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
2007

Environmental and Resource Economics
Juutinen, Artti
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Julkaisu
2007

Ecography
Hurme, Eija
Reunanen, Pasi
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Nikula, Ari
Nivala, Vesa
Oksanen, Jari
Julkaisu
2007

Landscape Ecology
Hurme, Eija
Kurttila, Mikko
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Heinonen, Tero
Pukkala, Timo
Julkaisu
2007

Journal of Animal Ecology
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Husby, Magne
Tornberg, Risto
Helle, Pekka
Thomson, Robert L.
Julkaisu
2007

Ecology
Seppänen, Janne-Tuomas
Forsman, Jukka
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Thomson, Robert L
Julkaisu
2006

Ecological Indicators
Similä, Maarit
Kouki, Jari
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Sippola, Anna-Liisa
Huhta, Esa
Julkaisu
2006

Proceedings 23rd International Ornithological Congress
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Desrochers, André
Sklepkovych, Bohdan
Julkaisu
2006

Global Ecology and Biogeography
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Forsman, Jukka
Bokma, Folmer
Julkaisu
2006

Ecography
Thomson, Robert L.
Forsman, Jukka T.
Sardà-Palomera, Fransesc
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Julkaisu
2006

Conservation Biology
Juutinen, Artti
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Sippola, Anna-Liisa
Julkaisu
2006

Journal of Zoology
Mutanen, Marko
Kaitala, Arja
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Julkaisu
2006

Oikos
Thomson, Robert L.
Forsman, Jukka
Mönkkönen, Mikko
Hukkanen, Markku
Koivula, Kari
Rytkönen, Seppo
Orell, Markku

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