ECCB 2018: Recent submissions
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Invasive ranges of gorse in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia and Sri Lanka
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Gorse (Ulex europaeus L.) is an extremely competitive invasive plant that displaces native biodiversity including agricultural wealth. Assessments of the phenology and soil seed bank of gorse are needed to understand the ... -
Ethical challenges at the science-policy interface: building an ethical infrastructure for the EU support mechanism
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)EKLIPSE is an unusual EU project, which is developing a sustainable mechanism that supports better decisions on our environment, based on the best available knowledge. Developing such EU support mechanism at the interface ... -
The effect of environmental fluctuations – Could climate change promote species’ invasion success?
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The global climate change is presumed to increase the amount of fluctuations in the environmental conditions. This could increase the amount of species invasion into new areas if fluctuations affect the ecological and ... -
Tree monocultures in biodiversity hotspots: impact of pine plantations on the mammal assemblages of the Atlantic Forest and the Southern Cone Mesopotamian Savanna ecoregions of South America
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Large scale plantations of exotic trees (mostly Pinus and Eucalyptus) are replacing vast areas of native environments in South America, with still poorly known consequences on local communities. This is particularly worrisome ... -
Activity Patterns of the Reintroduced Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) in the Pyrenees Estimated by Photo-trapping Camera
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Information on intra-specific activity patterns in non-social species, such as the brown bear (Ursus arctos), is important for understanding behavioral strategies of avoidance among individuals, specially between different ... -
Traditional semi-natural grassland management with heterogeneous mowing times enhances flower resources for pollinators in farmed landscapes.
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Semi-natural grasslands are essential habitats for pollinators. They provide high diversity of floral resources, but the amount of floral resources is strongly affected by the timing of mowing. For pollinator species that ... -
Functional diversity of the Middle-Danubian fish fauna, the role of non-native species
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)It is well known that physical appearance and behavior of each species reflects to its habitat preference, feeding habits, etc. Therefore, one can describe the ecological role of species in a community by characterizing ... -
Assessing object-oriented LiDAR metrics for characterizing bird habitat in a management perspective
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) provides detailed information on the three dimensional structure of the environment, and is increasingly used in habitat modeling for a wide variety of species including birds. LiDAR has ... -
Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on biodiversity and ecosystem services
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)As part of a ‘fitness check’ evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), completed in autumn 2017, we conducted an in depth literature review to evaluate both direct and indirect effects of the CAP on biodiversity ... -
Endemic Avifauna in Caraga – the mining capital of Mindanao Island, Philippines: their preferred habitats and threats
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Caraga Region comprises most of the Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor in the Philippines which is known to be the center of endemism. However, it is popularly known as the “Mining Hub” in Mindanao Island where there ... -
Beliefs, facts, and practices: Towards evidence-based decision-making in the forestry sector in Finland
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Polarisation of views has long been seen in the discourse around sustainability of forestry in Finland [1]. Different actors have different perspectives, and these perspectives are often supported by referencing a subset ... -
Commercial farming threatens Chinese Giant Salamander conservation through disease, introgression and overexploitation.
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus; CGS), endemic to China and Critically Endangered, has been identified as the amphibian species most in need of conservation action1. Since 2004, a rapidly growing industry ... -
Eurasian Chronicle of Nature as a basis for large-scale analysis of changing ecosystems.
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)At present, the study of the consequences of global climate change on ecosystems has become particularly relevant. "Chronicles of Nature" is a unique monitoring program unmatched in geographical (former USSR) and temporal ... -
Personality of sea trout and consequences for survival quantified using detailed movement data from a telemetry study in a southern Norwegian fjord
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Animal personality may be an important part of the puzzle that is identifying the components affecting survival of an anadromous species in the marine phase. Also of interest is the interplay between individual personality ... -
Foraging, swimming performance and morphology of semi-wild and hatchery-reared landlocked salmon juveniles
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The Saimaa landlocked salmon (Salmo salar m. sebago) in Finland is a critically endangered ecomorph due to the historical damming of rivers. The morph has been dependent on stockings of hatchery-reared juveniles for more ... -
Microbusinesses reconciling monetary and nature values in forestry
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Finland is a country with hundreds of thousands of small-scale entrepreneurs in forestry. These non-industrial private forest owners reconcile their timber production with other motives of forest ownership. Conservation ... -
Human, Wildlife and Climate Change Interaction in Upper Mustang, a Himalayan Region
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The global climate is changing. The impacts of climate change are being felt everywhere in a number of ways, but the most critical are likely to be those impacts that are threatening the life of flora and fauna. Fast ... -
An eco-evolutionary perspective on marine reserves
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Marine reserves are a valuable tool for protecting against human impacts such as harvesting and are expected to support fisheries beyond their boundaries through spillover of juveniles and mature fish. Furthermore, marine ... -
Ecosystem services and assessment of the soil biological activity exemplified by the mountain chernozem soils of the Central Caucasus
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Different subtypes of mountain chernozem soils (total area 845 km2) of Kabardino-Balkar Republic formed at a height range of over 500 m a.s.l. within the elbrusskiy variant of vertical zones distribution of the Central ... -
The use of biological traps for water treatment in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Increasing global demand for fish and the depletion of natural fish stocks has stimulated the development of aquaculture all over the world. One of the main restrictions for future growth and sustainability of the aquaculture ...