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
Step-constrained self-avoiding walks on finite grids (2026)
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Soil phytolith assemblages reflect palm community composition in western Amazonia (2026)
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Kotelosienet (pl. jäkälät) (2025)
Lajiluettelo
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
Highlighting the Seemingly Global Biased Global Biodiversity Information Facility Insect Occurrence Data (2025)
ESN Newsletter
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
The first record of Brachycyrtinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in Finland (2025)
Biodiversity data journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Bridging worlds: exploring synergies between the arts and biodiversity conservation (2025)
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
An item response theory approach to measurement in environmental psychology : A practical example with environmental risk perception (2025)
Journal of Environmental Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
BIO Web of Conferences: Preface (2025)
BIO Web of Conferences
(Other publication)
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1781‐1866 (2025)
Persoonia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)