Bengt Gunnarsson

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Bengt Gunnarsson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bengt Gunnarsson has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 21 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Bengt Gunnarsson's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (14 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (13 papers). Bengt Gunnarsson is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (14 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (13 papers). Bengt Gunnarsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Bengt Gunnarsson's co-authors include Marcus Hedblom, Igor Knez, Åsa Ode Sang, Pontus Thorsson, Martin Schaefer, Johan N. Lundström, Behzad Iravani, Erik Heyman, Mikael Hake and Jörgen I. Johnsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Scientific Reports and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Bengt Gunnarsson

64 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Reduction of physiological stress by urban green space in a multisensory virtual experiment

2019 327 citations Marcus Hedblom, Bengt Gunnarsson et al. profile →
The effects of naturalness, gender, and age on how urban green space is perceived and used

2016 322 citations Åsa Ode Sang, Igor Knez et al. Urban forestry & urban greening profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bengt Gunnarsson Sweden	26	1.1k	717	683	460	443	65	2.5k
Richard J. Harris New Zealand	23	641 0.6×	518 0.7×	657 1.0×	259 0.6×	419 0.9×	52	2.1k
Dieter F. Hochuli Australia	33	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	1.6k 2.4×	950 2.1×	841 1.9×	112	3.9k
Stephen Venn Finland	16	1.6k 1.5×	1.5k 2.1×	381 0.6×	596 1.3×	568 1.3×	34	3.0k
Masashi Soga Japan	28	2.5k 2.3×	1.5k 2.1×	418 0.6×	620 1.3×	711 1.6×	93	4.8k
Caragh G. Threlfall Australia	27	1.4k 1.3×	1.5k 2.0×	965 1.4×	528 1.1×	843 1.9×	56	3.0k
Susannah B. Lerman United States	22	1.5k 1.4×	1.7k 2.3×	696 1.0×	760 1.7×	983 2.2×	52	3.2k
G. Fry Norway	18	1.7k 1.6×	1.5k 2.2×	214 0.3×	368 0.8×	416 0.9×	35	3.1k
Yuichi Yamaura Japan	26	787 0.7×	878 1.2×	481 0.7×	856 1.9×	1.0k 2.3×	108	2.8k
Christopher Hassall United Kingdom	29	401 0.4×	700 1.0×	856 1.3×	892 1.9×	1.5k 3.4×	89	3.1k
Briony A. Norton United Kingdom	15	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	308 0.5×	435 0.9×	306 0.7×	25	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Bengt Gunnarsson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bengt Gunnarsson

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gunnarsson, Bengt & Marcus Hedblom. (2023). Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(9). 792–794. 14 indexed citations

Vowles, Tage, Bengt Gunnarsson, Ulf Molau, et al.. (2017). Expansion of deciduous tall shrubs but not evergreen dwarf shrubs inhibited by reindeer in Scandes mountain range. Journal of Ecology. 105(6). 1547–1561. 59 indexed citations

Andersson‐Sköld, Yvonne, Jenny Klingberg, Bengt Gunnarsson, et al.. (2017). A framework for assessing urban greenery's effects and valuing its ecosystem services. Journal of Environmental Management. 205. 274–285. 63 indexed citations

Hedblom, Marcus, Igor Knez, Åsa Ode Sang, & Bengt Gunnarsson. (2017). Evaluation of natural sounds in urban greenery: potential impact for urban nature preservation. Royal Society Open Science. 4(2). 170037–170037. 81 indexed citations

Gunnarsson, Bengt & Kerstin Wiklander. (2015). Foraging mode of spiders affects risk of predation by birds. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 115(1). 58–68. 20 indexed citations

Hedblom, Marcus, et al.. (2014). Bird song diversity influences young people's appreciation of urban landscapes. Urban forestry & urban greening. 13(3). 469–474. 133 indexed citations

Heyman, Erik & Bengt Gunnarsson. (2011). Management effect on bird and arthropod interaction in suburban woodlands. BMC Ecology. 11(1). 8–8. 8 indexed citations

Gunnarsson, Bengt, et al.. (2011). Openness as a key-variable for analysis of management trade-offs in urban woodlands. Urban forestry & urban greening. 10(4). 281–293. 34 indexed citations

Gunnarsson, Bengt, et al.. (2006). Effect of Microhabitat Complexity on the Local Distribution of Arthropods in Clear-Cuts. Environmental Entomology. 35(5). 1324–1333. 24 indexed citations

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Oxford, Geoff & Bengt Gunnarsson. (2006). Spatial variation in colour morph, spotting and allozyme frequencies in the candy-stripe spider, Enoplognatha ovata (Theridiidae) on two Swedish archipelagos. Genetica. 128(1-3). 51–62. 3 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt, et al.. (2004). A functional relationship between species richness of spiders and lichens in spruce. Biodiversity and Conservation. 13(4). 685–693. 48 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt. (2000). EGG SACS OF PITYOHYPHANTES PHRYGIANUS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY ACID RAIN. Journal of Arachnology. 28(1). 128–130. 2 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt & Mikael Hake. (1999). Bird predation affects canopy-living arthropods in city parks. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 77(9). 1419–1428. 29 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt. (1998). Bird predation as a sex‐ and size‐selective agent of the arboreal spider Pityohyphantes phrygianus. Functional Ecology. 12(3). 453–458. 20 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt. (1995). Arthropods and passerine birds in coniferous forest: the impact of acidification and needle-loss.. 248–258. 3 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt, et al.. (1992). Snorre subsea completions advance TFL technology. World Oil; (United States). 1 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt & Agneta Andersson. (1992). Skewed Primary Sex Ratio in the Solitary Spider Pityohyphantes phrygianus. Evolution. 46(3). 841–841. 10 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt. (1990). Vegetation Structure and the Abundance and Size Distribution of Spruce-Living Spiders. Journal of Animal Ecology. 59(2). 743–743. 117 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt. (1988). Spruce-living spiders and forest decline; the importance of needle-loss. Biological Conservation. 43(4). 309–319. 35 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Bengt. (1980). Distribution abundance and population structure of Protura in two woodland soils in Southwestern Sweden. Pedobiologia. 20(4). 254–262. 11 indexed citations

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