Otso Suominen
PhD
otsosuo@utu.fi +358 29 450 2333 +358 40 486 0282 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku |
Areas of expertise
Community ecology; ecological interactions; herbivory; biodiversity; arctic; cervids; gastropods; climate change impacts in the north
Community ecology; ecological interactions; herbivory; biodiversity; arctic; cervids; gastropods; climate change impacts in the north
Research
The impacts of herbivores on boreal and arctic communities and ecosystems, deer biology, climate change imapcts in the norrthern boreal and arctic eocystems
Teaching
Subarctic ecology; winter ecology; grazing ecology
Publications 
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- Does long-term grazing cause cascading impacts on the soil microbiome in mountain birch forests? (2024)
- Fungal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Living, dead, and absent trees-How do moth outbreaks shape small-scale patterns of soil organic matter stocks and dynamics at the Subarctic mountain birch treeline? (2022)
- Global Change Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hydroclimatic Controls on the Isotopic (δ18 O, δ2 H, d-excess) Traits of Pan-Arctic Summer Rainfall Events (2021)
- Frontiers in earth science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Turun yliopiston ja Utsjoen pitkä yhteistyö syvenee – seuraavaksi neuvotellaan valtakunnallisista toimenpiteistä (2021)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Effects of reindeer grazing and recovery after cessation of grazing on the ground-dwelling spider assemblage in Finnish Lapland (2019)
- PeerJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hiding in the background: community-level patterns in invertebrate herbivory across the tundra biome (2019)
- Polar Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impacts of experimental warming and northern light climate on growth and root fungal communities of Scots pine populations (2019)
- Fungal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - White paper on Terrestrial Ecological and Environmental Research Infrastructures in Finland: Analysis of the current landscape and proposal for future steps (2019) Jaana Bäck, Martin Forsius, Jouni Heiskanen, Jouko Inkeroinen, Eija Juurola, Juha Karjalainen, Marjut Kaukolehto, Taneli Kolström, Kirsi Latola, Annalea Lohila, Raisa Mäkipää, Riku Paavola, Jessica Parland-von Essen, Jukka Pumpanen, Antti Pursula, Terhi Rasilo, Otso Suominen, Eevastiina Tuittila
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Role of climate and herbivory on native and alien conifer seedling recruitment at and above the Fennoscandian tree line (2018)
- Journal of Vegetation Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tunturit (2018) Suomen luontotyyppien uhanalaisuus 2018: Luontotyyppien punainen kirja: Osa 2: Luontotyyppien kuvaukset Elisa Pääkkö, Katariina Mäkelä, Arto Saikkonen, Saara Tynys, Marja Anttonen, Peter Johansson, Jouko Kumpula, Kari Mikkola, Yrjö Norokorpi, Otso Suominen, Minna Turunen, Risto Virtanen, Henry Väre
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Tunturit (2018) Suomen luontotyyppien uhanalaisuus 2018: Luontotyyppien punainen kirja: Osa 1 – tulokset ja arvioinnin perusteet Elisa Pääkkö, Katariina Mäkelä, Arto Saikkonen, Saara Tynys, Marja Anttonen, Peter Johansson, Jouko Kumpula, Kari Mikkola, Yrjö Norokorpi, Otso Suominen, Minna Turunen, Risto Virtanen, Henry Väre
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome (2017)
- Polar Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Competitive success of southern populations of Betula pendula and Sorbus aucuparia under simulated southern climate experiment in the subarctic (2017)
- Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Outreach and marketing 8.1 Station example: Kevo Subarctic Research Station, Finland (2014) INTERACT Management planning for arctic and northern alpine research stations – Examples of good practices Suominen Otso
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Staff 3.1 Station example: Kevo Subarctic Research Station, Finland (2014) INTERACT Management planning for arctic and northern alpine research stations – Examples of good practices Suominen Otso
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Simulated Moose (Alces alces L.) Browsing Increases Accumulation of Secondary Metabolites in Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) Along Gradients of Habitat Productivity and Solar Radiation (2012)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The impact of simulated moose densities on conifer aphids along a productivity gradient (2012)
- Ecography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kevon asema auki ihmisille (2011) Suominen Otso
(E1 Popularised article) - Toimintasuunnitelma uhanalaisten luontotyyppien tilan parantamiseksi (2011)
- Suomen Ympäristö
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Effects of pollution on land snail abundance, size and diversity as resources for pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca (2010)
- Science of the Total Environment
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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