Research Output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
I am a researcher with a background in conservation biology. My doctoral thesis, which I defended in February 2016, concerned a novel approach in conservation of biodiversity, called assisted migration. This means moving species to areas that become suitable as climate changes, but where they cannot make it in time.
In January 2018 I joined the Research Centre for Ecological Change at the University of Helsinki to investigate the effects of global change on populations and ecosystems using existing long-term data sets. I make use of my experience and connect different data sets containing information on phenological events to understand how the varying ability of different species in matching climate change by shifting their phenologies can make some species more vulnerable than others to the impacts of climate change.
Fields of Science
- 1183 Plant biology, microbiology, virology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
Shifts in timing and duration of breeding for 73 boreal bird species over four decades
Hällfors, M., Antao, L., Itter, M., Lehikoinen, A., Lindholm, T. M., Roslin, T. & Saastamoinen, M., 20 Jul 2020, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 201913579.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Ten principles for conservation translocations of threatened wood-inhabiting fungi
Norden, J., Abrego, N., Boddy, L., Bassler, C., Dahlberg, A., Halme, P., Hallfors, M., Maurice, S., Menkis, A., Miettinen, O., Makipaa, R., Ovaskainen, O., Penttila, R., Saine, S., Snall, T. & Junninen, K., Apr 2020, In : Fungal Ecology. 44, 9 p., 100919.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
Assisted Migration as a Conservation Approach Under Climate Change
Hällfors, M. H., Vaara, E. M., Ahteensuu, M. T., Kokko, K. T., Oksanen, M. & Schulman, L. E., 2018, Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene: Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 2018. DellaSala, D. & Goldstein, M. (eds.). Elsevier, 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Quantifying the need and potential of assisted migration
Hällfors, M. H., Aikio, S. A. & Schulman, L. E., 2017, In : Biological Conservation. 205, p. 34-41 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Addressing potential local adaptation in species distribution models: implications for conservation under climate change
Hällfors, M. H., Liao, J., Dzurisin, J., Grundel, R., Hyvärinen, M., Towle, K., Wu, G. C. & Hellmann, J. J., 2016, In : Ecological Applications. 26, 4, p. 1154–1169 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Finished
Avustettu leviäminen ilmastonmuutokseen sopeutumisessa: mahdollisuudet ja rajoitukset (CO-ADAPT)
Lehvävirta, S., Hällfors, M., Vaara, E., Aikio, S., Ahteensuu, M., Lehtimäki, I., Schulman, L., Hyvärinen, M., Kokko, K., Ryttäri, T., Siipi, H. & Oksanen, M.
01/09/2012 → 31/08/2016
Project: Research project
Prizes
Helsingin kaupungin opinnäytepalkinto
Hällfors, Maria (Recipient), 1 Dec 2011
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
Support for accounting for climate change effects in the preparation of legislation
Maria Hällfors (Consultant)
16 Jan 2020
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Monimuotoisuutta tutkimassa
Bess Hardwick (Participant), , Laura Antao (Participant), , Viia Forsblom (Participant), , Maria Hällfors (Participant), , Pauliina Hyttinen (Participant), , Malcolm Itter (Participant), , Elina Kaarlejärvi (Participant), , Anna-Liisa Laine (Participant), , Øystein Opedal (Participant), , Otso Ovaskainen (Participant), , Marjo Saastamoinen (Participant), , Jarno Vanhatalo (Participant), , Benjamin Weigel (Participant), & Tomas Roslin (Participant)
Sep 2019
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Increased intraspecific temporal aggregation in egg hatching of Finnish birds
Maria Hällfors (Speaker)
6 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Increased intraspecific temporal aggregation in egg hatching of Finnish birds
Maria Hällfors (Speaker)
13 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Phenological shifts in Finland - Ongoing projects using data on bird breeding and Lepidoptera occurrence in time.
Maria Hällfors (Speaker)
25 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
Avustettu leviäminen – lajien pelastusrengas
02/03/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Participation in documentary film: Anpassa dig, flytta eller dö.
27/11/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media