• 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 ...
    • Geodiversity and Biodiversity 

      Tukiainen, Helena; Toivanen, Maija; Maliniemi, Tuija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Non-living and living nature are inherently connected. Geodiversity, which consists of the variation in geology, soils, topography, geomorphology and hydrology, is seen as the foundation and stage for biodiversity. Underlying ...
    • 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. ...
    • Reliability of presence-only data for assessing plant community responses to climate warming 

      Riano, Laura Camila Pacheco; Rumpf, Sabine; Maliniemi, Tuija; Flantua, Suzette; Grytnes, John Arvid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Climate warming has triggered shifts in plant distributions, resulting in changes within communities, characterized by an increase in warm-demanding species and a decrease in cold-adapted species – referred to as ...
    • Temporal changes in boreal vegetation under 70 years of conservation 

      Maliniemi, Tuija; Huusko, Karoliina; Muurinen, Lauralotta; Grytnes, John Arvid; Tukiainen, Helena; Virtanen, Risto; Alahuhta, Janne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Biodiversity conservation through protected areas (PAs) is often based on the idea that biodiversity is relatively static. This assumption is increasingly being challenged as species and communities shift their distributions ...
    • 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 ...