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Juha Mikola is affiliated with the Natural Resources Institute Finland in Finland. Their research is primarily situated within the domains of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing extensively to subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Mikola has authored or coauthored several papers across notable scientific journals and repositories, with frequent publications in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Biogeosciences, The Science of The Total Environment, Nature Communications, and Helda (University of Helsinki).

Some of the recent papers associated with Mikola's work include:

  • "Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Carbon dioxide and methane exchange of a patterned subarctic fen during two contrasting growing seasons," 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "Insect herbivory dampens Subarctic birch forest C sink response to warming," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Lead (Pb) contamination alters richness and diversity of the fungal, but not the bacterial community in pine forest soil," 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • "Soil organic matter, rather than temperature, determines the structure and functioning of subarctic decomposer communities," 2022, Global Change Biology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Mikola's research activity, with frequent co-authors including Mika Aurela, Tarmo Virtanen, Sari Juutinen, Lauri Heiskanen, and Juha-Pekka Tuovinen. These collaborations reflect interconnected efforts in various aspects of environmental and atmospheric sciences.

Best Publications

  • Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

    Klaus Birkhofer;T. Martijn Bezemer;Jaap Bloem;Michael Bonkowski

  • Genome sequencing and population genomic analyses provide insights into the adaptive landscape of silver birch

    Jarkko Salojärvi;Olli Pekka Smolander;Kaisa Nieminen;Sitaram Rajaraman

  • NO EVIDENCE OF TROPHIC CASCADES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MICROBIAL-BASED SOIL FOOD WEB

    Juha Mikola;Heikki Setälä

  • Divergent composition but similar function of soil food webs of individual plants: plant species and community effects

    T. M. Bezemer;M. T. Fountain;J. M. Barea;S. Christensen

  • Defoliation and patchy nutrient return drive grazing effects on plant and soil properties in a dairy cow pasture

    Juha Mikola;Heikki Setälä;P Virkajärvi;K Saarijärvi

  • Relating species diversity to ecosystem functioning : mechanistic backgrounds and experimental approach with a decomposer food web

    Juha Mikola;Heikki Setälä

  • Productivity and trophic-level biomasses in a microbial-based soil food web

    Juha Mikola;Heikki Setälä

  • Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples.

    Costanza Scopetani;David Chelazzi;Juha Mikola;Ville Leiniö

  • Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and soil decomposer food webs.

    Juha Mikola;Richard D Bardgett;Katarina Hedlund

  • Influence of microbial activity on plant-microbial competition for organic and inorganic nitrogen

    Robert M. Dunn;Robert M. Dunn;Juha Mikola;Juha Mikola;Roland Bol;Richard D. Bardgett

  • Effects of defoliation intensity on soil food‐web properties in an experimental grassland community

    Juha Mikola;Gregor W. Yeates;Gary M. Barker;David A. Wardle

  • Trampling and Spatial Heterogeneity Explain Decomposer Abundances in a Sub-Arctic Grassland Subjected to Simulated Reindeer Grazing

    Louise Ilum Sørensen;Juha Mikola;Minna-Maarit Kytöviita;Johan Olofsson

  • Biostimulation proved to be the most efficient method in the comparison of in situ soil remediation treatments after a simulated oil spill accident

    Suvi Simpanen;Mari Dahl;Magdalena Gerlach;Anu Mikkonen

  • Functional diversity of decomposer organisms in relation to primary production

    H Setälä;J Laakso;J Mikola;V Huhta

  • The effects of disturbance caused by boating on survival and behaviour of velvet scoter Melanitta fusca ducklings

    Juha Mikola;Mika Miettinen;Esa Lehikoinen;Kari Lehtilä

  • Defoliation‐induced changes in carbon allocation and root soluble carbon concentration in field‐grown Lolium perenne plants: do they affect carbon availability, microbes and animal trophic groups in soil?

    S. Bazot;J. Mikola;C. Nguyen;C. Robin

  • Increasing lake water and sediment oxygen levels using slow release peroxide.

    Anne Nykänen;Heidi Kontio;Oskari Klutas;Olli-Pekka Penttinen

  • Response of soil food-web structure to defoliation of different plant species combinations in an experimental grassland community.

    Juha Mikola;G W Yeates;D A Wardle;G M Barker

  • The effects of trees on air pollutant levels in peri-urban near-road environments

    Viljami Viippola;Thomas H. Whitlow;Wenlin Zhao;Vesa Yli-Pelkonen

  • Local land use effects and regional environmental limits on earthworm communities in Finnish arable landscapes

    Mervi Nieminen;Elise Ketoja;Juha Mikola;Juhani Terhivuo

Frequent Co-Authors

Matti Rousi
Matti Rousi Finnish Forest Research Institute
Heikki Setälä
Heikki Setälä University of Helsinki
Elina Oksanen
Elina Oksanen University of Eastern Finland
Mika Aurela
Mika Aurela Finnish Meteorological Institute
Tarmo Virtanen
Tarmo Virtanen University of Helsinki
Martin Romantschuk
Martin Romantschuk University of Helsinki
Sari Juutinen
Sari Juutinen University of Helsinki
Tuomas Laurila
Tuomas Laurila Integrated Carbon Observation System
Juha-Pekka Tuovinen
Juha-Pekka Tuovinen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Minna-Maarit Kytöviita
Minna-Maarit Kytöviita University of Jyväskylä

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