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High‐resolution 3D forest structure explains ecomorphological trait variation in assemblages of saproxylic beetles
2022
1. Climate, topography and the 3D structure of forests are major drivers affecting local species communities. However, little is known about how the specific functional traits of saproxylic (wood-living) beetles, involved in the recycling of wood, might be affected by those environmental characteristics. 2. Here, we combine ecological and morphological traits available for saproxylic beetles and airborne laser scanning (ALS) data in Bayesian trait-based joint species distribution models to study how traits drive the distributions of more than 230 species in temperate forests of Europe. 3. We found that elevation (as a proxy for temperature and precipitation) and the proportion of conifers p…
Gut Microbiota and Serum Metabolome in Elite Cross-Country Skiers : A Controlled Study
2022
Exercise has been shown to affect gut the microbiome and metabolic health, with athletes typically displaying a higher microbial diversity. However, research on the gut microbiota and systemic metabolism in elite athletes remains scarce. In this study, we compared the gut microbiota profiles and serum metabolome of national team cross-country skiers at the end of an exhausting training and competitive season to those of normally physically-active controls. The gut microbiota were analyzed using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Serum metabolites were analyzed using nuclear magnetic resonance. Phylogenetic diversity and the abundance of several mucin-degrading gut microbial taxa, including Akker…
Experimental study of species invasion : early population dynamics and role of disturbance in invasion success
2020
Much of our understanding of natural invasions is retrospective, based on data acquired after invaders become established. As a consequence, we know little about the characteristics of the early population growth and habitat use of the invaders during establishment. Here we report on experimental introductions of guppies into natural streams in which we conducted monthly censuses of each population. Two of the four introductions were in streams with thinned canopies, which mimics a common form of habitat disturbance. We conducted similar censuses of natural populations to characterize natural population densities and generate a null distribution against which we could test a priori hypothes…
Eettistä kasvatusta? : laadullinen tutkimus urheilulajiliittojen perustason koulutusmateriaaleista
2003
Geranium sylvaticum increases pollination probability by sexually dimorphic flowers
2022
Sexual dimorphism is expressed as different morphologies between the sexes of a species. Dimorphism is pronounced in gynodioecious populations which consist of female and hermaphrodite individuals. The small size of female flowers in gynodioecious species is often explained by resource re-allocation to seed production instead of large flowers. However, pollinator attraction is critical to female fitness, and factors other than resource savings are needed to explain the small size of female flowers. We hypothesized that the floral size dimorphism in the perennial gynodioecious Geranium sylvaticum (L.) is adaptive in terms of pollination. To test this “pollination hypothesis,” we video record…
Ongelmaeläimyyden monet ja muuttuvat määrittelyt
2022
Suomeen 1900-luvun puolivälin paikkeilla levinnyt supikoira (Nyctereutes procyonoides) on herättänyt monenlaista huolta ja keskustelua yhteiskunnan eri tasoilla ja ryhmittymissä. Supikoirakannan vähentämiselle löytyy vähän vastustajia, mutta osalle tämä keskikokoinen nisäkäs näyttää olevan niin iso ongelma, että supikoirapuhe saa paikoin raivokkaita sävyjä. Tarkastelen tässä tutkimuksessa keskustelun ongelmaeläinkäsityksiä kehysanalyysillä. Käytän uusstrukturalistiseen kehikkoon sijoittuvassa tarkastelussa sanomalehtien supikoirakirjoituksia aikaväliltä 1970–2020, jolle sijoittuu myös rakennemuutosten ja ympäristöheräämisen kaltaisia suomalaista yhteiskuntaa ja sen ympäristösuhdetta uudelle…
Effects of anthropogenic stress on hosts and their microbiomes: Treated wastewater alters performance and gut microbiome of a key detritivore ( Asell…
2023
Human activity is a major driver of ecological and evolutionary change in wild populations and can have diverse effects on eukaryotic organisms as well as on environmental and host-associated microbial communities. Although host-microbiome interactions can be a major determinant of host fitness, few studies consider the joint responses of hosts and their microbiomes to anthropogenic changes. In freshwater ecosystems, wastewater is a widespread anthropogenic stressor that represents a multifarious environmental perturbation. Here, we experimentally tested the impact of treated wastewater on a keystone host (the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus) and its gut microbiome. We used a semi-natur…
Interannual variation in littoral benthic macroinvertebrate communities under contrasting crayfish predation in a large boreal lake
2014
Long term studies are widely used nowadays in many fields of ecology. For instance, records over years represent a valuable tool to monitor and comprehend environmental changes. In freshwater ecology, long term studies are often applied in restoration effect assessments using a before-after-control-impact design. Little is known about the long term effects of freshwater predators on their prey, for example of how crayfish as omnivorous predators affect macroinvertebrate prey communities. Bottom substrate of stony littoral shores in three sites of Lake Päijänne, in Central Finland, were sampled for macroinvertebrates (MI) during five consecutive years and identified mainly to species. Of the…
Whole-genome analysis reveals contrasting relationships among nuclear and mitochondrial genomes between three sympatric bat species
2023
Understanding mechanisms involved in speciation can be challenging, especially when hybridization or introgression blurs species boundaries. In bats resolving relationships of some closely related groups has proven difficult due subtle interspecific variation both in morphometrics and molecular datasets. The endemic South American Histiotus bats, currently considered a sub-genus of Eptesicus, harbor unresolved phylogenetic relationships and of those is a trio consisting of two closely related species: Eptesicus (Histiotus) macrotus and E. (H.) montanus, and their relationship with a third, E. (H.) magellanicus. The three sympatric species bear marked resemblance to each other, but can be di…
Jääkiekon fyysiset vaatimukset ja pelaajien fyysisten ominaisuuksien testaaminen
2012
Jääkiekko on 80 vuoden aikana vakiinnuttanut paikkansa suomalaisessa urheilukulttuurissa ja luonut moniportaisen sarjajärjestelmän. Jääkiekolle tunnuksenomaisia piirteitä ovat toistuvat luistelupyrähdykset ja voimakkaat kehonkontaktit, mutta varsinaisia lajitaitoja edustavat luistelu, kiekonhallinta, syöttäminen, syötön vastaanotto sekä laukominen. Intervallityyppisen luonteensa vuoksi jääkiekko kuormittaa fysiologisilta osin pääasiassa välittömien energianlähteiden varastoja. Maksimi- ja nopeusvoimaa pidetään tärkeänä yksittäisen pelaajan suorituskyvyn mittarina, aerobisen kunnon osuutta väheksymättä pitkän ottelukauden vuoksi. Luistelu kuormittaa pääasiassa alaraajan suuria lihasryhmiä, k…