Frank Berninger
Professor
Professor in Plant Ecology
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
frank.berninger@uef.fi | +358 50 596 8481
I am a versatile plant ecologist with a love for fieldwork and mathematical methods. My current interest is on the long term effects of disturbances on forests and the interactions of plants, roots and inland waters as well as on large scale variations ecological processes (using big data). In addition, I have an interest in biochar as a tool to improve the environment.
Research groups
Publications
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Determinants of tree planting and retention behaviour of homeowners in built-up urban areas of Ghana
Danquah, Jones Abrefa; Pappinen, Ari; Berninger, Frank. 2023. Trees, forests and people. 13: . 100410 -
Immediate and carry‐over effects of late‐spring frost and growing season drought on forest gross primary productivity capacity in the Northern Hemisphere
Chen, Liang; Keski‐Saari, Sarita; Kontunen‐Soppela, Sari; Zhu, Xudan; Zhou, Xuan; Hänninen, Heikki; Pumpanen, Jukka; Mola‐Yudego, Blas; Wu, Di; Berninger, Frank. 2023. Global change biology. 29: 3924-3940 -
Partitioning of respired CO2 in newly sprouted Moso bamboo culms
Ye, Chongyu; Zeng, Qiangfa; Hu, Keda; Fang, Dongming; Hölscher, Dirk; Du, Huaqiang; Shi, Yongjun; Zhou, Yufeng; Berninger, Frank; Mei, Tingting; Zhou, Guomo. 2023. Frontiers in plant science. 14: . 1154232 -
Climate warming leads to advanced fruit development period of temperate woody species but divergent changes in its length
Ma, Qianqian; Hänninen, Heikki; Berninger, Frank; Li, Xiaobo; Huang, Jian‐Guo. 2022. Global change biology. 28: 6021-6032 -
Intensive forest harvest increases N2O emission from soil: A meta-analysis
Zhang, Hui; Tang, Caixian; Berninger, Frank; Bai, Shangbin; Wang, Hongquan; Wang, Yixiang. 2022. Soil biology and biochemistry. 172: -
Microbial biodiversity contributes to soil carbon release: A case study on fire disturbed boreal forests
Zhou, Xuan; Sun, Hui; Heinonsalo, Jussi; Pumpanen, Jukka; Berninger, Frank. 2022. Fems microbiology ecology. 98: fiac074 -
Old timber plantations and secondary forests attain levels of plant diversity and structure similar to primary forests in the West African humid tropics
Brown, Hugh C. Adokwei; Appiah, Mark; Berninger, Frank A.. 2022. Forest ecology and management. 518: -
Response of soil bacterial community to biochar application in a boreal pine forest
Ge, Yan; Li, Xiao-li; Palviainen, Marjo; Zhou, Xuan; Heinonsalo, Jussi; Berninger, Frank; Pumpanen, Jukka; Köster, Kajar; Sun, Hui. 2022. Journal of forestry research. [Published online: 08 July 2022]: 1-11 -
The effects of glucose addition and water table manipulation on peat quality of drained peatland forests with different management practices
Aaltonen, Heidi; Zhu, Xudan; Khatun, Rikta; Laurén, Annamari; Palviainen, Marjo; Könönen, Mari; Peltomaa, Elina; Berninger, Frank; Köster, Kajar; Ojala, Anne; Pumpanen, Jukka. 2022. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 86: 1625-1638 -
The impact of biochar on wood-inhabiting bacterial community and its function in a boreal pine forest
Qu, Zhao-lei; Li, Xiao-li; Ge, Yan; Palviainen, Marjo; Zhou, Xuan; Heinonsalo, Jussi; Berninger, Frank; Pumpanen, Jukka; Köster, Kajar; Sun, Hui. 2022. Environmental microbiome. 17: . 45