Humbling words by @jannekotiaho.bsky.social about the state of our Mother Earth and Finnish biodiversity. Let’s work #oikostogether to improve our understanding of biodiversity loss and produce #scienceforpolicy. @oikosfinland.bsky.social
So happy to be at @oikosfinland.bsky.social and being able to see old friends and great talks! Massive thanks to the organisers for arranging daycare —it wouldn’t have been possible to attend otherwise! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Bonus: Finnish winter wonderland at its best! ❄️☀️🩵
Tuuli Rissanen: Detecting indicator species to monitor understorey communities in boreal forests @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025
Aapo Ahola from SYKE talking about the importance of monitoring habitats on the field, remote sensing approaches are great but detailed ground data on habitat types is the bottleneck...
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Did you find a post-it from us on your poster? 😏That means your study might fit the scope of one of our journals! Get in touch if you’re interested in publishing with us! @nordicjbotany.bsky.social @avianbiology.bsky.social @wildlifebiology.bsky.social @oikosfinland.bsky.social
Today at @oikosfinland.bsky.social I got to present some preliminary results from the 3rd manuscript of my PhD thesis, looking at the effect of invasive minnow on the diet and growth of native brown trout in subarctic lakes 🐟
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SafeNet #HEUProject aims at supporting conservation-management efforts and policies at local & EU levels. @luke.fi and @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social teams proudly presenting their project poster at #OikosFin2025 conference. @safenet-eu.bsky.social #OldGrowthForests @oikosfinland.bsky.social #JSDM
What motivates to participate in citizen science
Aleksi Lehikoinen @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social: Citizen science based bird monitoring schemes in Finland @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025 #ornithology
Ossi Nokelainen: A mobile application–inspired citizen science initiative to compile bird observations (The Spring of Migratory Birds app) @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025 #ornithology
Mykyta Peregrym @unioulu.bsky.social presenting a project to involve Ukrainian refugees in the collection of biodiversity data in a #CitizenScience project, also to provide restorative experiences. @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025
Mykyta Peregrym: The involvement of Ukrainian refugees in citizen science activities on biodiversity: first practical experience from Finland @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025 #CitizenScience
Otso Ovaskainen: New methods for collecting and processing audio data in professional and citizen science research @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025 #CitizenScience #ornithology
Nadja Weisshaupt: The potential of nocturnal flight calls in bird migration research evaluated by citizen science and weather radar observations @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025 #ornithology #CitizenScience
Accommodation field for barnacle geese
Jukka Forsman: Relieving human-wildlife conflicts may result in unwanted negative consequences for other species @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025 #ornithology
Cristina Ottocento: Exploring genetic and environmental factors affecting trehalose digestion in Finnish mushroom consumers @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025
Jon Brommer: Climate associated changes in overwintering populations of widely hunted waterbirds in the EU: Implications for sustainable harvest strategies @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025 #ornithology
Laura Tuominen: Sustainable management of social-ecological systems: Insights into the importance of resource users @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025
Seabirds and their predators
Winner of @oikosfinland.bsky.social PhD award 2024 Bertille Mohring @bertillemohring.bsky.social: Evolution under fluctuating predation pressure - A case study of common eiders and white-tailed eagles in Finland #OIKOSFin2025 #ornithology
Fantastic keynote speak by @bertillemohring.bsky.social, winner of the Oikos Finland 2024 best PhD thesis award!
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We had a great poster session in @oikosfinland.bsky.social conference. Here a few pics from posters on ongoing work at EnvStat group and @rececochange.bsky.social . Featuring Liam and Sammi
Great presentation about #OpenScience in #Ecology and #Evolution by @elinakoi.bsky.social and @elinamantyla.bsky.social at #OikosFin2025
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Treeline project in Lapland
Johanna Toivonen: Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and mountain birch (Betula pubescens subsp. czerepanovii) seedlings on the treeline ecotone of subarctic Finnish Lapland @oikosfinland.bsky.social #OIKOSFin2025
A great conference dinner and party evening at Oikos Finland 2025 ! We would like to thank the organisers for this fantastic event filled with research and networking and attracting 400+ scientists to @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @oikosfinland.bsky.social
Nothing less than legends at the @oikosfinland.bsky.social conference in Jyväskylä! Here is Matthew Leibold explaining the back-and-forth in our understanding of species metacommunities.
Final day of #OIKOSFin2025 and full room of ecologists! @marjosaastamoinen.bsky.social presenting how important long-term monitoring is to understand the effects of anthropogenic change on natural communities.
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The @oikosfinland.bsky.social General Assembly is for US to be accountable to YOU and for YOU to influence the activities in your society. You can even join online! We thank outgoing chair Peter Kullberg and welcome incoming chair Daniel Burgas Riera. 👏 #OIKOSFin2025
Mitä tapahtui vuosina 2018-2022 monimuotoisuudeltaan laadukkaimmille metsille Suomessa (10 % Suomen metsistä)?
- 5-15% hakattiin 5 vuodessa!
- 30% näistä on suojeltu.
Pihla Kortelammin esitys @oikosfinland.bsky.social kokouksessa @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social.
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Extensive participation by REC researchers at #OIKOSFin2025! Sharing research for more impactful science 💡
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Here are some snaps of #OIKOSFin2025 day 1 :)
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Now, Mathew Leibold’s keynote at #OIKOSFin2025
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