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
2022
Available through Open Access

Landscape Ecology
Duflot, R.
Eyvindson, K.
Mönkkönen, M.
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Biological Conservation
Duflot, Rémi
Fahrig, Lenore
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Kestävyyspaneelin blogi
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Aakala, Tuomas
Blattert, Clemens
Burgas, Daniel
Duflot, Rémi
Eyvindson, Kyle
Kouki, Jari
Laaksonen, Toni
Punttila, Pekka
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Tortosa, Axelle
Duflot, Rémi
Rivers‐Moore, Justine
Ladet, Sylvie
Esquerré, Diane
Vialatte, Aude
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Forest Policy and Economics
Blattert, Clemens
Eyvindson, Kyle
Hartikainen, Markus
Burgas, Daniel
Potterf, Maria
Lukkarinen, Jani
Snäll, Tord
Toraño-Caicoya, Astor
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2022

Nature
Puurtinen, Mikael
Elo, Merja
Kotiaho, Janne S.
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Ecology and Evolution
Kajanus, Mira H.
Forsman, Jukka T.
Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R.
Devictor, Vincent
Elo, Merja
Lehikoinen, Aleksi
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Thorson, James T.
Kivelä, Sami M.
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Environmental Evidence
Häkkilä, Matti
Johansson, Anna
Sandgren, Terhi
Uusitalo, Anne
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Puttonen, Pasi
Savilaakso, Sini
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Sustainability Science
Duflot, Rémi
Baumeister, Stefan
Burgas, Daniel
Eyvindson, Kyle
Triviño, María
Blattert, Clemens
Kuparinen, Anna
Potterf, Mária
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Ambio
Torrents-Ticó, Miquel
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro
Burgas, Daniel
Cabeza, Mar
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Land
Bencherif, Slimane
Dahmani, Mohamed Boumedienne
Burgas, Daniel
Manzano, Pablo

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