PUBLICATION LIST (for access to papers published less than a year ago, please e-mail to lauoks@utu.fi, for older papers, follow the links)

A. Papers published in referee-treated journals

 

80. Aunapuu, M., Oksanen, L.,  Oksanen, T., and Korpimäki, E. 2009. Intraguild predation and interspecific coexistence between predatory endotherms. – Evolutionary Ecology Research, in press.

79. Dahlgren, J. Oksanen, L., Olofsson, J., and Oksanen, T. 2009. Plant defenses at no cost? The recovery of tundra scrubland following heavy grazing by gray-sided voles (Myodes rufocanus). – Evolutionary Ecology Research. 11: 1205–1216.

78. Dahlgren, J. Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Olofsson, J., Hambäck, P. A. and Lindgren, Å. 2009. Plant defenses to no avail? Responses of plants with varying edibility to food web manipulations in a low arctic scrubland. – Evolutionary Ecology Research 11: 1189–1203.

77. Olofsson, J., Oksanen, L., Callaghan, T., Hulme, P.E., Oksanen, T., and Suominen, O. 2009. Herbivores inhibit climate driven shrub expansion on the tundra. – Global Change Biology 15: 2681–2693.

76. Oksanen, T., Oksanen, L., Dahlgren, J., Olofsson, J., and Kyrö, K. 2009 On the implications of currently available data on population fluctuations of arctic lemmings: reply to Gauthier et al. – Evolutionary Ecology Research 11: 1-3.  

75. Fey, K., Banks. P.B., Oksanen, L., and Korpimäki, E. 2009. Does removal of an alien predator from small islands in the Baltic Sea induce a trophic cascade?. – Ecography 32: 546-552.

74. Oksanen, T., Oksanen, L., Dahlgren, J. and Olofsson, J. 2008. Arctic lemmings, Lemmus spp. and Dicrostonyx spp.: integrating ecological and evolutionary perspectives. – Evolutionary Ecology Research 10:  415-434.

73. Aunapuu, M., Dahlgren, J., Oksanen, T., Grellmann, D., Oksanen, L., Olofsson, J., Rammul, Ü, Schneider, M., Johansen, B., and Hygen, H. O. 2008. Spatial patterns and dynamic responses of arctic food webs corroborate the Exploitation Ecosystems Hypothesis (EEH). – American Naturalist, 171: 249-262.

72. Rammul, Ü, Oksanen, T., Oksanen. L., Lehtelä, J., Virtanen, R., Olofsson, J., Strengbom, J., Rammul., I and Ericson, L. 2007. Vole-vegetation interactions in an experimental, enemy free taiga floor system. - Oikos 116: 1501-1513.

71. Dahlgren, J., Oksanen, L., Sjödin, M. and Olofsson, J. 2007. Interactions between gray-sided voles (Clethrioniomys rufocanus) and bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), their main winter food plant. - Oecologia, 152: 525-532.

70. Virtanen, R., Oksanen, J., Oksanen, L. and Razzhivin, V. 2006. Broad-scale vegetation-environment relationships in Eurasian high-latitude areas. – Journal of Vegetation Science 17: 519-528

69. Bruun, H. H., Moen, J., Virtanen, R., Grytnes, J.-A., Oksanen, L., and Angerbjörn, A. 2006. Effects of altitude and topography on species richness of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in alpine communities. Journal of Vegetation Science 17: 37-46.

68. Oksanen, L., Sammul, M. and Grünthal, M. 2006. On the indices of plant-plant competition and their pitfalls. – Oikos 118: 149-155

67. Sammul, M, Oksanen, L., and Mägi, M. 2006. Regional effects of competition-productivity relationships: a set of field experiments in two distant regions. – Oikos 112: 138-148

66. Korpimäki, E.  Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Klemola, T. Norrdahl, K., Banks, P. B. 2005. Vole cycles and predation in temperate and boreal zones of Europe. - Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 1150-1159.

65. Olofsson, J., Hulme, P.E., Oksanen, L. and Suominen, O. 2005. Effects of mammalian herbivores on revegetation of disturbed areas in the forest-tundra ecotone in northern Fennoscandia. - Landscape Ecology 20: 351-359

64. Olofsson, J., and Oksanen, L. 2005. Effects of reindeer density on plant diversity in the Fennoscandian mountain chain. -  In R. E. Haugerud, ed. Proceedings of 11th Arctic Ungulate Congress, Saariselkä, Finland, 2003  (Rangifer 25): 5-18.

63. Ekerholm, P., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., and Schneider, M. 2004. The impact of short term predator removal on vole dynamics in a subarctic-alpine habitat complex.– Oikos 106:457-468. (NB: legend for Fig. 3 incorrect, for correct legend: click here)

62. Olofsson, J., Hulme, P.E., Suominen, O. and Oksanen, L.. 2004. Importance of large and small herbivores for the plant community structure in the forest-tundra ecotone. - Oikos 106: 324-334.

61. Hambäck, P. A.,  Oksanen, L., Ekerholm, P., Lindgren, Å, Oksanen, T. and Schneider, M. 2004. Predators indirectly protect tundra plants by reducing herbivore abundance. –Oikos 106:85-92.

60. Olofsson, J., Strark, S., and Oksanen, L. 2004. Reindeer influence ecosystem processes on the tundra. – Oikos 105: 386-396.

59. Oksanen, L. 2004. The devil lies in details: reply to Stuart Hurlbert. – Oikos 104: 598-605.

58. Korpimäki, E., Klemola, T. Norrdahl, K., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T. Banks, P.A. Batzli, G.O., and Henttonen, H. 2003. Vole cycles and predation. -  Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:494-495.

57.  Olofsson, J. and Oksanen, L. 2002. Role of litter decomposition for increased primary productivity in areas heavily grazed by reindeer: a litterbag experiment. – Oikos 96: 265-272.

56.  Olofsson, J., Moen, J. and Oksanen, L. 2002. Effects of herbivory on competition intensity and species diversity in two arctic-alpine tundra communities with different productivity. - Oikos 96:265-272

55. Ekerholm, P, L. Oksanen and T. Oksanen 2001. Long-term dynamics of voles and lemmings at the timberline and above the willow limit as a test of theories on trophic interactions. – Ecography 24: 555-568.

54. Oksanen, T. Oksanen, L., Schneider, M. and Aunapuu, M. 2001. Regulation, cycles and stability in northern carnivore-herbivore systems: back to first principles – Oikos 94: 101-117.

53. Oksanen, L. 2001. Logic of experiments in ecology: is ‘pseudoreplication’ a pseudoissue? – Oikos 94: 27-38.

52. Hanski, I., Henttonen, H., Korpimäki, E., Oksanen, L. and Turchin, P. 2001. Small rodent dynamics and predation. – Ecology 82:1505-1520

51. Olofsson, J., Kitti, H., Rautiainen, P. Stark, S., and Oksanen, L. 2001. Impact of summer grazing by reindeer on vegetation structure, productivity and nutrient cycling in the North Fennoscandian tundra. – Ecography 24:13-24.

50. Oksanen, T., Oksanen, L., Jedrzejewski, W. Jedrzejewska, B., Korpimäki, E., and Norrdahl, K. 2000. Predation and the dynamics of the bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus. In: L. Hansson and G. Bujalska, eds. Bank vole biology: recent advances in the population biology of a model species. (Polish Journal of Ecology 48 suppl.) pp 197-217.

49. Sammul, M., Kull, K., Oksanen, L., and Veromann, P. 2000. Competition intensity and its importance: results of field experiments with Anthoxanthum odoratum. - Oecologia 125: 18-25.

48. Sinclair, A.R.E., Krebs, C.J., Fryxell, J.M., Turkington, R., Boutin, S., Boonstra, R., Seccombe Hett, P., Lundberg, P., and Oksanen, L. 2000. Testing hypotheses on trophic level interactions: a boreal forest ecosystem. - Oikos 89: 313-328.

47.  Turchin, P., Oksanen, L., Ekerholm, P., Oksanen, T., and Henttonen, H. 2000. Lemmings: prey or predators. - Nature 405: 562-564.

46.  Oksanen, L., and Oksanen, T. 2000. The logic and realism of the hypothesis of exploitation ecosystems. - American Naturalist 155: 703-723 (for the 1981 EEH-paper; click here)

45. Virtanen, R., Oksanen, L. and Pöyhtäri, P. 1999. Topographic, latitudinal  and altitudinal patterns in oceanic heath vegetation in northernmost Norway. - Acta Botanica Fennica 167: 3-28.

44. Virtanen, R., Oksanen, L. and Razzhvin, V. 1999. Topographic and regional patterns in tundra heath vegetation from northern Fennoscandia to Taymyr Peninsula. - Acta Botanica Fennica 167: 29-83.

43. Olofsson, J., Moen, J. and Oksanen, L. 1999. On the balance between positive and negative plant interactions in harsh environments. -  Oikos 86: 539-543.

42. Moen, J. and Oksanen, L. 1998. Long-term exclusion of folivorous mammals in two arctic-alpine plant communities: a test of the hypothesis of exploitation ecosystems. - Oikos 82: 333-346.

41. Virtanen, R., Lundberg, P.A., Moen, J. and Oksanen, L. 1997. Topographic and altitudinal patterns in plant communities on European arctic islands.-  Polar .Biology 17:95-113.

40. Moen, J., Gardfjell, L., Ericson, L. and Oksanen, L. 1996. Shoot survival under intense grazing for two broad-leaved herbs with different defense systems. - Oikos 75:359-364.

39. Oksanen, T., Power, M.E. and Oksanen, L. 1995. Ideal free habitat selection and consumer-resource dynamics. - Amer. Natur. 146:565-583.

38. Oksanen, L. 1995. Structure and ecology of dry hemiarctic meadow vegetation in northernmost Fennoscandia. -  Acta  Bot. Fennica 153: 107-110.

37. Oksanen, L., Moen, J. and Helle, T. 1995. Timberline patterns in northermost Fennoscandia: the importance of climate and grazing. -  Acta  Bot. Fennica 153:93-105.

36. Oksanen, L. 1995. Isolated occurrences of spruce, Picea abies, in northernmost Fennoscandia in relation to the enigma of continental mountain birch forests. -  Acta  Bot. Fennica 153:81-92.

35. Oksanen, L. and Virtanen, R. 1995. Topographic, altitudinal and regional patterns in heath vegetation of northern Fennoscandian. -  Acta  Bot. Fennica 153:1-80.

34. Oksanen, L. and Lundberg, P. 1995. Optimization of reproductive effort and foraging time in mammals: the influence of resource level and predation risk. - Evolutionary Ecology 9:45-56.

33. Oksanen, L. and Moen, J. 1994. Predictability of plant responses to the exclusion of grazers in three Fennoscandian tundra habitats. - Ecoscience 1:31-39.

32. Diehl, S., Lundberg, P.A., Gardfjell, H., Oksanen, L. and Persson, L. 1993. Daphnia-phytoplankton interactions in lakes: is there a need for ratio-dependent consumer-resource models? - Amer. Natur. 142:1052-1061.

31. Moen, J., Gardfjell, H., Oksanen, L. and Ericson, L. 1993. Grazing by food-limited microtine rodents on a productive, experimental plant community: does the green desert exist? Oikos 68:401-413.

30. Moen, J., Lundberg, P. A., Ekerholm, P. and Oksanen, L. 1993. Lemming grazing on snowbed vegetation during a population peak, northern Norway. - Arctic Alpine Res. 25:130-135.

29.  Oksanen, L., Moen, J. and Lundberg, P. 1992. The time scale problem in exploiter-victim models: does the solution lie in ratio-dependent predation? - Amer. Natur. 140: 938-960.

28. Oksanen, T., Oksanen, L. and Fretwell, S.D. 1992. Habitat selection and predator-prey dynamics. - Trends Ecol. Evol. 7:313.

27. Oksanen, L. and Ranta, E. 1992. Plant strategies along vegetational gradients of the mountains of Iddonjárga: a  test of two theories. - J. Veget. Sci. 3:175-186.

26. Oksanen, T., Oksanen, L. and Gyllenberg, M. 1992. Exploitation ecosystems in heterogeneous habitat complexes II: The impact of small-scale heterogeneity on predator-prey dynamics. Evol. Ecology 6:383-398.

25. Oksanen, L. and Oksanen, T. 1992. Long-term microtine dynamics in North Fennoscandian tundra: the vole cycle and the lemming chaos. - Ecography 15:226-236.

24. Oksanen, T., Oksanen, L. and Nordberg, M. 1992. Habitat use of small mustelids in North Fennoscandian tundra: a test of the hypothesis of patchy exploitation ecosystems. - Ecography 15:237-244.

23. Oksanen, L. 1992. Evolution of exploitation ecosystems I. Predation, foraging ecology and population dynamics in herbivores. - Evol. Ecology 6:15-33.

22. Moen, J. and Oksanen, L. 1991. Ecosystem trends. Nature 353:510.

21.  Oksanen, L. 1991. A century of community ecology: how much progress? - Trends Ecol. Evol. 6:294-296.

20.  Oksanen, L. 1991. Trophic levels and trophic dynamics: a consensus emerging? - Trends Ecol. Evol. 6:58-60.

19.  Oksanen, L. 1990. Exploitation ecosystems in seasonal environments. - Oikos 57:14-24.

18.  Oksanen, L. and Oksanen, T. 1989. Natural grazing as a factor shaping out barren landscapes. - J. Arid Env. 17:219-233.

17. Oksanen, L. 1988. Ecosystem organization: mutualism and cybernetics or plain Darwinian struggle for existence. - Amer. Natur. 131.424-444.

16.  Oksanen, L. 1987. Interspecific competition and the structure of bird guilds in boreal Europe: the importance of doing fieldwork in the right season. - Trends Ecol. Evol. 2:376-379.

15. Oksanen, L. and Ericson, L. 1987. Concluding remarks: trophic exploitation and community structure. - Oikos 50:417-422.

14. Ericson, L. and Oksanen, L. 1987. The impact of controlled grazing by Clethrionomys rufocanus on experimental guilds of boreal forest floor herbs. - Oikos 50:403-416.

13. Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Lukkari, A. and Sirén, S. 1987. The role of phenol-based inducible defense in the    interaction between tundra populations of the vole Clethrionomys rufocanus and the dwarf shrub Vaccinium myrtillus - Oikos 50:371-380.

12. Oksanen, L. and Ericson, L. 1987. Dynamics of tundra and taiga populations of herbaceous plants in relation to the Tihomirov-Fretwell and Kalela-Tast hypotheses. - Oikos 50:381-388.

11.  Stenseth, N. C. and Oksanen, L. 1987. Small rodents with social and trophic interactions in a seasonally varying environment. - Oikos 50:319-326.

10. Oksanen, L. and Ericson, L. 1987. Preface: why should we  care about predation and parasitism? - Oikos 50:274-275

9. Oksanen, T. Oksanen, L., and Fretwell, S. D. 1985. Surplus killing in the hunting strategy of small predators. - Amer. Natur. 126:328-346.

8. Oksanen, L. 1983. Trophic exploitation and arctic phytomass patterns. - Amer. Natur. 122:45-52.

7.  Oksanen, L. and Oksanen, T. 1981. Lemmings (Lemmus lemmus)  and grey-sided voles (Clethrionomys rufocanus) in  interaction with their resources and predators on     Finnmarksvidda, northern Norway. - Rep. Kevo Subarctic Res. Stat.  17:7-31.

6.  Oksanen, L. 1980. Abundance relationships between  competitive and grazing-tolerant plants in productivity gradients of Fennoscandian mountains. - Ann. Bot. Fennici     17:410-429.

5. Oksanen, L., Fretwell, S.D., Arruda, J. and Niemelä, P. 1981. Exploitation ecosystems in gradients of primary productivity. - Amer. Natur. 118:240-261.

4.  Oksanen, L. 1981. All-female litters as a reproductive strategy: defense and generalization of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis. - Amer. Natur. 117:109-111.

3.  Oksanen, L. 1979. Interspecific aggression and the limiting similarity of close competitors: the problem of size gaps in some community arrays. - Amer. Natur. 114:117-129.

2.  Oksanen, L. 1978. Lichen grounds of Finnmarksvidda, northern Norway, in relation to summer and winter grazing by reindeer. - Rep. Kevo Subarctic Res. Stat. 14.64-71.

1.  Oksanen, L. 1976. On the use of Scandinavian type class system in coverage estimation. - Ann. Bot. Fennici 13:149-153.

 

 

 

B. Chapters in referee-treated international books

 

9. Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Dahlgren, J. Hambäck, P.A., Ekerholm,P.,  Lindgren, Å, and Olofsson, J. 2009. Islands as tests of the green world hypothesis. - In: J. Terborgh and J.A. Estes, eds. Trophic Cascades: Predators, Prey, and the Changing Dynamics of Nature Island Press, Washington DC.

8. Oksanen, L. and Olofsson, J. 2009 Vertebrate Herbivory and Its Ecosystem Consequences. - In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/ [DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003283]

7.  Oksanen, L. and Virtanen, R. 1997. Adaptation to disturbance as a part of the strategy of arctic and alpine plants: perspectives for management and restoration. - Pages 91-113 in R.M.M Crawford, ed. Disturbance and recovery in arctic lands. Kluwer Academic Publishers, den Haag.

6.  Oksanen, L., Aunapuu, M., Oksanen, T., Schneider, M., Ekerholm, P. Lundberg, P.A., Armulik, T., Aruoja, V., and Bondestad, L. 1997. Outlines of food webs in a low arctic tundra landscape in relation to three theories of trophic dynamics. pp. 351-373 in A.C. Gange and V.K. Brown, eds. Multitrophic interactions in terrestrial systems. Blackwell, Oxford.

5 .  Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Ekerholm, P., Moen, J., Lundberg, P., Schneider, M. and Aunapuu, M. 1996. Structure and dynamics of arctic-subarctic grazing webs in relation to primary productivity. - Pages 231-242 in: G.A. Polis and K.O. Winemiller, eds. Food webs: Integration of patterns and dynamics. Chapman & Hall, New York.

4.  Oksanen, L. 1993. Plant strategies and environmental stress: a dialectic approach. - pp. 311-331 in L. Stoddard, ed. Adaptations of plants to environmental stresses. James & James, London.

3.  Oksanen, L. 1990. Predation, herbivory and plant strategies along gradients of primary productivity. - pp. 445-473 in: D. Tilman and  J. Grace, eds. Perspectives on plant competition. Academic Press, New York.

2.  Oksanen, L. 1984. Grundlagen und quantitative Behandlung der Deckungsklassen der skandinavischen Skala bei Vegetationsanalysen. pp. 51-53 in Knapp, R., ed. Samplig methods and taxon analysis in vegetation science. Junk, den Haag.

1.  Johnson, M.P., Oksanen, L. and Finney, C. 1978. The use of beta attenuation to measure productivity, foliage height diversity, and vegetational heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie. - in Proc. 5th Midwest Prairie Conference, Ames, Iowa, Aug. 22-24 1976; pp. 74-77.

 

 

 

C. Chapters in popular journals and books

 

11. Riseth, J-Å and Oksanen, L. 2007. Resursøkonomiske og økologiske perspektiver på grenseoverskridende reindrift. in:  E. Niemi, I. Sommerseth & E. G. Broderstad, eds. Grenseoverskridende reindrift før og etter 1905. Skriftserie for samiske studier, Univ. Tromsø; pp.  143-163

10. Oksanen, L. and Riseth, J-Å 2005. Large Scale Grazing systems in the Nordic region: their history, characteristics and stability. Internet publications of the EU-project “LACOPE”

9. Oksanen, L. 2005. Umpisolmu Mallalla: ajatuksia ongelman taustasta ja ratkaisumahdollisuuksista.  METLA:n tiedonantoja 941: 296-313.

8. Oksanen, L. and Olofsson, J. 2005. Poron kesälaidunnuksen vaikutus harvinaisiin tunturikasveihin: kasviekologinen perspektiivi Mallan porottomuuden jatkumiseen. METLA:n tiedonantoja 941: 139-156.

7. Oksanen, L. 1998. Naturförhållanden och dynamik inom den fennoskandiska fjäll- och tundravärlden. - pp.  123-159 in: O. Olsson, M. Rolén & E. torp, eds. Hållbar utveckling och biologisk mångfald i fjällregionen. Forskningsrådsnämnden, Stockholm.

6.  Oksanen, L. 1992. Renproblematiken inom den svenska fjällvärlden i ekologiskt och historiskt perspektiv. - pp. 3-13  in L. Nyman &  O. Jennersten, eds. Konferens om renbetesproblematiken, Arr. Världsnaturfonden WWF Umeå 17. November 1992,

5.  Oksanen, L. and Haukioja, E. 1980. Tunturiseutu (The tundra/mountain region). in P. Havas, ed. Suomen Luonto, Part 1., pp. 265-307. Kirjayhtymä, Helsinki

4.  Oksanen, L. 1979. Ekosysteemitutkimuksen perusteista (Principles of ecosystem research). - Luonnon Tutkija 83:6-10.

3.  Helle, T. and Oksanen, L. 1978. Jäkälät uusiutuvana luonnonvarana (Lichens as renewable natural resources) - Acta Lapponiae Fenniae 10:89-95.

2.  Oksanen, L. 1977. Tunturiporonhoidon ekologiaa (On the ecology of reindeer husbandry in mountain/tundra areas). - Suomen Luonto 36:111-118.

1.  Oksanen, L. 1975. Pienten populaatioiden teoria ('Island biogeography') ja uhanalaisen lajiston suojelu (Island biogeography and protection of endangered species). - Molekyyli 6-7/'76:4-5 and 8/'76:4-5