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Laura
Henriques Antão

Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PhD

Contact

+358 29 450 2292
+358 50 343 5927
Vesilinnantie 5
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

Biodiversity
Global Change
Macroecology
Community Ecology

Biography

2025 –           Assistant Professor, University of Turku

2024 –           Academy Research Fellow

2021 – 2024  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Centre for Ecological Change, University of Helsinki

2018 – 2021  Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Centre for Ecological Change, University of Helsinki

2013 – 2017  Ph.D. Biology and Ecology of Global Change, University of St Andrews

Research

I am a global change ecologist. My main research interests are biodiversity, macroecology and global change. I am particularly interested in biodiversity synthesis and biodiversity patterns, and how we can generalize information across taxa and habitats, and furthermore across scales. In my research, I examine patterns of biodiversity change over space and time using long-term data, and link these patterns to large scale environmental drivers, such as climate and land-use.

Publications

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Extensive climate-induced range shifts in butterflies across the globe (2026)

Nature Ecology and Evolution
Chowdhury, Shawan; Aich, Upama; Antão, Laura H.; Pinkert, Stefan; Akite, Perpetra; Almeida, Gilberto S. S.; Amano, Tatsuya; Ambrus, Andras; Badon, Jade A. T.; Baek, Seung-Yun; Balalaikins, Maksims; Barták, Michal; Barve, Vijay; Bełcik, Michał; Bonebrake, Timothy C.; Bonelli, Simona; Bowler, Diana E.; Braby, Michael F.; Caritg, Roger; Choi, Sei-Woong; Chu, Wen-Chen; Clain, Eloisa; Collins, Steve; Cumplido, Johnattan H.; Dapporto, Leonardo; Deme, Gideon G.; Dolek, Matthias; Dolezal, Aleksandra; Firdaus, Fahmi Idris; Franzén, Markus; Freitas, André V. L.; Fuller, Richard A.; Gensch, Luisa; Grames, Eliza; Guariento, Elia; Haywood, Bryan; Hershcovich, Shiran; Jantke, Kerstin; John, Eddie; Kalivoda, Henrik; Karimi, Azadeh; Katayose, Ryosuke; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Khanal, Sujan; Kunte, Krushnamegh; L’Hoste, Lionel; Lenda, Magdalena; León-Cortés, Jorge L.; Lin, Da-Li; Ling, Yuet Fung; Lucia Lorini, Maria; Maes, Dirk; Martins, Dino; Merckx, Thomas; Mestdagh, Xavier; Monasterio, Yeray; Nakamura, Akihiro; Oh, Rachel R. Y.; Pettersson, Lars B.; Pippen, Jeffrey S.; Pladevall, Clara; Pollet, Ingrid L.; Pottier, Patrice; Rafi, Muhammad A.; Ramos, Danielle L.; Ranasinghe, Tharindu; Rautenbach, Fanie; Reith, Martin; Ringim, Abubakar S.; Riva, Federico; Roy, David B.; Ryrholm, Nils; Saastamoinen, Marjo; Settele, Josef; Sidemo-Holm, William; Skorka, Piotr; Stork, Nigel E.; Suwal, Sanej P.; Švitra, Giedrius; Swengel, Ann B.; Swengel, Scott R.; Titeux, Nicolas; Tropek, Robert; Tzortzakaki, Olga; van Swaay, Chris; Verovnik, Rudi; Wiedmann, Jerome L.; Wiemers, Martin; Yago, Masaya; Yazdandad, Hossein; Yehuda, Oz B.; Zografou, Konstantina; Bonn, Aletta; Pe’er, Guy; Lenoir, Jonathan
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Extreme events drive rapid and dynamic range fluctuations (2025)

Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Soifer, Lydia G.; Lockwood, Julie L.; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Henriques Antão, Laura; Klinges, David H.; Senior, Rebecca A.; Ban, Natalie C.; Evengard, Birgitta; Fadrique, Belen; Falkeis, Sophie; Fredston, Alexa L.; Guralnick, Rob; Lenoir, Jonathan; Neate-Clegg, Montague H.C.; Palacios-Abrantes, Juliano; Pecl, Gretta; Pinsky, Malin L.; Smith, Jennifer E.; Stys, Beth; Tingley, Morgan W.; Scheffers, Brett R.
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)

Reimagining species on the move across space and time (2025)

Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Fredston, Alexa L.; Tingley, Morgan W.; Neate-Clegg, Montague H.C.; Evans, Luke J.; Antão, Laura H.; Ban, Natalie C.; Chen, I-Ching; Chen, Yi-Wen; Comte, Lise; Edwards, David P.; Evengard, Birgitta; Fadrique, Belen; Falkeis, Sophie H.; Guralnick, Robert; Klinges, David H.; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Lenoir, Jonathan; Palacios-Abrantes, Juliano; Pauchard, Aníbal; Pecl, Gretta; Pinsky, Malin L.; Senior, Rebecca A.; Smith, Jennifer E.; Soifer, Lydia G.; Sunday, Jennifer M.; Tape, Ken D.; Washam, Peter; Scheffers, Brett R.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Thermal homogenization of boreal communities in response to climate warming (2025)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Mäkinen, Jussi; Ellis, Emilie E.; Antão, Laura H.; Davrinche, Andréa; Laine, Anna-Liisa; Saastamoinen, Marjo; Conenna, Irene; Hällfors, Maria; Santangeli, Andrea; Kaarlejärvi, Elina; Heliölä, Janne; Huikkonen, Ida-Maria; Kuussaari, Mikko; Leinonen, Reima; Lehikoinen, Aleksi; Pöyry, Juha; Suuronen, Anna; Salemaa, Maija; Tonteri, Tiina; Vuorio, Kristiina M.; Skjelbred, Birger; Järvinen, Marko; Drakare, Stina; Carvalho, Laurence; Welk, Erik; Seidler, Gunnar; Vangansbeke, Pieter; Máliš, František; Hédl, Radim; Auffret, Alistair G.; Plue, Jan; De Frenne, Pieter; Kalwij, Jesse M.; Vanhatalo, Jarno; Roslin, Tomas
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )