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.
Our research
New publications
The antecedents of adolescents’ climate change concern in Cambodia (2024)
International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi (2024)
Nature
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Phylogeography and population genomics of the critically endangered aquatic plant Caldesia grandis in China (2024)
Global Ecology and Conservation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Nesticella inthanoni (Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980) is the correct name for the spider Nesticella mollicula (Thorell, 1898) (Araneae, Nesticidae) (2024)
Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
New species and records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Ecuador (2024)
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Reform wildlife trade in the European Union (2024)
Science
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1))
Asterella khasyana (Aytoniaceae) New to Vietnam, with a Key to Vietnamese Species (2024)
Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Nature as a contributor to wellbeing and future tourism: Finnish Gen Zers seeking happiness and meaning in life (2024)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)Microsite preferences of three conifers in calcareous and siliceous treeline ecotones in the French alps (2024)
Alpine Botany
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Fecal calcium levels of bird nestlings as a potential indicator of species-specific metal sensitivity (2024)
Environmental Pollution
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))