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
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)
Step-constrained self-avoiding walks on finite grids (2026)
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Gender minorities at music festivals (2025)
International Journal of Event and Festival Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Ghosts of weather past? Impact of past and present weather-related factors on the seasonal questing activity of Ixodes ricinus nymphs in southwestern Finland (2025)
Parasites and Vectors
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Digital Monitoring of Symptoms and Lung Function During Birch Pollen Season in Pediatric Patients (2025)
Clinical and Translational Allergy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
DNA-viivakoodaus menneisyyden eliölajistojen ja ympäristöjen tutkimusmenetelmänä (2025)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)A taxonomic treatment of Alismataceae (Alismatales) in the Brazilian Pantanal (2025)
Phytotaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Community-driven tree planting in Northern Namibia : Determinants and challenges (2025)
BIO Web of Conferences
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
Impacts of winter climate change on northern forest understory carbon dioxide exchange determined by reindeer grazing (2025)
Science of the Total Environment
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)