Global Change Biogeography
Analysis and Synthesis of Intertwined Ecological, Environmental, Historical and Societal Issues in Space and Time
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18/09/2023. A new case study on spatial and temporal variation in multiple facets of river fish beta diversity was accepted for publication in Freshwater Biology.
15/09/2023. A new paper on spatial and temporal variation of non-native and translocated fish species in Yunnan, China, was accepted for publication in Diversity and Distributions. This is an important contribution, as it helps understand the spread and establishment of non-native species across freshwater ecosystems in a major biodiversity hotspot.
31/07/2023. A new paper on specialist and generalist macroinvertebrates in Lake Taihu was published in Ecological Indicators.
30/07/2023. A paper on temporal changesin European river invertebrate assemblages was acccepted for publication in Nature earlier in July.
16/05/2023. A new paper on beta diversity-hydrology relationships at different spatial scales was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography.
11/05/2023. A new review paper combining resilience thinking and meta-ecosystem research was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.
28/04/2023. A new review on the importance of land-use change on the abiotic, biotic and ecosystem services features of boreal lakes was accepted for publication in Ecological Solutions and Evidence. Thanks Maija and Janne for collaboration on this important topic.
14/04/2023. A new paper on shortfalls in our understanding of functional and phylogenetic variation of freshwater communities was accepted for publication in Biological Conservation. Thanks Jorge and Mauricio for collaboration on this piece of work.
28/03/2023. A new review article focusing on biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity was accepted for publication in Biological Reviews.
23/03/2023. A new paper on land-use effects on stream biodiversity and biomass production was accepted for publication in Journal of Animal Ecology.
24/02/2023. Our paper on invertebrate biodiversity in mountainous streams in the World’s Third Pole appeared online in Journal of Biogeography. A big thanks goes to Zhengfei Li and all involved.
17/02/2023. A new paper on lake macrophyte communities was accepted for publication in Limnetica.
05/02/2023. A new paper presenting a novel functional group approach to assess urbanization effects on river macroinvertebate communities was accepted for publication in Landscape Ecology.
02/02/2023. A new worldwide database on aquatic insect distribution records was accepted for publication in Global Ecology and Biogeography. A big thanks goes to Afroditi Grigoropoulou and Sami Domisch for leading this compilation of datasets.
08/01/2023. A new study on effects of river damming on macroinvertebrate functional trait structure was accepted for publication in Environmental Research.
04/01/2023. A new paper on dispersal syndromes and phylogenetic distance decay of stream invertebrate assemblages was provisionally accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography.
30/11/2022. A new paper on the effects of an invasive grass species on aquatic plants in a Brazilian reservoir was accepted for publication in Journal of Ecology.
24/11/2022. A new paper on species and site contributions to fish beta diversity in a Chinese drainage basin was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. Thank you, Zhijun Xia, for leading the writing of this study.
10/11/2022. A new paper on conservation planning of freshwater fish across the entire territory of China was accepted for publication in Conservation Biology. A special thanks goes to Juan Tao for leading this study.
29/10/2022. A new paper on food webs and niche stability of faunal communities at the end-Cretaceous was accepted for publication in Science Advances. Jorge García-Girón showed again his ability to tackle highly complex issues. Thanks, Jorge, for leading this study.
06/09/22. A new simulation study focusing on disturbance, patch connectivity and community recovery in metacommunities was accepted for publication in Ecography.
22/08/2022. A new paper on urban stream macroinvertebrates was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. The idea here was to compare incidence- and abundance-based community responses to ecological factors associated with urbanization.
15/08/2022. I started working at the Geography Research Unit of University of Oulu this Monday. Excited to pursue new research ideas, as well as develop the fields I used to work on previously.
26/07/2022. A new study focusing on the impacts of loss of lateral connectivity on molluscan biodiversity in floodplain lakes was accepted for publication in Journal of Environmental Management.
25/07/2022. A new paper on fish occupancy and abundance patterns in a subtropical river basin was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography.
11/07/2022. A new paper on the functional strategies of European freshwater macroinvertebrates was accepted for publication in Scientific Reports.
27/06/2022. We proposed a new approach to quantify alpha, beta and gamma components of geodiversity in a paper that was accepted for publication in Progress in Physical Geography. Our approach is based on the concepts of alpha, beta and gamma of species diversity originally proposed by Whittaker (1957) and that are widely used in biodiversity research. We anticipate their adaptation to geodiversity research paves the way for a unified characterization of biotic and abiotic diversity of nature.
20/06/2022. A new paper was accepted for publication in Diversity and Distributions. We proposed a new approach to prioritize sets of sites for conservation based on taxonomic, functional and environmental uniqueness. This approach was illustrated by analyzing a comprehensive dataset on macrophytes and macroinvertebrates collected in a large boreal lake in Finland.
16/06/2022. A new paper on congruence in taxonomic and functional beta diversity of multiple organism groups across Brazilian floodplain lakes was for publication in Frontiers in Environmental Science.
14/06/2022. A new paper on the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in Brazilian floodplain lakes was accepted for publication in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
05/05/2022. A new study focusing on eutrophication impacts on biodiversity in the floodplain lakes of the River Yangtze was accepted for publication in Environmental Pollution.
17/04/2022. A new paper on the invasion impacts and dynamics of New Zeland mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) across European rivers was accepted for publication in Global Change Biology. This study was led by Phillip Haubrock and Peter Haase.
07/04/2022. A new paper led by Caio Graco-Roza and Janne Soininen on taxonomic and functional distance decay was accepted for publication in Global Ecology and Biogeography.
07/03/2022. Our review paper focusing on the joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins was accepted for publication in Ecological Solutions and Evidence. We summarised existing ideas from meta-system reasearch and applied those ideas for joint conservation and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services. We also proposed a roadmap for joint conservation and restoration in a drainage basin level.
02/03/2022. A new paper led by Rob Rolls was accepted for publication in Landscape Ecology. We examined the change in beta diversity of riverine fish during and after supra-seasonal drought in the Murray-Darling River Basin, Australia.
18/02/2022. A new study where the impacts of urbanization on taxonomic and functional diversity of stream macroinvertebrates were investigated was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.
06/02/2022. A new paper was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. We focussed on seasonal variation in macroinvertebrate communities in a large floodplain lake connected to the River Yangtze.
27/10/2021. A new overview paper about advancing freshwater biodiversity research was accepted for publication in Ecology Letters. This essay was led by Alain Maasri and Sonja Jähnig and included several dozen co-authors from across the world.
24/10/2021. A new paper led by Chaz Hyseni and Frank Johansson was accepted for publication in Basic and Applied Ecology. We focused on the importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for invertebrate biodiversity in urban ponds.
29/09/2021. A special issue on ecological indicators for aquatic biodiversity, ecosystem functions, human activities and climate change is available online in Ecological Indicators.
10/09/2021. Two new studies were accepted for publication in environmental science journals today. One focused on the use of macroinvertebrate assemblage body size structure in environmental assessments and was accepted for publication in Environmental Research. Another focused on the role of iron in boreal catchments and was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.
31/08/2021. Our new study on spatio-temporal variation of macroinvertebrate metacommunity organization in monsoon-climate streams was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography. This study was done in collaboration with Zhicai Xie's research group.
21/07/2021. A new paper led by Rob Rolls was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. We focused on the consequences of hydrological alteration for fish assemblages at multiple spatial scales.
15/07/2021. In collaboration with Fernando Rodrigues da Silva’s group, our paper on frog metacommunity dynamics was accepted for publication in Basic and Applied Ecology. Thanks guys!
17/06/2021. A new paper led by Alexandre Siqueira was accepted for publication in Aquatic Sciences. Interesting stuff about beta diversity of non-flying and flying macroinvertebrates at two spatial scales in Amazon streams.
24/05/2021. Great news! A new paper on joint spatial and temporal variation of aquatic beetle assemblages in lentic and lotic habitats in Sweden was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. Thanks Jean and all for leading this study.
21/05/2021. Great news! A new paper on the joint effects of river damming and fish invasion on multiple facets of fish diversity in the Yellow River Basin in China was accepted for publication in Journal of Environmental Management.
03/05/2021. A new paper on multiple facets of macrophyte diversity across the Pantanal floodplain lakes in Brazil was accepted for publication in Hydrobiologia. Thanks Ully, Victor, Maiara and Janne for working on this interesting study.
29/04/2021. A new paper on geographical rarity patterns of freshwater macrophytes across Europe and North America was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.
28/04/2021. An article about ecological Mass Effects written by Luis Mauricio Bini and me was published online at Oxford Bibliographies here.
19/04/2021. A new paper examining the roles of speciation rates, colonization time and niche conservatism on frog community assembly in Atlantic Forest area in Brazil was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography.
31/03/2021. A new paper led by Yihao Ge was accepted for publication in Ecosphere. We focussed on the mechanisms structuring aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in a high-altitude plateau system.
17/03/2021. In a period of last month, a couple of new studies on invertebrate biodiversity and environmental forcing have been published in Journal of Animal Ecology and Environment International. The studies were conducted in Finland and China, respectively.
20/01/2021. Jorge García-Girón arrived in Oulu last night. He has started working as a post-doc researcher for the GloBioTrends project. Looking forward to working with him in the coming years.
20/01/2021. A new paper on stream macroinvertebrate beta diversity was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. This study, led by Xiaoming Jiang, focused on the relative roles of the environment, climate and connectivity on multiple facets of stream macroinvertebrate communities.
19/01/2021. Great news! An article about Mass Effects, written by Luis Mauricio Bini and me, was approved for publication in Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology.
18/01/2021. A new paper on climate effects of aquatic bugs in a biodiversity hotspot in India was accepted for publication in Journal of Insect Conservation.
08/01/2021. A new paper on the applications of meta-system theory in the management of river networks was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Thank you Nuria Cid and Thibault Datry for leading this important work during the AHIA project.
04/01/2021. A new paper led by Denner Vieira and Janne Alahuhta was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography. The focus of this study was on range size conservatism in freshwater plants in North America and Europe.
23/12/2020. A new paper led by Jorge García-Girón was accepted for publication in Limnology and Oceanography. We focused on the relative roles of historical contingency and environmental change on lake macrophyte communities across decades. Thank you Marja Lindholm, Heikki Toivonen and Janne Alahuhta for inviting me to contribute to this research.
13/12/2020. Great news! Our new paper led by Jorge García-Girón was accepted for publication in Palaeontology. This study is a nice application of metacommunity data analysis methods in the context of Maastrichtian dinosaur assemblages.
07/12/2020. A new paper led by Sonja Jähnig was accepted for publication in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. This comment paper focused on temporal trends in freshwater insect biodiversity.
05/12/2020. Our new paper led by Gustavo Díaz was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. We focused on the effects of river fragment length on fish beta diversity in fragmented Chilean river networks.
26/11/2020. A new methodological paper focussing on examinination of niche versus dispersal assembly of ecological communities was accepted for publication in Ecography. Thank you Annika Vilmi and Corentin Gibert for leading this work.
19/11/2020. A new paper on scale-dependent patterns of metacommunity structuring in multiple groups of aquatic organisms across floodplain systems in Brazil was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography. Thank you Fernando Lansac-Tôha for leading this paper.
13/11/2020. A new paper utilizing a nested sampling design to understand metacommunity organization in a mountainous river network was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. Thank you Zhengfei Li for leading this study.
08/11/2020. A new paper led by Zhengfei Li was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. We focused on the distance decay of macroinvertebrates communities in a mountainous river network. This study was conducted in the Du River, the largest tributary of the Hanjiang River, in China.
03/11/2020. Great news today! A review paper on the macroecology of aquatic plants led by Janne Alahuhta was accepted for publication in Aquatic Botany.
23/10/2020. A nice way to begin the weekend with great news. Our meta-analysis of dam impacts on riverine macroinvertebrates was accepted for publication in Environmental Research Letters. Thank you Jun Wang and the research group in Kunming for leading this important work.
21/10/2020. A new database on the dispersal-related traits of aquatic macroinvertebrates was accepted for publication in Scientific Data. Thank you Romain Sarremejane, Núria Cid and others for leading this important initiative.
19/10/2020. Our new paper led by Bárbara Quirino is to be published in Aquatic Sciences. We focused on fish functional alpha and beta diversity along a macrophyte stand heterogeneity gradient in a tropical floodplain in Brazil.
12/10/2020. A new paper led by Janaina Agra was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. We focused on effects of anthropogenic disturbances on environmental heterogeneity and biodiversity of stream insects in the Cerrado biome of Brazil. This paper is based on collaboration with the groups of Marcos Callisto and Raphael Ligeiro.
09/10/2020. A new paper led by Jun Wang was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. We focused on taxonomic and functional beta diversities as measures of damming effects on macroinvertebrates in the Lancang-Mekong River system.
08/10/2020. Our study on differences in beta diversity patterns of stream insects along land-use gradients between subtropical and boreal regions was accepted for publication in Freshwater Science. Thanks Dani Petsch and all people involved in the Brazil-Finland stream biodiversity project that started in 2013.
04/10/2020. A paper led by Carlinda Medeiros was accepted for publication in Limnology and Oceanography. We focussed on the effects of spatial scale on the species diversity patterns of estuarine benthic macroinvertebrate communities in Brazil.
02/09/2020. A new paper on temporal beta diversity of lake macrophyte communities was accepted for publication in Journal of Ecology. Congratulations to Marja Lindholm for a third paper for a PhD thesis.
28/08/2020. We are looking forward to officially launching new projects in early September. Just like a change of seasons, our research emphasis will also change little by little.
26/08/2020. Two new positions available in our project “Global taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of stream macroinvertebrate communities: unravelling spatial trends, ecological determinants and anthropogenic threats”.
Post doc researcher: link and PhD student: link
Send applications through the links given above. More information can be obtained by email: jani.heino.eco@gmail.com .
24/08/2020. A new paper on stream fish biodiversity in a subtropical agricultural area was accepted for publication in Hydrobiologia. A big thanks goes to Camilo Roa-Fuentes and the team in Brazil for leading this study.
21/08/2020. A new paper on multiple dimensions of stream macroinvertebrate beta diversity in a mountainous region in China was accepted for publication in Limnology and Oceanography. This work was lead-authored by Zhengfei Li. This and other similar papers on stream biodiversity exemplify the context-depedent nature of biotic communities.
19/08/2020. Just got nice news today and just two days before this year’s vacation. Our paper “Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single-lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services” was accepted for publication in Biological Reviews. More soon. Thank you all involved for a long-lasting collaboration.
12/08/2020. A new paper on riverine diatom and macroinvertebrate biodiversity in Arctic Fennoscandia was accepted for publication in Freshwater Biology. This paper, led by John Brittain, will be part of a forthcoming special issue on Arctic freshwater biodiversity.
21/07/2020. A new paper led by Kate Mathers was accepted for publication in Functional Ecology. The focus of the study was temporal variation in the functional bidiversity of river macroinvertebrate communities before and after signal crayfish invasion.
15/07/2020. A new paper on the taxonomic and functional diversity of Amazon stream fish was accepted for publication in Aquatic Sciences. The lead author of this study was Naraiana Benone.
29/06/2020. A new paper written in collaboration with Japanese colleagues was accepted for publication in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. This paper examined the utility of major stream organism groups for detecting metal pollution impacts in riverine ecosystems.
25/06/2020. A new paper led by Jorge García-Girón was accepted for publication in Limnology and Oceanography. As a part of the global lake macrophyte initiative coordinated by Janne Alahuhta, we examined if lake macrophytes show similar metacommunity structures in distinct geographical regions across the world.
23/06/2020. A new paper led by Kimmo Tolonen was accepted for publication in Aquatic Ecology. We examined the determinants of lake littoral communities and tested if phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthic invertebrates show congruent biodiversity variations in the largest Finnish lake. The results should be important in the context of lake bioassessment.
15/06/2020. A new guide was published: "Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral streams: What water managers need to know". This guide is the final product of the EU Cost Action SMIRES that was led by Thibault Datry and Gabriel Singer. The guide is open access and available here.
13/06/2020. A new paper led by Pedro de Oliveira was accepted for publication in Limnologica. In this paper, we focussed on a planktic diatom metacommunity in a system of small headwater streams. We found that weak among-stream dispersal contributed to dispersal limitation that was seen in a significant spatial effect on community composition, abundance, richness and uniqueness.
08/06/2020. Arctic freshwater ecosystems and their biological diversity require standardized monitoring across all northern countries! Arctic nature is facing unprecedented changes. Existing monitoring data show that the diversity, structure and functions of Arctic freshwaters are currently undergoing rapid and likely irreversible changes. Climate change in association with resulting permafrost thaw, eutrophication and replacement of unique northern species by southern immigrants are contributing to these rapid changes. This trend affects the livelihoods and culture of Indigenous Peoples living in close connection with Arctic nature. Knowledge on the status of Arctic freshwaters and biotas is geographically scattered and temporally limited, which hinders launching international programs for conservation of Arctic freshwaters or for managing economically valuable fish and wildlife species. A new opinion article on this timely topic was published in Journal of Applied Ecology’s Policy Forum on Monday. The international team included researchers from Finland, Canada and Sweden. Read the open access paper here.
27/05/2020. Great news! Our new project “Global taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of stream macroinvertebrate communities: unravelling spatial trends, ecological determinants and anthropogenic threats” was funded by the Academy of Finland. Looking forward to collaborating with dozens of researchers from across the world!
19/05/2020. A new paper on predicting dragonfly diversity across man-made ponds was accepted for publication in Scientific Reports. This work was based on citizen science data from Sweden and was led by Frank Johansson.
06/05/2020. A new paper on the ecological uniqueness of macrophyte communities in tropical floodplain lakes was accepted for publication in Aquatic Sciences. This study was led by Ully Pozzobom and was part of collaboration with her, Maiara Brito and Victor Landeiro.
26/04/2020. A new paper led by Zhengfei Li was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. We focused on seasonal variation in the assembly mechanisms of macroinvertebrate communities in a river basin in China.
22/04/2020. A new paper on beta diversity and biotic interactions in a metacommunity context was accepted for publication in Ecography. Thanks, Jorge, for leading this work.
08/04/2020. Arctic freshwater ecosystems require standardized monitoring! We highlighted the reasons why we should do so now in a paper just accepted for publication in the policy directions section of Journal of Applied Ecology.
04/04/2020. A new paper led by Raphael Ligeiro was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. Here, we focussed on the technical aspects associated with detecting anthropogenic impacts using stream macroinvertebrate assemblages.
16/03/2020. A new paper led by Jorge García-Girón and Janne Alahuhta was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. In this paper, the focus was on different facets of macrophyte beta diversity in 16 regions over the world.
12/03/2020. A new paper on zooplankton richness and community uniqueness in floodplain lakes of the Pantanal wetland was accepted for publication in Aquatic Sciences. A big thanks goes to Maiara Brito for leading this paper.
09/03/2020. A new paper on metacommunity types of stream diatoms and macroinvertebrates in regions differing in environmental heterogeneity was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography. A big thanks goes to Siwen He for leading this study.
04/03/2020. After years of repeated requests, mostly by former and present lab members, the Twitter account of Large-Scale Ecology Lab is finally alive.
29/02/2020. A new paper on improving biological assessment approaches in intermittent freshwater ecosystems was accepted for publication in BioScience.
27/02/2020. A new paper on lake macrophyte communities in the Baikal region of Siberia was accepted for publication in Aquatic Sciences.
21/02/2020. Three new papers on freshwater biodiversity and its conservation have been accepted for publication in the last month, including papers in Forest Ecology and Management, Ecology, and Aquatic Conservation. Please, check out the Publications subpage.
09/01/2020. A new review paper on freshwater biodiversity conservation led by Marco Cantonati was accepted for publication in Water.
02/01/2020. A nice start for a New Year. A paper on range size and species richness patterns of freshwater plants across Europe and North America was accepted for publication in Journal of Ecology. A big thanks to Janne Alahuhta and the team for this interesting paper!
18/11/2019. A new paper led by Julie Crabot was accepted for publication in Ecography. In this paper, our focus was on temporal and spatial beta diversity in intermittent streams. Another paper led by Jun Wang focused the assembly on riverine macroinvertebrate and diatom communities, and it was accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution.
15/11/2019. A new paper led by Lars Iversen on macrophyte community patterns was published in Science! More information can be found here and here and here.
26/10/2019. Recently, two new papers were accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. One paper focussed on bacterial and macroinvertebrate communities in Tibetan mountain streams. Another paper considered the ecological uniqueness of dung beetles and mammals in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil.
02/10/2019. A new paper was accepted for publication in Oecologia. We focused on taxonomic and functional beta diversity of diatoms and insects across subarctic streams.
28/09/2019. A new paper on multiple diversity facets of stream macroinvertebrates was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. In this paper, we examined the relative roles of human impact and natural factors on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic alpha diversity.
25/09/2019. A new paper on across-decades variation in macrophyte communities of boreal lakes was accepted for publication in Ecography. Congratulations to Marja Lindholm for a PhD thesis paper!
05/09/2019. A new paper about biodiversity-geodiversity relationships was accepted for publication in Landscape Ecology. Congratulations to Olli-Matti Kärnä for a PhD thesis work.
12/08/2019. A new paper led by Sarah Laske about biodiversity of Arctic freshwater fishes was accepted for publication in Freshwater Biology.
03/08/2019. A new paper on the macroecology of high-latitude ground beetles was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography. A big thanks goes to our collaborators, Janne Alahuhta and Simone Fattorini.
16/07/2019. A new paper led by our lab's former visiting researchers, Fernando Lansac-Tôha, was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. Congratulations, Fernando and the NUPELIA team!
08/07/2019. A new paper on functional and phylogenetic biodiversity of pond macroinvertebrate communities across an anthropogenically affected landscape was accepted for publication in Biological Conservation.
26/06/2019. A new paper on dragonfly biodiversity in urban stormwater ponds was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators.
22/06/2019. A new report about the ecological connectivity of boreal forests in the Barents Region is out! You can download the report here.
12/06/2019. A new paper was accepted for publication in Freshwater Biology. In this paper led by Katri Tolonen, we focussed on the similarities and differences between intermittently drying and freezing streams at different levels of biological organization from individuals to food webs.
15/05/2019. A new report on Arctic freshwater biodiversity was published online here. Please, check out this interesting and important contribution by a group of scientists from different Arctic countries.
15/05/2019. A new paper on macrophyte biodiversity-geodiversity relationships was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography. Congratulations to Maija Toivanen for this PhD thesis work.
12/05/2019. Raphael Ligeiro arrived in Oulu today. He will spend about eight months in our lab doing research on stream biodiversity. Welcome, Raphael!
06/05/2019. A new paper led by Blanka Gál was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. Here, we used a meta-analytical approach to examine effects of urbanization on freshwater invertebrate diversity.
27/4/2019. A new paper led by Jun Xu was accepted for publication in Freshwater Biology. Here, we examined cross-taxon congruence of freshwater assemblages (fish and macrophytes), focusing on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic facets.
12/03/2019. Our study on spatio-temporal variation in bioassessment using macroinvertebrates in large lakes was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. This important work was led by Yongjiu Cai.
07/03/2019. A new paper led by Annika Vilmi was accepted for publication in Journal of Biogeography. Here, we examined on the relationship among traits, occupancy and abundance in lake and river diatoms.
23/12/2018. A new paper led by Yongjiu Cai was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. This paper focused on three facets of molluscan beta diversity across China.
16/12/2018. A new paper about river ecosystem resilience was accepted for publication in River Research and Applications.
13/12/2018. A paper about occupancy and abundance and their underlying drivers in aquatic organisms was accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators. Thanks to Annika Vilmi for leading this paper.
12/12/2018. A new macroecological paper on aquatic beetles was accepted for publication in Ecological Entomology.
29/11/2018. Further good news related to research outputs. A paper on macroinvertebrate alpha diversity in Tibetan streams was accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution.
23/11/2018. Another new visiting researher, Ully Mattilde Pozzobom Costa, arrived in Oulu today. She will spend about eight months in Oulu conducting research on macrophyte biodiversity.
21/11/2018. We received good news from Freshwater Science last night. A paper on the assembly of stream macroinvertebrate communities in a high-elevation region in China was accepted for publication.
18/11/2018. A new visiting researcher, Fernando Lansac-Toha, arrived in Oulu this Sunday. He will spend about six months here doing research on metacommunity organization and related topics in aquatic systems. Welcome to Oulu, Fernando!
15/11/2018. A new paper on stream macroinvertebrate communities in a subtropical biodiversity hotspot was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. Congratulations to Zhengfei Li and the team!
13/11/2018. A new paper on the effects of nutrient enrichment on biotic homogenization in shallow lakes was accepted for publication in Limnology and Oceanography. A big thanks goes to You Zhang for leading this important work.
31/10/2018: We received excellent news from Freshwater Biology today. Our former visiting researcher Camilo Roa's paper on different facets of fish beta diversity in agroecosystem streams was accepted for publication. Congratulations, Camilo!
24/10/2018: Jani will be participating in a workshop on improving ecological connectivity in boreal forests. This is a great opportunity to learn more about these issues in terrestrial ecosystems.
19/10/2018: We just got excellent news from Journal of Biogeography. Our paper on beta diversity in diverse terrestrial and aquatic beetle groups was accepted for publication. Jani thanks his coauthors Janne Alahuhta, Simone Fattorini and Denes Schmera on contributing to this piece of work.
16/10/2018: We received great news from Oecologia last night. Our paper on global patterns in macrophyte metacommunities was accepted for publication in the journal. Again, thanks goes to Janne Alahuhta for leading this important paper.
13/10/2018: We just got a paper accepted for publication in Environmental Science and Pollution Research. This paper is about decadal changes in riverine macroinvertebrate communities in relation to catchment afforestation practices in a Chinese nature reserve. Congratulations to Jun Wang for leading this interesting research!
12/10/2018: Mariana defended her thesis on macroecological patterns in northern streams. The defense was successful, and we enjoyed it greatly. We also thank Professor Nikolai Friberg from The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research for acting as Mariana's opponent in the defense.
12/10/2018: We just got a new paper accepted in Environmental Reviews. This paper is about functional and phylogenetic diversity, and how these facets have been used in inferring environmental changes in freshwater ecosystems. A big thanks goes to Janne Alahuhta for leading this paper.
12/10/2018: I started writing a new 'NEWS' section today. Here, you will find the most important things that have happened recently or will happen soon in our research lab. Stay tuned!