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
2021
Available through Open Access

Journal of Animal Ecology
Elo, Merja
Jyrkänkallio‐Mikkola, Jenny
Ovaskainen, Otso
Soininen, Janne
Tolonen, Kimmo T.
Heino, Jani
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Restoration Ecology
Alsila, Terhi
Elo, Merja
Hakkari, Tomi
Kotiaho, Janne S.
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

European Journal of Forest Research
Pohjanmies, Tähti
Eyvindson, Kyle
Triviño, María
Bengtsson, Jan
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis
Halme, Minna
Furman, Eeva
Apajalahti, Eeva-Lotta
Jaakkola, Jouni
Linnanen, Lassi
Lyytimäki, Jari
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Salonen, Arto O.
Soini, Katriina
Siivonen, Katriina
Toivonen, Tuuli
Tolvanen, Anne
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Urban Ecosystems
Pithon, Josephine A.
Duflot, Rémi
Beaujouan, Véronique
Jagaille, M.
Pain, Guillaume
Daniel, Hervé
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Land Use Policy
Eyvindson, Kyle
Duflot, Rémi
Triviño, Mária
Blattert, Clemens
Potterf, Mária
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Nature Sustainability
Snäll, Tord
Triviño, María
Mair, Louise
Bengtsson, Jan
Moen, Jon
Publication
2021

Journal of Ethnobiology
Rocha, Ricardo
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro
López-Baucells, Adrià
Andriamitandrina, Santatra F. M.
Andriatafika, Zo Emmanuel
Temba, Eric Marcel
Torrent, Laura
Burgas, Daniel
Cabeza, Mar
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Journal of Ethnobiology
Junqueira, André Braga
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro
Torrents-Ticó, Miquel
Haira, Paul Lokono
Nasak, Job Guol
Burgas, Daniel
Fraixedas, Sara
Cabeza, Mar
Reyes-García, Victoria
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

MustRead
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
JYU.Wisdom community
Kortetmäki, Teea
Puurtinen, Mikael
Salo, Miikka
Aro, Riikka
Baumeister, Stefan
Duflot, Rémi
Elo, Merja
Halme, Panu
Husu, Hanna-Mari
Huttunen, Suvi
Hyvönen, Katriina
Karkulehto, Sanna
Kataja-aho, Saana
Keskinen, Kirsi E.
Kulmunki, Inari
Mäkinen, Tuuli
Näyhä, Annukka
Okkolin, Mari-Anne
Perälä, Tommi
Purhonen, Jenna
Raatikainen, Kaisa J.
Raippalinna, Liia-Maria
Salonen, Kirsi
Savolainen, Katri
Kotiaho, Janne S.
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Community Ecology
Elo, Merja
Ketola, Tarmo
Komonen, Atte

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