We’ll be at Joint NSO-Gfö next week in Odense! 👋 Check out our talk list below and come say hi—we’d love to chat! #NSOGfÖ2026 @nordicoikos.bsky.social @annaliisalaine.bsky.social @sonjasaine.bsky.social @joriswiethase.bsky.social

In this week’s REC Seminar, Lola Fernández Multigner shared an update on her project, “Genetic Diversity in Range-Shifting Butterflies.” 🦋 ➡️ Catch her talk at Joint NSO–GfÖ Conference (OIKOS) on 14 September at 11:00, in the session Population Genomics, Local Adaptation and Evolutionary Processes.

Long-term community data help us separate short-term variation from directional change and reveal lags spanning years to decades. They also provide rare windows into eco-evolutionary changes such as phenological and trait shifts. Our article explores how crucial long-term community data really are👇

Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena

Resolving the ecological and evolutionary processes affecting biodiversity requires long-term community data. By separating short-term variability from directional change and by revealing lags spannin...

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During the many long term ecological change projects in @rececochange.bsky.social, we have concretely learned how important long term data are. Here some thoughts on the topic 👇 Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena

Resolving the ecological and evolutionary processes affecting biodiversity requires long-term community data. By separating short-term variability from directional change and by revealing lags spannin...

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🍂 REC’s autumn season has officially kicked off! PhD student Saku Mäki-Ikola gave the first REC seminar talk titled “Forest structural and compositional drivers of biodiversity”. 🍄 In the afternoon, we celebrated the new season and our staff’s success in recent funding calls with sparkling & snacks!

🍃 Doctoral researcher Jasmi Näsäkkälä at #ISME20, Auckland. Main poster takeaway: Land use history explains more variation in rhizosphere microbiomes than drought. ➡️ Long-term ecological context may be more important than recent climatic conditions. However, host phenotype also plays a part.

PhD researcher Veera Nieminen at #ISME20, Auckland. 🌿 Veera's poster explored how the demographic history of host plants shapes leaf microbiomes. 🌿 Leaf microbiome is an integral part of the plant phenotype, and it can influence plant resilience, health and interactions with other species.

📸 A few photos from StanCon2026, the International Conference on Bayesian Inference and Probabilistic Programming! Noa Kallioinen’s poster “A workflow for evaluating data-source importance in integrated ecological models” won the poster award. Congratulations, Noa!🎉 #envstatgroup

📷 What connects these plants? — They are promising indicator species for Boreal Forest Understory Monitoring in Finland. Our new paper identifies indicator species that can inform us about both local environmental conditions and other species. doi.org/10.1002/eap.... Collaboration with @luke.fi

Our new study led by Tuuli Rissanen tackles a fundamental challenge in biodiversity monitoring: how do we choose species that tell us something useful about biodiversity change? 🌿 Collaboration between @rececochange.bsky.social @luke.fi doi.org/10.1002/eap....

Informing indicator species selection by combining species associations and environmental responses

Biodiversity is changing at an unprecedented pace, underscoring the need for effective and scalable ecological monitoring. Yet selecting which species to monitor remains a major challenge. Indicator ...

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On Tuesday, @annaliisalaine.bsky.social closed the first day of Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society Conference with her talk on trait variation under environmental change and its consequences for plant disease risk. 🌱 One more day of #SPPS2026 ahead!

We’re at ISME20, Auckland! 🌱Come say hi and chat about plant–microbe interactions! 📷 Sara Leino with her poster, “From disturbance to disease: Understanding the drivers of bilberry leaf microbiomes across boreal forests with contrasting disturbance histories.”

Today, we had the opportunity to hear from our visitor Abigail Neat from @oregonstate.edu, who gave a talk🌲Genetic and Environmental Drivers of Pseudotsuga menziesii Root-associated Fungal Communities across Temperate Elevation Gradients.🌲Thank you Abigail for sharing your work!

And that’s a wrap! 🙌 We’ve just completed the final field season of our project exploring how forest management shapes biodiversity across trophic levels—and the ecosystem functions they support. Big thanks to all involved, and to our funder Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation! Results coming soon.

Yli 60 % Suomen tunnetuista perhoslajeista on muuttanut levinneisyysaluettaan. Taustalla ilmastonmuutos ja äärimmäiset sääolot. @marjosaastamoinen.bsky.social osallistui yhteistyötutkimukseen, jossa tarkasteltiin perhosten levinneisyyksien muutoksia ympäri maailmaa. www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/l...

Lämpenevä ilmasto vaikuttaa perhosten liikkumiseen - Suomessa muutoksia havaittu poikkeuksellisen paljon | Helsingin yliopisto

Suomessa yli 60 prosenttia tunnetuista perhoslajeista on muuttanut levinneisyysaluettaan, osoittaa tuore tutkimus, jossa perhosten liikkumista tarkasteltiin maailmanlaajuisesti.

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🗓️ Prof. Yolanda Melero Cavero from the University of Barcelona will give a seminar titled "Species population responses to environmental change: from the individual to the community" on the 6th of August at 13:00 in Biocentre 3, room 5405 (Viikki, Helsinki). All are welcome.

🗓️ Ulla Riihimäki defends her doctoral thesis titled: "Butterflies in agroecosystems: Exploring ecological performance in response to agricultural stressors" on Friday 7th August at 12:00. Everyone is warmly welcome to join!

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme has awarded €10M in funding to our project which investigates how soil biodiversity affects soil health, productivity, and stability. www.helsinki.fi/en/news/life...

Significant funding to investigate the links between biodiversity and soil health | University of Helsinki

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme has awarded 10 million euros in funding to a research project led by the University of Helsinki to investigate how soil biodiversity affects soil health...

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Matemaattinen mallinnus tarkentaa ympäristöpoliittista suunnittelua. Väitöstutkimuksessa kehitettiin uusia välineitä saaristomeren vedenlaadun parannuskeinojen vertailuun ja rannikkokalojen kutualueiden seurantaan. #[www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/m...

Paikallisten kalastajien tieto täsmensi ennusteita kuhan kutualueista | Helsingin yliopisto

Matemaattinen mallinnus tarkentaa ympäristöpoliittista suunnittelua. Helsingin yliopiston väitöstutkimuksessa kehitettiin uusia välineitä saaristomeren vedenlaadun parannuskeinojen vertailuun ja rannikkokalojen kutualueiden seurantaan.

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🎉 Congratulations to REC researchers on their success in the latest Research Council of Finland funding round! Arthur Rodrigues and Emilie Ellis were awarded Academy Research Fellowships, and @marjosaastamoinen.bsky.social and Tomas Roslin received Project funding. 👉 www.aka.fi/en/about-the...

RCF funds new Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects in biosciences, health and environmental research

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has decided to fund 42 new Academy Research Fellowships in biosciences, health and environmental research. The RCF’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Hea...

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Metsästys ja silakan koko määrittävät Itämeren harmaahylkeiden kannan kokoa. Uusi digitaalisiin populaatiomalleihin pohjautuva tutkimuksemme tarkastelee Itämeren kantokykyä ja tarjoaa päättäjille raamit metsästyskiintiöiden asettamiseen. www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/e... @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social

Metsästys ja silakan koko muokkaavat olennaisesti harmaahylkeen tulevaisuutta Itämerellä | Helsingin yliopisto

Itämeren kantokyky kestäisi jopa kaksinkertaisen määrän harmaahylkeitä, mutta metsästyskiintiö ja silakan koko vaikuttavat siihen, mihin suuntaan kanta kehittyy. Tutkimus tarkentaa harmaahylkeen kanta...

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🌱 Cover crops can increase above- and belowground invertebrates in fields, supporting their potential role in pest control and soil functioning. Even a small increase in plant diversity was beneficial for ecosystem functioning. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @annaliisalaine.bsky.social

Cover crops influence above- and belowground invertebrates in a northern grain field

Maintaining vegetation diversity through cover crops could counteract the decreasing soil carbon and biodiversity in intensive monoculture farming. To…

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Suuri kiitos Antero ja Merja Parman säätiölle Ahvenanmaan ketoverkoston pitkäaikaisseurannan tukemisesta 12 500€:lla! Tällaiset lahjoitukset mahdollistavat ainutlaatuisten, jo yli 30 vuotta jatkuneiden kevät- ja syyskartoitusten jatkumisen myös tulevaisuudessa. Lue lisää: amps.fi/avustuskohte...

In this week’s REC Seminar, doctoral researcher Jasmi Näsäkkälä presented her talk: “Effect of drought and host population size on the rhizosphere microbiome of Plantago lanceolata” 🌱🦠 There is still much to uncover about microbial life in the rhizosphere!

🥂€2.5 million funding for our interdisciplinary project that develops new ways to integrate biodiversity and natural capital to societal decision-making. Thank you Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation and our collaborators @ahlviklassi.bsky.social and Kari Hyytiäinen! www.helsinki.fi/en/news/sust...

2.5 million euros awarded for research combining ecology, economics and statistics | University of Helsinki

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has awarded 2.5 million euros to a University of Helsinki research project aimed at bringing natural capital into decision-making. The interdisciplinary project dev...

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There are still a couple of days left to apply for a position as an Ecological Statistician in @rececochange.bsky.social!!

Anna-Liisa Laine@annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We’re hiring! We invite applications for an Ecological Statistician to join our team. Work at the interface of cutting-edge biodiversity science and statistics. DL 27 May @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social @rececochange.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Happy World Bee Day 2026! The day raises awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping the planet healthy! See some of our recent research on pollinators below👇 1/4

Open position: Ecological Statistician 🧑‍🔬Background in research 🌱Analyse spatio-temporal biodiversity data ❓Uncover patterns and drivers of biodiversity change and their links to ecosystem functioning 🌍Globally unique long-term datasets! Apply here: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... (DL May 27th!)

Ecological Statistician

Ecological Statistician

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📢 The Finnish Environment Institute has an open position in biodiversity monitoring, with a focus on marine environments and eelgrass/seagrass habitats.

Suomen ympäristökeskus - Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)@syke.fi · 4mo ago

Are you interested in the research and monitoring of the biodiversity of the Baltic Sea and European marine areas? We are recruiting a fixed-term Senior researcher for the period 1 June, 2026 – 31 May, 2027 to Helsinki, Finland. Read more & apply by 28 May: valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/fixe...