Elisa Männistö
Postdoctoral Researcher
Early stage researcher
School of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
elisa.mannisto@uef.fi
All living things are adapting to the constantly changing world, and I as a biologist am interested in understanding how. Currently, I am intrigued by ecology of peatland ecosystems that are tightly linked to the ongoing climate change. In my PhD project, I study the spatial and temporal variation of methane and biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) emissions in boreal peatland ecosystems. These gases have an important role in climate regulation, as methane is a potent climate warming greenhouse gas and BVOCs can have both climate warming and cooling effects. The objects of my research are
- to uncover the links between both methane and BVOC emissions and peatland vegetation (variation in space).
- to study the variation in methane and BVOC fluxes over growing season and between different years (variation in time).
- to quantify how decreasing water level changes the BVOC emissions from the Sphagnum mosses, in a greenhouse experiment.
Research groups
Publications
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A deepened water table increases the vulnerability of peat mosses to periodic drought
Kokkonen, Nicola; Laine, Anna M.; Korrensalo, Aino; Nijp, Jelmer; Limpens, Juul; Mehtätalo, Lauri; Männistö, Elisa; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2024. Journal of ecology. [Epub ahead of print 1 Apr 2024]: 1-15 -
Emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds from adjacent boreal fen and bog as impacted by vegetation composition
Männistö, Elisa; Ylänne, Henni; Losoi, Mari; Keinänen, Markku; Yli-Pirilä, Pasi; Korrensalo, Aino; Bäck, Jaana; Hellén, Heidi; Virtanen, Annele; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2022. Science of the total environment. 2023; 858: -
Emissions of methane and other biogenic volatile organic compounds from boreal peatlands
Männistö, Elisa. 2022. Dissertationes forestales -
Two Mechanisms Drive Changes in Boreal Peatland Photosynthesis Following Long-Term Water Level Drawdown: Species Turnover and Altered Photosynthetic Capacity
Kokkonen, Nicola; Laine, Anna M.; Männistö, Elisa; Mehtätalo, Lauri; Korrensalo, Aino; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2022. Ecosystems. 25: 1601-1618 -
Multi-year methane ebullition measurements from water and bare peat surfaces of a patterned boreal bog
Männistö, Elisa; Korrensalo, Aino; Alekseychik, Pavel; Mammarella; Ivan; Peltola, Olli; Vesala, Timo: Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2019. Biogeosciences. 16: 2409-2421 -
Small spatial variability in methane emission measured from a wet patterned boreal bog
Korrensalo, Aino; Männistö, Elisa; Alekseychik, Pavel; Mammarella, Ivan; Rinne, Janne; Vesala, Timo; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2018. BIOGEOSCIENCES. 15: 1749-1761 -
A field study with geometrid moths to test the coevolution hypothesis of red autumn colours in deciduous trees
Männistö Elisa, Holopainen Jarmo K, Häikiö Elina, Klemola Timo. 2017. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata. 165: 29-37