Helena Wirta

University of Helsinki — Finland

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(29), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(20), Insect and Pesticide Research(10), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies(7), Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography(6)

Publications51 total

Balancing grazing and biodiversity: Arthropod responses to modern cattle farming practices
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Opportunistic partner choice among arctic plants and root‐associated fungi is driven by environmental conditions
Ecological Monographs·2025Open Access
Harmonising digitised herbarium data to enhance biodiversity knowledge: Major steps towards an updated checklist for the flora of Greenland
Plants People Planet·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
The Latitudinal Biotic Interaction Hypothesis revisited: contrasting latitudinal richness gradients in actively vs. passively accumulated interaction partners of honey bees
BMC Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
DNA in honey could describe the changes in flower visits and microbe encounters of honey bees over decades
Scientific Reports·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Balancing Grazing and Biodiversity: Arthropod Responses to Modern Cattle Farming Practices
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Harmonising digitised herbarium data to enhance biodiversity knowledge: creating an updated checklist for the flora of Greenland
2024Open Access
Increasing variability in resource supply over time disrupts plant–pollinator interactions
Ecological Monographs·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation
Communications Earth & Environment·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Opportunistic partner choice among arctic plants and root-associated fungi is driven by environmental conditions
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Distinct Communities and Differing Dispersal Routes in Bacteria and Fungi of Honey Bees, Honey, and Flowers
Microbial Ecology·2024· 16 citedOpen Access
Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles
Oikos·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
The role of seasonality in shaping the interactions of honeybees with other taxa
Ecology and Evolution·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Honeybees’ foraging choices for nectar and pollen revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Scientific Reports·2023· 48 citedOpen Access
Ecological signals of arctic plant-microbe associations are consistent across eDNA and vegetation surveys
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Consistent imprints of elevation, soil temperature and moisture on plant and arthropod communities across two subarctic landscapes
Insect Conservation and Diversity·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Trans-generational immune priming against American Foulbrood does not affect the performance of honeybee colonies
Frontiers in Veterinary Science·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Data for manuscript Trans-generational immune priming against American Foulbrood does not affect the performance of honeybee colonies
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Data for manuscript Trans-generational immune priming against American Foulbrood does not affect the performance of honeybee colonies
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Morphological, Pathological and Genetic Diversity of the Colletotrichum Species, Pathogenic on Solanaceous Vegetable Crops in Bulgaria
Journal of Fungi·2022· 14 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Tomas Roslin(28), Niels Martin Schmidt(13), Eero J. Vesterinen(10), Katrine Raundrup(8), Mikko Tiusanen(8), Riikka Kaartinen(7), Alyssa R. Cirtwill(7), Gergely Várkonyi(6), Ilkka Hanski(6), Claus Rasmussen(5), Otso Ovaskainen(5), Paul Henning Krogh(5), Bastien Parisy(5), Peter A. Hambäck(4), Panu Somervuo(4), Peter Gjelstrup(4), Bess Hardwick(4), Paul D. N. Hebert(3), Elisabeth Weingartner(3), Douglas W. Yu(3)