Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation Profile
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
www.luomus.fi
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Profiles
Ali Amiryousefi
- Embryophylo
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences
Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel
Laura Arppe
- Natural Sciences - Curator
- Doctoral Programme in Geosciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel
Research Units
Director and Unit of Biodiversity Informatics
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Organisational unit: Profit unit
Embryophylo
Botany, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)
Organisational unit: Research Group
Equipment
NOW (New and Old Worlds) fossil mammal database
Hannu Lennart Mikael Fortelius (Manager) & Kari-Erik Johannes Lintulaakso (Operator)
Department of Geosciences and GeographyFacility/equipment: Equipment
The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF)
Finnish Museum of Natural HistoryFacility/equipment: Equipment
The Finnish Museum of Natural History and its collections
Finnish Museum of Natural HistoryFacility/equipment: Equipment
Projects 1954 2040
Naapuruussuhteen rakentaminen lepakoihin kansalaistieteen keinoin
Lilley, T. M., Lundberg, P. K., Kyheröinen, E., Vainio, S. A. & Ojala, A.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research project
Sparks of speciation and race for reproduction? Evolution and conservation of lichens on dead wood
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2019
Project: Research project
Opetuksen kehittämisprojekti: Eliöiden monimuotoisuus -kurssin digiloikka
Sihvonen, P. M. & Järvi, J. K.
01/06/2018 → …
Project: Other project
Pronssikauden hautojen luututkimus
Salo, K. H. & Lahtinen, M.
01/03/2018 → …
Project: Research project › _Research
Publications 1974 2019
A benchmark dataset of herbarium specimen images with label data
Dillen, M., Groom, Q., Chagnoux, S., Güntsch, A., Hardisty, A., Haston, E., Livermore, L., Runnel, V., Schulman, L., Willemse, L., Wu, Z. & Phillips, S., 8 Feb 2019, In : Biodiversity Data Journal. 7, 15 p., e31817.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
A botanical view of the ‘Baltic amber forest’: new evidence from seed plants, lichens and fungi: Okiem botanika na las macierzysty bursztynu bałtyckiego: nowe dowody pochodzące z roślin nasiennych, porostów i grzybów
Schmidt, A., Sadowski, E-M., Kaasalainen, U. & Rikkinen, J. K., 22 Mar 2019, Baltic amber (succinite): an intriguing resin: Bursztyn bałtycki (sukcynit): intrygująca żywica. Ewa Wagner-Wysiecka, E. (ed.). Gdańsk: The Gdańsk International Fair Co. (MTG SA), Gdańsk SA, p. 5-9 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
A Migratory Divide Among Red-Necked Phalaropes in the Western Palearctic Reveals Contrasting Migration and Wintering Movement Strategies
van Bemmelen, R. S. A., Kolbeinsson, Y., Ramos, R., Gilg, O., Alves, J. A., Smith, M., Schekkerman, H., Lehikoinen, A., Petersen, I. K., Þórisson, B., Sokolov, A. A., Välimäki, K., van der Meer, T., Okill, J. D., Bolton, M., Moe, B., Hanssen, S. A., Bollache, L., Petersen, A., Thorstensen, S. & 3 others, 4 Apr 2019, In : Frontiers in ecology and evolution . 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
A previously undescribed Javan tiger Panthera tigris sondaica specimen, and other old, rare tiger specimens in the Finnish Museum of Natural History
Heino, M. T., Granroth, J. P., Aspi, J. & Pihlström, H. S., 1 Jan 2019, In : Mammal Study. 44, 1, p. 41-50 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Archaeognatha, siimahäntäiset
Viljanen, H. M., Vilkamaa, P. A. & Silfverberg, H. H., 2019, In : Lajiluettelo. 2018Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Activities 1972 2019
METSO-petolintuhanke 2016-2018. Suuret petolinnut metsien monimuotoisuuden osana – työkaluja metsänomistajille ja metsäammattilaisille
Heidi Björklund (Speaker)6 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Linnustonseurannan uudet järjestelmät
Heidi Björklund (Speaker)9 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Hope for globe: kuudes sukupuuttoaalto, Tiedekulma
Pasi Sihvonen (Speaker)2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Nd, Sr, Pb, and Os isotopes suggest a primitive mantle source for the Luenha picrites in the Karoo large igneous province
Sanni Turunen (Speaker)7 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Zootaxa (Journal)
Pekka Vilkamaa (Reviewer)23 Jan 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Prizes
1st prize in Apps4Finland -competition
Mikko Einari Heikkinen (Recipient), 4 Dec 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards
1st prize in Apps4Finland-competition
Mikko Einari Heikkinen (Recipient), 7 Oct 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
File
2nd prize in Apps4Finland -competition
Mikko Einari Heikkinen (Recipient), 4 Dec 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards
Alumni of the year 2009 - Vuoden alumni 2009
Markku Juhani Oinonen (Recipient), 10 Oct 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
Datasets
Nordic CWR plant portraits: Sea Kale (Crambe maritima)
Fitzgerald, H. S. (Creator), NordGen – Nordic Genetic Resource Center, 2018
https://www.nordgen.org/en/plants/crop-wild-relatives/species-information/plant-portraits/
Dataset
Nordic CWR plant portraits: Turnip (Brassica rapa)
Fitzgerald, H. S. (Creator), NordGen – Nordic Genetic Resource Center, 2018
https://www.nordgen.org/en/plants/crop-wild-relatives/species-information/plant-portraits/turnip/
Dataset
Finnish CWR priority list dataset
Fitzgerald, H. S. (Creator), Figshare, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6004673.v1
Dataset
The Nordic priority crop wild relative gene pool and distribution dataset
Fitzgerald, H. S. (Creator), Figshare, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5688130.v1
Dataset
Nordic crop wild relative web page
Palme, A. (Creator), NordGen – Nordic Genetic Resource Center, 2017
https://www.nordgen.org/en/plants/crop-wild-relatives/
Dataset
Press / Media
Interview about Red List of species to to Savon Sanomat
18/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Interview about 40 years migration counts at the Hanko Bird Observatory
17/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Minskar insekterna? Finlands Natur 1/2019 (35)
10/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Miten hyönteisten vähenemistä voi torjua? Helsingin yliopiston verkkouutiset
Jani Kristian Järvi, Jaakko Aleksi Mattila, Juho Pauli Timoteus Paukkunen & Pasi Markus Sihvonen
03/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media