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Publications (pdf upon request) Rönkä, A., Koivula, K., Ojanen, M., Pakanen, V-M., Pohjoismäki, M., Rannikko, K. & Rauhala, P. 2006. Increased nest predation in a declining and threatened Temminck’s stint (Calidris temminckii) population. Ibis 148: 55 – 65.
Rönkä, A., Kvist, L., Karvonen, J., Koivula, K., Pakanen, V.-M., Schamel, D. & Tracy, D. M. 2008. Population genetic structure in the Temminck’s stint Calidris temminckii, with an emphasis on Fennoscandian populations. Conservation Genetics 9: 29 – 37.
Koivula, K., Pakanen, V-M,. Rönkä, A. & Belda, E-J. 2008. Steep past and future population decline in an arctic wader: dynamics and viability of Baltic Temminck’s stints (Calidris temminckii). Journal of Avian Biology 39: 329 – 340.
Thorup, O., Timonen, S., Blomqvist, D., Flodin, L-Å., Jönsson, P.E., Larsson, M., Pakanen, V-M. & Soikkeli, M. 2009. Migration and wintering of Baltic Dunlins Calidris alpina schinzii with known breeding origin. Ardea 97: 43 – 50.
Pakanen, V-M., Rönkä, A., Belda, E-J., Luukkonen, A., Kvist, L. & Koivula, K. 2010. Impact of dispersal status on estimates of local population growth rates in a Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii) population. Oikos 119: 1493 – 1503.
Pakanen, V-M., Hildén, O., Rönkä, A., Belda, E-J., Luukkonen, A., Kvist, L. & Koivula, K. 2011. Breeding dispersal strategies following reproductive failure explain low apparent survival of immigrant Temminck's stints. Oikos 120: 615 – 622.
Pakanen, V-M., Luukkonen, A. & Koivula, K. 2011. Nest predation and trampling as management risks in grazed coastal meadows. Biodiversity and Conservation, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0075-3
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Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii) |
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Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) |
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Southern Dunlin (Calidris alpina schinzii) |
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Research interests and research environment I am interested in population biology and behavioural ecology, and particularly their application in conservation biology. I use ecological and genetical data to assess population viability and to evaluate management of endangered populations. My work includes analysis of long term life history datasets, e.g. capture-recapture data, population modelling (e.g. PVA) and analysis of microsatellite data (e.g. inbreeding and parentage). I’m also interested in variation among behavioural traits and their role in determining individual fitness and consequences for population dynamics, in particular variation in mating systems, dispersal behaviour and habitat selection.
My study systems are endangered wader (Temminck’s Stint, Southern Dunlin and Terek Sandpiper) and Little Tern populations breeding on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Results are used to support conservation by co-operating with environmental officers in charge of management and conservation. I also work in a capture – recapture study on the Great tit.
I’m currently doing my PhD-thesis in the University of Oulu. My research career started in 1998 with field work within the Temminck’s Stint work group led by Kari Koivula (my supervisor) and I have been working with them since. I completed my Master’s thesis on the viability of the Baltic Temminck’s Stint population and graduated in 2005 at Oulu. I started my PhD work in April 2006.
My studies have been supported by the Kone Foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Finnish Nature Conservation Foundation, Tauno Tönninki Foundation, Emil Aaltonen Foundation and the Academy of Finland.
Currently our research group includes also Laura Kvist (supervisor), Aappo Luukkonen (PhD-student), Robert Thomson (post-doc), Antti Rönkä, Nelli Rönkä (PhD-student), Eduardo J. Belda (supervisor) and Markku Orell (supervisor). Our research is part of a Thule Institute project.
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Address at work: Zoological Museum Department of Biology P.O.Box 3000 90014 University of Oulu Finland
Email: firstname.surname@oulu.fi |
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M. Sc. Veli-Matti Pakanen PhD - student, conservation biology |
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Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) |
