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
Digitised historical press data as research material for interdisciplinary biodiversity research (2026)
Biodiversity and Conservation
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Subfamily Microleptinae Townes, 1958 (2026)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance (2026)
Nature Communications
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Subfamily Tryphoninae Shuckard, 1840 (2026)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)Ympäristöongelmat eivät ratkea ilman ylikulutuksesta irtautumista (2026)
Kauppalehti
(Other publication)
Subfamily Poemeniinae Narayanan and Lal, 1953 (2026)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)Open Data for the article AMAZONIA 2040: SPATIAL-EXPLICIT FUTURES SCENARIOS FOR THE MOSAIC OF PROTECTED AREAS IN THE LOWER RIO NEGRO (MBRN), BRAZIL (2026)
(Other publication)Pan‐Continental Genomic Analysis of Eurasian Perch Uncovers Global Diversity Hotspots and Postglacial Recolonization Patterns (2026)
Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Diurnal Variation in the Photosynthetic Traits of Sclerocarya birrea (Marula) Trees in North Namibia (2026)
African Journal of Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Winners and losers in subarctic moth communities in a changing climate: Marine regime shifts as predictors for terrestrial insect biomass (2026)
Insect Conservation and Diversity
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)