e-mail: lise.ruffino@utu.fi

Research Interests

* Biological invasions (model: Rattus spp.). Diet and foraging strategies - Habitat use and movements - Impact on native species

* Population dynamics (model: rodents). Spatio-temporal fluctuations of small mammal population dynamics

* Trophic cascades in the arctic-alpine ecosystem

* Food supplementation experiments and the use of meta-analysis tools

* Island functioning. Food web dynamics - Nutrient fluxes from sea to land - Stable isotope analyses

* Conservation of island biodiversity. Vertebrate pest management - Seabird biology and behaviour