Publications
A) Peer-reviewed scientific articles
2025
110. Kaaronen, R. O., Henrich, A. K., Manninen, M. A., Walsh, M. J., Wisher, I., Eronen, J. T., Riede, F., 2025. The Ties That Bind: Computational, Cross-cultural Analyses of Knots Reveal Their Cultural Evolutionary History and Significance. Cambridge Archaeological Journal First View , pp. 1 – 17. pdf
2024
109. Kaaronen, R. O., Walsh, M. J., Henrich, A. K., Wisher, I., Miu, E., Manninen, M. A., Eronen, J.T.., & Riede, F. 2024. A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 21(221), Article 20240673 pdf
108. Kaaronen, R. O., Manninen, M. A., & Eronen, J.T. 2024. Measuring Beyond the Standard: Informal Measurement Systems as Cognitive Technologies. Topics in Cognitive Science. pdf
107. Hauser, S.J., Vadén, T., Nagatsu, M., Obeng-Odoom, F. Eronen, J.T. 2024. Early knowledge but delays in climate actions: An ecocide case against both transnational oil corporations and national governments. Environmental Science and Policy 161, 103880. pdf
106. Rasmus, S., Yletyinen, J., Sarkki, S., Landauer, M., Tuomi, M., Arneberg, M.K., Bjerke, J.W., Ehrich, D., Habeck, J.O., Horstkotte, T., Kivinen, S., Komu, T., Kumpula, T., Leppänen, L., Matthes, H., Rixen, C., Stark, S., Sun, N., Tømmervik, H., Forbes, B.C., Eronen, J.T. 2024. Policy documents considering biodiversity, land use, and climate in the European Arctic reveal visible, hidden, and imagined nexus approaches. One Earth. Early online. pdf
2023
105. Laptander, R., Horskotte, T., Habeck, J. O., Rasmus, S., Komu, T., Matthes, H., Tommervik, H., Istomin, K., Eronen, J.T., & Forbes, B. C. 2023. Critical seasonal conditions in the reindeer-herding year: A synopsis of factors and events in Fennoscandia and northwestern Russia. Polar Science. Early on-line. pdf
104. Michaux, S., Vadén, T., Korhonen, J.M., Eronen, J.T. 2023. Bottom-up estimation of the scope of tasks to completely phase out fossil fuels in Finland. Energy Strategy Reviews 50, 101261 pdf
103. Lähde, V., Vadén, T., Toivanen, T. T., Järvensivu, P., Eronen, J.T. 2023. The crises inherent in the success of the global food system. Ecology and Society, 28(4). pdf
102. Macaluso, L., Bertini, A., Carnevale, G., Eronen, J.T., Martinetto, E., Saarinen, J., Villa, A., Capasso, F., Delfino, M. 2023. A combined palaeomodelling approach reveals the role as selective refugia of the Mediterranean peninsulas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 625, 111699. pdf
101. Thorogood, R., Mustonen, V., Aleixo, A., Aphalo, P. J., Asiegbu, F. O., Cabeza, M., Cairns, J., Candolin, U., Cardoso, P., Eronen, J.T., Hällfors, M., Hovatta, I., Juslen, A., Kovalchuk, A., Kulmuni, J., Kuula, L., Mäkipää, R., Ovaskainen, O., Pesonen, A-K., Primmer, C.R., Saastamoinen, M., Schulman, A.H., Schulman, L., Strona, G., Vanhatalo, J. 2023. Understanding and applying biological resilience, from genes to ecosystems. npj Biodiversity 2, 16. pdf
100. Fortelius, M., Agusti, J., Bernor, R., de Bruijn, H., Damuth, J., Eronen, J.T., Evans, G., van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., Janis, C., Jernvall, J., Kaakinen, A., v. Koenigswald, W., Lintulaakso, K., Liu, L., Mirzaie Ataabadi, M., Mittmann, W., Pushkina, D., Saarinen, J., Sen, S., Sova, S., Säilä, L.K., Tesakov, A., Viranta, S., Vislobokova, I., Werdelin, L., Zhang, Z., Zliobaite, I. 2023 (in press). The origin and early history of NOW as it happened In: Casanovas-Vilar, I., van den Hoek-Ostende, L., Janis, C., Saarinen, J. (eds.) Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems: 25 Years of the NOW Database of Fossil Mammals (pp. 7-32). Springer International Publishing. pdf
99. Zliobaite, I. , Fortelius, M., Bernor, R., van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., Janis, C., Lintulaakso, K, Säilä, L.K., Werdelin, L., Casanovas-Vilar, I., Croft, D., Flynn, L., Hopkins, S., Kaakinen, A., Kordos, L., Kostopoulos, D.S., Pandolfi, L., Rowan, J., Tesakov, A., Vislobokova, I., Zhang, Z., Aiglstorfer, M., Alba, D.M., Arnal, M., Antoine, P.-O., Belmaker, M., Bilgin, M., Boisserie J.-R., Borths, M., Cooke, S.B., van Dam, J., Delson, E., Eronen, J.T., Fox, D., Friscia, A., Furio, M., Giaourtsakis, I.X., Holbrook, L., Hunter, J., Lopez-Torres, S., Ludtke, J., Minwer-Barakat, R., van der Made, J., Mennecart, B., Pushkina, D., Rook, L., Saarinen, J., Samuels, J., Sanders, W., Silcox, M. 2023. The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals. In I. Casanovas-Vilar, L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, C. M. Janis, & J. Saarinen (Eds.), Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems: 25 Years of the NOW Database of Fossil Mammals (pp. 33-42). Springer International Publishing. pdf
98. Huang, S., Eyres, A., Fritz, S., Eronen, J.T., Saarinen, J. 2023. Environmental Change and Body Size Evolution in Neogene Large Mammals. In: Casanovas-Vilar, I., van den Hoek-Ostende, L., Janis, C., Saarinen, J. (eds.) Evolution of Cenozoic land mammal faunas and ecosystems - 25 years of the NOW database of fossil mammals. (pp. 79-93). Springer International Publishing. pdf
97. Kaaronen, R.O. Manninen, M.A. Eronen, J.T. 2023. Body-based units of measure in cultural evolution. Science 380, 948-954. pdf
96. Räisänen, H. Eronen, J.T., Hukkinen, J.I. 2023. Imagining the next pandemic: Finnish preparedness for chronic transboundary crises before and during COVID-19. Risk, hazards & crisis in public policy pdf
95. Järvensivu, P., Toivanen, T.T., Vadén, T., Lähde, V., Majava, A., Ahokas, J., Hakala, E., Eronen, J.T. 2023 Teollisen kestävyyssiirtymän tiedevetoinen suunnittelu, Poliittinen talous 11 pdf
94. Sarkki, S., Pihlajamäki, M., Rasmus, S., Eronen, J.T. 2023. “Rights for Life” scenario to reach biodiversity targets and social equity for indigenous peoples and local communities. Biological Conservation 280, 109958. pdf
93. Kaaronen, R.O., Manninen, M.A., Eronen, J.T. 2023. Rules of thumb, from Holocene to Anthropocene. The Anthropocene Review pdf
2022
92. Huang, S., Saarinen, J.J., Eyres, A., Eronen, J.T., Fritz, S.A. 2022. Mammalian body size evolution was shaped by habitat transitions as an indirect effect of climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31, 2463-2474. pdf
91. Hukkinen, J.I., Eronen, J.T., Janasik, N., Järvensivu, P., Kaaronen, R. 2022. Coping with policy errors in an era of chronic socio-environmental crises. Ecological Economics 199, 107489. pdf
90. Fraser, D., Villasenor, A., Toth, A.B., Balk, M.A., Eronen, J.T., Barr, W.A., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Davis, M., Du, A., Faith, J.T., Graves, G.R., Gotelli, N.J., Jukar, A.M., Looy, C.V., McGill, B.J., Miller, J.H., Pineda-Munoz, S., Potts, R., Shupinski, A.B., Soul, L.C., Lyons, S.K. 2022. Late Quaternary biotic homogenization of North American mammalian faunas. Nature Communications 13, 3940. pdf
89. Majava, A., Vadén, T., Toivanen, T., Järvensivu, P., Lähde, V., Eronen, J.T. 2022. Sectoral low-carbon roadmaps and the role of forest biomass in Finland's carbon neutrality 2035 target. Energy Strategy Reviews 41, 100836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.100836 pdf
88. Hukkinen, J.I., Eronen, J.T., Virtanen, M.J., Räisänen, Janasik, N., Lehikoinen, A., Kuikka, S., Lund, P.D. 2022. The policy operations room: Analyzing path-dependent decision-making in wicked socio-ecological disruptions. Safety Science 146, 105567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105567 pdf
2021
87. Toivanen, T., Vadén, T., Majava, A., Järvensivu, P., Lähde, V., Eronen, J.T. 2021. Teollinen murros ekohyvinvointivaltiossa: Mitä teollisuuden vähähiilitiekartat kertovat suomalaisen kestävyysmurroksen edellytyksistä?. Alue ja Ympäristö, 50, 8–27. pdf
86. Räisänen, H., Hakala, E., Hukkinen, J.I., Eronen, J.T., Virtanen, M.J. 2021. Comprehensive Security: The Opportunities and Challenges of Incorporating Environmental Threats in Security Policy. Politics and Governance 9, 4. pdf
85. Kaaronen, R. O., Manninen, M.A., Roe, E., Hukkinen, J.I., Eronen, J.T. 2021. Lessons for human survival in a world without ecological templates: what can we learn from small-scale societies? Ecology and Society 26, 2. pdf
84. Manzano, P., Burgas, D., Cadahia, L., Eronen, J.T., Fernandez-Llamazares, A., Bencherif, S., Holand, O, Seitsonen, O., Byambaa, B., Fortelius, M., Fernandez-Giminez, M.E., Galvin, K.A., Cabeza, M., Stenseth, N.-C. 2021. Towards a holistic understanding of pastoralism. One Earth 4, 651-665. pdf
83. Eyres, A., Eronen, J.T., Hagen, O., Boehning-Gaese, K. & Fritz, S. A. 2021. Climatic effects on niche evolution in a passerine bird clade depend on paleoclimate reconstruction method. Evolution. early online. pdf
82. Pineda-Munoz, S., Jukar, A.M., Toth, A. B., Fraser, D., Du, A., Barr, W.A., Amatangelo, K.L., Balk, M.A., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Blois, J., Davis, M., Eronen, J.T., Gotelli, N.J., Looy, C.V., Miller, J.H., Shupinski, A.B., Soul, L.C., Villasenor, A., Wing, S., Lyons, S.K. 2021. Body mass-related changes in mammal community assembly patterns during the late Quaternary of North America. Ecography 44, 56-66. pdf
81. Fraser, D., Soul, L.C., Tóth, A.B., Balk, M.A., Eronen, J.T., Pineda-Munoz, S., Shupinski, A.B, Villaseñor, A., Barr, W.A., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Du, A., Faith, J.T., Gotelli, N.J, Graves, G.R, Jukar, A.M., Looy, C.V., Miller, J.H., Potts, R., Lyons, S.K. Investigating biotic interactions in deep time. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36, 61-75. pdf
2020
80. Harjanne, A., Räisänen, H., Eronen, J.T. 2020. Suomen pandemiapolitiikka näköalana ilmastokriisipolitiikkaan. Tiede & edistys 45, 348-366 pdf
79. Lummaa, K., Lähde, V., Toivanen, T., Eronen, J.T., Järvensivu, P., Vadén, T. 2020. Humanistinen ympäristötutkimus. Alue ja ympäristö 49, 83-91. pdf
78. Vadén, T., Lähde, V., Majava, A., Järvensivu, P., Toivanen, T., Hakala, E., Eronen, J.T. 2020. Decoupling for ecological sustainability: A categorisation and review of research literature. Environmental Science & Policy 112, 236-244 pdf
77. Vadén, T., Lähde, V., Majava, A., Järvensivu, P., Toivanen, T., Eronen, J.T. 2020. Raising the bar: on the type, size and timeline of a “successful” decoupling. Environmental Politics, 1-15 pdf
2019
76. Järvensivu, P., Hakala, E., Lummaa, K., Lähde, V., Majava, A. J., Toivanen, T. T., Vadén, T., Eronen, J.T.. 2019. Ilmastokriisiin sopeutuminen on kansanterveydellinen kysymys. Sosiaalilääketieteellinen aikakauslehti 56, 341-345. pdf
75. Tóth, A. B., Lyons, S. K., Barr, W. A., Behrensmeyer, A. K., Blois, J. L., Bobe, R., Davis, M., Du, A., Eronen, J.T., Faith, J. T., Fraser, D., Gotelli, N. J., Graves, G. R., Jukar, A. M., Miller, J. H., Pineda-Munoz, S., Soul, L. C., Villasenor, A. & Alroy, J. 2019. Reorganization of surviving mammal communities after the end-Pleistocene megafaunal extinction. Science 365, 1305-1308. pdf
74. Vadén, T., Lähde, V., Majava, A., Järvensivu, P., Toivanen, T., Eronen, J.T. 2019. Onnistunut irtikytkentä Suomessa? (Translated title of the contribution: Successful decoupling? Case Finland). Alue ja ympäristö 48, 3-13. pdf
73. Vadén, T., Majava, A., Toivanen, T., Järvensivu, P., Hakala, E., Eronen, J.T. 2019. "To continue to burn something": a case study of transition in district heating creating potential for a green paradox. Energy Research & Social Science 58, 101270. pdf
72. Hakala, E. Lähde, V., Majava, A., Toivanen, T., Vadén, T., Järvensivu, P., Eronen, J.T. 2019. A lot of talk, but little action - The Blind Spots of Nordic Environmental Security Policy. Sustainability 11, 2228. pdf
71. Hakala, E. Lähde, V., Majava, A., Toivanen, T., Vadén, T., Järvensivu, P., Eronen, J.T. 2019. Northern Warning Lights: Ambiguities of environmental security in Finland and Sweden. Sustainability 11, 2228. pdf
70. Fortelius, M., Bibi, F., Tang, H., Zliobaite, I., Eronen, J.T., Kaya, F. 2019. The nature of the Old World savannah palaeobiome. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3, 504. pdf
69. Lintulaakso, K., Polly, P.D., Eronen, J.T. 2019. Land mammals form eight functionally and climatically distinct faunas in North America but only one in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 46, 185-195. pdf
Student paper
2018
68. Vermillion, W.A., Head, J.J., Polly, P.D., Eronen, J.T., Lawing, A.M. 2018. Ecometrics: A trait-based approach to paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental reconstruction. 373-394 In D.A. Croft, S.W. Simpson, and D.F. Su (eds.), Methods in Paleoecology: Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities. Springer (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series), Dordrecht. Online E-book
67. Kaya, F., Bibi, F., Zliobaite, I., Eronen, J.T., Tang, H., Fortelius, M. 2018. Rise and Fall of the Old World Savanna Fauna and the Origins of the African Savanna Biome. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, 241-246. pdf
Student paper
2017
66.Tallavaara, M., Eronen, J.T., Luoto, M. 2017. Productivity, biodiversity, and pathogens influence the global hunter-gatherer population density. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 1232-1237. pdf
65. Toivanen, T., Lummaa, K., Majava, A., Järvensivu, P., Lähde, V., Vadén, T., Eronen, J.T. 2017. The Many Anthropocenes: A Challenge for the Disciplines. The Anthropocene Review 4, 183-198 pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
64. Eronen, J.T., Zohdy, S., Evans, A.R., Tecot, S.R., Wright, P.C., Jernvall, J. 2017. Feeding ecology and morphology make a bamboo specialist vulnerable to climate change. Current Biology 27, 3384-3389 pdf
J.T. Eronen and S. Zohdy equal authors
63. Zliobaite, I, Puolamäki, K., Eronen, J.T., Mikael Fortelius. 2017. A survey of computational tasks and methods for analysis of fossil data. Evolutionary Ecology Research 18, 477-502. pdf
62. Sukselainen, L., Kaakinen, A., Eronen, J.T., Passey, B.H., Harrison, T., Zhang, Z., Fortelius, M. 2017. The palaeoenvironment of the middle Miocene pliopithecid locality in Damiao, Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Human Evolution 108, 31-46 pdf
61. Huang, S., Eronen, J.T., Janis, C.M., Saarinen, J.J., Silvestro, D., Fritz, S.A. 2017. Mammal body mass evolution in North America and Europe over 20 million years: similar trends generated by different processes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284, 20162361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2361
60. Barnosky, A.D., Hadly, E.A., Gonzalez, P., Head, J., Polly, P.D., Lawing, A.M., Eronen, J.T., Ackerly, D.D., ** Alex, K., Biber, E., Blois, J., Brashares, J., Ceballos, G., Davis, E., Dietl, G.P., Dirzo, R., Doremus, H., Fortelius, M., Greene, H., Hellmann, J., Hickler, T., Jackson, S.T., Kemp, M., Koch, P.L., Kremen, C., Lindsey, E.L., Looy, C., Marshall, C.R., Mendenhall, C., Mulch, A., Mychajliw, A.M., Nowak, C., Ramakrishnan, U., Schnitzler, J., Shrestha, K.D., Solari, K., Stegner, L., Stegner, M.A., Stenseth, N.C., Wake, M.H., Zhang, Z. 2017. Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems, Science 355, DOI:10.1126/science.aah4787
** = Authors after the first seven are listed alphabetically
59. Schnitzler, J., Theis, C., Polly, P.D, Eronen, J.T. 2017. Fossils matter - understanding modes and rates of trait evolution in Musteloidea (Carnivora). Evolutionary Ecology Research 18, 187-200 Online version
58. Lawing, A.M., Eronen, J.T., Blois, J.L., Graham, C., Polly, P.D. 2016. Community Functional Trait Composition and the Effects of Non-Ecological Processes. Ecography 40, 651-663. pdf
A.M. Lawing, J.T. Eronen and J.L. Blois equal authors
2016
57. Eronen, J.T., Lummaa, K., Toivonen, T., Lähde, V., Järvensivu, P., Majava, A., Vadén, T. 2016. Kenen antroposeeni? - Maapallojärjestelmätieteen paradigmamuutos, ihmistieteiden antroposeeni ja käsitteiden moninaisuus. Kosmopolis 46, 41-54. (in finnish, who’s Anthropocene - Earth System Science paradigm shift, anthropocene in the humanities, and multitude of concepts). pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
56. Lyons, S.K, Miller, J. H., Amatangelo, K.L., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Bercovici, A., Blois, J.L., Davis, M., DiMichele, W.A., Du, A., Eronen, J.T., Faith, J.T., Graves, G.R., Jud, N., Labandeira, C., Looy, C.V., McGill, B., Patterson, D., Pineda-Munoz, S., Potts, R., Riddle, B., Terry, R., Tóth, A., Ulrich, W., Villaseñor, A., Wing, S., Waller, D., Anderson, H., Anderson, J., Gotelli, N. J. 2016. Reply to Telford et al. (How foreign is the past). Nature 538, E3-E4. pdf
55. Saarinen, J., Eronen, J.T., Fortelius, M., Seppä, H., Lister, A. 2016. Patterns of body mass and diet of large ungulates from Middle and Late Pleistocene of Western Europe and their connections with vegetation openness. Paleontologia Electronica 19.3.32A: 1-58 pdf (Free online)
Student paper
54. Fritz, S.A, Eronen, J.T. , Schnitzler, J., Hof, C., Janis, C.M.,Mulch, A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Graham, C. 2016. Twenty-million-year relationship between mammalian diversity and primary productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 10908-10913 pdf
53. Lyons, S.K., Miller, J. H., Tóth, A., Amatangelo, K.L., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Bercovici, A., Blois, J.L., Davis, M., DiMichele, W.A., Du, A., Eronen, J.T., Faith, J.T., Graves, G.R., Jud, N., Labandeira, C., Looy, C.V., McGill, B., , Patterson, D., Pineda-Munoz, S., Potts, R., Riddle, B., Terry, R., , Ulrich, W., Villaseñor, A., Wing, S., Anderson, H., Anderson, J., Gotelli, N. J. 2016. Lyons et al. reply to C. Bertelsmeier & S. Ollier (Questioning Holocene community shifts). Nature 537(7618):E5-E6. pdf.
52. Kaya, F., Kaymakçı, N., Langereis, C.G., Eronen, J.T., Bibi, F., Erkman, A.C., Fortelius, M. 2016. Paleobiology and Magnetostratigraphy of the hominoid bearing locality Çorakyerler, Tuğlu Formation (Çankırı Basin, Central Anatolia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. pdf
Student paper
51. Lyons, S.K, Amatangelo, K.L., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Bercovici, A., Blois, J.L., Davis, M., DiMichele, W.A., Du, A., Eronen, J.T., Faith, J.T., Graves, G.R., Jud, N., Labandeira, C., Looy, C.V., McGill, B., Miller, J. H., Patterson, D., Pineda-Munoz, S., Potts, R., Riddle, B., Terry, R., Tóth, A., Ulrich, W., Villaseñor, A., Wing, S., Anderson, H., Anderson, J., Waller, D., Gotelli, N. J. 2016. Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts. Nature 529, 80-83. pdf. News & Views by Greg Dietl suomenkielinen lehdistötiedote Washington Post In-depth article about the research paper
2015
50. Forrest, M., Eronen, J.T., Utescher, T., Knorr, G., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Hickler, T. 2015. Climate-vegetation modelling and fossil plant data suggest low atmospheric CO2 in the late Miocene. Climate of the Past 11, 1701-1732. pdf (Open Access)
M. Forrest and J.T. Eronen equal authors
49.Polly, P.D., Lawing. A.M., Eronen, J.T., Schnitzler, J. 2015. Processes of ecometric patterning: modelling functional traits, environments, and clade dynamics in deep time. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118, 39-63 pdf
48. Eronen, J.T., Janis, C.M., Chamberlain, C.P., Mulch, A. 2015. Mountain uplift explains differences in Palaeogene patterns of mammalian evolution and extinction between North America and Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282, 20150136. pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
47.Tapaltsyan, V., Eronen, J.T., Lawing, A.M., Sharir, A. Janis, C.M., Jernvall, J., Klein, O. 2015. Continuously Growing Rodent Molars Result from a Predictable Quantitative Evolutionary Change over 50 Million Years. Cell Reports 5, 673-680 pdf (Open Access)
V. Tapaltsyan and J.T. Eronen equal authors
2014
46. Blois, J., Gotelli, N., Behrensmeyer, A., Faith, J., Lyons, K., Williams, J., Amatangelo, K., Bercovici, A., Du, A., Eronen, J.T., Graves, G.R., Jud, N., Labandeira, C., Looy, C., McGill, B., Patterson, D., Potts, R., Riddle, B., Terry, R., Tóth, A., Villaseñor, A., Wing, S. 2014. A framework for evaluating the influence of climate, dispersal limitation, and biotic interactions using fossil pollen species associations across the late Quaternary. Ecography 37, 1095-1108. pdf
45. Fortelius, M., Eronen, J.T., Kaya, F., Tang, H., Raia, P., Puolamäki, K. 2014. Evolution of Neogene Mammals in Eurasia: Environmental Forcing and Biotic Interactions. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 42, 579-604. pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
44. Eronen, J.T., Kaakinen, A., Liu, L., Passey, B.H., Tang, H., Zhang, Z. 2014. Here be Dragons: Mesowear of the classic Chinese "Hipparion" faunas from Baode, Shanxi Province, China. Annales Zoologici Fennici 51, 227-244. pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
43. Barnosky, A.D., Brown, J.H., Daily, G.C., Dirzo, R., Ehrlich, A.H., Ehrlich, P.R., Eronen, J.T., Fortelius, M., Hadly, E.A., Leopold, E.B., Mooney, H.A., Myers, J.P., Naylor, R.L., Palumbi, S., Stenseth, N.C., Wake, M.H. 2014. Introducing the Scientific Consensus on Maintaining Humanity's Life Support Systems in the 21st Century: Information for Policy Makers. The Anthropocene Review 1, 78-109. pdf
2013
42. Fritz, S., Schnitzler, J., Eronen, J.T., Hof, C., Böhning-Gaese, K., Graham, C. 2013. Unearthing diversity: wanted dead and alive. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28, 509-516 pdf
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41. Mirzaie Ataabadi, M., Liu, L., Eronen, J.T., Bernor, R.L. and Fortelius, M. 2013. Continental Scale Patterns in Neogene Mammal Community Evolution and Biogeography: A Europe-Asia Perspective. pp. 629-655 In Asian Neogene Mammal Biostratigraphy and Chronology, ed. W. Xiaoming, M. Fortelius and L. Flynn. New York: Columbia University Press. pdf of the chapter 29
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40. Uhen, M.D., Barnosky, A.D., Bills, B., Blois, J., Carrasco, M.A., Carrano, M.T., Erickson, G.M., Eronen, J.T., Fortelius, M., Graham, R.W., Grimm, E.C., O'Leary, M., Mast, A., Piel, W.H., Polly, P.D., Säilä, L.K. 2013. From card catalogs to computers: Databases in vertebrate paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33, 13-28 pdf
39. Tang, H., Eronen, J.T., Micheels, A., Ahrens, B. 2013. Strong interannual variation of the Asian summer monsoon in the Late Miocene. Climate Dynamics 41, 135-153 pdf
Student paper
38. Tang, H., Micheels, A., Eronen, J.T., Ahrens, B., Fortelius, M. 2013. Asynchronous responses of East Asian and Indian summer monsoons to mountain uplift shown by regional climate modelling experiments. Climate Dynamics 40, 1531-1549 pdf
Student paper
2012
37. Bradshaw, C.D., Lunt, D.J., Flecker, R., Salzmann, U., Pound, M.J., Haywood, A.M., Eronen, J.T. 2012. The relative roles of CO2 and palaeogeography in determining late Miocene climate: results from a terrestrial model-data comparison, Climate of the Past 8, 1257-1285 pdf
36. Eronen, J.T., Fortelius, M., Micheels, A., Portmann, F.T., Puolamäki, K. , Janis, C.M. 2012. Neogene Aridification of the Northern Hemisphere. Geology 40, 823-826, pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
35. Heikinheimo, H., Eronen, J.T., Sennikov, A., Preston, C.D., Uotila, P., Mannila, H., Fortelius, M. 2012. Converge in distribution patterns of Europe's plants and mammals is due to environmental forcing. Journal of Biogeography 39, 1633-1644, pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
34. Eronen, J.T., Micheels, A., Utescher, T. 2012. Comparison of estimates for Mean Annual Precipitation from different proxies. A Pilot Study for European Neogene. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13, 851-867 pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
33. Liu, L., Puolamäki, K. Eronen, J.T., Mirzaie, M., Hernesniemi, E., Fortelius, M. 2012. Estimating Net Primary Productivity from Dental Traits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279, 2793-2799, pdf
2011
32. Eronen, J.T., Puolamäki, K., Heikinheimo, H., Lokki, H., Venäläinen, A., Mannila, H., Fortelius, M. 2011. The effect of scale, climate and environment on species richness and spatial distribution of Finnish birds. Annales Zoologici Fennici 48, 257-274. pdf
31.Tang, H., Micheels, A., Eronen, J.T., Fortelius, M. 2011. A regional climate model experiment to investigate the Asian monsoon in the Late Miocene. Climate of the Past 7, 847-868. pdf
Student paper
30.Polly, P.D. & Eronen, J.T. 2011. Mammal associations in the Pleistocene of Britain: Implications of Ecological Niche Modelling. 279-304 In: Ashton, N., Lewis, S. and Stringer, C. (eds.) The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain. Elsevier. 2011. pdf
29.Polly, P.D., Eronen, J.T., Fred, M., Dietl, G., Mosbrugger, V., Scheidegger, C., Frank, D., Damuth, J., Stenseth, N.-C., Fortelius, M. 2011. History Matters: Integrative Climate Change Biology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278, 1131-1140. pdf
28. Raia, P., Carutenuto, F., Eronen, J.T., Fortelius, M. 2011. Longer in the tooth, shorter in the record? The evolutionary correlates of hypsodonty in Neogene ruminants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278, 3474-3481. pdf
27. Eronen, J.T. , Evans, A.R., Jernvall, J., Fortelius, M. 2011. Genera are often better than species for detecting evolutionary change in the fossil record: A reply to Salesa et al. Evolution 65, 1514-1516 pdf
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26. Micheels, A., Bruch, A.A., Eronen, J.T. , Fortelius, M., Harzhauser, M., Utescher, T. Mosbrugger, V. 2011. Analysis of heat transport mechanisms from a Late Miocene model experiment with a fully-coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology 304, 337-350 pdf
2010
25. Eronen, J.T., Polly, P.D., Fred, M., Damuth, J., Frank, D.C., Mosbrugger, V., Scheidegger, C., Stenseth, N.C., Fortelius, M. 2010. Ecometrics: The traits that bind the past and present together. Integrative Zoology 5, 88-101. pdf
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24. Eronen, J.T. , Evans, A.R., Jernvall, J., Fortelius, M. 2010. The impact of regional climate on the evolution of mammals. A case study using fossil horses. Evolution 64, 398-408. pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
23. Eronen, J.T., Puolamäki, K., Liu, L., Lintulaakso, K., Damuth, J., Janis, C., and Fortelius, M. 2010. Precipitation and large herbivorous mammals, part I: Estimates from present-day communities. Evolutionary Ecology Research 12, 217-233.pdf Appendix I pdf Appendix II pdf Appendix III pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
22. Eronen, J.T., Puolamäki, K., Liu, L., Lintulaakso, K., Damuth, J., Janis, C., and Fortelius, M. 2010. Precipitation and large herbivorous mammals , part II: Application to fossil data. Evolutionary Ecology Research 12, 235-248. pdf Appendix pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
2009
21. Liu, L., Eronen, J.T. , Fortelius, M. 2009. Significant Mid-Latitude Aridity in the Middle Miocene of East Asia. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology. 279, 201-206.pdf
20. Eronen, J.T. , Mirzaie Ataabadi, M., Micheels, A., Karme, A., Bernor, R.L., Fortelius, M. 2009. Distribution History and Climatic Controls of the Late Miocene Pikermian Chronofauna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 106, 11867-11871. pdf Supplementary data pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
19. Micheels, A., Eronen, J.T. , Mosbrugger, V. 2009. The Late Miocene climate sensitivity on a modern Sahara desert. Global and Planetary Change. 67, 193-204.pdf
18.Bennington, J.B., DiMichele, B., Badgley, C., Bambach, R., Barrett, P., Behrensmeyer, K., Bobe, R., Burnham, R., Daeschler, T., van Dam, J., Eronen, J.T., Erwin, D., Finnegan, S., Holland, S., Hunt, G., Jablonski, D., Jackson, S., Jacobs, B., Kidwell, S., Koch, P., Kowalewski, M., Labandeira, C., Looy, C., Lyons, K., Novack-Gottshall, P., Potts, R., Roopnarine, P., Strömberg, C., Sues, H., Wagner, P., Wilf, P., Wing, S. 2009. Critical issues of scale in paleoecology. Palaios 24, 1-4. pdf
17. Passey, B.H., Ayliffe, L.K., Kaakinen, A., Zhang, Z., Eronen, J.T., Zhu, Y., Zhou, L., Cerling, T.E., Fortelius, M. 2009. Strengthened East Asian summer monsoons during a period of high-latitude warmth? Isotopic evidence from Mio-Pliocene fossil mammals and soil carbonates from northern China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 277, 443-452. pdf
16. Heikinheimo, H., Fortelius, M., Eronen, J.T. , Mannila, H. 2009: Response to Gagne & Proulx: Clusterings should not be compared by visual inspection. Journal of Biogeography 36, 563-565. pdf
15.Jernvall, J. and Eronen, J.T. 2009. Hampaan evoluutio. Duodecim 125, 2017-2022 (Evolution of tooth.) pdf
14. Janis, C.M., Eronen, J.T., Ataabadi, M., Puolamäki, K, Fortelius, M. 2009. Patterns of hypsodonty in ungulates show that Neogene aridity in North America preceded that in Eurasia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 121A. Ask for a reprint!
13. Polly, P.D., Eronen, J.T. 2009. Pleistocene mammal associations: implications of ecological niche modelling and a method for reconstructing paleoclimate. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 165A-166A. Ask for a reprint!
12. Liu, L., Eronen, J.T., Fortelius, M. 2009. Significant mid-latitude aridity in the middle miocene of East Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 136A. Ask for a reprint!
2008-2007
11. Eronen, J.T. & Rössner, G. 2007: Wetland Paradise Lost: Miocene Community Dynamics in Large Herbivore Mammals from the German Molasse Basin. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9, 471-494. pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
10. Passey, B.H., Eronen, J.T. , Fortelius, M., Zhang, Z. 2007. Paleodiets and paleoenvironments of late Miocene gazelles from North China: Evidence from stable carbon isotopes. Vertebrata Palasiatica 45, 118-127. pdf
9. Eronen, J.T. 2007. Locality coverage, metacommunities and chronofauna: Concepts that connect paleobiology to modern population biology. Vertebrata Palasiatica 45, 137-144. pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
8. Heikinheimo, H., Fortelius, M., Eronen, J.T. , Mannila, H. 2007: European land mammal species cluster into environmentally distinct and spatially coherent entities. Journal of Biogeography 34, 1053-1064.pdf
2006
7. Fortelius, M., Eronen, J.T., Liu, L., Pushkina, D., Tesakov, A., Vislobokova, I., Zhang, Z. 2006: Late Miocene and Pliocene large land mammals and climatic changes in Eurasia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 238, 219-227. pdf
6. Eronen, J.T. . 2006. Eurasian Neogene large herbivorous mammals and climate. Acta Zoologica Fennica 216, 1-72 (dissertation, monograph). Ask for a reprint!
2005
5. Jokela T., Eronen, J.T., Kaakinen, A., Liu, L., Passey, B. H., Zhang, Z., and Mingkai, F. 2005. Translation of Otto Zdansky's "The Localities of the Hipparion Fauna of Baode County in Northwest Shanxi" (1923). Palaeontologia Electronica 8:1; 3A:10, 1.8MB; pdf
4. Evans A.R, Fortelius M, Jernvall J, and Eronen, J.T. 2005. Dental ecomorphology of extant European carnivorans. Pp. 223-232. In: Zadzinska E, (ed.) Current Trends in Dental Morphology Research: 13th International Symposium on Dental Morphology. Lodz: University of Lodz Press pdf
2004
3. Eronen, J.T. & Rook, L. 2004: The Mio-Pliocene European Primate Fossil Record: Dynamics and Habitat Tracking. Journal of Human Evolution 47, 323-341. pdf
J.T. Eronen corresponding author
2003
2. Fortelius M., Eronen, J.T. , Liu, L.P., Pushkina, D., Tesakov, A., Vislobokova, I. & Zhang, Z.Q. 2003: Continental-scale hypsodonty patterns, climatic paleobiogeography and dispersal of Eurasian Neogene large mammal herbivores in: Reumer, J.W.F. & Wessels, W. (eds.) - DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION OF TERTIARY MAMMALS IN EURASIA. A VOLUME IN HONOUR OF HANS DE BRUIJN - DEINSEA 10: 1-11, 2003. pdf
2002
1. Fortelius, M., Eronen, J.T., Jernvall, J., Liu, L., Pushkina, D., Rinne, J., Tesakov, A., Vislobokova, I., Zhang, Z., Zhou, L. 2002: Fossil Mammals Resolve Regional Patterns of Eurasian Climate Change During 20 Million Years. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4, 1005-1016. pdf
B) Non-refereed scientific articles
13. Vadén, T., Majava, A., Korhonen, J. M., Eronen, J.T. 2023. Country Report Finland. In: Energy Without Russia: The Consequences of the Ukraine War and the EU Sanctions on the Energy Sector in Europe. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. pdf
12. Vadén, T., Järvensivu, P., Majava, A., Toivanen, T., Eronen, J.T. 2021. Kestävyyssiirtymän tiedontuotannollisista puutteista. Tieteessä Tapahtuu, 39(3). pdf
11. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Miten hampaita tutkitaan? Pp. 218-219 In: Katajisto, J., Heimovirta, M., Helstedt, P., Lumiaro, R. (eds.), Luonnossa, Nisäkkäät. Weilin+Göös Porvoo. 272 pp., (How to investigate teeth, a chapter in popular scientific book, in finnish)
10. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Kasvipeitteen muuttuminen eri ilmastokausina. Pp. 184-189 In: Piirainen, M., Enroth, J., Vauras, R., Väre, H. (eds.), Luonnossa, Kasvit (osa 3). Weilin+Göös (Changes in vegetation cover during different climatic conditions in the past, a chapter in popular scientific book, in finnish)
9. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Ilmastomuutos ja kasvillisuus. Pp. 196-201 In: Piirainen, M., Enroth, J., Vauras, R., Väre, H. (eds.), Luonnossa, Kasvit (osa 3). Weilin+Göös (climate change and Vegetation, a chapter in popular scientific book, in finnish)
8. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Kehitystä kuivuvassa maailmassa - ihmisen evoluution ympäristökontekstista. Tieteessä tapahtuu 2/2009, 9-14. (evolution in a drying world - on the environmental context of human evolution, in finnish) pdf
7. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Eoseenin lajirikkaudesta oligoseenin sukupuuttoaaltoon. Pp. 36-39 In: Katajisto, J., Heimovirta, M., Helstedt, P., Lumiaro, R. (eds.), Luonnossa, Nisäkkäät (osa 3). Weilin+Göös. (Eocene-Oligocene, a chapter in popular scientific book, in finnish)
6. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Aasiantapiiri - suvultaan miljoonia vuosia vanha. Pp. 41 In: Katajisto, J., Heimovirta, M., Helstedt, P., Lumiaro, R. (eds.), Luonnossa, Nisäkkäät (osa 3). Weilin+Göös. (Malayan tapir, in finnish)
5. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Mioseenistä plioseeniin - hellivää lämpöä ja kylmää kuivuutta. Pp. 42-44 In: Katajisto, J., Heimovirta, M., Helstedt, P., Lumiaro, R. (eds.), Luonnossa, Nisäkkäät (osa 3). Weilin+Göös. (Miocene-Pliocene, a chapter in popular scientific book, in finnish)
4. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Jääkausiajan nisäkkäät. Pp. 46-47 In: Katajisto, J., Heimovirta, M., Helstedt, P., Lumiaro, R. (eds.), Luonnossa, Nisäkkäät (osa 3). Weilin+Göös. (Late Pleistocene mammals, a chapter in popular scientific book, in finnish)
3. Eronen, J.T. 2009. Nykyihmisen juuret. Pp. 50-53 In: Katajisto, J., Heimovirta, M., Helstedt, P., Lumiaro, R. (eds.), , Luonnossa, Nisäkkäät (osa 3). Weilin+Göös. (Evolution of humans, a chapter in popular scientific book, in finnish)
2. Haaramo, M. & Eronen, J.T. 2009. Maasiltoja ja vesiesteitä - Miten nisäkkäät päätyivät paikoilleen. Pp. 86-89 In: Katajisto, J., Heimovirta, M., Helstedt, P., Lumiaro, R. (eds.), Luonnossa, Nisäkkäät (osa 3). Weilin+Göös. (Plate tectonics and mammal migrations, a chapter in popular scientific book, in finnish)
1. Eronen, J.T. & Micheels, A. 2007 Muna vai kana? Muuttiko kasvillisuus ilmastoa? Ilmastomallinnusta myöhäismioseenissa, Geologi-lehti 60, 164-165 (in Finnish) pdf
C) Scientific books (monographs)
1. Kaakinen, A. P., Jernvall, J., Eronen, J.T., Ukkonen, P., & Viranta-Kovanen, S. K. (Eds.) (2014). Annales Zoologici Fennici 51 (1-2): Festschrift in Honor of Mikael Fortelius on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday. Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board.
All articles in the Festschrift open access, available from http://www.sekj.org/anz/anz511-2.htm
D) Publications intended for professional communities
12. Ahokas, J., Ala-Lahti, T., Eronen, J.T., Haataja, A., Järvensivu, P. H., Lummaa, K., Lähde, V., Majava, A. J., Toivanen, T. T., Vaden, T. 2025. Metsäteollisuuden kestävyyspäivitys – Osa 2: Miten Suomi toteuttaa metsäalan uudistavan metsämission?. Politiikasta.fi. Available from: https://politiikasta.fi/metsateollisuuden-kestavyyspaivitys-osa-2-miten-suomi-toteuttaa-metsaalan-uudistavan-metsamission/
11. Ahokas, J., Ala-Lahti, T., Eronen, J.T., Haataja, A., Järvensivu, P. H., Lummaa, K., Lähde, V., Majava, A. J., Toivanen, T. T., Vadén, T. Metsäteollisuuden kestävyyspäivitys – Osa 1: Miksi metsäteollisuudella on ilmastopoliittinen erityisasema? Politiikasta.fi. Available from: https://politiikasta.fi/metsateollisuuden-kestavyyspaivitys-osa-1-miksi-metsateollisuudella-on-ilmastopoliittinen-erityisasema/
10. Michaux, S., Vadén, T., Korhonen, J. M. & Eronen, J.T., 2022. Assessment of the scope of tasks to completely phase out fossil fuels in Finland. Geological Survey of Finland. 203 p. Available from: https://www.gtk.fi/en/current/researchers-create-six-scenarios-to-completely-phase-out-fossil-fuels-in-finland/
9. Rasmus, S., Kivinen, S., Sarkki, S., Jokinen, M., Eronen, J.T., Kumpula, J., Kumpula, T., Pekkarinen, A-J., Turunen, M., Tuulentie, S. 2022. Toteutuivatko 20 vuotta sitten tehdyt ennusteet? Poromies 91, 27-29
8. Toivanen, R., Virtanen, P. K., Eronen, J.T., Guttorm, H., Helle, I., Korhonen-Kurki, K., Lammensalo, L. 2021. Kokonaiskestävyyden edistäminen arktisen alueen strategiatyössä. pdf
7. Toivanen, R., Virtanen, P. K., Eronen, J.T., Guttorm, H., Helle, I., Korhonen-Kurki, K., Lammensalo, L. 2021. Promoting comprehensive sustainability in strategy work in the Arctic. pdf
6. Eronen, J.T., Rasmus, S., Landauer, M., Forbes, B. 2020. CHARTER Working Paper 1: Knowledge and Arctic Perspectives to Support Climate and Environmental Legislation development. pdf
5. Eronen, J.T., Rasmus, S., Landauer, M., Forbes, B. 2020. CHARTER-hankkeen taustapaperi 1: Tietoa ja arktisia näkemyksiä ilmasto- ja ympäristölainsäädännön tueksi. pdf
4. Eronen, J.T., Harjanne, A., Koponen, H., Korhonen, J., Korpelainen, A. & Pantsar, M. 2019. Suomen on varauduttava ilmastokriisiin - 6 ohjetta sitkeän ja vähähiilisen yhteiskunnan rakentamiseen. pdf
3. Järvensivu, P., Toivanen, T., Vadén, T., Lähde, V., Majava, A. & Eronen, J.T. 2018. Governance of Economic Transition: Invited background document for Global Sustainable Development Report 2019. Available from:
http://bios.fi/bios-governance_of_economic_transition.pdf
2. Kalliokoski, T. K., Soimakallio, S., Eronen, J.T. & Majava, A. 2018. Ilmastonmuutos ja Suomen valinnat metsien käytössä – Eri vaihtoehtojen ekologisten ja yhteiskunnallisten vaikutusten tarkastelua. Available from:
https://www.jyu.fi/science/en/research/resource-wisdom/current/forestclimatesymposium_jyvaskyla_policybrief_final.pdf
1. Anthony D. Barnosky, James H. Brown, Gretchen C. Daily, Rodolfo Dirzo, Anne H. Ehrlich, Paul R. Ehrlich, Jussi T. Eronen, Mikael Fortelius, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Estella B. Leopold, Harold A. Mooney, John Peterson Myers, Rosamond L. Naylor, Stephen Palumbi, Nils Christian Stenseth, Marvalee H. Wake. 2013. Scientific Consensus on Maintaining Humanity's Life Support Systems in the 21st Century: Information for Policy Makers, 52 pp. Available from: http://consensusforaction.stanford.edu/
G) Theses
Eronen, J.T. 2003. Body size development of large mammals during the European Neogene: Trends and some environmental considerations. unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Helsinki, Department of Geology pdf
Eronen, J.T.. 2006. Eurasian Neogene large herbivorous mammals and climate. Acta Zoologica Fennica 216, 1-72 (dissertation, monograph). Also listed as published refereed paper (number six in the list above).
I) Audiovisual material
2. Järvensivu, P., Toivanen, T. T., Vadén, T., Lähde, V., Hakala, E., Majava, A. J., Lummaa, K., Eronen, J.T.. 2019. Ecological Reconstruction (in Finland). Available from:
https://eco.bios.fi/
1. Järvensivu, P., Toivanen, T. T., Vadén, T., Lähde, V., Hakala, E., Majava, A. J., Lummaa, K., Eronen, J.T.. 2019. Ekologinen jälleenrakennus. Available from:
https://eko.bios.fi/