, W., Hasselquist, D., Bensch, S. & Leisler, B. Does song reflect age and viability? A comparison between two populations of the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, in press.

• Bensch, S., Bengtsson, G. & Åkesson, S. Patterns of stable isotope signatures in Africa: inferring wintering grounds of Scandinavian willow warblers. Journal of Avian Biology, in press.

• Ottosson, U., Bensch, S., Svensson, L. & Waldenström, J. The phylogeny of the Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida species complex. Journal of Ornithology, in press.
  

2006

• Bensch, S., Irwin, D., Irwin, J., Kvist, L. & Åkesson, S. 2006. Conflicting patterns of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA diversity in Phylloscopus warblers. Molecular Ecology 15: 161-171.
• Mendes, L., Piersma, T. & Hasselquist, D., Matson, K. D. & Ricklefs, R. E. 2006. Variation in the innate and acquired arms of the immune system among five shorebird species. Journal of experimental Biology, 209: 284-291.

2005

• Waldenström, J., Mevius, D., Veldman, K., Broman, T., Hasselquist, D. & Olsen, B. 2005. Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from wild birds in Sweden. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71(5): 2438-2441.
• Poston, J. P., Hasselquist, D., Stewart, I. R. K. & Westneat, D. W. 2005. Dietary amino acids influence plumage traits and immune responses of male house sparrows, Passer domesticus, but not as expected. Animal Behaviour 70: 1171-1181.
• Eeva, T., Ilmonen, P., Hasselquist, D., Langefors, Å., Tegelmann, L. & Nikinmaa, M. 2005. Pollution-related effects on the immunocompetence of the pied flycatcher. Journal of Avian Biology, 36:405-412.
• Olsson, M. Ujvari, B., Wapstra, E., Madsen, T., Shine, R. & Bensch, S. 2005. Does mate guarding prevent rival mating in snow skinks? A test using AFLP. Herpetologica 61: 389-394.
• Ottvall, R., Höglund, J. Bensch, S. & Larsson, K. 2005. Population differentiation in the redshank (Tringa tetanus) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA and amplified fragment length polymorphism markers. Conservation Genetics 6: 321-331.
• Ottosson, U., Bensch, S., Svensson, L. & Waldenström, J. 2005. Differentiation and phylogeny of the Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida species complex. Journal of Ornithology 146: 127-136.
• Liberg, O., Andrén, Pedersen, H-C., Sand, H., Sejberg, D., Wabakken, P., Åkesson, M. & Bensch, S. 2005. Severe inbreeding depression in a wild wolf Canis lupus population. Biol Lett 1: 17-20.
• Pérez-Tris, J. and Bensch, S. 2005. Dispersal increases local transmission of avian malarial parasites. Ecology Letters, 8: 838-845.
• Ash, J. S., Pearson, D.J. & Bensch, S. 2005. A new race of olivaceous warbler Hippolais pallida in Somalia. Ibis, 147: 841-843.
• Westerdahl, H., Waldenstrom, J., Hansson, B., Hasselquist, D., von Schantz, T. and Bensch, S. 2005. Associations between malaria and MHC genes in a migratory songbird. Proc R Soc 272(1571): 1511-1518.
• Reusch, T.B. and Langefors, A. 2005. Inter- and Intralocus Recombination Drive MHC Class IIB Gene Diversification in a Teleost, the Three-Spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. J Mol Evol 61(4): 531-41.
• Díaz, J. A., Pérez-Tris, J., Tellería, J. L., Carbonell, R. & Santos, T. 2005. Reproductive investment of a lacertid lizard in fragmented habitat. Conservation Biology, 19: 1578-1585.
• Helbig, A. J., Seibold, I., Kocum, A., Liebers, D., Irwin, J., Bergmanis, U., Meyburg, B.-U., Scheller, W., Stubbe, M. & Bensch, S. 2005. Genetic differentiation and hybridization between Greater and Lesser Spotted Eagles (Accipitriformes: Aquila clanga, A. pomarina). Journal of Ornithology, 146(3): 226-234.
• Piersma, T., Pérez-Tris, J., Mouritsen, H., Bauchinger, U. and Bairlein, F.  Is there a ‘migratory syndrome’ common to all migrant birds? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046: 282-93.
• Lindstrom, K. M., Hasselquist, D. and Wikelski, M. 2005. House sparrows (Passer domesticus) adjust their social status position to their physiological costs. Hormones and Behavior 48(3): 311-20.
• Hanssen S.A., Hasselquist D., Folstad, I., Erikstad, K.E. 2005. Cost of reproduction in a long-lived bird: incubation effort reduces immune function and future reproduction. Proc R Soc 272 (1567): 1039-46.
• Bensch, S. and Åkesson, M. 2005. Ten years of AFLP in ecology and evolution: why so few animals? Mol Ecol 14(10): 2899-2914.
• Hansson, B. & Richardson, D.S. 2005. Genetic variation in two endangered Acrocephalus species compared to a widespread congener: estimates based on functional and random loci. Animal Conservation,  8: 83-90.
• Irwin, D. I., Bensch, S., Irwin, J. H. & Price, T. 2005 Speciation by distance in a ring species. Science,307 (5708): 414-6. 

• Bonnedahl, J., Broman, T., Waldenstrom, J., Palmgren, H., Niskanen, T. and Olsen, B. 2005. In search of human-associated bacterial pathogens in Antarctic wildlife: report from six penguin colonies regularly visited by tourists. Ambio 34(6): 430-2.

• Tellería, J. L., Ramírez, A. and Pérez-Tris, J. 2005. Conservation of seed-dispersing migrant birds in Mediterranean habitats: shedding light on patterns to preserve processes. Biological Conservation 124: 493-502.

• Pérez-Tris, J. and Bensch, S. 2005. Diagnosing genetically diverse avian malarial infections using mixed-sequence analysis and TA-cloning. Parasitology 131: (Pt 1): 15-23. 
• Pérez-Tris, J., Hasselquist, D., Hellgren, O., Krizanauskiene, A., Waldenström, J. and Bensch, S. 2005. What are malaria parasites? Trends in Parasitology 21: 209-211.
• Ekblom, R., Saether, S. A., Hasselquist, D., Hannersjö, D., Fiske, P., Kålås, J. A. & Höglund, J. 2005. Female choice and male humoral immune response in the lekking great snipe ( Gallinago media). Behavioral Ecology, 16: 346-351.
• Axelsson-Olsson, D., Waldenström, J., Broman, T., Olsen, B. and Holmberg, M.  2005. Protozoan Acanthamoebae polyphaga as a potential reservoir for Campylobacter jejuni. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71(2): 987-992.
  
  

2004

• Westerdahl, H. 2004. No evidence of an MHC based mate choice in the great reed warbler. Molecular Ecology, 13: 2465-2470.
• Waldenström, J., Rhönnstad, P. & Hasselquist, D. 2004. Habitat preferences and population trends in the Barred Warbler [Sylvia nisoria] in the Ottenby area, southeast Sweden. Ornis Svecica, 14(3): 107 - 116.
• Bustnes, J. O., Hanssen, S. A., Folstad, I., Hasselquist, D., Skaarnes, J. U. & Erikstad, K.-E.  2004. Immune function and organochlorine pollutants in Arctic breeding glaucous gulls. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 47(4):530-41.
• Rosivall, B., Török, J., Hasselquist, D., Bensch, S. Brood sex ratio in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis): results differ between populations. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology, 56: 346-351.
• Saether, B.-E., Engen, S., Lande, R., Møller, A. P., Bensch, S., Hasselquist, D., Leisler, B. Time to extinction in relation to mating system and type of density regulation in populations with two sex. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73: 925-934.
• Svensson, E. I., Kristoffersen, L., Oskarsson, K. & Bensch, S. Population divergence in morphology and sexual selection in the banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens). Heredity, 93: 423-433.
• Pearson, D. J., Ash, J. S. & Bensch, S. 2004. The identity of some Hippolais specimens from Eritrea and the United Arab Emirates examined by mtDNA analysis: a record of Sykes’s Warbler H. rama in Africa. Ibis, 146:683-684.
• Malmqvist, B., Strasevicius D., Hellgren, O. Adler, P. S. & Bensch, S. 2004. Vertebrate host specificity of wild-caught blackflies revealed by mtDNA in blood. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B (Suppl.), 271: S152-S155.
• Owen-Ashley, N. T., Hasselquist, D. & Wingfield, J. C. 2004. Androgens and the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: unraveling direct and indirect pathways in the song sparrow (Melospiza melodia). American Naturalist, 164: 490-505.
• Arlt, D., Hansson, B., Bensch, S., von Schantz T. & Hasselquist, D. 2004. Breeding synchrony does not affect extra-pair paternity in great reed warblers. Behaviour, 141: 863-880.
• Hanssen, S.A., Folstad, I., Erikstad, K.E. &  Hasselquist, D. Severe cost of acquired immune defence in a vertebrate: humoral immune responsiveness reduces survival in eiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 271: 925-930.
• Hansson, B. 2004. Marker-based relatedness predicts egg-hatching failure in great reed warblers. Conservation Genetics, 5, 339-348.
• Hansson, B., Roggeman, W. & De Smet, G. 2004. Molecular evidence of a reed warbler × great reed warbler hybrid (Acrocephalus scirpaceus × A. arundinaceus) in Belgium. Journal of Ornithology, 145, 159-160.
• Broman,T., Waldenström, J., Dahlgren, D., Carlsson, I., Eliasson, I. & Olsen, B. 2004. Diversities and Similarities in PFGE profiles of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from Migrating Birds and Humans. Journal of Applied Microbiology 96: 834-843.
• Palmgren,H., Broman, T., Waldenström, J., Lindberg, P., Aspán, A. & Olsen, B. 2004. Salmonella amager, Campylobacter jejuni and urease- positive thermophilic Campylobacter found in free-ranging peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Sweden. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40(3): 583-587.
• Bensch, S., Pérez-Tris, J., Waldenström, J. & Hellgren, O. 2004. Linkage between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences in avian malaria parasites ­ multiple cases of cryptic speciation? Evolution 58: 1617-1621.
• Pérez-Tris, J., Bensch, S., Carbonell, R., Helbig, A. J. & Tellería, J. L. 2004. Historical diversification of migration patterns in a passerine bird. Evolution 58: 1819-1832.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S. & Hasselquist, D. 2004. Lifetime fitness of short- and long-distance dispersing great reed warblers. Evolution, 58, 2546-2557.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S. & Hasselquist, D. 2004. Do female great reed warblers seek extra-pair fertilizations to avoid inbreeding? Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B 271, S290-S292.
• Pérez-Tris, J., Díaz, J. A. & Tellería, J. L. 2004. The loss of body mass under predation risk: cost of anti-predatory behaviour or adaptive fit-for-escape? Animal Behaviour 67: 511-521.
• Tellería, J.L. & Pérez-Tris, J. 2004. Consequences of the settlement of migrant European robins Erithacus rubecula in wintering habitats occupied by conspecific residents. Ibis 146: 258-268.
• Pérez-Tris, J. & Santos, T. 2004. Spanish research on avian migration: historical trajectory and future perspectives. Ardeola 51: 71-89 (in Spanish).
• Arlt, D., Bensch, S., Hansson, B., Hasselquist, D. & Westerdahl, H.  2004. Observation of a ZZW female in a natural population: implications for avian sex determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B (Suppl.),(271): 249-51.
• Hansson, B., Hasselquist, D. & Bensch, S.  2004. Do female great reed warblers seek extra-pair fertilizations to avoid inbreeding? Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B (Suppl.), (271): 290-292.
• Westerdahl, H., Wittzell, H., von Schantz, T. and Bensch, S. 2004. MHC class I typing in a songbird with numerous loci and high polymorphism using motif-specific PCR and DGGE. Heredity, 92:534-542.
• Hansson, B., Westerdahl, H., Hasselquist, D., Åkesson, M & Bensch, S. 2004. Does linkage disequilibrium generate heterozygosity-fitness correlations in great reed warblers? Evolution, 58:870-879.
• Hansson, M.C., Wittzell, H., Persson, K. and von Schantz, T. 2004. Unprecedented genomic diversity of Ahr1 and AhR2 genes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Aquatic Toxicology 68(3): 219-232.
• Hellgren, O., Waldenström, J., and Bensch, S.  2004. A new PCR assay for simultaneous studies of Leucocytozoon spp., Plasmodium spp. and Haemoproteus spp. from avian blood. Journal of Parasitology, 90 :797-802.
• Westerdahl, H., Hansson, B., Bensch, S., & Hasselquist, D. 2004. Between-year variation of MHC allele frequencies in great reed warblers: selection of drift? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17: 485-492. 
• Bonneaud C., Sorci, G., Morin, V., Westerdahl, H., Zoorob, R. and Wittzell, H. 2004. Diversity of MHC class I and IIB genes in house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Immunogenetics 55: 855-865.
• Waldenström, J., Bensch, B., Hasselquist, D. and Östman, Ö. 2004. A new nested polymerase chain reaction method very efficient in detecting Plasmodium and Haemoproteus infections from avian blood. Journal of Parasitology, 90: 191-194.
  
  2003 
• Ilmonen, P., Hasselquist, D., Langefors, Å. and Wiehn, J. 2003. Stress, immunocompetence and leukocyte profiles of pied flycatchers in relation to brood size manipulation. Oecologia, 136(1):148-54.
• Secondi, J., den Hartog, P. and ten Cate, C.  2003. To trill or not to trill ?  Territorial response to a heterospecific vocal trait in male Collared doves, Streptopelia decaocto. Behavioral Ecology, 14: 694-701.
• Råberg, L., Stjernman, M. och Hasselquist, D. 2003. Immune responsiveness in adult blue tits: heritability and effects of nutrition during ontogeny. Oecologia 136:360-364.
• Hansson, B., Gavrilov, E. & Gavrilov, A. 2003. Hybridisation between great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus and clamorous reed warblers A. stentoreus: morphological and molecular evidences. Avian Science, 3:145-151.
• Ohlsson, T., Råberg, L., Hasselquist, D. and Smith, H. G. 2003. Ornament coloration in pheasants affected by nutrition but unrelated to humoral immune responsiveness. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution, 15:31-42.
• Westneat, D. F., Hasselquist, D. and Wingfield, J. C. 2003. Humoral immune response of free-living red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus): No association with plumage, testosterone, or reproductive success. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 53: 315-323.
• Pérez-Tris, J., Ramírez, A. & Tellería, J.L. 2003. Are Iberian Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus (collybita) brehmii long-distance migrants? An analysis of flight-related morphology. Bird Study 50: 146-152.
• Carbonell, R., Pérez-Tris, J. & Tellería, J.L. 2003. Effects of habitat heterogeneity and local adaptation on the body condition of a forest passerine at the edge of the range. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 479-488.
• Tellería, J.L. & Pérez-Tris, J. 2003. Seasonal distribution of a migratory bird: effects of local and regional resource tracking. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1583-1591.
• Ilmonen, P., Hasselquist, D., Langefors, Å & Wiehn, J. 2003. Stress, immunocompetence and leukocyte profiles of pied flycatchers in relation to brood size manipulation. Oecologia 136: 148-154.
• Waldenström, J., On, S.L.W., Ottvall, R., Hasselquist, D., Harrington, C.S. & Olsen, B. 2003. Avian reservoirs and zoonotic potential of the emerging human pathogen Helicobacter canadensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69: 7523-7526.
• Råberg, L. och Stjernman, M. 2003 Natural selection on immune responsiveness in blue tits Parus caeruleus. Evolution 57:1670-1678.
• Richardson, D.S. and Westerdahl, H. 2003. MHC diversity in two Acrocephalus species: the outbred Great reed warbler and the inbred Seychelles warbler. Molecular Ecology, 12: 3523-3529.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S. and Hasselquist, D. 2003. Heritability of dispersal behaviour in a song bird. Ecology Letters, 6: 290-294.
• Secondi, J., Bretagnolle, V., Compagnon, C. and Faivre, B. 2003. Species-specific song convergences in a moving hybrid zone between two passerines. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 80:507-517.
• Niskanen, T., Waldenström, J., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M. Olsen, B., & Korkeala, H. 2003. virF-Positive Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica found in migratory birds in Sweden. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69(8): 4670-4675.
• Hernandez, J., Bonnedahl, J., Waldenström, J., Palmgren, H. & Olsen, B. 2003. Salmonella in birds migrating through Sweden. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9: 753-754.

• Lillandt, B.-G., Bensch, S. & von Schantz, T. 2003: Family structure in the Siberian jay as revealed by microsatellite analyses.  Condor, 105:505-514.

• Hansson, M.C., Wittzell, H., Persson, K. and von Schantz, T. 2003. Characterization of two distinct arylhydrocarbon receptor (AhR2) genes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and evidence for multiple AhR2 gene lineages in salmonid fish. Gene, 303: 197-206.
• Bensch, S. and Åkesson, S. 2003. Temporal and spatial variation of haemotozoans in Scandinavian willow warblers. Journal of Parasitology, 89(2): 388-391.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S. & Hasselquist, D. 2003. A new approach to study dispersal: immigration of novel alleles reveals female-biased dispersal in great reed warblers. Molecular Ecology, 12, 631-638.
  
  
  2002
• Waldenström, J., Bensch, S., Kiboi, S., Hasselquist, D. & Ottosson, U. 2002.  Cross-species infection of blood parasites between resident and migratory songbirds in Africa. Molecular Ecology, 11, 1545-1554.
• Lillandt, B.-G., Bensch, S., Hansson, B. Wennerberg, L. & von Schantz, T. 2002. Isolation and cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci in the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus). Hereditas, 137, 157-160.
• Broman, T., Palmgren, H., Bergström, S., Sellin, M., Waldenström, J., Danielsson-Tham, M-L. & Olsen, B. 2002. Campylobacter jejuni in Black-Headed Gulls (Larus ridibundus): Prevalence, Genotypes, and Influence on C. jejuni Epidemiology. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 40:4594-4602.
• Råberg, L.,Vestberg, M., Hasselquist, D., Holmdahl, R., Svensson, E. and Nilsson, J.-Å. 2002.  Basal metabolic rate and the evolution of the adaptive immune system. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 269: 817-821.
• Ottvall, R., Bensch, S., Walinder, G. & Lifjeld, J. T. 2002. No evidence of genetic differentiation among Lesser and Common Redpolls. Avian Science, 4: 237-244.
• Secondi, J., de Bakker, M., ten Cate, C.  2002. Female response to male coos in the collared dove Streptopelia decaocto.  Behaviour 139: 1287-1302.
• Hansson, B. & Westerberg, L. 2002. On the correlation between heterozygosity and fitness in natural populations. Molecular Ecology, 11, 2467-2474.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S. & Hasselquist, D. 2002. Predictors of natal dispersal in great reed warblers: results from small and large census areas.  Journal of Avian Biology, 33: 311-314.
• Wennerberg, L., Klaassen, M. & Lindström, Å. 2002. Geographical variation and population structure in the White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis as shown by morphology, mitochondrial DNA and carbon isotope ratios. Oecologia, 131:380-390.
• Lindström, Å., Klaassen, M., Piersma, T., Holmgren, N. and Wennerberg, L. 2002. Fuel stores of juvenile waders on autumn migration in high arctic Canada. Ardea 90: 93-101.
• Wennerberg L. 2002.  Genetic Variation and Migration of Waders.  Wader Study Group Bull  97: 17-18.
• Åkesson, S. Bensch, S., Hedenström, A. & Irwin, D. E. 2002. Blowfly Trypocalliphora braueri  (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae infestation in willow warblers Phylloscopus trochilus breeding in a  hybrid zone. Ornis Svecica, 12: 83-88.
• Broman, T., Palmgren, H., Bergström, S., Sellin, M., Waldenström, J., Danielsson-Tham, M.-L. and Olsen, B. 2002.  Campylobacter jejuni in black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus): Prevalence, genotypes and influence on C. jejuni epidemiology. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40: 4594-4602.
• Waldenström, J. Broman, T. Carlsson, I., Hasselquist, D., Achterberg, R.P., Wagenaar, J.A. and Olsen, B. 2002.   Prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter lari and Campylobacter coli in different ecological guilds and taxa of migrating birds. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 5911-5917.
• Bensch, S., Åkesson, S. and Irwin, D. 2002. The use of AFLP to find an informative SNP: genetic differences across a migratory divide in willow warblers. Molecular Ecology, 11: 2359-2366.
• Lohm, J., Grahn, M., Langefors, A., Andersen, O., Storset, A. and von Schantz, T. 2002. Experimental evidence for major histocompatibility complex-allele-specific resistance to a bacterial infection. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B  269 (1504):2029-2033.
• Olsen, K.H., Grahn, M. and Lohm, J. 2002. Influence of MHC on sibling discrimination in Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus (L.). J Chem Ecol  28 (4):783-95.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S., Hasselquist, D. and Nielsen, B.  2002. Restricted dispersal in a long-distance  migrant bird with patchy distribution, the great reed warbler. Oecologia, 130: 536-542.
• Bensch, S. & Pearson, D. The longbilled reed warbler revisited. 2002. Ibis, 144: 259-267.
• Webster, M.S., Marra, P.P., Haig, S.M., Bensch, S. and Holmes, R.T. 2002. Links between worlds:  unraveling migratory connectivity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 17:2.
• Bensch, S., Helbig, A.J., Salomon, M. and Seibold, I. 2002. Amplified fragment length  polymorphism analysis identifies hybrids between two subspecies of warblers. Molecular Ecology, 11: 473-481.
• Ilmonen, P., Taarna, T. and Hasselquist, D. 2002. Incubating a larger clutch declines breeding success but has no effect on humoral immune responsiveness: an experiment on female pied flycatchers. Oecologia 130: 199-204.
• Ohlsson,T., Hasselquist, D., Råberg, L. and Smith, H.G. 2002. Early nutrition, sexual ornaments and immunocompetence in pheasants. Proc. R. Soc. B  269: 21-27.
• Hasselquist, D. and Kempenaers, B. 2002. Parental care and adaptive sex ratio manipulation in birds. Philosophical Transactions of the R. Soc. B 357: 363-372.

2001

• Lillandt, B.-G., Bensch, S. and von Schantz, T.  2001 Parentage determination in kin-structured  populations: microsatellite analyses in the Siberian jay Perisoreus infaustus during a 25-year population  study. Avian Science 1(1):3-14.
• Irwin, D.E., Irwin, J.H. and Price, T.D. 2001. Ring species as bridges between microevolution and speciation. Genetica 112-113: 223-43.
• Nilsson, J-Å. & Råberg, L. 2001. The resting metabolic cost of egg laying and nestling feeding in  great tits, Oecologia, 128: 187-192.
• Irwin, D.E., Alström, P., Olsson, U. and Benowitz-Fredericks, Z.M. 2001. Cryptic species in the genus Phylloscopus (Old World leaf warblers). Ibis 143: 233-247.
• Bensch, S., Hasselquist, D., Nielsen, B., Nihlén, C. & Frodin, P.  2001. Food resources and territory  quality in the polygynous Great Reed Warbler. Biosystematics and Ecology. Series no 18, Wien.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S., Hasselquist, D. and Åkesson, M.  2001. Microsatellite diversity predicts recruitment of sibling great reed warblers. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B., 268: 1287-1291.
• Holmgren, N. M. A., Jönsson, P. E., Wennerberg, L. 2001. Geographical variation in the timing of  breeding and moult in Dunlin Calidris alpina on the Palearctic tundra. Polar Biology 24: 369-377. 
• Langefors, Å., Lohm, J. and von Schantz, T. 2001. Allellic polymorphism in MHC class II B in four populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Immunogenetics 53: 329-336. 
• Irwin, D., Bensch, S. & Price, T. 2001. Speciation in a ring. Nature 409: 333-337.
• Hansson, M. och Langefors, Å. 2001. Östersjölaxen i kamp mot miljögifter och sjukdom. Fauna och Flora, 96: 91-96. 
• Abraham, D., Ryrholm, N., Wittzell, H., Holloway, J.D., Scoble, M.J. and  Löfstedt, C. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20: 65-77.
• Helbig, A., Salomon, M., Bensch, S. & Seibold, I. 2001. Male-biased gene flow across an avian hybrid zone: evidence from mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA. J. Evol.Biol. 14: 277-287.  
• Langefors, Å., Lohm, J., Grahn, M., Andersen, O. and von Schantz, T. 2001.Association between Mhc class II B alleles and resistance to Aeromonas salmonicida in Atlantic salmon. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B., 268(1466):479-85.
• Wennerberg, L. 2001. Breeding origin and migration pattern of dunlin (Calidris alpina) revealed  by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Ecology 10: 1111-1120.
• Hasselquist, D. and Sherman, P.W. 2001. Social mating systems and extra-pair fertilizations in passerine birds. Behavioral Ecology 12: 457-466.
• Hasselquist, D., Wasson, M.F. and Winkler, D.W. 2001. Humoral immunocompetence predicts date of egg-laying and reflects female quality in tree swallows. Behavioral Ecology 12: 93-97.
• Hasselquist, D. 2001. Hybrid costs avoided. News & Views. Nature 411: 34-35.

2000

• Hansson, B., Bensch, S., Hasselquist, D. 2000. Patterns of nest predation contribute to the polygyny in the great reed warbler. Ecology, 81(2):319-328.
• Bensch, S., Hansson, B., Hasselquist, D. & Nielsen, B. 2000. Partial albinism in a semi-isolated population of great reed warblers. Hereditas, 133:167-170.
• Madsen, T., Olsson, M., Wittzell, H., Stille, B., Gullberg, A., Shine, R., Andersson, S. and Tegelström, H.  2000. Population size and genetic diversity in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) and adders (Vipera berus). Biol. Conserv. 94(2):257-262.
• Bensch, S. & Härlid, A. 2000. Mitochondrial genomic rearrangements in songbirds. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17(1):107-113.
• Sejberg, D., Bensch, S. & Hasselquist, D. 2000. Nestling provisioning in polygynous great reed warblers: do males bring larger prey to compensate for fewer nest visits? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 47:213-219.
• Erlinge, S., Frodin, P., Hasselquist, D., Nilsson, P. & Svensson, M. 2000. Reproductive behaviour of female Siberian lemmings during the increase and peak phase of the lemming cycle. Oecologia, 123:200-207.
• Westerdahl, H., Bensch, S., Hansson, B. & Hasselquist, D. 2000. Brood sex ratios, female mating status and resources for nestling provisioning in the great reed warbler. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 47:312-318.
• Langefors, Å., Lohm, J., von Schantz, T. and Grahn, M. 2000. Screening of Mhc variation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): a comparison of RFLP, DGGE and sequencing. Molecular Ecology, 9: 215-219. 
• Hansson, M.C., Bensch, S. and Brännström,O. 2000. Range expansion and the possibility of an emerging contact zone between two subspecies of chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus collybita ssp). Journal of Avian Biology, 31:548-558. 
• Chamberlain, C. P., Bensch, S., Xiahong Feng, Åkesson, S. & Andersson,T. 2000. Stable isotopes unravel the African winter quarters of Scandinavian Willow Warblers examined across a migratory divide. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B., 267: (1438) 43-48. 

• Råberg, L., Nilsson, J-Å., Ilmonen, P., Stjernman, M. and Hasselquist, D. 2000.  The cost of an immune response: vaccination reduces parental effort. EcologyLetters, 3:382-386. 

• Hasselquist, D., Bensch, S. och von Schantz, T. 2000. Så ska det låta. Forskning & Framsteg 4/00.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S. and Hasselquist, D. 2000.The quality and the timing hypothesesevaluated using data on great reed warblers. OIKOS 90: 575-581.
• Wennerberg, L.. 2000. Genetiska markörer speglar varifrån kärrsnäpporna kommer. Anser 3:175-177.
• Ilmonen, P., Taarna, T. and Hasselquist, D. 2000. Experimentally activated immune defence in female pied flycatchers results in reduced breeding success. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 267: 665-670.
• Bensch, S., Stjernman, M., Hasselquist, D., Östman, Ö., Hansson, B., Westerdahl, H. and Pinheiro T. 2000. Host specificity in avian blood parasites: a study of Plasmodium and Haemoproteus mitochondrial DNA amplified from birds. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267, 1583-1589.
• Nowicki, S., Hasselquist, D., Bensch, S. & Peters, S. 2000. Nestling growth and song repertoire size in great reed warblers: evidence for song learning as an indicator mechanism in mate choice. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 267: 2419-2424.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S., Hasselquist, D., Lillandt, B.-G., Wennerberg, L. and von Schantz, T. 2000. Increase of genetic variation over time in a recently founded population of great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) revealed by microsatellites and DNA fingerprinting. Molecular Ecology 9: 1529-1538.
• Westerdahl, H., Wittzell, H. and von Schantz, T. 2000. Mhc diversity in two passerine birds: no evidence for a minimal essential Mhc. Immunogenetics 52: 92-100.

1999

• Bensch, S., Andersson, T. & Åkesson, S. 1999. Morphological and molecular variation across a migratory divide in willow warblers, Phylloscopus trochilus. Evolution, 53: (6) 1925-1935. [abstract]
• Bensch, S., Westerdahl, H, Hansson, B. and Hasselquist, D. 1999. Do females adjust the sex of their offspring in relation to the breeding sex ratio? J of Evol Biol, 12: (6) 1104-1109. [abstract]
• Madsen, T., Olsson, M., Shine, R. and Wittzell, H. 1999. Genetical restoration of an inbred populations of adder (Vipera berus). Nature, 402: (6757) 34-35.
• Lindström, Å. Minton, C. D. T. & Bensch, S. 1999. First recovery of a red knot Calidris canutus involving the breeding population on New Siberian Island. Wader Study Group Bulletin, 89: 33-35.
• Bensch, S. and Nielsen, B. 1999. Autumn migration speed of juvenile reed and sedge warblers in relation to date and fat loads. The Condor 101:153-156. [abstract]
• Bensch, S. 1999. Sex allocation in relation to parental quality. In: Adams, N.J. & Slotow, R.H.(eds) Proc. 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban: 451-466. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa.
• Wennerberg, L., Holmgren, N., Jönsson, P.E. and von Schantz, T. 1999. Genetic and morphological variation in breeding dunlin Calidris alpina in the Palearctic tundra. Ibis 141:391-398. [abstract]
• Wittzell, H., Bernot, A., Auffray, C. and Zoorob, R. 1999. Concerted evolution of two Mhc class II B loci in pheasants and domestic chickens. Mol Biol Evol 16:479-490. [abstract]
• Tufvesson, M., Tufvesson, B., von Schantz, T., Johansson, K. and Wilhelmsson, M. 1999. Selection for sexual male characters and their effects on other fitness related traits in White Leghorn chickens. J. Anim. Breed. Gen. 116:127-138. [abstract]
• Danell, K., Erlinge, S., Högstedt, G., Hasselquist, D., Olofsson, E.-B., Seldahl, T. & Svensson, M. 1999. Tracking past and on-going lemming cycles on the Eurasian tundra. Ambio 28: 225-229. [abstract]
• Grahn, M. 1999. MHC Genotype and Ornamentation. In: Animal Signals: Signalling and Signal Design in Animal Communication (Espmark, Y., Amundsen, T. & Rosenquist, G., eds.). The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, The Foundation. Tapir Publishers, Trondheim, Norway.
• Erlinge, S., Frodin, P., Hasselquist, D., Nilsson, P. & Svensson, M. 1999. Asynchronous cyclicity of Siberian lemmings from the Kola Peninsula to Wrangel Island. Oecologia 493-500. [abstract]
• Madsen, T. and Shine, R. 1999. Life-history consequences of nest-site variation in tropical pythons (Liasis fuscus). Ecology, 80:989-997 [abstract]
• Madsen, T. and Shine R. 1999. Rainfall and rats on a tropical floodplain: Climatically-driven dynamics of an Australian rodent population. Austr. J. Ecol. 24: 80-89. [abstract]
• Madsen, T. and Shine, R. 1999. The adjustement of reproductive threshold to prey abundance in a capital breeder.  J. Anim. Ecol. 68:571-580. [abstract]
• Olsson, M., Pagel, M., Shine, R., Madsen, T., Doums, C., Gullberg, A. and Tegelström, H. Sperm choice and sperm competition: suggestions for field and laboratory studies. Oikos, 84:172-175. [abstract]
• Bensch, S. and Hasselquist, D. 1999. Phylogeographic population structure of great reed warblers - an analysis of mtDNA control region. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 66:171-185. [abstract]
• Hasselquist, D., Marsh, JA, Sherman, PW, Wingfield, JC. 1999. Is avian humoral immunocompetence suppressed by testosterone? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 45:167-175. [abstract]
• Westerdahl, H., Wittzell, H. and von Schantz, T. 1999. Polymorphism and transcription of MHC class I genes in a passerine bird, the great reed warbler. Immunogenetics, 49:158-170. [abstract]
• von Schantz, T., S. Bensch, M. Grahn, D. Hasselquist & H. Wittzell. 1999. Good genes, oxidative stress and condition-dependent sexual signals. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 266:1-12. [abstract]
• Wittzell, H., Madsen, T., Westerdahl, H., Shine, R. and von Schantz, T.  1999.  MHC- variation in birds and reptiles.  Genetica,  104: 301-309.
• Wittzell, H.  1999. Chloroplast DNA variation and reticulate evolution in sexual and

apomictic sections of dandelion. Molecular Ecology 8:2023-2035. 

• Bensch, S. 1999. Is the range size of migratory birds constrained by their migratory program? Journal of Biogeography, 26:1225-1235.

1998

• Wittzell, H., Madsen, T., Westerdahl, H., Shine, R. and von Schantz, T.  1998. MHC-variation in birds and reptiles. Genetica, 104:301-309. [abstract]
• Grahn, M., Å. Langefors & T. von Schantz. 1998. The importance of mate choice in improving viability in captive populations. In: Behavioral ecology and Conservation Biology (ed. by T. Caro) Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 341-363. [link]
• Langefors, Å., Hasselquist, D. and von Schantz, T. 1998. Extra-pair paternity in the sedge warbler. J. Avian Biol., 29:134-144.[abstract]
• Langefors, Å., von Schantz, T. and Widergren, B. 1998. Allelic variation of MHC class II in Atlantic salmon; a population genetic analysis. Heredity 80:568-575. [abstract]
• Olsén, K. H., Grahn, M., Lohm, J. & Langefors, Å.  MHC and kin discrimination in juvenile Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus (L.). Anim. Behav. 56:319-327. [abstract]
• Bensch, S., Hasselquist, D., Nielsen, B. & Hansson, B. 1998. Higher fitness for philopatric than for immigrant males in a semi isolated population of great reed warblers. Evolution 52:877-883. [abstract]
• Lindstrom, A., Bensch, S., Jonsson, PE. 1998. Low body mass of juvenile Ross's gulls Rhodostethia rosea in the Laptev Sea. Arctic. 51:280-282. [abstract]
• Hasselquist, D. and Langefors, Å. 1998. Variable social mating system in the sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. Ethology 104: 759-769. [abstract]
• Hasselquist, D. 1998. Polygyny in the great reed warbler: a long term study of factors contributing to male fitness. Ecology 79:2376-2390. [abstract]
• Råberg, L., Grahn, M., Hasselquist, D. & Svensson, E. 1998. On the adaptive significance of stress-induced immunosuppression. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 265: 1637-1641. [abstract]
• Pero RW, Olsson A, Bryngelsson C, von Schantz T, Simanaitis M, Sternby NH, Larsson SA, Elmstahl S, Janzon L, Berglund G. 1998. Feasibility and quality of biological banking of human normal and tumor tissue specimens as sources of DNA for the Malmo Diet and Cancer Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 7:809-812. [abstract]
• Svensson, E., Råberg, L., Koch, C. & Hasselquist, D. 1998. Energetic stress, immunosuppression and the costs of an antibody response. Functional Ecology 12: 912-919.[abstract]

1997

• Bensch, S., Price, T. & Kohn, J. 1997. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in a Phylloscopus warbler. Molecular Ecology 6:91-92.
• Hansson, B., Bensch, S. & Hasselquist, D. 1997. Infanticide in great reed warblers: secondary females destroy eggs of primary females. Animal Behavior 54:297-304. [abstract]
• von Schantz, T., Wittzell, H., Göransson, G. and Grahn, M. 1997. Mate choice, male condition-dependent ornamentation and MHC in the pheasant. Hereditas 127:37-46.
• Westerdahl, H., Bensch, S., Hansson, B., Hasselquist, D. and von Schantz, T. 1997. Sex ratio variation among broods of great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Molecular Ecology 6:543-548.
• Bensch, S. 1997. The cost of polygyny- definitions and applications. J. Avian Biol. 28:345-352.

 

1996

• Bensch, S. 1996. Female mating status and reproductive success in the great reed warbler: is there a potential cost of polygyny that requires compensation? Journal of Animal Ecology 65:283-296.
• Hasselquist, D., Bensch, S. and von Schantz, T. 1996. Correlation between male song repertoire extra-pair paternity and offspring survival in the great reed warbler. Nature 381:229-232.
• von Schantz, T., Wittzell, H., Göransson, G., Grahn, M. & Persson, K. 1996. MHC genotype and male ornamentation: genetic evidence for the Hamilton-Zuk model. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 263:265-271.[abstract]
• Smith, H.G., Wennerberg, L. and von Schantz, T. 1996. Adoption, infanticide or ignorance: the effects of paternity and remating probability. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 38:191-197.
• Smith, H.G., Wennerberg, L. and von Schantz, T. 1996. Sperm competition in the European starling. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 263:797-801.