O. Ovaskainen

RESOLVING BIOLOGY'S DARK MATTER: SPECIES RICHNESS, SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION, AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF A DARK TAXON

The paper uses DNA barcoding to study scuttle flies in Sweden, revealing high diversity and showing that climate factors strongly influence their distribution.

A large-scale and long-term experiment to identify effectiveness of ecosystem restoration

This study evaluates ecosystem restoration effectiveness using a long-term experiment across six boreal peatland types, showing restoration halts degradation but success varies by ecosystem type.

Accelerating joint species distribution modeling with Hmsc-HPC: A 1000x faster GPU deployment

This paper introduces a GPU-accelerated version of the Hmsc-R JSDM framework, achieving over 1000x speed-up for large datasets and improving scalability for biodiversity modeling.

Species traits and community structure can drive large-scale spatial propagation of effects in ecosystems

The paper investigates how species traits and landscape structure influence the spatial spread of ecological effects in plant-frugivore networks across New Zealand.

Spatial cumulant models enable spatially informed treatment strategies and analysis of local interactions in cancer systems

This paper introduces spatial cumulant models to analyze and improve treatment strategies for cancer cell populations modeled as spatio-temporal point processes.

Macrosystem community change in lake phytoplankton and its implications for diversity and function

The paper analyzes phytoplankton community data across 853 lakes to assess how environmental changes affect species niches and community assembly over time and space.

Cis-regulatory differences in isoform expression associate with life history strategy variation in Atlantic salmon

This study identifies cis-regulatory differences in vgll3 isoform expression linked to age at maturity variation in Atlantic salmon.

Large single-locus effects for maturation timing are mediated via body condition in Atlantic salmon

This study shows that vgll3 locus effects on maturation timing in Atlantic salmon are mediated through body condition, with significant heritability differences observed across environments.

Common gardens in teosintes reveal the establishment of a syndrome of adaptation to altitude

The paper identifies an altitudinal syndrome in teosintes through common garden experiments and genomic analysis, showing pleiotropy and adaptive variants relevant for maize breeding.

Maternal effects and environmental filtering shape seed fungal communities in oak trees

The paper examines how maternal effects and environmental factors influence fungal communities in oak seeds across elevation gradients.

SPIKEPIPE: A metagenomic pipeline for the accurate quantification of eukaryotic species occurrences and intraspecific abundance change using DNA barcodes or mitogenomes

SPIKEPIPE accurately quantifies eukaryotic species abundances using DNA barcodes or mitogenomes with high accuracy and repeatability across environmental samples.

Joint species distribution modelling with HMSC-R

The paper introduces HMSC-R 3.0, an R implementation of the HMSC framework for joint species distribution modelling, demonstrating its application to simulated and real ecological data.

Variation in Melitaea cinxia gut microbiota is phylogenetically highly structured but only mildly driven by host plant microbiota, sex or parasitism.

The study examines gut microbiota variation in Glanville fritillary caterpillars, finding high phylogenetic structure and limited influence from host plant microbiota, sex, or parasitism.

Habitat fragmentation and species diversity in competitive species communities

The paper develops a model showing habitat fragmentation can increase or decrease species diversity depending on total habitat amount in competitive communities.

Adaptation to local climate in a multi-trait space: evidence from silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) populations across a heterogeneous environment

The paper examines local adaptation in silver fir populations by analyzing genetic and phenotypic data to show climate-driven divergence in growth strategies.