Boreal Ecosystems Research Group (BERG)

We are a multidisciplinary research team helping to reconcile the increasing demands on boreal ecosystems.

Table of contents

Research group type
Research group
Core fields of research
Basic natural phenomena and mathematical thinking
Research areas
JYU.Wisdom
Sustainable use of the natural resources
Faculty
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department
Department of Biological and Environmental Science

Research group description

Boreal Ecosystems Research Group (BERG) is a multidisciplinary research team with broad research interests. We aim to understand how to reconcile biodiversity conservation with increasing demands of natural resources in boreal landscapes under intensive management. We try to identify the ecological, economic and functional values of the landscape, which should be taken into account in planning and decision-making.

Research highlights

Triviño, M., Morán-Ordoñez, A., Eyvindson, K., Blattert, C., Burgas, D., Repo, A., Pohjanmies, T., Brotons, L., Snäll, T., & Mönkkönen, M. 2023. Future supply of boreal forest ecosystem services is driven by management rather than by climate change. Global Change Biology, 29(6), 1484–1500.

Mönkkönen, M. et al. 2022. More wood but less biodiversity in forests in Finland: a historical evaluation. Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 98(Supplement 2), pp. 1–11.  

Blattert, C., Eyvindson, K., Hartikainen, M., Burgas, D., Potterf, M., Lukkarinen, J., ... & Mönkkönen, M. 2022. Sectoral policies cause incoherence in forest management and ecosystem service provisioning. Forest Policy and Economics, 136, 102689. 

Duflot, R., Eyvindson, K. & Mönkkönen, M. 2022. Management diversification increases habitat availability for multiple biodiversity indicator species in production forests. Landscape Ecology,  37, 443–459.

Eyvindson, K., Duflot, R., Triviño, M., Blattert, Clemens, Potterf, M. & Mönkkönen, M. 2021. High boreal forest multifunctionality requires continuous cover forestry as a dominant management. Land Use Policy 100, 104918.

Peura M., Burgas D., Eyvindson K., Repo A. & Mönkkönen M. 2018. Continuous cover forestry is a cost-efficient tool to increase multifunctionality of boreal production forests in Fennoscandia. Biological Conservation 217: 104-112. 

Open positions

For postdocs, there are funding possibilities such as Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowships, Academy postdoctoral fund and various foundations. If you are interested in applying we are willing to help. Just send us an email.

For M.Sc. and  B.Sc. Students

M.Sc. and B.Sc. projects available, please contact Mikko Mönkkönen.

Postdoc positions

3-year postdoc position insocial-ecological resilience of forests in Finland.

Projects

Publications

Publication
2015
Available through Open Access

Ecosystem Services
Triviño, María
Juutinen, Artti
Mazziotta, Adriano
Miettinen, Kaisa
Podkopaev, Dmitry
Reunanen, Pasi
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2015
Available through Open Access

International Workshop on Forest Science Publishing
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Seppänen, Janne-Tuomas
Kotiaho, Janne Sakari
Publication
2015
Available through Open Access

BMC Ecology
Elo, Merja
Penttinen, Jouni
Kotiaho, Janne Sakari
Publication
2014
Available through Open Access

Population Ecology
Koskimäki, Jane
Huitu, Otso
Kotiaho, Janne Sakari
Lampila, Satu
Mäkelä, Antero
Sulkava, Risto
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2014

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2014

Biodiversity and Conservation
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Rajasärkkä, Ari
Lampila, Petri
Publication
2014

European Journal of Forest Research
Mazziotta, Adriano
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Strandman, Harri
Routa, Johanna
Tikkanen, Olli-Pekka
Kellomäki, Seppo
Publication
2014

Forest policy and economics
Juutinen, Artti
Ollikainen, Markku
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Reunanen, Pasi
Tikkanen, Olli-Pekka
Kouki, Jari
Publication
2014
Available through Open Access

Journal of Environmental Management
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Artti, Juutinen
Mazziotta, Adriano
Miettinen, Kaisa
Podkopaev, Dmitry
Reunanen, Pasi
Hannu, Salminen
Olli-Pekka, Tikkanen
Publication
2014
Available through Open Access

Tieteessä tapahtuu
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2014

Forest Ecology and Management
Juutilainen, Katja
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Kotiranta, Heikki
Halme, Panu
Publication
2014
Available through Open Access

Ecology
Kivelä, Sami M.
Seppänen, Janne-Tuomas
Ovaskainen, Otso
Doligez, Blandine
Gustafsson, Lars
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Forsman, Jukka T.

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