ECCB 2018: Recent submissions
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Farmland Biodiversity Monitoring Practice in Europe and North America
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Agriculture is one of the main causes for the strong declines in biodiversity over the last decades. To protect and promote farmland biodiversity effectively, politicians and farmers need information about the status and ... -
The Influence of Human Infrastructure on Mammal Community Composition - Lessons Learned from Israel’s National Biodiversity Monitoring Program
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Anthropogenic activity may cause changes in species assemblages and affect top-down and bottom-up processes. As part of Hamaarag's National Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Program, camera traps were used to collect ... -
Burning harvested sites enhances polypore diversity
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Prescribed burning after clear-cut has been used as a silvicultural method, but it has also been found to support biodiversity. We asked what is the impact of fire on polypores that grow on stumps and slash left on clear-cut ... -
Forest expansion on serpentine grassland communities: the impact of atmospheric N and land use
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)In the Mid-Atlantic, USA we see a conservation crisis where multifaceted drivers and mesophication are accompanying afforestation on native rare serpentinite grasslands endangering local biodiversity. There are a number ... -
Building an open source software infrastructure for conservation - TRAPPER, a web-based application to manage camera trapping projects
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Ecology and conservation biology have recently become increasingly data intensive, mainly due to technological advances and the growing inter-disciplinary character. However, a data-intensive science needs specific information ... -
Impacts of bio-economy policies on forest ecosystem services: a boreal perspective
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)One of the most pressing challenges for governments is how to move from a fossil- to a bio-based economy to achieve a sustainable growth. Bio-economy encompasses the production of renewable biological resources and the ... -
Restoring forests by bark beetle outbreaks – implications from mountain forest flagship species
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Although forest managers have tried to supress natural disturbances, such as windstorms, wildfire and outbreaks of insect pests, climate change has led to increasing frequencies and intensities of natural disturbances in ... -
Importance of scale and process in forest disturbance legacies
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Ecological memory is the information and material legacies—the adaptations, individuals, and materials that persist after disturbance—that guide ecosystem response to disturbances. Resilience is directly related to ecological ... -
Identifying the spatial scales of forest structural change in two boreal regions
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Global environmental change alters forest dynamics, but the effects vary regionally and the changes often occur at various spatial and temporal scales. Hence, and due to the slow ecosystem responses to environmental changes, ... -
Developing effective wellbeing indicators for people and nature: how biocultural approaches can facilitate sustainable management of social-ecological systems
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Biocultural approaches-those built from local values and knowledges-can be used to better understand and manage social-ecological systems. A biocultural approach to indicator development begins with an understanding of the ... -
Connecting modern societies with wilder nature through development of nature-inclusive economies
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Our relationship with nature needs a paradigm shift. Nature should no longer be considered as a vulnerable domain of conservationists that have to protect it against human threats. It should, on the contrary, be seen as a ... -
Does fire-shaped habitat mosaic support large mammal community in Mediterranean pine forest?
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Habitat diversity is maintained by fires in fire-prone ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin, and fire is a significant driver of plant and animal diversity in such ecosystems. We studied large mammal species in a Mediterranean ... -
A systematic map of biodiversity impacts of active forest management relevant to protected areas
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The biodiversity of forests set aside from forestry is often considered best preserved by non-intervention. In many protected forests, however, remaining biodiversity values are legacies of past disturbances, e.g. recurring ... -
Effects of mowing frequency on grassland flora and fauna: implications for the conservation of semi-natural grasslands in Europe
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)To maintain the high biodiversity and preserve the conservation value of semi-natural grasslands, management like grazing or mowing is necessary. Given the limited resources available for management, and few remaining ... -
Investigating the value of gardens for providing floral resources to pollinating insects
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Introduction: Animal pollination is essential for the production of 75% of the world’s crops, with insects playing the largest role in this service. Bees are viewed as the most significant group of pollinators, particularly ... -
Using pollen DNA metabarcoding to investigate the foraging preferences of honey bees
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Honey bees contribute to human wellbeing; through the use of honey, wax and propolis, and as the pollinator of both wild and crop plants. The increased rate of honey bee colony loss has caused worldwide concern, caused by ... -
Cryptic genetic biodiversity in freshwater fish: power for detection, and genomic characterization
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Sympatric populations represent conspecific populations that coexist in the same geographical area during at least a part of their life cycle. Such populations are of great interest in evolutionary biology, as they may ... -
How can we save pangolins? A case study from a market perspective in China
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Pangolins are threatened by intense poaching activities, and are now the most trafficked animal group in the world. Frequent large international seizures of pangolins and their body parts indicate that international market ... -
Going with the flow: Using waterways to invasive terrestrial species
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Environmental DNA (eDNA) offers an opportunity for detection and monitoring of invasive vertebrate species. This approach is ideal for species that are semi-aquatic or terrestrial species that frequently interact with ... -
Local forest continuity – important for species-rich Micarea lichen communities, but less so for decomposers
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Fragmentation has a negative effect on forest continuity, i.e. availability of a suitable habitat for the target species over a time period (1). The dependence of wood-inhabiting fungi on landscape level continuity is well ...