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Coordinated analysis of long-term ecological data to understand impacts of global change.
Modern modeling suggests: Achieving ‘good ecological status´ in the Finnish inner Archipelago Sea would require nutrient loads in the catchment area to be halved. Read more 👉
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/math...
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Doctoral thesis suggests local fishers’ knowledge sharpens predictions of pikeperch spawning areas | University of Helsinki
Mathematical modelling refines environmental policy planning. A University of Helsinki study has developed new tools for comparing water quality improvement methods in the Finnish Archipelago Sea and monitoring the spawning areas of coastal fish.
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/mathematics-and-science/doctoral-thesis-suggests-local-fishers-knowledge-sharpens-predictions-pikeperch-spawning-areas
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In today’s REC Seminar, postdoc Flávia Nitta Fernandes presented her plans to study genetic diversity and genetic load in the Glanville fritillary metapopulation. She is a new addition to
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’s group, and we’re pleased to have her! Welcome! 😊
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Happy Easter from the Research Centre for Ecological Change! 🐣🌱🐇🌸 Spring is finally arriving here in Finland, and the landscape is slowly coming back to life.
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Today we had a full house as guest speaker Jussi Mäkinen from the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) discussed the use of new data streams for detecting global change. Thank you, Jussi, for taking the time to visit us!
#RECSeminar
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🗨️ Today at the REC Seminar, postdoc Diego Rondon from the EnvStat group gave us an introduction to the Applications of
#SpatialStatistics
to Ecological data. Thank you for an excellent talk!
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Last week, the EnvStat group got to celebrate the successful defence of Karel Kaurila's PhD thesis. 🎉 Congratulations to Karel and his supervisor Jarno Vanhatalo! Many thanks to Richard Wilkinson for traveling from the UK to serve as the opponent.
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In this week's REC seminar, postdoctoral researcher Andréa Davrinche shared her work on "Disturbance history effects on the diversity-function relationship of plant communities." 🌲 🌳 🌱
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This week's REC coffee was extra special as we celebrated another coworker starting their parental leave and a new exciting chapter. We wish you all the best during this special time — and look forward to welcoming you back! 🧡 🎈
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Jarno Vanhatalo
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Tärkeä kannanotto Sykestä
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Suomi tarvitsee viipymättä luonnon monimuotoisuusstrategian | Suomen ympäristökeskus
Luonnon monimuotoisuuden turvaaminen vaatii pitkäjänteistä ja johdonmukaista päätöksentekoa. Tästä syystä luonnonsuojelulaki edellyttää luonnon monimuotoisuusstrategian laatimista. Silti Suomi on jo v...
https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/71863404/suomi-tarvitsee-viipymatta-luonnon-monimuotoisuusstrategian?publisherId=69819243&lang=fi
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Yesterday at the REC Seminar, Professor
@marjosaastamoinen.bsky.social
offered her perspective on building a career in research — a valuable session for our early career scientists! 😊💫
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Greetings from the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland! Our postdoc
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presented her work showing that the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in the
#BalticSea
are strongly context dependent, varying across biodiversity facets and tropic levels. 🌊
#plankton
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🦋 This week in the REC Seminar, doctoral researcher Lola Fernández Multigner introduced us to the "Genetic Consequences of Range Dynamics in Finnish Butterflies". Thank you Lola!
about 1 month ago
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A throwback to the REC Seminar a couple of weeks ago 📸—coordinator and science communicator Pinja Kettunen sharing her best tips for making scientific presentations more visually effective.
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Last week, postdoc Tanel Vahter visited Professors Normand and Svenning at Aarhus University to discuss methods and future collaboration between Aarhus, Helsinki & Tartu on historical land-use legacies. He also presented results from his Marie Curie Fellowship on long-term soil legacies in Estonia.
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Two more days to apply for a postdoctoral position in Biodiversity Economics! DL 18.2. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and applying economic models to assess impacts of biodiversity change on ecosystem service provision. See more:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Economics
Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Economics
https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Biodiversity-Economics/1351862257/
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Jarno Vanhatalo
2 months ago
This work was made possible by Karel Kaurila - my PhD student who will defend his thesis in a month. I will also present this in ISBA world meeting this year. 3/3
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📢 We are hiring! Post doc: Do you want to play a key role in developing and applying economic models to assess impacts of biodiversity change on ecosystem service provision? You might be the person we are looking for! See more:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
DL for applications: 18.2.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Economics
Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Economics
https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Biodiversity-Economics/1351862257/
2 months ago
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Greetings from the Laine Lab Annual Meeting in Tallinn! We spent two great days sharing research updates, exchanging work and wellbeing hacks, and debating whether and how researchers should strive for societal impact. A guided tour of Tallinn’s Old Town was a refreshing way to wrap it all up!
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Anna-Liisa Laine
2 months ago
Does local adaptation shape community assembly? Our new study led by
@maijajoki.bsky.social
available now! We combine viruses, the Åland metapopulation & HMSC modeling to uncover eco-evo drivers of within-host pathogen diversity 🦠
doi.org/10.32942/X2G...
@erc.europa.eu
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REC:n johtaja
@annaliisalaine.bsky.social
kertoo BEF-hankkeesta, joka selvittää, miten biodiversiteetti ja ihmistoiminta säätelevät luonnon elintärkeitä ekosysteemitoimintoja. Mukana myös
@marjosaastamoinen.bsky.social
,
@jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social
ja Tomas Roslin. Subtitles also in english!
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We’ve been welcoming many new faces lately! Today, postdoc Mahtab Yazdanian kicked off the REC Spring Seminar Series by sharing her past work and her exciting plans ahead. She’ll be working closely with
@marjosaastamoinen.bsky.social
on
#geneticdiversity
. Welcome to the team, Mahtab!
3 months ago
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22 subalpine meadows, 1 177 396 flowers from 163 taxa, 9707 insect pollinators. The results of this extraordinary effort are now published! 🐝🌷
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Sustainable land management practices, such as carbon farming, offer promising alternatives to intensive agriculture. Carbon farming practices can support biodiversity when tailored to species group and context.
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Olemme mukana Priodiversity LIFE:n ja Lukkin järjestämässä Luontotietopäivässä 22.1.2026!
@jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social
kertoo aamusessiossa tutkimuksen näkökulmia monimuotoisuusseurantoihin ja niiden kehittämiseen. Tilaisuuden tarkempi ohjelma täällä:
www.metsa.fi/projekti/pri...
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Luontoseurantojen kehittäminen | Metsähallitus
Luontoseurantojen kehittäminen -työpaketissa vahvistetaan luonnon tilaa koskevaa tietoa tuottavien, toimittavien ja käyttävien organisaatioiden ja asiantuntijoiden välistä yhteistyötä.
https://www.metsa.fi/projekti/priodiversity/luontoseurantojen-kehittaminen/
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Greetings from the EnvStat Winter Workshop held at the Lammi biological station! ❄️ We at the Environmental and Ecological Statistics group focus on ecological and environmental change research, statistical methods development, and supporting environmental management and decision-making.
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We’re kicking off the year with the first REC newsletter —featuring recent publications, projects, and upcoming events! Read it here:
mailchi.mp/97ed6942f5b8...
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We are all very thankful for the past year and happy to welcome the next one! Stay tuned for more exciting REC news. ✨️
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3 months ago
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🎄Wrapping up the year with our last REC Seminar: Laura Cappelatti from the NorEcoFun group explained how they study tundra carbon exchange under current environmental pressures. ✨
4 months ago
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REC Seminar (Week 49): Veera Nieminen presented her work titled “Impact of host population change on microbial diversity and disease risk.” 🦠🌿
4 months ago
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Anna-Liisa Laine
4 months ago
Congratulations to Tomas Roslin who yesterday gave his inaugural lecture
@helsinki.fi
, here with Dean
@fishcongen.bsky.social
joining the ceremony! All four
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PIs are now back in Finland and full professors - we couldn’t be happier 🥳!!!
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University of Helsinki
4 months ago
Tänään sitä saisi, tiedettä siis! 😍 Uusien professoreidemme juhlaluennot alkavat kello 14.30 ja niitä voi seurata mm. striimin kautta. Luvassa 20 minuutin katsauksia siihen, mitä tutkimme juuri nyt.
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Uusien professorien juhlaluennot | Helsingin yliopisto
Helsingin yliopiston professorit pitävät uudessa tehtävässään tervetuliaisluennon. Juhlaluennot järjestetään kahdesti lukuvuodessa lähellä kunkin lukukauden loppua, yleensä touko- ja joulukuussa.
https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/tutustu-meihin/tama-helsingin-yliopisto/juhlat-ja-perinteet/uusien-professorien-juhlaluennot
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🏛️Professori Tomas Roslin pitää juhlaluentonsa ”Lajien vuorovaikutus muuttuvassa maailmassa” keskiviikkona 3.12.2025 klo 16:00 yliopiston päärakennuksessa.
#uudetprofessorit
#UniversityofHelsinki
#biojaympäristötieteellinen
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In today’s REC Seminar Sammi explained how she studies the connection between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in aquatic ecosystems such as the Baltic Sea. 🌊
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5 months ago
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Miten hyönteisten runsautta voidaan arvioida? 🐝 Ovatko niiden määrät vähenemässä? 🦗 Miksi sen tietäminen on tärkeää? 🐜 REC:n professorit Tomas Roslin ja Jarno Vanhatalo vastaavat YLEn luontotoimittaja Minna Pyykön kysymyksiin. Kuuntele haastattelu alta!
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Kuinka paljon hyönteisiä maailmassa on? | Minna Pyykön maailma
Miten hyönteisten runsautta voidaan arvioida? Ovatko niiden määrät vähenemässä? ja miksi sen tietäminen on tärkeää? Minna Pyykkö kävi Viikissä metsäretkellä terrestrisen ekosysteemiekologian professor...
https://areena.yle.fi/1-76462813
5 months ago
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In today's REC seminar, Perttu Anttonen explained how they study the effects of climate change on ecosystem functions such as the yield, abundance, and phenology of mushrooms, fruit trees, and moths. 🍄🍏
#EnvStat
5 months ago
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The Ecological Society of America just highlighted our article among 5 notable studies recently published in their journals! In this work, Dr. Parisy et. al. show that environmental conditions drive opportunistic partner choice among arctic plants and root-associated fungi.
esa.org/blog/2025/11...
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https://esa.org/blog/2025/11/12/research-news-from-the-ecological-society-of-americas-journals-5
5 months ago
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In today's REC Seminar, Natalie van Dis gave a talk titled: "Population buffering effect of vegetation heterogeneity in the Glanville fritillary butterfly depends on the type of climatic perturbation" 🦋
5 months ago
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On Wednesday, we carried out a 2-part experiment on the effects of good food and great company on a community of ecologists and statisticians at the REC Christmas party. N = 31. Community structure: Skewed towards postdocs with some professors and other staff. Initial results: Very promising! 🎄✨
5 months ago
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In this week’s REC seminar, Post doc Bastien Parisy discussed the complex relationship between plants and soil microbes, and how both environmental change and plant health shape these interactions. 🌾
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REC Seminar week 42 Michael Rechsteiner introduced us to Intraspecific Variation in Plant Disease Resistance Along Elevational Gradients. 🌱🏔️
6 months ago
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REC Seminar week 41 Arthur Rodriguez presented his talk: "Drivers of functional diversity and species contribution to functional diversity in boreal butterflies" 🦋
6 months ago
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"Guilbault et al. (2025) offer a promising pathway for leveraging imperfect biodiversity datasets to assess the relative importance of biodiversity threats across time and space" Research highlight in J. Anim. Ecol.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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6 months ago
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In last week's REC Seminar, Michael Giolai gave a presentation titled "The co-evolutionary underpinning of disease dynamics." Michael is a postdoctoral researcher at the Laine lab. His work focuses on plant-pathogen interactions.
6 months ago
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REC:ssä on tällä viikolla vietetty iloisia jäähyväisjuhlia! 🎉 Pitkäaikainen REC:läinen
@hannasusi.bsky.social
aloittaa lokakuussa Maatalous-metsätieteellisessä tiedekunnassa kasvipatologian lehtorina. Kiitos Hanna kaikista näistä vuosista! Maa-metsis saa riveihinsä erinomaisen lehtorin.
7 months ago
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🔔Last chance to apply!
#postdoc
#openpositions
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7 months ago
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REC seminars have commenced for the Autumn 2025! This week post doc Jean-Baptiste Floc'h presented his recent results regarding the effects of carbon management on plant leaf microbiomes.
#ecology
#microbiome
#plantecology
#carbonmanagement
#agriculture
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7 months ago
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Stuck in a bus? Here are a few REC keywords in a commute-friendly puzzle! How many can you find? 🪲
#ecologicalresearch
#environment
#statistics
#biodiversity
7 months ago
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Ålands Radio: Pitkäaikainen kartoittaja Ella Hemming kertoo Ahvenanmaan ketoverkoston pitkäaikaisseurannasta ja siitä, miksi tutkimus on ainutlaatuinen maailmassa. Yli 30-vuotisten seurantojen turvaamiseksi etsitään parhaillaan lisärahoitusta.
alandsradio.ax/nyheter/varl...
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Världsunik fjärilsforskning behöver finansiering – ängsnätsfjärilen finns bara på Åland
Just nu inventeras Ålands bestånd av ängsnätsfjäril. Forskningen, som pågått sedan1993, är världsunik och ingen annanstans finns en lika omfattande och långvarig datainsamling.
https://alandsradio.ax/nyheter/varldsunik-fjarilsforskning-behover-finansiering-angsnatsfjarilen-finns-bara-pa-aland
7 months ago
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Emy Guilbault
7 months ago
📍Observer bias is a known challenge when modeling presence-only data, which many methods address. Using a virtual observer approach, we investigated and tailored observer bias correction of two main observer behaviours: explorers vs followers. ▶️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Explorers vs. followers: A behavioural approach to spatial bias correction in species distribution modelling
In recent years, the increase in data availability through citizen science data collection has raised questions about the quality of this data. Specie…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380025002972
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Kartoittajamme ovat jälleen uurastaneet Ahvenanmaan maastossa laskemassa täpläverkkoperhosen toukkapesiä. Kartoitusten puoliväli on ohitettu ja hyvältä näyttää! Toukkapesiä on löytynyt jo yli 1600 eli kokonaissumma tulee olemaan moninkertainen huonoon viime vuoteen verrattuna! 🐛
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