Research at the Biodiversity Unit

Research at Biodiversity Unit focuses broadly on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and –services.

The research infrastructure including the botanical garden and two field stations, long-term experiments and environmental monitoring datasets and scientific collections provides an excellent support for multidisciplinary research on topical questions such as climate change, biodiversity crisis, and the sustainable use and protection of natural resources in both natural and man-made environments.

In addition to its own research, the Biodiversity Unit promotes multidisciplinary research at the university and serves as a showcase for public outreach.

New publications

European pollen reanalysis, 1980-2022, for alder, birch, and olive (2024)

Scientific Data
Sofiev, Mikhail; Palamarchuk, Julia; Kouznetsov, Rostislav; Abramidze, Tamuna; Adams-Groom, Beverley; Antunes, Celia M.; Arino, Arturo H.; Bastl, Maximilian; Belmonte, Jordina; Berger, Uwe E.; Bonini, Maira; Bruffaerts, Nicolas; Buters, Jeroen; Carinanos, Paloma; Celenk, Sevcan; Ceriotti, Valentina; Charalampopoulos, Athanasios; Clewlow, Yolanda; Clot, Bernard; Dahl, Aslog; Damialis, Athanasios; De Linares, Concepcion; De Weger, Letty A.; Dirr, Lukas; Ekebom, Agneta; Fatahi, Yalda; Gonzalez, Maria Fernandez; Gonzalez, Delia Fernandez; Fernandez-Rodriguez, Santiago; Galan, Carmen; Gedda, Bjoern; Gehrig, Regula; Bernstein, Carmi Geller; Roldan, Nestor Gonzalez; Grewling, Lukasz; Hajkova, Lenka; Hänninen, Risto; Hentges, Francois; Jantunen, Juha; Kadantsev, Evgeny; Kasprzyk, Idalia; Kloster, Mathilde; Kluska, Katarzyna; Koenders, Mieke; Laffersova, Janka; Leru, Poliana Mihaela; Lipiec, Agnieszka; Louna-Korteniemi, Maria; Magyar, Donat; Majkowska-Wojciechowska, Barbara; Mäkelä, Mika; Mitrovic, Mirjana; Myszkowska, Dorota; Oliver, Gilles; Ostensson, Pia; Perez-Badia, Rosa; Piotrowska-Weryszko, Krystyna; Prank, Marje; Przedpelska-Wasowicz, Ewa Maria; Pätsi, Sanna; Rajo, F. Javier Rodriguyez; Ramfjord, Hallvard; Rapiejko, Joanna; Rodinkova, Victoria; Rojo, Jesus; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Luis; Rybnicek, Ondrej; Saarto, Annika; Sauliene, Ingrida; Seliger, Andreja Kofol; Severova, Elena; Shalaboda, Valentina; Sikoparija, Branko; Siljamo, Pilvi; Soares, Joana; Sozinova, Olga; Stangel, Anders; Stjepanovic, Barbara; Teinemaa, Erik; Tyuryakov, Svyatoslav; Trigo, M. Mar; Uppstu, Andreas; Vill, Mart; Vira, Julius; Visez, Nicolas; Vitikainen, Tiina; Vokou, Despoina; Weryszko-Chmielewska, Elzbieta; Karppinen, Ari
(A1 Refereed data article in a scientific journal)

Forecasting daily total pollen concentrations on a global scale (2024)

Allergy
Makra, László; Coviello, Luca; Gobbi, Andrea; Jurman, Giuseppe; Furlanello, Cesare; Brunato, Mauro; Ziska, Lewis H.; Hess, Jeremy J.; Damialis, Athanasios; Garcia, Maria Pilar Plaza; Tusnády, Gábor; Czibolya, Lilit; Ihász, István; Deák, Áron József; Mikó, Edit; Dorner, Zita; Harry, Susan K.; Bruffaerts, Nicolas; Packeu, Ann; Saarto, Annika; Toiviainen, Linnea; Louna-Korteniemi, Maria; Pätsi, Sanna; Thibaudon, Michel; Oliver, Gilles; Charalampopoulos, Athanasios; Vokou, Despoina; Przedpelska-Wasowicz, Ewa Maria; Guðjohnsen, Ellý Renée; Bonini, Maira; Celenk, Sevcan; Ozaslan, Cumali; Oh, Jae-Won; Sullivan, Krista; Ford, Linda; Kelly, Michelle; Levetin, Estelle; Myszkowska, Dorota; Severova, Elena; Gehrig, Regula; Calderón-Ezquerro, María Del Carmen; Guerra, César Guerrero; Leiva-Guzmán, Manuel Andres; Ramón, Germán Darío; Barrionuevo, Laura Beatriz; Peter, Jonny; Berman, Dilys; Katelaris, Connie H.; Davies, Janet M.; Burton, Pamela; Beggs, Paul J.; Vergamini, Sandra María; Valencia-Barrera, Rosa María; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

New national and regional bryophyte records, 76 (2024)

Journal of Bryology
Ellis, L. T.; Afonina, O. M.; Alatas, M.; Alia, H. B. M.; Alvarez, J.; Aponte Rojas, A. M.; Atwood, J. J.; Bacilliere, G.; Batan, N.; Biberdzic, V.; Bruggeman-Nannenga, M. A.; Campos, L. V.; Cano, M. J.; Coca, L. F.; Czernyadjeva, I. V.; de Faria Lopes, S.; Dejonghe, Q.; Dragicevic, S.; Erata, H.; Espinoza-Prieto, B.; Erzberger, P.; Ezer, T.; Forrest, L. L.; Goffinet, B.; Goncalves, O. A.; Graulich, A.; Hugonnot, V.; Huttunen, S.; Ignatov, M. S.; Ignatova, E. A.; Jimenez, J. A.; Kumar, S.; Kuusisto, I.; Kuzmina, E. Yu.; Long, D. G.; Ma, X-y.; Maciel-Silva, A. S.; Manju, C. N.; Mufeed, B.; Mueller, F.; Nosova, M. B.; Ochyra, R.; Oliveira, M. F.; Oezkaya, M. S.; Pepin, F.; Plasek, V.; Puglisi, M.; Reeb, C.; Romanov, R.; Sajitha, M. S.; Saha, T.; Santos, P. O.; Shakira, C.; Shu, Y. -m.; Silva, J. B.; Singh, D.; Suarez, G. M.; Tasci, N.; Tossou, M.; Tubanova, D. Ya.; Uribe-M, J.; Schaefer-Verwimp, A.; Vineesha, P. M.; Virtanen, R.; Wu, Y. -h.; Zheng, T. -x.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Global threats to insects (2024)

Cardoso, Pedro; Fukushima, Caroline S.; Grames, Eliza M.; Kwak, Mackenzie L.; Miličić, Marija; Wagner, David
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)

Harnessing online digital data in biodiversity monitoring (2024)

PLoS Biology
Soriano-Redondo Andrea, Correia Ricardo A., Barve Vijay, Brooks Thomas M., Butchart Stuart H. M., Jarić Ivan, Kulkarni Ritwik, Ladle Richard J., Vaz Ana Sofia, Di Minin Enrico
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)