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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- 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) - Moose density and habitat productivity affects reproduction, growth and species composition in field layer vegetation (2010)
- Journal of Vegetation Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Herbivores inhibit climate-driven shrub expansion on the tundra (2009)
- Global Change Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impact of simulated moose densities on abundance and richness of vegetation, herbivorous and predatory arthropods along a productivity gradient (2008)
- Ecography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of mammalian herbivores on revegetation of disturbed areas in the forest-tundra ecotone in northern Fennoscandia (2005)
- Landscape Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Importance of large and small mammalian herbivores for the plant community structure in the forest tundra ecotone (2004)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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