Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group

Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group at the University of Helsinki.

To a close approximation, all animals on Earth are insects – both in terms of species numbers and biomass. To understand why insect communities are structured like they are, we need to understand how strongly different species interact with each other in time and space, how that affects their abundances, and how this is reflected in ecosystem functioning. The Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group focuses

on general patterns in insect community structure across multiple sites in space and time, and on how such patterns translate into function. We are particularly interested in how insect food webs are built from first principles: how (meta)populations of multiple species interact, and how species-specific characteristics blend with interspecific interactions in shaping what insects occur where and at what abundances.

Professors Tomas Roslin and Kari Heliövaara talk about cow dung... and beetles (in finnish).
23/07/2018

Professors Tomas Roslin and Kari Heliövaara talk about cow dung... and beetles (in finnish).

Ihmeelliset lantakuoriaiset.

Are high-arctic plant-pollinator networks unraveling in a warming climate?
12/06/2018

Are high-arctic plant-pollinator networks unraveling in a warming climate?

Protect the hollow trees in order to save the northernmost occurrence of the hermit beetle! Congratulations to Matti Lan...
21/05/2018

Protect the hollow trees in order to save the northernmost occurrence of the hermit beetle! Congratulations to Matti Landvik on his PhD thesis on the ecology and conservation of the finnish hermit beetle population. https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/144892

SFEG honorary PhD student Irene Piccini (University of Turin) defended her thesis (graded with honours!) on dung beetles...
03/04/2018

SFEG honorary PhD student Irene Piccini (University of Turin) defended her thesis (graded with honours!) on dung beetles. Congratulations!

29/03/2018

Nice photo story about research at Zackenberg published in Biosphere magazine.

https://www.helsinki.fi/sites/default/files/atoms/files/photo_story_from_zackenberg.pdf

More about Biosphere magazine:
http://www.biosphereonline.com/about-biosphere/

26/10/2017

HIRING: we are seeking a project secretary (maternity leave replacement) starting Jan 1st. Apply by Nov 20th. Learn ALL the inner workings of a highly active research group.

Project secretary The Department of Agricultural Sciences is conducting research on plant and animal production and technologies pertaining to them. We are providing the highest level education and mediating societal influence based on the research. The Spatial Food web Ecology Group conducts resear...

SFEG annual meeting at Station Linné on Öland successfully completed. Stora alvaret, light trapping and bat detectors. ...
19/10/2017

SFEG annual meeting at Station Linné on Öland successfully completed. Stora alvaret, light trapping and bat detectors. cleans up at the end.

ALL the insect species in Sweden to be barcoded. Oh and Madagascar, too. (In Swedish)
27/09/2017

ALL the insect species in Sweden to be barcoded. Oh and Madagascar, too. (In Swedish)

Nu startar Naturhistoriska riksmuseet ett nytt forskningsprojekt för att kartlägga Sveriges insekter och dessutom de mikroskopiska djuren som lever på och i insekterna. Det sker i samarbete med bla...

The 15th consecutive year of surveying miners and gallers on Wattkas oaks is on again this week. Here's to many more!
19/09/2017

The 15th consecutive year of surveying miners and gallers on Wattkas oaks is on again this week. Here's to many more!

New paper: The importance of species identity and interactions on multifunctionality depends on how ecosystem functions ...
31/07/2017

New paper: The importance of species identity and interactions on multifunctionality depends on how ecosystem functions are valued

Studies investigating how biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning increasingly focus on multiple functions measured simultaneously (‘multifunctionality’). However, few such studies assess the role of...

Evidence piling on for stronger biotic interactions closer to the equator
03/07/2017

Evidence piling on for stronger biotic interactions closer to the equator

Are biotic interactions, such as competition and predation, stronger in the tropics than at higher latitudes? Biologists have long speculated that more intense interactions tend to occur at lower rather than at higher latitudes as a result of year-round warm and wet conditions near the equator, part...

Our new website is up and running, we've tried to make it easier to see what we're up to. Check it out
31/05/2017

Our new website is up and running, we've tried to make it easier to see what we're up to. Check it out

The Spatial Food Web Ecology Group at the University of Helsinki. Insect food webs in time and space.

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