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CURRICULUM VITAE – Mikko Mönkkönen

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1. FULL NAMES

Vesa Mikko Mönkkönen

2.. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

20 March 1961, Kuopio, Finland

3. EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

1987 M.Sc. University of Oulu

1989 Ph.Lic. University of Oulu

1991 Ph.D. University of Oulu

1995 Docent in Ecology and Biogeography University of Oulu

4. PRESENT POSITION:

Professor in Applied Ecology, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä

5. PREVIOUS PROFFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Period	Position	Institution
May 1987- April1990	Emil Aaltonen foundation Research Scholar	Department of Zoology, University of Oulu
April 1990 - July 1991	Research Associate	Department of Zoology, University of Oulu
August 1990 - July 1991	Research Associate	Canadian Wildlife Service, Conservation and Protection, Nepean, Ontario, Canada
August - December 1990	Research Associate	Department of Zoology, University of Oulu
January 1992 – July 1994	Assistant teacher	Department of Zoology, University of Oulu
August - September 1994	Fee-paid teacher	Department of Zoology, University of Oulu
October 1994 – July 1995	Associate Professor in Animal Ecology	Department of Zoology, University of Oulu
August 1995 -July 1998	Junior Research Fellow	Academy of Finland
August 1998	Associate Professor in Evolutionary Ecology	Department of Biology, University of Oulu
September 1998 – January 1999	Assistant teacher	Department of Biology, University of Oulu
February – July 1999	Senior assistant teacher	Department of Biology, University of Oulu
August 1999 – July 2000	Senior research fellow	Academy of Finland
August 2000 – July 2002	Senior assistant teacher	Department of Biology, University of Oulu
August 2002 – July 2003	Professor in Animal Ecology	Department of Biology, University of Oulu
August 2003 – July 2005	Senior Curator	Zoological Museum & Zoological Gardens, Department of Biology, University of Oulu

6. DOCTORAL THESES SUPERVISED

Forsman, J. 2000. Heterospecific attraction in breeding bird communities – implications to habitat selection and species interactions in a landscape perspective. Acta Univ. Ouluensis A 345.

Tornberg, R. 2000. Effects of changed landscape structure on the predator-prey interaction between goshawk and grouse. Acta Univ. Ouluensis A346. (Supervisors: Erkki Korpimäki and Mikko Mönkkönen)

Reunanen, P. 2001. Landscape responses of the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) in northern Finland. Acta Univ. Ouluensis A 371.

Similä, M. 2002. Patterns of beetle species diversity in Fennoscandian boreal forests: effects of forest age, naturalness and fertility, and covariation with other forest dwelling taxa. Faculty of Forestry, Univ. Joensuu (Supervisors: Jari Kouki and Mikko Mönkkönen).

Bokma, F. 2004. Why most species are small? A macro-ecological approach to the evolution of avian body size. Acta Univ. Ouluensis A 411.

Juutinen, A. 2005 Biodiversity conservation in forestry: essays on the economics of site selection. Acta Univ. Ouluensis G 18 (Supervisors: Markku Ollikainen, Rauli Svento & Mikko Mönkkönen)

Thomson, R. L. 2006 Breeding habitat selection and its consequences in boreal passerines: Using the spatial dispersion of predators and heterospecifics as a source of information. Acta Univ. Ouluensis A 456. (Supervisors: J. Forsman and M. Mönkkönen)

Seppänen J.-T. 2007 Interspecific social information in habitat choice. Jyväskylä Studies in Biological and Environmental Science 178. (Supervisors: M. Mönkkönen and J.T. Forsman)

Hurme, E. 2008 Ecological knowledge towards sustainable boreal forest management: habitat requirements of the Siberian flying squirrel in Finland. Acta Univ. Ouluensis A 515

7. EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS:

Annales Zoologici Fennici, member of the editorial board, January 1993-

Avian Conservation Ecology, member of the editorial board, January 2005 -

Ecography, Deputy editor-in-chief, May 2000 - June 2004

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Associate editor, 2005 – 2009

Ornis Fennica, Editor-in-chief 1995-1998, Associate editor-in-chief 1999

Wildlife in Finland (Suomen Riista), member of the editorial board, January 1996-

8. MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETES:

Finnish Ornithological Union 1998-

International Biogeography Society 2003-

Jaara Society, secretary, 1994-

Society for Conservation Biology, 1997-

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