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Seppo Neuvonen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and focuses research within the domains of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The main topics addressed by Neuvonen's research include Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Neuvonen has contributed to several recent papers, which provide insight into their areas of expertise:

  • Complex responses of global insect pests to climate warming (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment)
  • What is the potential for replacing monocultures with mixed-species stands to enhance ecosystem services in boreal forests in Fennoscandia? (2020, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Northward shift in temperature sum isoclines may favour Ips typographus outbreaks in European Russia (2020, Agricultural and Forest Entomology)
  • From a rare inhabitant into a potential pest - status of the nun moth in Finland based on pheromone trapping (2020, Silva Fennica)
  • Ilmastonmuutos ja metsien hyönteistuhot (2020, Metsätieteen aikakauskirja)

Frequent publication venues for Neuvonen include Metsätieteen aikakauskirja, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Forest Ecology and Management, Agricultural and Forest Entomology, and Silva Fennica.

Collaborative relationships feature co-authorship with researchers such as Heli Viiri, Olli-Pekka Tikkanen, Markus Melin, Riku Elfving, and Philipp Lehmann.

Best Publications

  • Complex responses of global insect pests to climate warming

    Philipp Lehmann;Philipp Lehmann;Philipp Lehmann;Tea Ammunét;Madeleine Barton;Andrea Battisti

  • Nutrient stress: an explanation for plant anti-herbivore responses to defoliation

    Juha Tuomi;Pekka Niemelä;Erkki Haukioja;Seija Sirén

  • INDUCED LONG-TERM RESISTANCE OF BIRCH FOLIAGE AGAINST DEFOLIATORS: DEFENSIVE OR INCIDENTAL?

    Erkki Haukioja;Seppo Neuvonen

  • Structure of a Microbial Community in Soil after Prolonged Addition of Low Levels of Simulated Acid Rain

    Taina Pennanen;Hannu Fritze;Pekka Vanhala;Oili Kiikkilä

  • The Autumnal Moth in Fennoscandia

    Erkki Haukioja;Seppo Neuvonen;Sinikka Hanhimäki;Pekka Niemelä

  • What is the potential for replacing monocultures with mixed-species stands to enhance ecosystem services in boreal forests in Fennoscandia?

    Saija Huuskonen;Timo Domisch;Leena Finér;Jarkko Hantula

  • Long-term inducible resistance in birch foliage: triggering cues and efficacy on a defoliator.

    Erkki Haukioja;Janne Suomela;Seppo Neuvonen

  • The relationship between size and reproductive potential in male and female Epirrita autumnata (Lep., Geometridae)

    Erkki Haukioja;Seppo Neuvonen

  • Modelling topoclimatic patterns of egg mortality of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with a Geographical Information System: predictions for current climate and warmer climate scenarios

    Tarmo Virtanen;Tarmo Virtanen;Seppo Neuvonen;Ari Nikula

  • Performance of moth larvae on birch in relation to altitude, climate, host quality and parasitoids

    Tarmo Virtanen;Seppo Neuvonen

  • High local species richness of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae and Rhyssinae) from the lowland rainforests of Peruvian Amazonia

    Ilari E. Sääksjärvi;Samuli Haataja;Seppo Neuvonen;Ian D. Gauld

  • Effects of cumulative defoliations on growth, reproduction, and insect resistance in mountain birch

    Pekka Kaitaniemi;Seppo Neuvonen;Tuija Nyyssönen

  • Growth and Reproduction of Dwarf Shrubs in a Subarctic Plant Community: Annual Variation and Above-Ground Interactions with Neighbours

    A. Shevtsova;A. Ojala;S. Neuvonen;M. Vieno

  • Abiotic factors, climatic variability and forest insect pests

    Seppo Neuvonen;Tarmo Antero Virtanen

  • Insect population dynamics and induction of plant resistance: the testing of hypotheses.

    Erkki Haukioja;Seppo Neuvonen

  • Delayed Inducible Resistance in Mountain Birch in Response to Fertilization and Shade

    K. Ruohomaki;F. S. Chapin;E. Haukioja;S. Neuvonen

  • Prolonged, simulated acid rain and heavy metal deposition: separated and combined effects on forest soil microbial community structure

    Taina Pennanen;Jonna Perkiömäki;Oili Kiikkilä;Pekka Vanhala

  • Species richness of Macrolepidoptera on Finnish deciduous trees and shrubs

    Seppo Neuvonen;Pekka Niemelä

  • Simulated acid rain affects birch leaf endophyte populations.

    M. Helander;S. Neuvonen;Thomas Niklaus Sieber;O. Petrini

  • Foraging activity and dietary spectrum of wood ants (Formica rufa group) and their role in nutrient fluxes in boreal forests

    Timo Domisch;Leena Finér;Seppo Neuvonen;Pekka Niemelä

  • ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI IN SCOTS PINE NEEDLES : SPATIAL VARIATION AND CONSEQUENCES OF SIMULATED ACID RAIN

    M. L. Helander;T. N. Sieber;O. Petrini;S. Neuvonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Erkki Haukioja
Erkki Haukioja University of Turku
Kari Saikkonen
Kari Saikkonen University of Turku
Marjo Helander
Marjo Helander University of Turku
Kai Ruohomäki
Kai Ruohomäki University of Turku
Pekka Niemelä
Pekka Niemelä University of Turku
Hannu Fritze
Hannu Fritze Natural Resources Institute Finland
Orlando Petrini
Orlando Petrini University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Sanford D. Eigenbrode
Sanford D. Eigenbrode University of Idaho
Taina Pennanen
Taina Pennanen Finnish Forest Research Institute

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