Kristoffer Hylander

Biographic Data

ID1569972
NAMEKristoffer Hylander
GIVEN NAMESKristoffer
FAMILY NAMEHylander
SIGNATUREHYLANDER K
AFFILIATIONSStockholm University
ORCID0000-0002-1215-2648
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity

    Open AccessLucas M Fonzaghi, Kristoffer Hylander et al.ARTICLEPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET2026

    Societal Impact Statement Tropical forests are rapidly declining. One promising strategy to reverse the loss of tropical forest is the establishment of agroforestry on open land. We combined interviews with biodiversity surveys to learn general lessons from success and nonsuccess stories of the establishment of open‐land‐derived coffee agroforests in one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Our findings highlight t…

  • Biodiversity recovery is slow following clear-cut harvest of boreal forests

    Open AccessS Ellen Macdonald, Anne C S McIntosh et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2026

    Boreal forests are important reservoirs of biodiversity, carbon and timber stocks. However, timber harvest can alter biodiversity in these forests without clear evidence on the duration needed for biotic groups to recover. Resilience of boreal forest biodiversity to clear-cut harvest was examined with a meta-analysis of 190 datasets from boreal and hemi-boreal forests of Europe/Russia and North America for arthropods, birds, small mammals, lichen…

  • From climate perceptions to actions: A case study on coffee farms in Ethiopia

    Open AccessXenia Gomm, Biruk Ayalew et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2024References: 37

    Increasing temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns have major consequences for smallholder farmers, especially in the Global South. Our study examined spatial patterns and climatic drivers of farmers' perceptions of climate change, and how these perceptions translated into adaptation actions. We interviewed 56 farmers in southwestern Ethiopia and analyzed ERA5-Land reanalysis climate data from 1971 to 2020. The majority of farmers percei…

  • Local habitat factors and spatial connectivity jointly shape an urban insect community

    Open AccessAnna E Barr, Laura J A van Dijk et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2021

    As the world becomes more and more urbanized, it is increasingly important to understand the impacts of urban landscapes on biodiversity. Urbanization can change local habitat factors and decrease connectivity among local habitats, with major impacts on the structure of natural food webs. However, most studies have focused on single species, or compared rural to urban habitats, which do not inform us on how to design and manage cities to optimize…

  • A social-ecological assessment of food security and biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia

    Open AccessJoern Fischer, Arvid Bergsten et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2021

    We studied food security and biodiversity conservation from a social-ecological perspective in southwestern Ethiopia. Specialist tree, bird, and mammal species required large, undisturbed forest, supporting the notion of 'land sparing' for conservation. However, our findings also suggest that forest areas should be embedded within a multifunctional landscape matrix (i.e. 'land sharing'), because farmland also supported many species and ecosystem …

  • Ecosystem restoration in fire-managed savanna woodlands: Effects on biodiversity, local livelihoods and fire intensity

    Open AccessMaria Ulrika Johansson, Firew Bekele Abebe et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2021References: 42

    Ethiopia aims to restore 15 million ha degraded forests and woodlands, but effects on the potentially contrasting goals of long-term carbon storage, biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods are unknown. To quantify the effects of grazing exclusion on vegetation and fire behaviour, we established six 30 × 30 m fenced exclosures with grazed controls, in a mesic wooded savanna. Experimental burns were done after 1.5 years. Tree seedlings were few bu…

  • Reconciling food security and biodiversity conservation: Participatory scenario planning in southwestern Ethiopia

    Open AccessTolera Senbeto Jiren, J Hanspach et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2020Cited by: 2

    Jiren, T. S., J. Hanspach, J. Schultner, J. Fischer, A. Bergsten, F. Senbeta, K. Hylander, and I. Dorresteijn. 2020. Reconciling food security and biodiversity conservation: participatory scenario planning in southwestern Ethiopia. Ecology and Society 25(3):24. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11681-250324

  • Woody plant use and management in relation to property rights: A social-ecological case study from southwestern Ethiopia

    Open AccessGirma Shumi, Ine Dorresteijn et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2019

    Many people in less developed countries depend on woody plants, but sustainable management of woody plants often remains a challenge. We assessed people’s use, perceived property rights and management of woody plants in farmland and forests in a landscape of southwestern Ethiopia. We interviewed 180 households and surveyed woody plants in 192 plots. We found that 95 species were used for eleven major purposes. The majority of plants (52) were use…

  • Change in heathland fire sizes inside vs. outside the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, over 50 years of fire-exclusion policy: Lessons for Redd

    Open AccessMaria Ulrika Johansson, Senait D Senay et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2019

    Johansson, M. U., S. D. Senay, E. Creathorn, H. Kassa, and K. Hylander. 2019. Change in heathland fire sizes inside vs. outside the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, over 50 years of fire-exclusion policy: lessons for REDD+. Ecology and Society 24(4):26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11260-240426

  • Drought tolerant species dominate as rainfall and tree cover returns in the West African Sahel

    Open AccessHendrik Hänke, Lowe Börjeson et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2016Cited by: 2References: 43

    After the severe droughts in the 1970s and 1980s, and subsequent debates about desertification, analyses of satellite images reveal that the West African Sahel has become greener again. In this paper we report a study on changes in tree cover and tree species composition in three village landscapes in northern Burkina Faso, based on a combination of methods: tree density change detection using aerial photos and satellite images, a tree species in…

  • Predicting climate change effects on wetland ecosystem services using species distribution modeling and plant functional traits

    Open AccessHelen Moor, Kristoffer Hylander et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2015Cited by: 4References: 46

    Wetlands provide multiple ecosystem services, the sustainable use of which requires knowledge of the underlying ecological mechanisms. Functional traits, particularly the community-weighted mean trait (CWMT), provide a strong link between species communities and ecosystem functioning. We here combine species distribution modeling and plant functional traits to estimate the direction of change of ecosystem processes under climate change. We model …

  • Microrefugia: Not for everyone

    Open AccessKristoffer Hylander, Johan Ehrlén et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2015Cited by: 2References: 72

    Microrefugia are sites that support populations of species when their ranges contract during unfavorable climate episodes. Here, we review and discuss two aspects relevant for microrefugia. First, distributions of different species are influenced by different climatic variables. Second, climatic variables differ in the degree of local decoupling from the regional climate. Based on this, we suggest that only species limited by climatic conditions …

  • Interacting effects of change in climate, human population, land use, and water use on biodiversity and ecosystem services

    Open AccessBodil Elmhagen, Georgia Destouni et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2015Cited by: 1

    Elmhagen, B., G. Destouni, A. Angerbjörn, S. Borgström, E. Boyd, S. A. O. Cousins, L. Dalén, J. Ehrlén, M. Ermold, P. A. Hambäck, J. Hedlund, K. Hylander, F. Jaramillo, V. K. Lagerholm, S. W. Lyon, H. Moor, B. Nykvist, M. Pasanen-Mortensen, J. Plue, C. Prieto, Y. Van der Velde, and R. Lindborg. 2015. Interacting effects of change in climate, human population, land use, and water use on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 20(1…

  • Balancing Ecosystem Services and Disservices: Smallholder Farmers' Use and Management of Forest and Trees in an Agricultural Landscape in Southwestern Ethiopia

    Open AccessTola Gemechu Ango, Lowe Börjeson et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2014Cited by: 14

    Ango, T. G., L. Börjeson, F. Senbeta, and K. Hylander. 2014. Balancing ecosystem services and disservices: smallholder farmers’ use and management of forest and trees in an agricultural landscape in southwestern Ethiopia. Ecology and Society 19(1): 30. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06279-190130