• Anthropogenic disturbance modifies long-term changes of boreal mountain vegetation under contemporary climate warming 

      Maliniemi, Tuija; Virtanen, Risto (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Aims Accelerating high-latitude climate warming drives shrub expansion in open landscapes and alters species distributions and compositions of plant communities. Simultaneously, various land use practices cause disturbance ...
    • Assessing the relation between geodiversity and species richness in mountain heaths and tundra landscapes 

      Salminen, Henriikka; Tukiainen, Helena; Alahuhta, Janne; Hjort, Jan; Huusko, Karoliina; Grytnes, John Arvid; Riano, Laura Camila Pacheco; Kapfer, Jutta; Virtanen, Risto; Maliniemi, Tuija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Context Recent studies show that geodiversity—the diversity of Earth's landforms, materials, and processes—has a positive relationship with biodiversity at a landscape scale. However, there is a substantial lack of evidence ...
    • Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic 

      Kemppinen, Julia; Niittynen, Pekka; Happonen, Konsta; le Roux, Peter C.; Aalto, Juha; Hjort, Jan; Maliniemi, Tuija; Karjalainen, Olli; Rautakoski, Helena; Luoto, Miska (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aim Geomorphological processes profoundly affect plant establishment and distributions, but their influence on functional traits is insufficiently understood. Here, we unveil trait–geomorphology relationships in Arctic ...
    • A methodological guide to observe local-scale geodiversity for biodiversity research and management 

      Hjort, Jan; Tukiainen, Helena; Salminen, Henriikka; Kemppinen, Julia; Kiilunen, Petteri; Snåre, Henna; Alahuhta, Janne; Maliniemi, Tuija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Current global environmental change calls for comprehensive and complementing approaches for biodiversity conservation. According to recent research, consideration of the diversity of Earth's abiotic features (i.e. ...
    • Trait-based responses to land use and canopy dynamics modify long-term diversity changes in forest understories 

      Happonen, Konsta; Muurinen, Lauralotta; Virtanen, Risto; Kaakinen, Eero; Grytnes, John Arvid; Kaarlejärvi, Elina; Parisot, Philippe; Wolff, Matias; Maliniemi, Tuija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Aim: Land use is the foremost cause of global biodiversity decline, but species do not respond equally to land-use practices. Instead, it is suggested that responses vary with species traits, but long-term data on the ...