Niklas Wengström

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 789 citations indexed

About

Niklas Wengström is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Niklas Wengström has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 789 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Niklas Wengström's work include Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (8 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (3 papers). Niklas Wengström is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (8 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (3 papers). Niklas Wengström collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, France and Norway. Niklas Wengström's co-authors include Sten Svantesson, Tobias Andermann, Daniele Silvestro, Camila Duarte Ritter, Harith Farooq, Vera Zizka, María Ariza, Ruud Scharn, Josué A. R. Azevedo and Alexander Zizka and has published in prestigious journals such as Hydrobiologia, Methods in Ecology and Evolution and Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

In The Last Decade

Niklas Wengström

11 papers receiving 773 citations

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CoordinateCleaner: Standardized cleaning of occurrence records from biological collection databases

2019 685 citations Alexander Zizka, Daniele Silvestro et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niklas Wengström Sweden	8	371	352	318	310	104	12	789
María Ariza Norway	6	411 1.1×	349 1.0×	365 1.1×	287 0.9×	140 1.3×	7	870
Giulio Valentino Dalla Riva New Zealand	11	213 0.6×	316 0.9×	373 1.2×	300 1.0×	104 1.0×	18	775
Megan L. DeMarche United States	14	353 1.0×	344 1.0×	336 1.1×	262 0.8×	128 1.2×	27	757
Marianna V. P. Simões United States	12	321 0.9×	193 0.5×	296 0.9×	307 1.0×	195 1.9×	43	778
Santiago José Elías Velazco Brazil	16	600 1.6×	413 1.2×	325 1.0×	360 1.2×	104 1.0×	40	965
Josué A. R. Azevedo Brazil	9	498 1.3×	438 1.2×	458 1.4×	297 1.0×	148 1.4×	21	1.0k
Sten Svantesson Sweden	6	373 1.0×	303 0.9×	348 1.1×	259 0.8×	98 0.9×	14	877
Tania Escalante Mexico	21	459 1.2×	448 1.3×	601 1.9×	439 1.4×	135 1.3×	64	1.4k
Tianxiao Hao Australia	4	546 1.5×	256 0.7×	163 0.5×	385 1.2×	93 0.9×	9	769
Takayuki Shiono Japan	16	294 0.8×	453 1.3×	349 1.1×	217 0.7×	50 0.5×	34	727

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12 of 12 papers shown

Sundberg, Per, et al.. (2024). Monitoring of Endangered Freshwater Mussels in Sweden Using Digital PCR. Environmental DNA. 6(6).

Brännström, Ioana Onut, Niklas Wengström, Árni Kristmundsson, et al.. (2024). Identification of a new gregarine parasite associated with mass mortality events of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in Sweden. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 71(3). e13021–e13021. 3 indexed citations

Proschwitz, Ted von & Niklas Wengström. (2020). Zoogeography, ecology, and conservation status of the large freshwater mussels in Sweden. Hydrobiologia. 848(12-13). 2869–2890. 10 indexed citations

Závorka, Libor, Joacim Näslund, Barbara Koeck, et al.. (2019). Within-stream phenotypic divergence in head shape of brown trout associated with invasive brook trout. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 129(2). 347–355. 7 indexed citations

Zizka, Alexander, Daniele Silvestro, Tobias Andermann, et al.. (2019). CoordinateCleaner: Standardized cleaning of occurrence records from biological collection databases. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(5). 744–751. 685 indexed citations breakdown →

Wengström, Niklas, et al.. (2019). Mass Mortality Events in Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) Populations in Sweden: An Overview and Indication of Possible Causes. 22(2). 61–61. 8 indexed citations

Näslund, Joacim, et al.. (2018). Behavioral type, in interaction with body size, affects the recapture rate of brown troutSalmo truttajuveniles in their nursery stream. Integrative Zoology. 13(5). 604–611. 4 indexed citations

Závorka, Libor, Jeroen Brijs, Niklas Wengström, et al.. (2018). Laboratory captivity can affect scores of metabolic rates and activity in wild brown trout. Journal of Zoology. 307(4). 249–255. 4 indexed citations

Brijs, Jeroen, Joacim Näslund, Niklas Wengström, et al.. (2017). Encystment of parasitic freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) larvae coincides with increased metabolic rate and haematocrit in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta). Parasitology Research. 116(4). 1353–1360. 24 indexed citations

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Höjesjö, Johan, et al.. (2016). Heavy loads of parasitic freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritiferaL.) larvae impair foraging, activity and dominance performance in juvenile brown trout (Salmo truttaL.). Ecology Of Freshwater Fish. 27(1). 70–77. 18 indexed citations

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Wengström, Niklas, Joacim Näslund, David Aldvén, et al.. (2016). Do individual Activity Patterns of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) alter the Exposure to Parasitic Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) Larvae?. Ethology. 122(9). 769–778. 12 indexed citations

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Österling, Martin & Niklas Wengström. (2014). Test of the host fish species of a unionoid mussel: A comparison between natural and artificial encystment. Limnologica. 50. 80–83. 14 indexed citations

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