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

Aerobiology

Kevo Subarctic Research Institute

Archipelago Research Institute

Empirical Research

Natural History Museum

New publications

Harnessing social media data to track species range shifts (2026)

Conservation Biology
Chowdhury, Shawan; Hawladar, Niloy; Roy, Ripon C.; Capinha, César; Cassey, Phillip; Correia, Ricardo A.; Deme, Gideon Gywa; Di Marco, Moreno; Di Minin, Enrico; Jarić, Ivan; Ladle, Richard J.; Lenoir, Jonathan; Momeny, Mohammad; Rinne, Jooel J.; Roll, Uri; Bonn, Aletta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance (2026)

Nature Communications
Tavares, Julia Valentim; Gloor, Emanuel; Silva, Thiago S. F.; Oliveira, Rafael S.; Coelho De Souza, Fernanda; Signori-Muller, Caroline; Diniz, Francisco Carvalho; Pereira, Luciano; Acosta, Martin; Gilpin, Martin; Marca Zevallos, Manuel J.; Salas Yupayccana, Carlos A.; Perez-Mullisaca, Flor M.; Jancoski, Halina; Scalon, Marina Correa; Schwantes Marimon, Beatriz; Marimon Junior, Ben Hur; Malhi, Yadvinder; Oliveras Menor, Imma; Rowland, Lucy; Meir, Patrick; Bittencourt, Paulo; Carlos Lola Da Costa, Antonio; Santos, Joao Antonio R.; Teixeira De Oliveira, Renata; Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane; Alvarez-Davila, Esteban; Alexiades, Miguel N.; De Oliveira, Edmar Almeida; Andrade, Ana; Aragao, Luiz; Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro; Arroyo, Luzmila; Aymard, Gerardo; Barroso, Jorcely G.; Bonal, Damien; Brienen, Roel; Ceron, Carlos; Camargo, Jose Luis; Silva, Richarlly; Castro, Wendeson; Chave, Jerome; Comiskey, James; Daly, Douglas C.; Derroire, Geraldine; Disney, Mathias; Dourdain, Aurelie; Fauset, Sophie; Feldpausch, Ted; Flores Llampazo, Gerardo; Herault, Bruno; Hernandez, Lionel; Higuchi, Niro; Honorio Coronado, Euridice N.; Jimenez-Rojas, Eliana; Kalamandeen, Michelle; Laurance, Susan; Laurance, William; Lewis, Simon; Lima, Antonio S.; Monteagudo-Mendoza, Abel; Morandi, Paulo; Nunezvargas, Percy; Neill, David; Palacios, Walter; Parada Gutierrez, Alexander; Pardo-Molina, Guido; Penuela-Mora, Maria Cristina; Pitman, Nigel; Rojas, Rocio; Prieto, Adriana; Rejou-Mechain, Maxime; Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma; Cerruto Ribeiro, Sabina; Ruokolainen, Kalle; Salomao, Rafael P.; Serrano, Julio; Sierra, Rodrigo; Ruschel, Ademir R.; Silveira, Marcos; Ter Steege, Hans; Terborgh, John; Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis; Vasquez Martinez, Rodolfo; Vieira, Ima; Vilanova Torre, Emilio; Vos, Vincent A.; Wang, Ophelia; Young, Kenneth; Muscarella, Robert; Dexter, Kyle G.; Baker, Timothy R.; Phillips, Oliver L.; Mencuccini, Maurizio; Galbraith, David
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

A digital twin for real-time biodiversity forecasting with citizen science data (2026)

Nature Ecology and Evolution
Ovaskainen, O.; Winter, S.; Tikhonov, G.; Lauha, P.; Lehtiö, A.; Nokelainen, O.; Abrego, N.; Aroluoma, A.; Harrison, J. P.; Heikkinen, M.; Kallio, A.; Koliseva, A.; Lehikoinen, A.,;Roslin, T.; Somervuo, P.; Souza, A. T.; Tahir, J.; Talaskivi, J.; Turunen, A.; Vancraeyenest, A.; Zuquim, G.; Autto, H.; Hänninen, J.; Inkinen, J.; Outa Kalttopää, O.; Koskinen, J.; Kotakorpi, M.; Kuntze, K.; Loehr, J.; Mutanen, M.; Oranen, M.; Paavola, R.; Renkonen, R.; Schiestl-Aalto, P.; Sipilä, M.; Sujala, M.; Sundell, J.; Tepsa, S.,; Tuominen, E-P.; Uusitalo, J.; Vallinmäki, M.; Vatka, E.; Veikkolainen, S.; Watts, P.;. &. Dunson, D.;
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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Keywords
Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
Biodiversity and sustainability