Risto Virtanen

Research environment: freshwaters (including wetlands), forest, grassland, mountain/fell, tundra, urban

Taxonomic group of interest: bryophytes, lichens, vascular plants

Field of research: biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, community ecology, ecosystem and species monitoring, functional ecology and food webs

Land use under investigation: drainage, forestry, urbanisation

Anthropogenic impact under investigation: climate change, habitat modifications, pollution (including from light and noise)