Boreal Ecosystems Research Group (BERG)

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

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

Forests in systemic transition - balancing efficiency with fairness and resilience (ForTran)

This project will co-create business, technological, governance and societal innovations to leveraging the forest system to a state of high sustainability and resilience.

Joint effects of land use and climate change on biodiversity: understanding past trends and predicting future outcomes

ResForest "Enhancing resilience in boreal forests to face climate change challenges"

ResForest aims at strengthening the socio-ecological resilience of Finnish forests by assessing how forest dynamics and forest owners’ preferences and decisions might enhance or limit the resilience of forest ecosystems.

Publications

Publication

2012

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Seppänen, Janne-Tuomas

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Publication

2012

European Journal of Forest Research

Tikkanen, Olli-Pekka

Matero, Jukka

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Juutinen, Artti

Kouki, Jari

Publication

2011

Collaboration for Environmental Evidence

Timonen, Jonna

Gustaffson, L.

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Publication

2011

Biological Conservation

Laita, Anne

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Publication

2011

European Journal of Forest Research

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Reunanen, Pasi

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Juutinen, Artti

Tikkanen, Olli-Pekka

Kouki, Jari

Publication

2011

Oecologia

Honkanen, Merja

Sorjanen, Aili-Maria

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Publication

2011

Landscape Ecology

Laita, Anne

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Publication

2011

Oikos

Lampila, Petri

Ranta, Esa

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Lindén, Harto

Helle, Pekka

Publication

2011

Biological Conservation

Timonen, Jonna

Gustafsson, Lena

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Publication

2011

Proceeding of the Royal Society B

Seppänen, Janne-Tuomas

Forsman, Jukka

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Krams, Indrikis

Salmi, Tuuli

Publication

2011

Jyväskylä studies in biological and environmental science

Honkanen, Merja

Publication

2011

Fungal Ecology

Juutilainen, Katja

Halme, Panu

Kotiranta, Heikki

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Research group

Group leaders

Mikko Mönkkönen

Dean

Members

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