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

2010

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Honkanen, Merja

Roberge, Jean-Michel

Rajasärkkä, Ari

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Publication

2010

Conservation Biology

Halme, Panu

Toivanen, Tero

Honkanen, Merja

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Timonen, Jonna

Publication

2010

Ecology

Thomson, Robert L

Tomás, G

Forsman, Jukka T

Broggi, Juli

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Publication

2010

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Forsman, Jukka T

Reunanen, Pasi

Jokimäki, Jukka

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Publication

2010

Biological Conservation

Laita, Anne

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Publication

2010

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Timonen, Jonna

Siitonen, Juha

Gustafsson, Lena

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Stokland, Jogeir N.

Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Publication

2009

Community Ecology

Roberge, Jean-Michel

Bokma, Folmer

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Jonsson, Bengt-Gunnar

Publication

2009

Ecological Economics

Juutinen, Artti

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa

Publication

2009

Conservation Biology

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa

Hämäläinen, Tanja

Publication

2009

TREE (Trends in Ecology & Evolution)

Kotiaho, Janne Sakari

Ahlroth, Petri

Haimi, Jari

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Vilkuna, Janne

Publication

2009

Biology Letters

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Forsman, Jukka

Kananoja, Tiina

Ylönen, Hannu

Publication

2009

Ibis

Tornberg, Risto

Mönkkönen, Mikko

Kivelä, Sami M.

Research group

Group leaders

Mikko Mönkkönen

Dean

Members

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