Satakunta Forest diversity experiments

• Using long-term tree diversity experiments to explore the mechanisms of temporal shifts in forest ecosystem functioning

  Koricheva, J., Barton, K.E., Felix, J.A., Cooper, A., Jensen, J., Jucker, T. and Ruohomäki, K. 2025. Oikos 2025: e10872

• Tree diversity enhances predation by birds but not by arthropods across climate gradients

  Vázquez-González, C., Castagneyrol, B., Muiruri, E.W., Barbaro, L., Abdala-Roberts, L., Barsoum, N. et al. 2024. Ecology Letters 27: e14427

• Effects of tree species diversity on forest structure and ecosystem services in boreal forests

  Cooper A. 2023. PhD thesis. Royal Holloway University of London

• Plant neighbourhood diversity effects on leaf traits: a meta-analysis

  Felix J. A., Stevenson P. C., & Koricheva J. 2023. Functional Ecology 37: 3150–3163

• Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context-dependent across forest diversity experiments

Cesarz S., Craven D., Auge H., Bruelheide H., Castagneyrol B., Gutknecht J., Hector A., Jactel H., Koricheva J., Messier C., Muys B., O’Brien M. J., Paquette A., Ponette Q., Potvin C., Reich P. B., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Smith A. R., Verheyen K., & Eisenhauer N. 2022. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31: 872–885

• Tree species richness and neighbourhood effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal richness and community structure in boreal forest

  Otsing E., Anslan S., Ambrosio E., Koricheva J., Tedersoo L. 2021. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 567961

• Climate affects neighbour-induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity-herbivory relationships

  Poeydebat C., Jactel H., Moreira X., Koricheva J. et al. 2021. Functional Ecology 35: 67–81

• Good things take time - diversity effects on tree growth shift from negative to positive during stand development in boreal forests

  Jucker T., Koricheva J., Finer L., Bouriaud O., Iacopetti G., Coomes D.A. 2020. Journal of Ecology 108: 2198-2211

• Forest diversity effects on insect herbivores: do leaf traits matter?

  Muiruri E., Barantal S., Iason, G. R., Salminen, J-P., Perez-Fernandez, E. & Koricheva J. 2019. New Phytologist 221: 2250-2260

• Contrasting effects of tree species and genetic diversity on the leaf miner communities associated with silver birch

  Barantal S., Castagneyrol, B., Iason, G., Durka, W., Morath S. & Koricheva J. 2019. Oecologia 189: 687-697

• Litter species richness and composition effects on fungal richness and community structure in decomposing foliar and root litter

  Otsing, E., Barantal S., Anslan, S., Koricheva J. & Tedersoo, L.. 2018. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 125: 328-339

• Over- and underyielding in time and space in experiments with mixed stands of Scots pine and Norway spruce

  Drössler, L., Agestam, E., Bielak, K., Dudzinska, M., Koricheva J., Liziniewicz, M., Löf, M., Mason, B., Pretzsch, H., Valkonen, S. & Wellhausen, K. 2018. Forests 9: 495

• A million and more trees for science

  Paquette A., Hector A., Castagneyrol B., Vanhellemont M., Koricheva J., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K. & TreeDivNet. 2017. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 763–766

• Going undercover: increasing canopy cover around a host tree drives associational resistance of an insect pest

  Muiruri E. & Koricheva J. 2017. Oikos 126: 339-349

• Foliar fungi of Betula pendula: impact of tree species mixtures and assessment methods

  Nguyen, D., Boberg, J., Cleary, M., Bruelheide, H., Honig, L., Koricheva J. & Stenlid, J. 2017. Scientific Reports 7, 418

• Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems

  Guerrero-Ramirez, N. R. ; Craven, D.; Reich, P.B.; Ewel, J. J.; Isbell, F.; Koricheva, Julia; Parrotta, J. A.; Auge, H.; Erickson, H. E.; Forrester, D. I.; Hector, A.; Joshi, J. ; Montagnini, F.; Palmborg, C.; Piotto, D. ; Potvin, C.; Roscher, C.; van Ruijven, R. ; Tilman, D.; Wilsey, B.; Eisenhauer, N. 2017. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 1639–1642.

• Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations.

Verheyen K., Vanhellemont M., Auge H., Baeten L., Baraloto C., Barsoum N., Bilodeau-Gauthier S., Bruelheide H., Castagneyrol B., Godbold D., Haase J., Hector A., Jactel H., Koricheva J., Loreau M., Mereu S., Messier C., Muys B., Nolet P., Paquette A., Parker J., Perring M., Ponette Q., Potvin C., Reich P., Smith A., Weih M.,  Scherer-Lorenzen M. 2016. Ambio 45: 29-41

•  Do birds see the forest for the trees? Scale-dependent effects of tree diversity on avian predation of artificial larvae.

Muiruri E.W., Rainio K., Koricheva J. 2016. Oecologia 180: 619-630.

• The mechanisms of forest diversity effects on insect herbivores

  Muiruri E.W. 2016. PhD thesis. Royal Holloway University of London.

• Tree diversity and species identity effects on soil fungi, protists and animals are context dependent.

Tedersoo L., Bahram M., Cajthaml T., Põlme S., Hiiesalu I., Anslan S., Harend H., Buegger F., Pritsch K.,  Koricheva J., Kessy Abarenkov K. 2016. The ISME Journal 10: 346-362.

• Contrasting effects of tree diversity on young tree growth and resistance to insect herbivores across three biodiversity experiments.

Haase J., Castagneyrol B., Cornelissen H.C., Ghazoul J., Kattge J., Koricheva J., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Morath S., Jactel H.  2015. Oikos 124: 1674-1685.

• Additive and non-additive effects of birch genotypic diversity on arthropod herbivory in a long-term field experiment.

Barton K. E., Valkama E., Vehviläinen H., Ruohomaki K., Knight T. & Koricheva J. 2015. Oikos 124: 697-706.

• Does species richness affect fine root biomass and production in young forest plantations?

Domisch T., Finér, L. Dawud S.M., Vesterdal L., Raulund-Rasmussen K. 2015. Oecologia. 177: pp. 581-594. 

• Moose browsing alters tree diversity effects on birch growth and insect herbivory.

Muiruri E.W.,  Milligan H.T., Morath S. & Julia Koricheva J. 2014. Functional Ecology. 29, 5: pp. 724-735.

• Do diverse overstoreys induce diverse understoreys ? Lessons learnt from an experimental-observational platform in Finland.

Ampoorter E., Baeten L., Koricheva J., Vanhellemont M. & Verheyen K. 2014. Forest Ecology and Management. 318: pp. 206-215.  

• Interactions and competition processes among tree species in young experimental mixed forests, assessed with chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf morphology.

Pollastrini M., Holland V., Bruggemann W., Koricheva J., Jussila I., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Berger S. & Bussotti F. 2014. Plant Biology. 16: pp. 323-331. 

• Effects of Tree Species Diversity on Insect Herbivory.

Morath S. 2013, PhD thesis, Royal Holloway University of London.

• Tree diversity effects on species richness and infestation of foliar fungal pathogens in European tree diversity experiments.

Hantsch L. 2013. PhD thesis, Martin-Luther University Halle.

• Effects of tree species richness and composition on moose winter browsing damage and foraging selectivity: an experimental study.

Milligan H. T. & Koricheva J. 2013. Journal of Animal Ecology. 82, 4: pp. 739-748.

• The influence of tree species mixture on ecosystem-level carbon accumulation and water use in a mixed boreal plantation.

Grossiord C., Garnier A., Gessler A., Pollastrini M., Bonal D. 2013. Forest Ecology and Management. 298: pp. 82-92.

• Effects of stand tree species composition and diversity on abundance of predatory arthropods.

Vehviläinen H., Koricheva J. & Ruohomäki K. 2008. Oikos. 117: pp. 935-943.

• Experimental evidence for associational resistance against the European pine sawfly in mixed tree stands.

Kaitaniemi P., Riihimäki J., Koricheva J. & Vehviläinen H. 2007. Silva Fennica. 41, 2: pp. 259-268.

• Tree species diversity influences herbivore abundance and damage: meta-analysis of long-term forest experiments.

Vehviläinen H., Koricheva J., Ruohomäki K. 2007. Oecologia. 152: pp. 287-298.

• Moose and vole browsing patterns in experimentally manipulated pure and mixed forest stands.

Vehviläinen H. & Koricheva J. 2006. Ecography. 29: pp. 497-506.

• Host tree architecture mediates the effects of predators on herbivore survival.

Riihimäki J., Vehviläinen H., Kaitaniemi P., Koricheva J. 2006. Ecological Entomology. 31: pp. 227-235.

• The design of experimental tree plantations for functional biodiversity research.

Scherer-Lorenzen M., Potvin C., Koricheva J., Schmid B, Hector A.,. Bornik Z., Reynolds G., Schulze E.-D. 2005. In: Scherer-Lorenzen M., Körner Ch., Schulze E-D. (eds). Forest Diversity and Function: Temperate and Boreal Systems. Ecological Studies. vol. 176. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 347-376.

• Testing the enemies hypothesis in forest stands: the important role of tree species composition.

Riihimäki J., Kaitaniemi P., Koricheva J. & Vehviläinen H. 2005. Oecologia. 142: pp. 90-97.

• Mixed forest stands as a means of sustainable forest management: project presentation and first results.

Koricheva J. 2002. Sustainable Forestry in Temperate Regions. Proc. of the SUFOR International Workshop, April 7-9, 2002 in Lund, Sweden.. Bjork, L. (ed.). Lund: KFS AB, pp. 152-153