Finnish Museum of Natural History

Phone-02941911
Emailluonnontieteellinenmuseo@helsinki.fi
Websitehttps://www.luomus.fi/en

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Finland

The Universities Act states (as of January 1, 2010):

”In the University of Helsinki functions the Finnish Museum of Natural History, which is responsible of the curation, augmentation, and presentation of the national natural history collections as well as of research and teaching based on these.”

Specific tasks of the FMNH are to:

1. conduct research in its focal fields;

2. function as a centre of expertise in stable isotope dating methods;

3. function as a specialist authority in its field to support the environmental administration ;

4. practice public outreach and popular-scientific publishing in the field of natural history;

5. offer its collections for use by research and tuition especially in zoology, geology, botany, and mycology within the University of Helsinki;

6. coordinate the research, monitoring, and collection work of the natural history collections and botanic gardens of Finland

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Fields of Science

118 Biological sciences

Teuvo Ahti
- teuvo.ahtihelsinkifi
- Finnish Museum of Natural History - Visiting scholar
Person: Visiting scholar
19962023
Ali Amiryousefi
- Embryophylo
Person: UH
20102022
Roni Andersson
- roni.anderssonhelsinkifi
- Zoology Unit - Conservator
Person: M6 Other staff, UH
20072012
Laura Arppe
- laura.arppehelsinkifi
- Natural Sciences Unit - Curator
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff
20032023
Olof Biström
- Olof.Bistromhelsinkifi
- Zoology Unit
Person: Extern
19772022

Botany Unit
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Organisational unit: Profit unit
Embryophylo
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Botany Unit, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)
Organisational unit: Research group
Natural Sciences Unit
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Organisational unit: Profit unit
Plant Adaptation and Conservation
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Organisational unit: Research group
Unit of Biodiversity Informatics
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Organisational unit: Profit unit

NOW (New and Old Worlds) fossil mammal database
Indrė Žliobaitė (Manager), Kari Lintulaakso (Operator) & Mikael Fortelius (Manager)
Natural Sciences Unit
Facility/equipment: Equipment
The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF)
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Facility/equipment: Equipment
The Finnish Museum of Natural History and its collections
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Facility/equipment: Equipment
The Laboratory of Chronology
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Facility/equipment: Equipment

8 Not started
81 Active
162 Finished

New species delimitation using machine learning approach
Lee, K. M.
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research project
DEADMON: Dead wood monitoring
Cardoso, P. M.
Jyväskylän Yliopisto (FinELib)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2024
Project: Ministry funding
The vertical dimension of conservation: A cost-effective plan to incorporate subterranean ecosystems in post-2020 biodiversity and climate change agendas
Lilley, T. & Blomberg, A. S.
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus, European Commision Joint Research Centre
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2025
Project: Academy of Finland: Co-funded international programme
Unknown Diversity Under the Snow: Effects of Climate Change on Subarctic Lichens
Weber, L. M.
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2024
Project: Other project
YM 4.lintuatlas 2023
Valkama, J., Björklund, H. & Mäkinen, P. V.
Ympäristöministeriö
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2023
Project: Ministry funding

Alusta alkuun
Hetemäki, I. (ed.), Fingerroos, O. (ed.), Heikkilä, T. (ed.) & Rikkinen, J. (ed.), 11 Jan 2023, Gaudeamus. 270 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › General public
A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery
Soares, A. O., Haelewaters, D., Ameixa, O. M. C. C., Borges, I., Brown, P. M. J., Cardoso, P., De Groot, M. D., Evans, E. W., Grez, A. A., Hochkirch, A., Milada Holecová, M., Honěk, A., Kulfan, J., Lillebø, A. I., Martinková, Z., Michaud, J. P., Nedvěd, O., Omkar, Roy, H. E., Saxena, S., & 7 othersShandilya, A., Sentis, A., Skuhrovec, J., Viglášová, S., Zach, P., Zaviezo, T. & Losey, J. E., 2023, In: Conservation Biology. 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

Open Access
Diversification linked to larval host plant in the butterfly Eumedonia eumedon
Hinojosa, J. C., Montiel-Pantoja, C., Sanjurjo-Franch, M., Martínez-Pérez, I., Lee, K. M., Mutanen, M. & Vila, R., Jan 2023, In: Molecular Ecology. 32, 1, p. 182-197 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File
Do large-scale associations in birds imply biotic interactions or environmental filtering?
Elo, M., Kajanus, M. H., Tolvanen, J., Devictor, V., Forsman, J. T., Lehikoinen, A., Mönkkönen, M., Thorson, J. T., Vollstädt, M. G. R. & Kivelä, S. M., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Biogeography. 50, 1, p. 169-182 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File
Functional traits and environment jointly determine the spatial scaling of population stability in North American birds
Hong, P., Li, Z., Yang, Q., Deng, W., Xu, Y., Tobias, J. A. & Wang, S., 2023, In: Ecology. n/a, n/a, p. e3973
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Matleena Hännisen pro gradu -työn ohjaus
Heidi Björklund (Supervisor), Jenna Purhonen (Supervisor) & Anssi Lensu (Supervisor)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2023
Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Integrating Anatomy Ontologies and Phylogenetics in the Era of Phenomics
Diego Sasso Porto (Speaker), Sergei Tarasov (Speaker), Caleb Charpentier (Speaker), Hilmar Lapp (Speaker), James Balhoff (Speaker), Todd Vision (Speaker), Wasila Dahdul (Speaker), Paula Mabee (Speaker) & Josef Uyeda (Speaker)
14 Jan 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Eveliina Stigellin maisterintutkielman ohjaus
Heidi Björklund (Supervisor), Jenna Purhonen (Supervisor) & Juho Paukkunen (Supervisor)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2023
Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Biodiversity Data Journal (Journal)
Juho Paukkunen (Reviewer)
Jan 2023
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Salla Pitkäsen pro gradu -tutkielman ohjaus
Jenna Purhonen (Supervisor), Heidi Björklund (Supervisor) & Komonen Atte (Supervisor)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2023
Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)

1st prize in Apps4Finland -competition
Heikkinen, Mikko (Recipient), 4 Dec 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards
1st prize in Apps4Finland-competition
Heikkinen, Mikko (Recipient), 7 Oct 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
2nd Best Poster
Pavon Jordan, Diego (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards

File
2nd prize in Apps4Finland -competition
Heikkinen, Mikko (Recipient), 4 Dec 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards
Alumni of the year 2009 - Vuoden alumni 2009
Oinonen, Markku (Recipient), 10 Oct 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards

Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae. Data release of 34893 available species-group names.
Rajaei, H. (Creator), Hausmann, A. (Creator), Scoble, M. (Creator), Wanke, D. (Creator), Plotkin, D. (Creator), Brehm, G. (Creator), Murillo Ramos, L. D. C. (Creator) & Sihvonen, P. (Creator), State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, 2022
https://geometroidea.smns-bw.org/geometridae/Catalogue/
Dataset
Compilation of use cases and user stories, functional demands and their analyses for the RI DiSSCo – DiSSCo Prepare Tasks 1.1 & 1.2
Fitzgerald, H. (Creator), von Mering, S. (Creator), Juslén, A. (Creator), Petersen, M. (Creator), Berger, F. (Creator), von Bonsdorff, T. (Creator), de Smedt, S. (Creator), Figueira, R. (Creator), Frank, J. (Creator), Häffner, E. (Creator), Haston, E. (Creator), Islam, S. (Creator), Järvi, J. (Creator), Livermore, L. (Creator), Loo, T. (Creator), Mergen, P. (Creator), Raes, N. (Creator), Runnel, V. (Creator), Schulman, L. (Creator), Semal, P. (Creator) & Vincent, S. (Creator), Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7479/17qp-ge55
Dataset
Habitat suitability predictions for six boreal forest indicator bird species in Finland
Virkkala, R. (Creator), Leikola, N. (Creator), Kujala, H. (Creator), Kivinen, S. (Creator), Hurskainen, P. (Creator), Kuusela, S. (Creator), Valkama, J. (Creator) & Heikkinen, R. (Creator), Zenodo, 21 May 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4779108 , https://zenodo.org/record/4779108
Dataset
The Nordic Priority Crop Wild Relative Dataset - version 2
Fitzgerald, H. (Creator), Palme, A. (Creator), Aronsson, M. (Contributor), Asdal, Å. (Contributor), Bjureke, K. (Contributor), Endresen, D. (Contributor), Göransson, M. (Contributor), Hyvärinen, M. (Contributor), Kiviharju, E. (Contributor), Lund, B. (Contributor), Borgen Nilsen, L. (Contributor), Rasmussen, M. (Contributor), Þorbjörnsson, H. (Contributor), Weibull, J. (Contributor) & Wind, P. (Contributor), Figshare, 16 Dec 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5688130.v3
Dataset
Flora of Murmansk Region point distribution data
Kozhin, M. N. (Creator), Lommi, S. (Creator) & Sennikov, A. (Creator), Suomen Lajitietokeskus, 2020
DOI: 10.15468/ub7xkx
Dataset

Finlands Natur: Minskar insekterna?
Pasi Sihvonen
20/07/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Haastattelu linnunäänistä 8.9.2022
Heidi Björklund
19/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Interview about wintering conditions of grouse
Aleksi Lehikoinen
27/01/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Miten on: uhanalaiset kasvit.
Marko Hyvärinen
13/01/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Ylen aamu: Montrealin huippukokous pohtii luontokadon pysäyttämistä
Marko Hyvärinen
07/12/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media

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