Boreal Ecosystems Research Group (BERG)

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

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Tutkimuksen painoala
Luonnon perusilmiöt ja matemaattinen ajattelu
Tutkimusalueet
JYU.Wisdom
Luonnonvarojen kestävä käyttö
Tiedekunta
Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta
Osasto
Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos

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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

Julkaisut

Julkaisu
2010

Global Ecology and Biogeography
Honkanen, Merja
Roberge, Jean-Michel
Rajasärkkä, Ari
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Julkaisu
2010

Conservation Biology
Halme, Panu
Toivanen, Tero
Honkanen, Merja
Kotiaho, Janne Sakari
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Timonen, Jonna
Julkaisu
2010

Ecology
Thomson, Robert L
Tomás, G
Forsman, Jukka T
Broggi, Juli
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Julkaisu
2010

Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Forsman, Jukka T
Reunanen, Pasi
Jokimäki, Jukka
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Julkaisu
2010

Biological Conservation
Laita, Anne
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Kotiaho, Janne Sakari
Julkaisu
2010

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
Timonen, Jonna
Siitonen, Juha
Gustafsson, Lena
Kotiaho, Janne Sakari
Stokland, Jogeir N.
Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Julkaisu
2009

Community Ecology
Roberge, Jean-Michel
Bokma, Folmer
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Jonsson, Bengt-Gunnar
Julkaisu
2009

Ecological Economics
Juutinen, Artti
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa
Julkaisu
2009

Conservation Biology
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa
Hämäläinen, Tanja
Julkaisu
2009

TREE (Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
Kotiaho, Janne Sakari
Ahlroth, Petri
Haimi, Jari
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Vilkuna, Janne
Julkaisu
2009

Biology Letters
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Forsman, Jukka
Kananoja, Tiina
Ylönen, Hannu
Julkaisu
2009

Ibis
Tornberg, Risto
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Kivelä, Sami M.

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