List of works - Mikko Kuussaari

A regionally informed abundance index for supporting integrative analyses across butterfly monitoring schemes

article by Reto Schmucki et al published 25 November 2015 in Journal of Applied Ecology

Aboveground and belowground biodiversity responses to seed mixtures and mowing in a long-term set-aside experiment

scientific article published in 2021

Allometric density responses in butterflies: the response to small and large patches by small and large species

article

An Empirical Test of a Diffusion Model: Predicting Clouded Apollo Movements in a Novel Environment

article

Attraction of Melitaea cinxia Butterflies to Previously-Attacked Hosts: A Likely Complement to Known Allee Effects?

article by Michael C. Singer et al published April 2017 in Annales Zoologici Fennici

Author Correction: Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches

scientific article published in 2022

Can pollination services, species diversity and conservation be simultaneously promoted by sown wildflower strips on farmland?

article

Changes in butterfly movements along a gradient of land use in farmlands of Transylvania (Romania)

article by Jacqueline Loos et al published 23 December 2014 in Landscape Ecology

Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches

scientific article published in 2022

Combining range and phenology shifts offers a winning strategy for boreal Lepidoptera

scientific article published in 2021

Community composition of butterflies and bumblebees in fallows: niche breadth and dispersal capacity modify responses to fallow type and landscape

article

Connectivity and climate influence diversity–stability relationships across spatial scales in European butterfly metacommunities

scientific article published on 31 July 2024

Contrasting effects of habitat area and connectivity on evenness of pollinator communities

article

Contrasting trends of butterfly species preferring semi-natural grasslands, field margins and forest edges in northern Europe

article

Correlations in species richness between taxa depend on habitat, scale and landscape context

article

Decline of landscape-scale habitat and species diversity after the end of cattle grazing

article

Density of insect-pollinated grassland plants decreases with increasing surrounding land-use intensity.

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Determinants of local species richness of diurnal Lepidoptera in boreal agricultural landscapes

article

Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale

article by Vincent Devictor et al published 10 January 2012 in Nature Climate Change

Different responses of plants and herbivore insects to a gradient of vegetation height: an indicator of the vertebrate grazing intensity and successional age

article

Differential responses of bumblebees and diurnal Lepidoptera to vegetation succession in long-term set-aside

article

Differing effects of fallow type and landscape structure on the occurrence of plants, pollinators and birds on environmental fallows in Finland

article

Effects of land cover and climate on species richness of butterflies in boreal agricultural landscapes

article

Environmental factors driving the effectiveness of European agri-environmental measures in mitigating pollinator loss--a meta-analysis

scientific article

European butterfly populations vary in sensitivity to weather across their geographical ranges

article by Simon C. Mills et al published 20 October 2017 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation

scientific article

Flies are important pollinators of mass-flowering caraway and respond to landscape and floral factors differently from honeybees

scientific article published in 2022

Group Size, and Egg and Larval Survival in the Social Butterfly Melitaea cinxia

article by Mikko Kuussaari & Michael C. Singer published April 2017 in Annales Zoologici Fennici

Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time-delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

scientific article

High cover of forest increases the abundance of most grassland butterflies in boreal farmland

article by Marjaana Toivonen et al published 29 March 2017 in Insect Conservation and Diversity

Higher mobility of butterflies than moths connected to habitat suitability and body size in a release experiment

scientific article

Homogenization of lepidopteran communities in intensively cultivated agricultural landscapes

scientific article published in 2010

How Essential Biodiversity Variables and remote sensing can help national biodiversity monitoring

article by Petteri Vihervaara et al published April 2017 in Global Ecology and Conservation

Impacts of edge density of field patches on plant species richness and community turnover among margin habitats in agricultural landscapes

article

Impacts of land cover data selection and trait parameterisation on dynamic modelling of species' range expansion

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Importance of local habitat conditions and past and present habitat connectivity for the species richness of grassland plants and butterflies in power line clearings

article

Improving conservation planning for semi-natural grasslands: Integrating connectivity into agri-environment schemes

Inbreeding and extinction in a butterfly metapopulation

scientific article published in Nature

Integrating national Red Lists for prioritising conservation actions for European butterflies

Landscape context affects the relationship between local and landscape species richness of butterflies in semi-natural habitats

article

Landscape simplification weakens the association between terrestrial producer and consumer diversity in Europe ⬇️

scientific article

Life-history traits predict species responses to habitat area and isolation: a cross-continental synthesis

scientific article

Logging in boreal field-forest ecotones promotes flower-visiting insect diversity and modifies insect community composition

article

Maximizing conservation benefit for grassland species with contrasting management requirements

article

Model for quantifying the synergies between farmland biodiversity conservation and water protection at catchment scale

scientific article

Modelling butterfly distribution based on remote sensing data

article

Modelling potential success of conservation translocations of a specialist grassland butterfly

article by Risto K. Heikkinen et al published December 2015 in Biological Conservation

Modelling the spatial distribution of a threatened butterfly: Impacts of scale and statistical technique

article by Risto K Heikkinen et al published March 2007 in Landscape and Urban Planning

Multi-generational long-distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic

scientific article (publication date: 16 October 2012)

Multi-species richness of boreal agricultural landscapes: effects of climate, biotope, soil and geographical location

article

Multiple equilibria in metapopulation dynamics

scientific article published in Nature

New insights into butterfly-environment relationships using partitioning methods

scientific article published in October 2005

Patterns of beta diversity in Europe: the role of climate, land cover and distance across scales

article

Pollinator insects benefit from rotational fallows

Relative contributions of local and regional factors to species richness and total density of butterflies and moths in semi-natural grasslands

scientific article

Responses of butterfly and moth species to restored cattle grazing in semi-natural grasslands

article

Species traits explain long-term population trends of Finnish cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)

scholarly article by Juho Paukkunen et al published 22 June 2017 in Insect Conservation and Diversity

Species traits explain recent range shifts of Finnish butterflies

article

Successful translocation of the threatened Clouded Apollo butterfly (Parnassius mnemosyne) and metapopulation establishment in southern Finland

scholarly article by Mikko Kuussaari et al published October 2015 in Biological Conservation

The effects of soil eutrophication propagate to higher trophic levels

scientific article published in 2016

The landscape matrix modifies the effect of habitat fragmentation in grassland butterflies

article by Erik Öckinger et al published 23 November 2011 in Landscape Ecology

The parasitoid complex attacking Finnish populations of the Glanville fritillaryMelitaea cinxia(Lep: Nymphalidae), and endangered butterfly

article by G.C. Lei et al published April 1997 in Journal of Natural History

Uncertainty in thermal tolerances and climatic debt

Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera

scientific article published on 01 October 2021

Use of forest corridors by boreal Xestia moths

scientific article

Weak functional response to agricultural landscape homogenisation among plants, butterflies and birds

article

Weather explains high annual variation in butterfly dispersal

scientific article published in July 2016

List of works by Mikko Kuussaari

A regionally informed abundance index for supporting integrative analyses across butterfly monitoring schemes

Aboveground and belowground biodiversity responses to seed mixtures and mowing in a long-term set-aside experiment

Allometric density responses in butterflies: the response to small and large patches by small and large species

An Empirical Test of a Diffusion Model: Predicting Clouded Apollo Movements in a Novel Environment

Attraction of Melitaea cinxia Butterflies to Previously-Attacked Hosts: A Likely Complement to Known Allee Effects?

Author Correction: Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches

Can pollination services, species diversity and conservation be simultaneously promoted by sown wildflower strips on farmland?

Changes in butterfly movements along a gradient of land use in farmlands of Transylvania (Romania)

Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches

Combining range and phenology shifts offers a winning strategy for boreal Lepidoptera

Community composition of butterflies and bumblebees in fallows: niche breadth and dispersal capacity modify responses to fallow type and landscape

Connectivity and climate influence diversity–stability relationships across spatial scales in European butterfly metacommunities

Contrasting effects of habitat area and connectivity on evenness of pollinator communities

Contrasting trends of butterfly species preferring semi-natural grasslands, field margins and forest edges in northern Europe

Correlations in species richness between taxa depend on habitat, scale and landscape context

Decline of landscape-scale habitat and species diversity after the end of cattle grazing

Density of insect-pollinated grassland plants decreases with increasing surrounding land-use intensity.

Determinants of local species richness of diurnal Lepidoptera in boreal agricultural landscapes

Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale

Different responses of plants and herbivore insects to a gradient of vegetation height: an indicator of the vertebrate grazing intensity and successional age

Differential responses of bumblebees and diurnal Lepidoptera to vegetation succession in long-term set-aside

Differing effects of fallow type and landscape structure on the occurrence of plants, pollinators and birds on environmental fallows in Finland

Effects of land cover and climate on species richness of butterflies in boreal agricultural landscapes

Environmental factors driving the effectiveness of European agri-environmental measures in mitigating pollinator loss--a meta-analysis

European butterfly populations vary in sensitivity to weather across their geographical ranges

Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation

Flies are important pollinators of mass-flowering caraway and respond to landscape and floral factors differently from honeybees

Group Size, and Egg and Larval Survival in the Social Butterfly Melitaea cinxia

Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time-delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

High cover of forest increases the abundance of most grassland butterflies in boreal farmland

Higher mobility of butterflies than moths connected to habitat suitability and body size in a release experiment

Homogenization of lepidopteran communities in intensively cultivated agricultural landscapes

How Essential Biodiversity Variables and remote sensing can help national biodiversity monitoring

Impacts of edge density of field patches on plant species richness and community turnover among margin habitats in agricultural landscapes

Impacts of land cover data selection and trait parameterisation on dynamic modelling of species' range expansion

Importance of local habitat conditions and past and present habitat connectivity for the species richness of grassland plants and butterflies in power line clearings

Improving conservation planning for semi-natural grasslands: Integrating connectivity into agri-environment schemes

Inbreeding and extinction in a butterfly metapopulation

Integrating national Red Lists for prioritising conservation actions for European butterflies

Landscape context affects the relationship between local and landscape species richness of butterflies in semi-natural habitats

Landscape simplification weakens the association between terrestrial producer and consumer diversity in Europe ⬇️

Life-history traits predict species responses to habitat area and isolation: a cross-continental synthesis

Logging in boreal field-forest ecotones promotes flower-visiting insect diversity and modifies insect community composition

Maximizing conservation benefit for grassland species with contrasting management requirements

Model for quantifying the synergies between farmland biodiversity conservation and water protection at catchment scale

Modelling butterfly distribution based on remote sensing data

Modelling potential success of conservation translocations of a specialist grassland butterfly

Modelling the spatial distribution of a threatened butterfly: Impacts of scale and statistical technique

Multi-generational long-distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic

Multi-species richness of boreal agricultural landscapes: effects of climate, biotope, soil and geographical location

Multiple equilibria in metapopulation dynamics

New insights into butterfly-environment relationships using partitioning methods

Patterns of beta diversity in Europe: the role of climate, land cover and distance across scales

Pollinator insects benefit from rotational fallows

Relative contributions of local and regional factors to species richness and total density of butterflies and moths in semi-natural grasslands

Responses of butterfly and moth species to restored cattle grazing in semi-natural grasslands

Species traits explain long-term population trends of Finnish cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)

Species traits explain recent range shifts of Finnish butterflies

Successful translocation of the threatened Clouded Apollo butterfly (Parnassius mnemosyne) and metapopulation establishment in southern Finland

The effects of soil eutrophication propagate to higher trophic levels

The landscape matrix modifies the effect of habitat fragmentation in grassland butterflies

The parasitoid complex attacking Finnish populations of the Glanville fritillaryMelitaea cinxia(Lep: Nymphalidae), and endangered butterfly

Uncertainty in thermal tolerances and climatic debt

Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera

Use of forest corridors by boreal Xestia moths

Weak functional response to agricultural landscape homogenisation among plants, butterflies and birds

Weather explains high annual variation in butterfly dispersal