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Jari Oksanen is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Insect Science, Ecological Modeling, and Plant Science.

They have contributed to multiple topics in ecological and biological research, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • "Vegan: ecological diversity," 2024, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Site types revisited: Comparison of traditional Russian and Finnish classification systems for European boreal forests," 2020, published in Applied Vegetation Science
  • "Broadleaved trees enhance biodiversity of the understorey vegetation in boreal forests," 2023, published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Accelerating joint species distribution modelling with Hmsc-HPC by GPU porting," 2024, published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Accelerating joint species distribution modeling with Hmsc-HPC: A 1000x faster GPU deployment," 2024, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The venues where Jari Oksanen frequently publishes include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Applied Vegetation Science

They collaborate often with the following researchers:

  • Maija Salemaa
  • Juha-Pekka Hotanen
  • Tiina Tonteri
  • Päivi Merilä
  • Anis Ur Rahman

Best Publications

  • vegan: Community Ecology Package

    Jari Oksanen;F. Guillaume Blanchet;Roeland Kindt;Pierre Legendre

  • Vegan : community ecology package. R package version 1.17-9

    J Oksanen

  • Community ecology in the age of multivariate multiscale spatial analysis

    S. Dray;Raphaël Pélissier;Raphaël Pélissier;Pierre Couteron;M. J. Fortin

  • Testing the significance of canonical axes in redundancy analysis

    Pierre Legendre;Jari Oksanen;Cajo J. F. ter Braak

  • Joint species distribution modelling with the r-package Hmsc.

    Gleb Tikhonov;Gleb Tikhonov;Øystein H. Opedal;Øystein H. Opedal;Nerea Abrego;Aleksi Lehikoinen

  • Continuum theory revisited: what shape are species responses along ecological gradients?

    Jari Oksanen;Peter R Minchin

  • Distance decay of similarity in freshwater communities: do macro‐ and microorganisms follow the same rules?

    Anna Astorga;Jari Oksanen;Miska Luoto;Janne Soininen

  • Is the humped relationship between species richness and biomass an artefact due to plot size

    Jari Oksanen

  • How to model species responses along ecological gradients – Huisman–Olff–Fresco models revisited

    Florian Jansen;Jari Oksanen

  • Species-specific differences in synthesis of flavonoids and phenolic acids under increasing periods of enhanced blue light

    Kari Taulavuori;Valtteri Hyöky;Jari Oksanen;Erja Taulavuori

  • Epigeic lichen communities of taiga and tundra regions

    Teuvo Ahti;Jari Oksanen

  • Palm distribution patterns in Amazonian rainforests: What is the role of topographic variation?

    Jaana Vormisto;Hanna Tuomisto;Jari Oksanen

  • Effects of reindeer grazing on understorey vegetation in dry Pinus sylvestris forests

    Henry Väre;Rauni Ohtonen;Jari Oksanen

  • Environmental disturbance can increase beta diversity of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages

    Charles P. Hawkins;Heikki Mykrä;Heikki Mykrä;Jari Oksanen;Jacob J. Vander Laan

  • Reindeer reduce biomass of preferred plant species.

    Kari Anne Bråthen;Jari Oksanen

  • Use of sheep grazing in the restoration of semi-natural meadows in northern Finland

    Kalle Hellström;Ari-Pekka Huhta;Pasi Rautio;Juha Tuomi

  • Impact of shrub canopies on understorey vegetation in western Eurasian tundra

    A.M. Pajunen;J. Oksanen;R. Virtanen

  • Effect of drought and waterlogging stress on needle monoterpenes of Picea abies

    P. Kainulainen;J. Oksanen;V. Palomäki;J. K. Holopainen

  • Long- and short-term effects of reindeer grazing on tundra wetland vegetation

    Heidi Kitti;Bruce C. Forbes;Jari Oksanen

  • Niche characteristics of Danish woody species as derived from coenoclines

    Jonas E. Lawesson;Jari Oksanen

  • Estimation of pH optima and tolerances of diatoms in lake sediments by the methods of weighted averaging, least squares and maximum likelihood, and their use for the prediction of lake acidity

    Jari Oksanen;Esa Läärä;Pertti Huttunen;Jouko Meriläinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin Simpson
Gavin Simpson University of Regina
Jarmo K. Holopainen
Jarmo K. Holopainen University of Eastern Finland
Pirjo Kainulainen
Pirjo Kainulainen University of Eastern Finland
Toini Holopainen
Toini Holopainen University of Eastern Finland
Risto Virtanen
Risto Virtanen University of Oulu
Timo Muotka
Timo Muotka University of Oulu
Lauri Oksanen
Lauri Oksanen University of Turku
Heikki Mykrä
Heikki Mykrä Finnish Environment Institute
Pierre Legendre
Pierre Legendre University of Montreal
Miska Luoto
Miska Luoto University of Helsinki

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