Research

The research station promotes the mission of the University of Helsinki to produce research-based knowledge for the benefit of the whole world.

The station also plays an important role in the implementation of the . In addition, the research station promotes reaching the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations by fostering research impact; e.g. in climate change mitigation and adaptation, agricultural production, human health, water management and biodiversity. Capacity building and raising awareness in local communities and other stakeholders are also important activities of the station.

on the role of the research ecosystem of Taita Research Station in the local context was written by Adjunct Professor Mikko Rask in November 2018.

The Government of Kenya has on 11 March 2022 lifted all mandatory COVID19 restrictions.  All travellers are, however, requested to follow the updated and latest flight information of airlines before and during their visit to Kenya.

Taita Research Station does not provide research permits to students, researchers or other persons operating in the region. All foreign and Kenyan citizens planning to carry out research in the country must apply a research permit well in advance from (National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation) and, when involving wildlife, additionally from (Wildlife Research & Training Institute). Both applications must be submitted online. Please note that an affiliation letter from a Kenyan university or research institute are required for the research permit applications. Please note that Taita Research Station cannot provide affiliation letters. Depending on the type of research work planned, additional permits from other organizations such as KWS, KFS or NEMA may be required. The researchers and research teams should also reserve time to go through an ethical assessment of their research project (mandatory for research involving human subjects and use of laboratory animals) before the permit will be granted.

Obtaining research permits may take several months. The earlier one starts applying the permits, the better.

The following doctoral dissertations have utilized the facilities and services of the Taita Research Station

Adero, Nashon (2025). . Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany).

Rosti, Hanna (2023). 

Luotamo, Markku (2023).

Amara, Edward (2022).

Liu, Yang (2022).

Su, Peifeng (2022). 

Tang, Zhipeng (2022).

Toivonen, Mikko (2022).

Uusitalo, Ruut (2022).

Wachiye, Sheila (2022).

Tuure, Juuso (2021).

Abera, Temesgen (2020).

Räsänen, Matti (2020).

Stam, Åsa (2020).

Väisänen, Elina (2020).

Adhikari, Hari (2019).

Dickens, Odeny (2019). Modelling biodiversity and carbon storage along the inhabited slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and Taita Hills (Kenya). University of Nairobi, Department of Geospatial and Space Technology.

Ngowi, Benignus Valentine (2019). Department of Entomology, University of Nairobi.

Vesala, Risto (2019).

Achola, Sarah (2018). The decline and fall of the coffee sector in Kenya: a case study of Murang'a and Taita Hills. Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, France.

Hohenthal, Johanna (2018). .

Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, Jenny (2018). .

Nthuni, Samuel (2018). Identification of tree species using airborne hyperspectral remote sensing data – case study of Ngangao forest in Taita Hills, Kenya. School of Engineering, University of Nairobi.

Piiroinen, Rami (2018). .

Odanga, James Jeconia (2017). Department of Crop Protection, University of Nairobi.

Boitt, Mark (2016). Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Cropland Assessment and Modeling for Agro-ecological Zones: A Case Study of Taita Hills, Kenya. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

Njeru, Crispus Mugambi (2016). . Department of Plant Ecology, University of Nairobi.

Mwalusepo, Sizah (2015). . University of Dar es Salaam.

Thijs, Koen (2015). . KU Leuven.

Aben, Job (2014). . University of Antwerp.

Saarinen, Juha (2014). .

Steward, Peter Richard (2014). School of Biology, University of Leeds.

Callens, Tom (2012). . University of Ghent, Belgium.

Omoro, Loice (2012). .

Himberg, Nina (2011). .

Maeda, Eduardo (2011). .

Clark, Barnaby (2010). .

Siljander, Mika (2010). .

Gonsamo, Alemu (2009).

Soini, Eija (2006).

Ylhäisi, Jussi (2006).

Publications and other research outputs of the scientists and students affiliated with the University of Helsinki are available from the .

Below is a list of selected publications from research work that has utilized the facilities and services of the Taita Research Station:

Aalto, I.J., Maeda, E.E., Heiskanen, J., Aalto, E.K. & Pellikka, P.K.E. (2022). Strong influence of trees outside forest in regulating microclimate of intensively modified Afromontane landscapes. Biogeosciences 19, 4227–4247, 2022,

Aben, J., Pellikka, P. and J.M.J. Travis (2018). A call for viewshed ecology: Advancing our understanding of the ecology of information through viewshed analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9 (3), 624–633.

Abera, T, Pellikka, P., Johansson, T., Mwamodenyi, J., & Heiskanen, J. (2023). Towards tree-based systems disturbance monitoring of tropical mosaic landscape using a time series ensemble learning approach. Remote Sensing of Environment, 299, 113876.

Abera, T.A., Heiskanen, J., Maeda, E.E., Odongo, V., & Pellikka, P. (2023). Impacts of land cover and management change on top-of-canopy and below-canopy temperatures in Southeastern Kenya. Science of The Total Environment 874, 162560.

Abera, T.A., Heiskanen, J., Maeda, E.E., Hailu, B.T. & Pellikka, P.K.E. (2022). Improved detection of abrupt change in vegetation reveals dominant fractional woody cover decline in Eastern Africa. Remote Sensing of Environment 271, 112897.

Abera, T. A., Vuorinne, I., Munyao, M., Pellikka, P. K. E., & Heiskanen, J. (2022). Land Cover Map for Multifunctional Landscapes of Taita Taveta County, Kenya, Based on Sentinel-1 Radar, Sentinel-2 Optical, and Topoclimatic Data. Data 7(3), 36.

Abera, T.A., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P.K.E., Maeda, E.E. (2020). Impact of rainfall extremes on energy exchange and surface temperature anomalies across biomes in the Horn of Africa. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 280, 107779.

Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P., Adhikari, H., Maeda, E. (2020). Climatic impacts of bushland to cropland conversion in Eastern Africa. Science of the Total Environment 717, no. 137255, 137255

Abera, T.A., J. Heiskanen, P. Pellikka, M. Rautiainen & E.E. Maeda (2018). Clarifying the role of radiative mechanisms in the spatio-temporal changes of land surface temperature across the Horn of Africa. Remote Sensing of Environment 221: 210–224.

Abera, T.A., J. Heiskanen, P. Pellikka & E.E. Maeda (2018). Rainfall–vegetation interaction regulates temperature anomalies during extreme dry events in the Horn of Africa. Global and Planetary Change 167: 35–45.

Adhikari, H., Valbuena, R., Pellikka, P., Heiskanen, J. (2020). Mapping forest structural heterogeneity of tropical montane forest remnants from airborne laser scanning and Landsat time series. Ecological Indicators 108.

Amara, E., Adhikari, H., Mwamodenyi, J. M., Pellikka, P., Heiskanen, J. (2023). Contribution of Tree Size and Species on Aboveground Biomass across Land Cover Types in the Taita Hills, Southern Kenya. Forests 14(3), 642.

Amara, E., Adhikari, H., Heiskanen, J., Siljander, M., Munyao, M., Omondi, P., Pellikka, P. (2020). Aboveground Biomass Distribution in a Multi-Use Savannah Landscape in Southeastern Kenya: Impact of Land Use and Fences. Land 9(10), [384]

Andersson, M. and P. Minoia (2018). . In, Africa in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: A geographical perspective. Zulu, L. C. & D'Alessandro, C. (eds.). London: Routledge, s. 182–198.

Atashi, N., Tuure, J., Alakukku, L., Rahimi, D., Pellikka, P., Arbayani Zaidan, M., Vuollekoski, H., Räsänen, M., Kulmala, M., Vesala, T., Hussein, T. (2021). An Attempt to Utilize a Regional Dew Formation Model in Kenya. Water 13(9), 1261.

Autio, A., Johansson, T., Motaroki, L., Minoia, P., Pellikka, P. (2021). Constraints for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Southeast Kenya. Agricultural Systems 194.

Capitani, C., Garedew, W., Mitiku, A., Berecha, G., Hailu, B. T., Heiskanen, J., Hurskainen, P., Platts, P. J., Siljander, M., Pinard, F., Johansson, T. & R. Marchant (2018). Views from two mountains: exploring climate change impacts on traditional farming communities of Eastern Africa highlands through participatory scenarios. Sustainability Science, 1–13.

Cuni-Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M.J.P., Platts, P.J., Lewis, S.L., Marchant, R., Imani, G., Hubau, W., Abiem, I., Adhikari, H., Albrecht, T., (90 more) (2021). High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests. Nature 596(7873). 

Enroth, J., Pocs, T., He, X., Nyqvist, P., Stam, Å. C. S., Malombe, I., & Rikkinen, J. K. (2019). An annotated checklist of the bryophytes of Taita Hills region, Kenya. Acta Musei Silesiae. Scientiae Naturales, 68(1-2), 53–66.

Forbes, K. M., Webala, P. W., Jääskeläinen, A. J., Abdurahman, S., Ogola, J., Masika, M. M., ... Sironen, T. (2019). Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bat, Kenya. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(5), 955-957.

Gonsamo, A.G., J-M. Walter, J.M. Chen, P. Pellikka & P. Schleppi (2018). A robust leaf area index algorithm accounting for the expected errors in gap fraction observations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 248:197–204.

Heiskanen, J., Adhikari, H., Piiroinen, R., Packalen, P., & Pellikka, P. K. E. (2019). Do airborne laser scanning biomass prediction models benefit from Landsat time series, hyperspectral data or forest classification in tropical mosaic landscapes? International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 81, 176-185.

Hohenthal, J. M., Räsänen, M. and P. Minoia (2018). . Journal of Political Ecology 25 (1), 1–19.

Hurskainen, P. J., Adhikari, H. and H. Andreas (2018). . In, Hemp, C., Katrin, B-G., Fischer, M. & Andreas, H. (eds.). The KiLi Project: Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change: Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical process. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, p. 89–90.

Johansson, T. P., Heiskanen, J., Siljander, M., & Pellikka, P. K. E. (2019). Web map application to support spatial planning, decision-making and transition towards climate-smart landscapes in the Taita Hills, Kenya. In K. Koutsopoulos, R. de Miguel Gonzales, & K. Donert (Editors), Geospatial Challenges in the 21st Century (p. 173-187). Springer, Cham.

Johansson, T., Owidi, E., Ndonye, S., Achola, S., Garedew, W. and C. Capitani (2018). Community-based climate change adaptation action plans to support climate-resilient development in the Eastern African Highlands. In, Leal Filho, W. and D. Ayal (eds.). Handbook of Climate Change Resilience. Springer Nature.

Jendritzki, I., Tonnang, H. E. Z., Calatayud, P.-A., Borgemeister, C., Johansson, T., & Biber-Freudenberger, L., (2023).  Uncertainties in the effectiveness of biological control of stem borers under different climate change scenarios in Eastern Africa. Climatic Change 176, 56 (2023).

Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, J., M. Siljander, V. Heikinheimo, P. Pellikka & J. Soininen (2018). Tropical stream diatom communities – the importance of headwater streams for regional diversity. Ecological indicators 95:183–193.

Kaasalainen, U., Kirika, P. M., Mollel, N. P., Hemp, A., & Rikkinen, J. (2023). The Lichen Genus Sticta (Lobariaceae, Peltigerales) in East African Montane Ecosystems. Journal of Fungi, 9(2), 246. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 60, 57-64.  

Kaasalainen, U., Kirika, P. M., Mollel, N. P., Hemp, A., & Rikkinen, J. (2023). Two new species of Leptogium (Collemataceae) with transversely septate ascospores from East Africa.  

Kaasalainen, U.S., Tuovinen, V., Mwachala, G., Pellikka, P., Rikkinen, J.K. (2021). Complex interaction networks among cyanolichens of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 672333.

Kaasalainen, U.S., Hemp, A. and J.K. Rikkinen (2018). Lichen diversity on Mt. Kilimanjaro. In, Hemp, C., Böhning-Gaese, K., Fischer, M. & Hemp, A. (eds.). The KiLi Project: Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change: Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, p. 74–75.

Kaistinen, H., Kivikko, T., Marttunen, E., Potinkara, M., Muukkonen, P. & M. Siljander (2018). Taita Taveta geodatabase. In, Tyystjärvi, V. & Muukkonen, P. (eds.). Creating, managing, and analysing geospatial data and databases in geographical themes. Helsinki: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Geosciences and Geography, p. 58–80. (Department of Geosciences and Geography C; no. C14). Open access database developed by the MSc students of University of Helsinki

Kareinen, L., Airas, N., Kotka, S. T., Masika, M. M., Aaltonen, K., Anzala, O., Ogola, J., Webala, P. W., Vapalahti, O., Sironen, T. & Forbes, K. M. (2023). No Substantial Histopathologic Changes in Mops condylurus Bats Naturally Infected with Bombali Virus, Kenya. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(5), 1029-1032.

Liu, Y, Schallhart, S., Taipale, D., Tykka, T., Räsänen, M., Merbold, L., Hellén, H., Pellikka, P. (2021). Seasonal and diurnal variations in biogenic volatile organic compounds in highland and lowland ecosystems in southern Kenya. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21, 14761-14787.

Liu, Y., Schallhart, S., Tykkä, T., Räsänen, M., Merbold, L., Hellén, H., Pellikka, P. (2021). Biogenic volatile organic compounds in different ecosystems in southern Kenya. Atmospheric Environment 246, 118064.

Luo, Z., Heiskanen, J., Wang, X., Zhong, Y., & Pellikka, P. (2024). Unsupervised hyperspectral noise estimation and restoration via interband-invariant representation learning. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 135, 104295.  

Mahmud, A., Luotamo, M., Karhu, K., Pellikka, P., Tuure, J., Heiskanen, J. (2024). Comparison of field and imaging spectroscopy to optimize soil organic carbon and nitrogen estimation in field laboratory conditions. CATENA, 243, 108180.  

Masika, M. M., Korhonen, E. M., Smura, T., Uusitalo, R., Ogola, J., Mwaengo, D., Jääskeläinen, A. J., Alburkat, H., Gwon, Y-D., Evander, M., Anzala, O., Vapalahti, O., & Huhtamo, E. (2022). Serological Evidence of Exposure to Onyong-Nyong and Chikungunya Viruses in Febrile Patients of Rural Taita-Taveta County and Urban Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Viruses (Basel), 14(6), [1286].

Masika, M. M., Korhonen, E. M., Smura, T., Uusitalo, R., Vapalahti, K., Mwaengo, D., Jääskeläinen, A. J., Anzala, O., Vapalahti, O., Huhtamo, E. (2020). Detection of dengue virus type 2 of Indian origin in acute febrile patients in rural Kenya. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14(3), [0008099].

Measho, S., Chen, B., Pellikka, P., Guo, L., Zhang, H., Cai, D., Sun, S., Kayiranga, A., Sun, X., Ge, M. (2021). Assessment of Vegetation Dynamics and Ecosystem Resilience in the Context of Climate Change and Drought in the Horn of Africa. Remote Sensing 13(9), 1668.

Munyao, M. N., Siljander, M., Johansson, T., Makokha, G. & Pellikka, P. (2020). Assessment of human–elephant conflicts in multifunctional landscapes of Taita Taveta County, Kenya. Global Ecology and Conservation 24 , e01382 .

Mwalusepo, S., Massawe, E. S., Johansson, T., Abdel-Rahman, E., Gathara, M., Njuguna, E., Calatayud, P. A., James, O. J., Landmann, T. and B.P. Le Ru (2018). Modelling the distributions of maize stem borers at local scale in East African mountain gradients using climatic and edaphic variables. African Entomology 26, (2) 458–470.

Obunga, G., Siljander, M., Maghenda, M. & Pellikka, P. (2022). Habitat suitability modelling to improve conservation status of two critically endangered endemic Afromontane forest bird species in Taita Hills, Kenya. Journal for Nature Conservation 65: 126111. 

Ocholla, I. A., Pellikka, P., Karanja, F., Vuorinne, I., Väisänen, T., Boitt, M., & Heiskanen, J. (2024). Livestock Detection and Counting in Kenyan Rangelands Using Aerial Imagery and Deep Learning Techniques. Remote Sensing, 16(16), 2929.  

Odanga, J. J., Mohamed, S., Nyankanga, R., Olubayo, F., Johansson, T., Ekesi, S. (2020). Temporal Population Patterns of Oriental Fruit Flies and False Codling Moths within Smallholder Avocado Orchards in Southeastern Kenya and Northeastern Tanzania. Int. J. Fruit Sci.  

Odeny, D., Karanja, F., Mwachala, G., Pellikka. P. and R. Marchant (2018).  Journal of Geographic Information System 10 (4), 415–438.

Okoth, A. L., Solomon, M. M., Siljander, M. (2023). Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on Land Cover Changes along the Nairobi-Kiambu Corridor from 2016 to 2019. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International 27(4), 21-37.

Palosaari, M., Autio, A., Mbinga, E., Pellikka, P., Johansson, T. (2024). The biased narrative of vulnerable women: gender analysis of smallholder farmers’ contextual vulnerability to climate change in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change 29, 51 (2024).  

Pellikka, P., Luotamo, M., Sädekoski, N., Hietanen, J., Vuorinne, I., Räsänen, M., Heiskanen, J., Siljander, M., Karhu, K., & Klami, A. (2023). Tropical altitudinal gradient soil organic carbon and nitrogen estimation using Specim IQ portable imaging spectrometer. Science of The Total Environment, 833, 163677.

Pellikka, P.K.E., Heikinheimo, V., Hietanen, J., Schäfer, E., Siljander, M. and J. Heiskanen (2018). Impact of land cover change on aboveground carbon stocks in Afromontane landscape in Kenya. Applied Geography 94 (5), 178–189.

Pfeifer, M., Gonsamo, A., Woodgate, W., Cayuela, L., Marshall, A.R., Ledo, A., Paine, T.C.E., Marchant, R., Burt, A., Calders, K., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Deere, N.J., Denu, D., Gonzalez de Tanago, J., Hayward, R., Lau, A., Macía, M.J., Olivier, P.I., Pellikka, P., Seki, H., Shirima, D., Trevithick, R., Wedeux, B., Wheeler, C., Munishi, P.K.T., Martin, T., Mustari A. and P. J. Platts (2018). Tropical forest canopies and their relationships with climate and disturbance: results from a global dataset of consistent field-based measurements. Forest Ecosystems 5 (7).

Pihlström, H., Rosti, H., Lombo, B. M., & Pellikka, P. (2021). Domestic dog predation on white-tailed small-eared galago (Otolemur garnettii lasiotis) in the Taita Hills, Kenya. African Primates, 15, 31-38. ;

Piiroinen, R., Fassnacht, F.E., Heiskanen, J., Maeda, E., Mack, B. and P. Pellikka (2018). Invasive tree species detection in the Eastern Arc Mountains biodiversity hotspot using one class classification. Remote Sensing of Environment 218, 119–131.

Rosti, H., Pihlström, H., Rottcher, N., Bearder, S., Mwangala, L., Maghenda, M., & Rikkinen, J. (2023). Species identity and behavior of cave-dwelling tree hyraxes of the Kenyan coast. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9693.

Rosti, H., Heiskanen, J., Bearder, S., Lombo, B., Pihlström, H., Pellikka, P., & Rikkinen, J. (2023). Distribution, Population Density, and Behavior of Dwarf Galagos (Paragalago sp.) in Taita Hills, Kenya. International Journal of Primatology.  

Rosti, H., Heiskanen, J., Bearder, S., Pellikka, P., & Rikkinen, J. (2022). Distribution, population density and behavior of Taita Dwarf Galago. American journal of biological anthropology, 177(S73), 155-155. ;

Rosti, H., Heiskanen, J., Loehr, J., Pihlström, H., Bearder, S., Mwangala, L., Maghenda, M., Pellikka, P., & Rikkinen, J. (2022). Habitat preferences, estimated abundance and behavior of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax sp.) in fragmented montane forests of Taita Hills, Kenya. Scientific Reports, 12, [6331]. ;

Rosti, H., Rikkinen, J., Pellikka, P., Bearder, S., Mwamodenyi, J. M. (2020). Taita Mountain dwarf galago is extant in the Taita Hills of Kenya. Oryx 54(2), 152–153.  

Räsänen, M., Vesala, R., Rönnholm, P., Arppe, L., Manninen, P., Jylhä, M., Rikkinen, J., Pellikka, P. & Rinne, J. (2023). Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from mounds of African fungus-growing termites. Biogeosciences 20:4029–4042 

Räsänen, M., Merbold, L., Vakkari, V., Aurela, M., Laakso, L., Beukes, P., Zyl, P. V., Josipovic, M., Feig, G., Pellikka, P., Rinne, J. and Katul, G. G. (2020). Root-zone soil moisture variability across African savannas: From pulsed rainfall to landcover switches. Ecohydrology 13(5), [2213].

Räsänen, M. M. Chung, M. Katurji, P. Pellikka, J. Rinne & G.G. Katul (2018). Similarity in fog and rainfall intermittancy. Geophysical Research Letters 45(19).

Schneiderová, I., Pluháček, J., Bearder, S., Rosti, H. (2024). Bioacoustics reveals the uniqueness of an ex-situ tree hyrax population. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 12(1), 42–48.  

Siljander, M., Kuronen, T., Johansson, T., Munayo, M.N., Pellikka, P.K.E. (2020). Primates on the farm – spatial patterns of human–wildlife conflict in forest-agricultural landscape mosaic in Taita Hills, Kenya. Appl. Geogr. 117 (102185)

Siljander, M., Adero, N., Gitau, F., Nyambu, E. (2020). Land use/land cover classification for the iron mining site of Kishushe, Kenya: A feasibility study of traditional and machine learning algorithms. African Journal of Mining, Entrepreneurship and Natural Resource Management 1(2), 115–124.

Sorokina, H. E., Nunes, M. H., Heiskanen, J., Munyao, M., Mwang’ombe, J., Pellikka, P., Raumonen, P., Maeda, E. E. (2024). East African megafauna influence on vegetation structure permeates from landscape to tree level scales. Ecological Informatics, 79, 102435.  

Suija, A., Kaasalainen, U.S., Kirika, P. and J.K. Rikkinen (2018). Taitaia, a novel lichenicolous fungus in tropical montane forests in Kenya (East Africa). Lichenologist 50 (2), 173–184.

Stam, Å. C. S., Anttila, J., Pellikka, P. K. E., Rikkinen, J. K. (2020). . Annales Botanici Fennici 57(1-3), 71–81.

Tang, Z., Adhikari, H., Pellikka, P., & Heiskanen, J. (2022). Impact of Preprocessing on Tree Canopy Cover Modelling: Does Gap-Filling of Landsat Time Series Improve Modelling Accuracy? Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3, 936194.

Tang, Z., Adhikari, H., Pellikka, P., Heiskanen, J. (2021). A method for predicting large-area missing observations in Landsat time series using spectral-temporal metrics. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 99.

Terschanski, J., Nunes, M. H., Aalto, I., Pellikka, P., Wekesa, C., & Maeda, E. E. (2024). The role of vegetation structural diversity in regulating the microclimate of human-modified tropical ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management, 360, 121128.  

Teucher, M. C., Schmitt, B., Wiese, A., Apfelbeck, B., Maghenda, M., Pellikka, P., Lens, L., Habel, C.C. (2020). Behind the fog: Forest degradation despite logging bans in an East Africa cloud forest. Global Ecology and Conservation 22, e01024.

Tuure, J., Räsänen, M., Hautala, M., Pellikka, P., Mäkelä, P., Alakukku, L. (2021). Plant residue mulch increases measured and modelled soil moisture content in the effective root zone of maize in semi-arid Kenya. Soil & Tillage Research 209, 104945.

Tuure, J., Korpela, A., Hautala, M., Rautkoski, H., Hakojarvi, M., Mikkola, H., Duplissy, J., Pellikka, P., Petaja, T., Kulmala, M., Alakukku, L. (2020). . Biosystems Engineering 196, 145–158.

Tuure, J., Korpela, A., Hautala, M., Hakojärvi, M., Mikkola, H., Räsänen, M., Duplissy, J., Pellikka, P., Petäjä, T., Kulmala, M., Alakukku, L. (2019). Comparison of surface foil materials and dew collectors location in an arid area: a one-year field experiment in Kenya. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 276–277, 107613.

Uusitalo, R. J., Siljander, M., Culverwell, C. L., Mutai, N., Forbes, K. M., Vapalahti, O., & Pellikka, P. K. E. (2019). Predictive mapping of mosquito distribution based on environmental and anthropogenic factors in Taita Hills, Kenya. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 76, 84-92.

Uusitalo, R. J., Jackson, R. T., Lunn, T. J., Korhonen, E. M., Ogola, J. G., Webala, P. W., Sironen, T. A., Forbes, K. M. (2024). Current and future environmental suitability for bats hosting potential zoonotic pathogens in rural Kenya. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e11572.  

Vesala, R., Räsänen, M., Leitner, S., Mulat, D. G., Mwangala, L., Rikkinen, J. & Arppe, L. (2023). Mound architecture and season affect concentrations of CO2, CH4 and N2O in nests of African fungusgrowing termites. Ecological Entomology 48:725-737.

Vesala, R., Arppe, L., & Rikkinen, J. (2022). Termitomyces fungus combs - formation, structure, and functional aspects. teoksessa D. Dhanasekaran (Ed.), (p. 659-677). (Developments in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology). Elsevier Academic Press.

Vesala, R., Rikkinen, A., Pellikka, P., Rikkinen, J., & Arppe, L. (2022). You eat what you find - Local patterns in vegetation structure control diets of African fungus-growing termites. Ecology and Evolution, 12(3), [8566].

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Vesala, R., Harjuntausta, A., Hakkarainen, A., Rönnholm, P., Pellikka, P., & Rikkinen, J. (2019). Termite mound architecture regulates nest temperature and correlates with species identities of symbiotic fungi. PeerJ, 6, e6237.  

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