Publications

Some possibly relevant publications

Komonen A., Torniainen J., Andersson T., Cederberg T., Inkinen J., Lämsä J., Paukkunen J., Saarinen K., Salmela J., Sorvari J., Tuominen E.-P., Várkonyi G. & Vuorenmaa S. 2025: Nationwide survey of social wasps (Vespinae) in Finland. Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 101: 1-7. 

Komonen A., Sorvari J. & Torniainen J. 2025: Population dynamics of the social wasps, Vespula vulgaris and Dolichovespula media (Vespidae), in Finland.  Annales Zoologici Fennici 62: 1-11

Komonen A., Junninen K., Kotiaho J. & Elo M. 2024: Forest restoration benefits common and rare wood-decomposing fungi with a delay. Forest Ecology and Management 572: 122342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122342

Komonen A. & Sorvari J. 2023: Yhteiskunta-ampiaisista Suomessa. Luonnon Tutkija 126: 15-23.

Komonen A. 2023: Nest characteristics and associates of Dolichovespula (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Central Finland. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 45-55.

Santaoja M., Torniainen J. & Komonen A. 2023: Developing response-ability in human-wasp encounters. Trace: Journal for human-animal studies 9: 120-146.

Komonen A. 2022: Biology of the parasitic wasp nest beetle, Metoecus paradoxus (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), in Finland. Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica 98: 80-86. https://journal.fi/msff/article/view/122940 

Komonen A., Torniainen J. & Kiljunen M. 2022: Stable isotopes in monitoring terrestrial arthropods. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.969595

Komonen A., Järvinen E. & Lindell K. 2022: All-day activity of a Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) colony in Central Finland. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 69: 1-7.

Komonen A. & Torniainen J. 2022: All-day activity of Dolichovespula saxonica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) colonies in Central Finland. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 89: 157-170. doi: 10.3897/jhr.89.79306

Purhonen J., Abrego N., Komonen A., Huhtinen S., Kotiranta, H., Læssøe T. & Halme P. 2021: Wood-inhabiting fungal responses to forest naturalness vary among morpho-groups. Scientific Reports 11, 14585, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93900-7.

Oldén A., Pitkämäki T., Halme P., Komonen A. & Raatikainen K.J. 2021: Road verges provide alternative habitats for some, but not all, meadow plants. Applied Vegetation Science 24(3): e12594,  doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12594.

Torniainen J. & Komonen A. 2021: Different trophic positions among social vespid species revealed by stable isotopes. Royal Open Science doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210472.

Komonen A. & Kotiaho J.S. 2021: Verifying the predicting the risk of extinction from ecological characteristics. Conservation Science and Practice doi.org/10.1111/csp2.446.

Nirhamo A., Pykälä J., Halme P. & Komonen A. 2021: Lichen communities on Populus tremula are affected by the density of Picea abies. Applied Vegetation Science doi/10.1111/avsc.12584.

Komonen A., Puumala I., Várkonyi G. & Penttilä R. 2021: Wood-decaying fungi in old growth boreal forest fragments: extinctions and colonizations over 20 years. Silva Fennica 55(1): article id 10491.

Elo M., Ketola T. & Komonen A. 2020: Species co-occurrence networks of ground beetles in managed grasslands. Community Ecology, doi.org/10.1007/s42974-020-00034-3. 

Purhonen J., Ovaskainen O., Halme P., Komonen A., Huhtinen S., Kotiranta, H., Læssøe T. & Abrego N. 2020: Morphological traits predict host-tree specialization in wood-inhabiting fungal communities. Fungal Ecology  46: 100863.

Komonen A., Paananen E., Elo M. & Valkonen S. 2020: Browsing hinders the regeneration of broadleaved trees in uneven-aged forest management in southern Finland. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 35: 134-138.

Komonen A., Nirhamo A. & Torniainen J. 2020: Social wasps (Vespinae) in urban gardens and woods. Annales Zoologici Fennici 57: 41-46.

Komonen A., Tuominen L., Purhonen J. & Halme P. 2020: Landscape structure influences browsing on a keystone tree species in conservation areas. Forest Ecology and Management 457: 117724.

Reunanen P. & Komonen A. 2019. Ympäristö asettaa kestävyyden rajat. Kanava 47(7), s. 6-11.

Halme P., Purhonen J., Marjakangas E-L., Komonen A., Juutilainen K. & Abrego N. 2019: Dead wood profile of a semi-natural boreal forest - implications for sampling. Silva Fennica 53(4): article id 10010.

Komonen A., Halme P. & Kotiaho J. 2019: Alarmist by bad design: Strongly popularized unsubstantiated claims undermine credibility of conservation science. Rethinking Ecology 4: 17-19.

Komonen A., Kokkonen M., Araujo L., Halme P. & Lopes-Andrade C. 2018: Polypore communities and their substrate characteristics in Atlantic forest fragments in Southeast Brazil. Tropical Conservation Science 11 (May): 1-12.

Komonen A. & Müller J. 2018: Dispersal ecology of deadwood organisms and connectivity conservation. Conservation Biology 32: 535-545.

Komonen A. & Elo M. 2017: Ecological response hides behind the species abundance distribution: community response to low-intensity disturbance in managed grasslands. Ecology & Evolution 7(20): 8558-8566.

Komonen A. & Kataja-aho S. 2017: Springtails (Collembola) in meadows, pastures and road verges in Central Finland. Entomologica Fennica 28: 157-163.

Oldén A., Komonen A., Tervonen K. & Halme P. 2017: Grazing and abandonment determine different tree dynamics in wood-pastures. Ambio 46: 227-236.

Jonsell M., Gonzales Alonso C., Forshage M., van Achterberg C. & Komonen A. 2016: Structure of insect community in the fungus Inonotus radiatus in riparian boreal forests. Journal of Natural History 50: 1613-1631.

Komonen A., Sundström L.M., Wall A. & Halme P. 2016: Afforested fields benefit nutrient-demanding fungi. Restoration Ecology 24: 53-60.

Araujo LS., Komonen A. & Lopes-Andrade C. 2015: Influences of landscape structure on diversity of beetles associated with bracket fungi in Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Biological Conservation 191: 659-666.  

Komonen A., Övermark E., Hytönen J. & Halme P. 2015: Tree species influences diversity of ground-dwelling insects in afforested fields. Forest Ecology and Management 349: 12-19.

Komonen A., Kuntsi S., Toivanen T. & Kotiaho J.S. 2014: Fast but ephemeral effects of ecological restoration on forest beetle community. Biodiversity and Conservation 23(6): 1485-1507.

Komonen A., Halme P., Jäntti M., Koskela T., Kotiaho J.S. & Toivanen T. 2014: Created substrates do not fully mimic natural substrates in restoration: the occurrence of polypores on spruce logs. Silva Fennica 48(1): article id 980.

Taft, H., Roff, D., Komonen, A. & Kotiaho, J.S. 2014: A Comparison of Three Statistical Methods for Analyzing Extinction Threat Status. Environmental Conservation 41: 37-44.

Halme, P., Allen, K.A., Auniņš, A., et al. 2013: Challenges of ecological restoration: Lessons from forests of northern Europe. Biological Conservation 167: 248-256.

Komonen, A., Toivanen, T. & Punttila, P. 2013: Soiden ennallistamiseen liittyvät hyönteistuhoriskit. Teoksessa: Aapala, K., Similä, M. & Penttinen, J. (toim.), Ojitettujen soiden ennallistamisopas. Metsähallituksen luonnonsuojelujulkaisuja. Sarja B. 188. Metsähallitus. Vantaa. s. 135-137. 301 s.

Komonen, A., Lensu, T. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2013: Optimal timing of the power line rights-of-ways management for butterfly conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity 522-529.

Komonen, A., Henttonen, H., Huitu, O. & Nissinen, K. 2013: Curvilinear interspecific density-range size relationship in small mammals in Finland. Journal of Biogeography 40: 1194-1201.

Halme, P., Komonen, A. & Huitu, O. 2012: Solutions to replace quantity with quality in science. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27(11): 586.

Komonen, A., Götmark, F., Mutanen, M. Nordén, B. & Sääksjärvi, I. E. 2012: Insects associated with fruit bodies of the wood-decaying fungus Oak mazegill (Daedalea quercina) in mixed oak forests in southern Sweden. Entomologisk Tidskrift 133: 173-181.

Mattila, N., Kaitala, V., Komonen, A., Päivinen, J. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2011: Ecological correlates of distribution change and range shift in butterflies. Insect Conservation and Diversity 4: 239-246.

Komonen, A., Päivinen, J. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2011: Varying definitions of abundance and incomplete assemblages challenge the generality of the interspecific abundance-distribution relationships. Annales Zoologici Fennici 48: 161-166.

Lensu, T., Komonen, A., Hiltula, O., Päivinen, J., Saari, V. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2011: The role of power line rights-of-way as an alternative habitat for declined mire butterflies. Journal of Environmental Management 92: 2539-2546.

Tikkamäki, T. & Komonen, A. 2011: Estimating population size of two saproxylic beetles: a mark-recapture approach. Journal of Insect Conservation 15: 401-408.

Komonen, A. & Kouki, J. 2011: Do woodland key habitats really support the functionality of reserve networks? Biological Conservation 144: 667.

Junninen, K. & Komonen, A. 2011: Conservation ecology of boreal polypores: a review. Biological Conservation 144: 11-20.

Komonen, A., Schroeder, L. M. & Weslien J. 2011: Ips typographus population development after a severe storm in a nature reserve in southern Sweden. Journal of Applied Entomology 135: 132-141.

Komonen, A. & Alajoki, H. 2011: Kirjanpainajatuhot luonnonhoidon jälkeen Iitin Saviojalla. Metsätieteen aikakauskirja 4/2001: 257-264.

Komonen, A., Toivanen, T. & Punttila, P. 2011: Ennallistamiseen, metsäpaloihin ja tuulenkaatoihin liittyvät hyönteistuhoriskit. Teoksessa: Similä, M. & Junninen, K. (toim.), Metsien ennallistamisen ja luonnonhoidon opas. Metsähallituksen luonnonsuojelujulkaisuja. Sarja B. s. 67-70.

Komonen, A. 2009: Forest characteristics and their variation along the lakeshore-upland ecotone. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 24: 515-526.

Kotiaho, J. S., Komonen, A. & Päivinen, J. 2009: On the obvious positive interspecific relationship between abundance and distribution: a reply to Blackburn and Gaston. Biology Letters 5: 779-780.

Komonen, A., Päivinen, J. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2009: Missing the rarest: is the positive interspecific abundance-distribution relationship a truly general macroecological pattern? Biology Letters 5: 492-494.

Hokkanen, P., Kouki, J. & Komonen, A. 2009: Nestedness, SLOSS and conservation network of boreal herb-rich forests. Applied Vegetation Science 12: 295-303. 

Mattila, N., Kotiaho, J. S., Kaitala, V., Komonen, A. & Päivinen, J. 2009: Interactions between ecological traits and host plant type explain distribution change in noctuid moths. Conservation Biology 23(3): 703-709.

Komonen, A., Laatikainen, A., Similä, M. & Martikainen, P. 2009: Ytimennävertäjien kasvainsyönti trombin kaataman suojelumännikön ympäristössä Höytiäisen saaressa Pohjois-Karjalassa. Metsätieteen aikakauskirja 2/2009: 127-134.

Kallio, T. & Komonen, A. 2009: Ympäristötukikohteiden ekologinen laatu: metsälakikohteiden ja muiden arvokkaiden elinympäristöjen lahopuuston vertailu Pohjois-Karjalassa. Metsätieteen aikakauskirja 1/2009: 21-34.

Komonen, A., Jonsell, M. & Ranius, T. 2008: Red-listing saproxylic beetles in Fennoscandia: current stage and future perspectives. Endangered Species Research 6: 149-154.

Komonen, A., Niemi, M. E. & Junninen, K. 2008: Lakeside riparian forests support diversity of wood fungi in managed boreal forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 2650-2659.

Mattila, N., Kotiaho, J. S., Kaitala, V. & Komonen, A. 2008. The use of ecological traits in extinction risk assessments: a case study on geometrid moths. Biological Conservation 141: 2322-2328.

Hedin, J., Isacsson, G., Jonsell, M. & Komonen, A. 2008: Forest fuel piles as ecological traps for saproxylic beetles in oak. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 23: 348-357.

Komonen, A. & Kouki, J. 2008: Do restoration fellings in protected forests increase the risk of bark beetle damages in adjacent forests? A case study from Fennoscandian boreal forest. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 3736-3743.

Rita, H. & Komonen, A. 2008: Odds ratio: an ecologically sound tool to compare proportions. Annales Zoologici Fennici 45: 66-72.

Komonen, A., Tikkamäki, T., Mattila, N. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2008: Patch size and connectivity influence the population turnover of the threatened chequered blue butterfly (Scolitantides orion, Lycaenidae) in eastern Finland. European Journal of Entomology 105: 131-136.

Komonen, A. 2008: Colonization experiment of fungivorous beetles (Ciidae) in a lake-island system. Entomologisk Tidskrift 129(3): 141-145.

Komonen, A., Rinne, V. & Söderman, G. & Rintala, T. 2008: Harjujen paahdealueiden kaskas- ja ludelajisto Pohjois-Karjalassa. Salhbergia 14: 1-12.

Komonen, A. 2007: Are we conserving peripheral populations? An analysis of range structure of longhorn beetles in Finland. Journal of Insect Conservation 11(3): 281-285.

Komonen, A. 2006: Local spatial pattern of two specialist beetle species (Ciidae) in the fruiting bodies of Fomitopsis pinicola. Écoscience 13(3): 372-377.

Mattila, N., Kaitala, V., Komonen, A., Kotiaho, J. S. & Päivinen, J. 2006: Ecological determinants of distribution decline and risk of extinction in moths. Conservation Biology 20: 1161-1168.

Mannerkoski, I. & Komonen, A. 2006: Metsälajiston uhanalaisuuden arviointi – nykytila ja kehittämistarpeet. Kirjassa: Jalonen, Riina, Ilkka Hanski, Timo Kuuluvainen, Eero Nikinmaa, Kaisa Raitio, Olli Tahvonen, Paavo Pelkonen & Pasi Puttonen. Uusi metsäkirja. Helsinki: Gaudeamus. s. 182-187.

Komonen, A. & Kouki, J. 2005: Occurrence and abundance of fungus-dwelling beetles (Ciidae) in boreal forests and clearcuts: habitat associations at two spatial scales. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 28(2): 137-147.

Komonen, A. 2005: Local spatial pattern in the occurrence of two congeneric wood-decaying fungi in an old-growth boreal forest. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 20: 393-399.

Päivinen, J., Grapputo, A., Kaitala, V., Komonen, A., Kotiaho, J. S., Saarinen, K. & Wahlberg, N. 2005: Negative density–distribution relationship in butterflies. BMC Biology 3:5.

Kotiaho, J. S., Kaitala, V., Komonen, A. & Päivinen, J. 2005: Predicting the risk of extinction from shared ecological characteristics. PNAS 102: 1963-1967.

Komonen, A., Jonsell, M., Økland, B., Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. & Thunes, K. 2004: Insect assemblage associated with the polypore Fomitopsis pinicola: a comparison across Fennoscandia. Entomologica Fennica 15: 102-112.

Komonen, A., Grapputo, A., Kaitala, V., Kotiaho, J. S. & Päivinen, J. 2004: The role of niche breadth, resource availability and range position on the life history of butterflies. Oikos 105: 41-54.

Komonen, A., Ikävalko, J. & Wang, W. 2003: Diversity patterns of fungivorous insects: comparison between glaciated vs. refugial boreal forests. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1873-1881.

Komonen, A. 2003: Distribution and abundance of insect fungivores in the fruiting bodies of Fomitopsis pinicola. Annales Zoologici Fennici 40: 495-504.

Komonen, A. 2003: Hotspots of insect diversity in boreal forests. Conservation Biology 17: 976-981.

Komonen, M., Komonen, A. & Otgonsuren A. 2003: Daurian pikas (Ochotona daurica) and grassland condition in eastern Mongolia. Journal of Zoology 259: 281-288.

Komonen, A. 2001: Structure of insect communities inhabiting two old-growth forest specialist bracket fungi. Ecological Entomology 26: 63-75.

Komonen, A., Siitonen, J. & Mutanen, M. 2001: Insects inhabiting two old-growth forest polypores. Entomologica Fennica 12: 4-14.

Vilkamaa, P. & Komonen, A. 2001: Redescription and biology of Baeosciara sinuata (Menzel & Mohrig) and classification of Baeosciara Tuomikoski (Diptera: Sciaridae). Entomologica Fennica 12: 46-49.

Komonen, A., Penttilä, R., Lindgren, M. & Hanski, I. 2000: Forest fragmentation truncates a food chain based on an old-growth forest bracket fungus. Oikos 90: 119-126.