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Biodiversity, Conservation biology & Landscape Ecology

Juutinen, A. & Mönkkönen, M., Alternative Targets and Economic Efficiency of Selecting Protected Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in Boreal Forest. Environmental and Resource Economics (in press)

Hurme, E., Mönkkönen, M., Sippola, A.-L., Ylinen, H. & Pentinsaari, M., Role of the Siberian flying squirrel as an umbrella species for biodiversity in northern boreal forests. Ecological Indicators (in press).

Hurme, E., Reunanen, P., Mönkkönen, M., Nikula, A., Nivala, V. & Oksanen, J. 2007. Local habitat patch patterns of the Siberian flying squirrel in a managed boreal forest landscape. Ecography 30:277-287.

Hurme, E., Kurttila, M., Mönkkönen, M., Heinonen, T. & Pukkala, T. 2007. Maintenance of flying squirrel habitat and timber harvest: a site-specific spatial model in forest planning calculations. Landscape Ecology 22:243-256.

Similä, M., Kouki, J., Mönkkönen, M., Sippola, A.-L. & Huhta, E. 2006, Covariation and indicators of species diversity: can richness of forest-dwelling species be predicted in northern boreal forests? Ecological Indicators 6: 686-700.

Juutinen, A., Mönkkönen, M. & Sippola, A. 2006, Is decaying wood a cost-efficient surrogate for overall species diversity in boreal forests? Conservation Biology 20: 74-84.

Hurme, E., Mönkkönen, M., Nikula, A., Nivala, V., Reunanen, P., Heikkinen, T. & Ukkola, M. 2005, Building and evaluating predictive occupancy models for the Siberian flying squirrel using forest planning data. Forest Ecology and Management 216:241-256

Lampila, P., Mönkkönen, M. & Desrochers, A. 2005, Demographic responses by birds to forest fragmentation. Conservation Biology 19: 1537-1546.

Sippola, A.-L., Mönkkönen, M. & Renvall, P. 2005, Polypore diversity in the herb-rich woodland key habitats of Koli national Park in eastern Finland. Biological Conservation 126: 260-269.

Similä, M., Kouki, J., Mönkkönen, M., Sippola, A.-L. & Huhta, E., Covariation and indicators of species diversity: can richness of forest-dwelling species be predicted in northern boreal forests? Ecological Indicators (in press).

Angelstam, P. Boutin, S., Schmiegelow, F.K.A., Villard, M.-A., Drapeau, P., Host, G., Innes, J., Isachenko, G., Kuuluvainen, T., Mönkkönen, M., Niemelä, J., Niemi, G., Roberge, J.-M., Spence, J. & Stone, D. 2004. Targets for boreal forest biodiversity conservation – a rationale for macroecological research and adaptive management. Ecological Bulletins 51:487-509.

Juutinen, A., Mäntymaa, E., Mönkkönen, M., Salmi, J. & Svento, L 2004, Cost-effective preservation of boreal old forest. Forest Science 50: 527-539.

Juutinen, A. & Mönkkönen, M. 2004, Testing alternative indicators for biodiversity conservation in old-growth boreal forests: ecology and economics. Ecological Economics 50: 35-48.

Reunanen, P., Mönkkönen, M., Nikula, A., Hurme, E. & Nivala, V. 2004, Assessing landscape threshold for the Siberian flying squirrel. Ecological Bulletins 51:277-286.

Sippola, A.-L., Similä, M., Mönkkönen, M. and Jokimäki, J. 2004, Diversity of polyporous fungi (Polyporaceae) in northern boreal forests: effects of forest site type and logging intensity. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 19:152-163.

Brotons, L., Mönkkönen, M. & Martin, J.-L. 2003, Are fragments islands?: Landscape context and density-area relationships in boreal forest birds. American Naturalist 162: 343-357.

Brotons, L., Mönkkönen, M., Huhta, E., Nikula, A., and Rajasärkkä, A. 2003, Effects of landscape structure and forest reserve location on old growth forest bird distribution in northern Finnish forest reserves. Landscape Ecology 18: 377-393.

Imbeau, L., Drapeau, P. & Mönkkönen, M. 2003, Are forest birds categorised as “edge species” strictly associated with edges? Ecography 26:514-520.

Mönkkönen, M. & Mutanen, M. 2003, Occurrence of moths in boreal forest corridors. Conservation Biology 17(2): 468-475.

Reunanen, P., Mönkkönen, M. & Nikula, A. 2002, Habitat requirements of the Siberian flying squirrel in northern Finland: comparing field survey and remote sensing data. Annales Zoologici Fennici 39: 7­20.

Reunanen, P., Nikula, A. & Mönkkönen, M. 2002, Regional landscape patterns and the distribution of the Siberian flying squirrel in northern Finland. Wildlife Biology 8: 267-278.

Reunanen, P., Nikula, A., Mönkkönen, M. & Hurme, E. 2002, Predicting the occupancy of the Siberian flying squirrel in old-growth forest patches in northern Finland. Ecological Applications 12: 1188-1198.

Schmiegelow, F.K.A. & Mönkkönen, M. 2002, Fragmentation issues in dynamic landscapes: avian perspectives from the boreal forest. Ecological Applications 12:375-389.

Similä, M., Kouki, J., Mönkkönen, M. & Sippola, A.-L. 2002, Beetle species richness in boreal forests in northern Finland along forest productivity gradient. Ecography 25:42-52.

Imbeau, L., Mönkkönen, M. & Desrochers, A. 2001, Long-Term Impacts of Forestry on Birds of the Eastern Canadian Boreal Spruce Forests: What Can We Learn from the Fennoscandian Experience? Conservation Biology 15:1151-1162.

Hanski, I.K., Mönkkönen, M., Reunanen, P. & Stevens, P. 2000. Ecology of the Eurasian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) in Finland. in: Goldingay, R. & Scheibe, J. (eds.), Biology of gliding mammals, pp. 67-86. Filander Verlag GmbH, Fürth, Germany.

Jokimäki, J., Huhta, E., Mönkkönen, M. and Nikula, A. 2000, Temporal variation of boreal forest-bird assemblages in heavily and less fragmented landscapes: a multi-scale approach. EcoScience 7:256-266.

Ojala, E., Mönkkönen, M. & Inkeröinen, J. 2000, Occurrence and abundance of epiphytes on European aspen Populus tremula in old-growth forests in NE Finland and in adjacent areas in Russia. Canadian Journal of Botany 78:529-536.

Reunanen, P., Mönkkönen, M. & Nikula, A. 2000, Managing boreal forest landscapes for flying squirrels. Conservation Biology 14: 218-226.

Uimaniemi, L., Orell, M., Mönkkönen, M., Jokimäki, J., Huhta, E. & Lumme, J. 2000, Genetic diversity in the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus) in fragmented old-growth forests of Fennoscandia. Ecography 23:668-677.

Mönkkönen, M. 1999, Managing northern boreal forest landscapes for biodiversity: ecological and economic perspectives. Biodiversity and Conservation 8: 85-99.

Mönkkönen, M. & Reunanen, P. 1999. On critical thresholds in landscape connectivity - management perspective. Oikos 84: 302-305.

Tornberg, R., Mönkkönen, M. & Pahkala, M. 1999, Changes in diet and morphology of Finnish goshawks from 1960s to 1990s. Oecologia 121:369-376.

Niemi, G.J., Hanowski, J., Helle, P., Howe, R., Mönkkönen, M., Venier, L. & Welsh, D. A. 1998, Ecological sustainability of birds in boreal systems. Conservation Ecology [online] 2(2): art. 17. Available from the Internet. URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol2 /iss2/art17

Mönkkönen, M., Reunanen, P., Nikula, A., Forsman, J. & Inkeröinen, J. 1997. Landscape characteristics associated with the occurrence of the flying squirrel Pteromys volans L. in old-growth forests of northern Finland. Ecography 20: 634-642.

Mönkkönen, M. & Welsh, D., 1994, A biogeographical hypothesis on the effects of human caused habitat changes on the forest bird communities of Europe and North America. Annales Zoologici Fennici 31:61-70.

 

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Biogeography & Macroecology

Mönkkönen, M., Forsman, J.T. & Bokma, F. 2006. Energy availability, abundance, energy-use and species-richness in forest bird communities: a test of the species-energy theory. Global Ecology and Biogeography 15: 290-302.

Mönkkönen, M. & Forsman, J.T. 2005. Ecological and biogeographical aspects of the distribution of migrants vs. residents in European and North American forest bird communities. In: Greenberg, R: & Marra, P. (eds.), Birds of the Two Worlds, pp.131-142. Johns Hopkins University Press, Washington DC.

Forsman, J. T. & Mönkkönen, M. 2003, The role of climate in limiting European resident bird populations. Journal of Biogeography 30: 55-70.

Bokma, F., Bokma, J., & Mönkkönen, M 2001., Random processes and geographic species richness patterns: why so few species in the north? Ecography 24: 43-49.

Bokma, F. & Mönkkönen, M. 2000, The mid-domain effect and the longitudinal dimension of continents (correspondence). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:288-289.

Mönkkönen, M. & Viro, P. 1997, Taxonomic diversity in avian and mammalian faunas of the northern hemisphere. Journal of Biogeography 24: 603-612.

Mönkkönen, M. 1994, Diversity patterns in Palaearctic and Nearctic forest bird assemblages. Journal of Biogeography 21:183-195.

Mönkkönen, M. & Welsh, D., 1994, A biogeographical hypothesis on the effects of human caused habitat changes on the forest bird communities of Europe and North America. Annales Zoologici Fennici 31:61-70.

Mönkkönen, M. 1992, Life history traits of Palaearctic and Nearctic migrant passerines. Ornis Fennica 69:161-172.

Mönkkönen, M., Helle, P. & Welsh, D.A. 1992, Perspectives on Palaearctic and Nearctic bird migration: comparisons and overview of life-history and ecology of migrant passerines. Ibis 134 suppl. 1:7-13.

Mönkkönen, M. & Helle, P. 1989, Migratory habits of birds breeding in different stages of forest succession: a comparison between the Palaearctic and the Nearctic. Annales Zoologici Fennici 26:323‑330.

 

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Community Ecology & Species interactions

Seppänen, J.-T., Forsman, J.T., Mönkkönen, M. & Thomson, R.L. 2007. Social information use is a process across time, space and ecology, reaching heterospecifics. Ecology (in press).

Mönkkönen, M., Husby, M., Tornberg, R., Helle, P. & Thomson, R.L. 2007. Predation as a landscape effect: the trading off by prey species between predation risks and protection benefits. Journal of Animal Ecology 76:619-629

Thomson, R.L., Forsman, J.T., Mönkkönen, M., Hukkanen, M., Koivula, K., Rytkönen, S. & Orell, M. 2006. Predation risk effects on fitness related measures in a resident bird. Oikos 113:325-333.

Thomson, R.L., Forsman, J.T., Sardà-Palomera, F. & Mönkkönen, M. 2006. Fear factor: prey habitat selection and its consequences in a predation risk landscape. Ecography 29: 507-514.

Seppänen, J., Mönkkönen, M. & Forsman, J.T. 2005. Presence of other species may counter seasonal decline in breeding success – a field experiment. Journal of Avian Biology 36:380-385.

Mönkkönen, M. & Forsman, J.T. 2005. Ecological and biogeographical aspects of the distribution of migrants vs. residents in European and North American forest bird communities. In: Greenberg, R: & Marra, P. (eds.), Birds of the Two Worlds, pp.131-142. Johns Hopkins University Press, Washington DC.

Mönkkönen, M., Forsman, J.T. & Thomson, R. 2004, Qualitative geographical variation in interspecific interactions.  Ecography 27:112-118.

Thomson, R., Mönkkönen, M. & Forsman, J.T. 2003, Experimental evidence that migrants use resident birds as cues in habitat selection. Oecologia 134:431-438.

Forsman, J. T., Seppänen, J. & Mönkkönen, M. 2002, Positive fitness consequences of interspecific interaction with a potential competitor. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Ser. B, Biological Sciences 269:1619-1623.

Mönkkönen, M. & Forsman, J. T. 2002, Heterospecific attraction among forest birds: a review. Ornithological Science 1:41-51.

Forsman, J. & Mönkkönen, M. 2001, Responses by breeding birds to heterospecific song and mobbing call playback under varying predation risk. Animal Behaviour 62: 1067-1073.

Forsman, J.T., Mönkkönen, M. & Hukkanen, M. 2001, Effects of predation on community assembly and spatial dispersion of breeding forest birds. Ecology 82: 232 - 244.

Forsman, J. T., Mönkkönen, M., Helle, P. & Inkeröinen, J. 1998. Heterospecific attraction and food resources in migrants’ breeding patch selection in northern boreal forest. Oecologia 115: 278-286.

Forsman, J. T., Mönkkönen, M., Inkeröinen, J. & Reunanen, P. 1998. Aggregate dispersion of birds after encountering a predator: experimental evidence. Journal of Avian Biology 29:44-48.

Mönkkönen, M. 1990, Removal of territory holders causes influx of small-sized intruders in passerine bird communities in northern Finland. Oikos 57: 281‑288.

Mönkkönen, M. & Aspi, J. 1998, Sampling error in measuring temporal density variability in animal populations and communities. Annales Zoologici Fennici 34: 47-57.

Mönkkönen, M., Forsman, J.T. & Helle, P. 1996, Mixed species foraging aggregations and heterospecific attraction in boreal bird communities. Oikos 77:127-137.

Mönkkönen, M., Härdling, R., Forsman, J. T. & Tuomi, J.1999, Evolution of heterospecific attraction: using other species as cues in habitat selection. Evolutionary Ecology 13: 91-104.

Mönkkönen, M. & Helle, P. 1987, Avian reproductive output in European forest successions. Oikos 50:239‑246.

Mönkkönen, M., Helle, P., Niemi, G. & Montgomery, K. 1997, Heterospecific attraction affects community structure and migrant abundances in northern breeding bird communities. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75:2077-2083.

Mönkkönen, M., Helle, P. & Soppela, K. 1990, Numerical and behavioural responses of migrant passerines to experimental manipulation of resident tits (Parus spp.): Heterospecific attraction in northern breeding bird communities? Oecologia 85:218‑255.

Timonen, S., Mönkkönen, M. & Orell, M. 1994, Does competition with residents affect the distribution of migrant territories? Ornis Fennica 71:55-60.

Helle, P. & Mönkkönen, M. 1986, Annual fluctuations of land bird communities in different successional stages of boreal forest. Annales Zoologici Fennici 23:269‑280.

Helle, P. & Mönkkönen, M. 1985, Measuring turnover rates in secondary succession in European forest bird communities. Ornis Scandinavica 16:173‑180.

Helle, P. & Mönkkönen, M. 1990, Forest succession and bird communities: theoretical aspects and practical implications. In: A.Keast (ed.), Biogeography and ecology of forest bird communities, pp. 299-318. SPB Academic Publishing bv, the Hague.

Mönkkönen, M. 1990, Spatial relationships of resident and migrant birds: a playback method and preliminary results. In: Stastny, K. & Bejcek, V. (eds.), Bird Census and Atlas Studies. Inst. Appl. Ecol. and Ecotechnol., Agricltural Univ., Prague.

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Ecological Economics

Juutinen, A. & Mönkkönen, M., Alternative Targets and Economic Efficiency of Selecting Protected Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in Boreal Forest. Environmental and Resource Economics (in press)

Juutinen, A., Mönkkönen, M. & Sippola, A. 2006, Is decaying wood a cost-efficient surrogate for overall species diversity in boreal forests? Conservation Biology 20: 74-84.

Juutinen, A., Mäntymaa, E., Mönkkönen, M., Salmi, J. & Svento, L 2004, Cost-effective preservation of boreal old forest. Forest Science 50: 527-539.

Juutinen, A. & Mönkkönen, M. 2004, Testing alternative indicators for biodiversity conservation in old-growth boreal forests: ecology and economics. Ecological Economics 50: 35-48.

Mäntymaa, E., Mönkkönen, M., Siikamäki, J. & Svento, R. 2002. Estimating the Demand for Biodiversity - Vagueness Band and Open Questions. In van Ierland, E.C., Weikard, H.P. & Wesseler, J. (eds.) Proceedings: Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental and Resource Economics. Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group, Wageningen University.

 

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Evolutionary Biology & Behavioral Ecology

Mutanen, M., Kaitala, A. & Mönkkönen, M. 2006, Genital variation within and between three closely related Euxoa moth species: testing the lock-and-key hypothesis. Journal of Zoology 268: 109-119.

Mönkkönen, M. & Martin, T.E. 2000, Sensitivity of comparative analyses to population variation in trait values: Clutch size and cavity excavation tendencies. Journal of Avian Biology 31:576-579.

Mönkkönen, M., Härdling, R., Forsman, J. T. & Tuomi, J.1999, Evolution of heterospecific attraction: using other species as cues in habitat selection. Evolutionary Ecology 13: 91-104.

Tornberg, R., Mönkkönen, M. & Pahkala, M. 1999, Changes in diet and morphology of Finnish goshawks from 1960s to 1990s. Oecologia 121:369-376.

Mönkkönen, M. & Orell, M. 1997, Clutch size and cavity excavation in parids (Paridae); limited breeding opportunities hypothesis tested. American Naturalist 149: 1164-1174.

Mönkkönen, M. 1995, Do migrant birds have more pointed wings?: A comparative study. Evolutionary Ecology 9:520-528.

Mönkkönen, M. & Koivula, K. 1993, Neophobia and social learning of foraging skills in Willow Tits, Parus montanus. Ardea 81:43-46.

 

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