Research Fellow in Pollination Ecology

My main research focus is on the diversity of pollinators and their interactions with plants. In ongoing projects, we focus on communities in agricultural landscapes. Previously, I have studied the species composition of bumblebees and butterflies in managed forest landscapes, as well as the role of natural disturbances in shaping forest biodiversity. I am also interested in suitable statistical methods for studying community diversity, spatial data analysis, and meta-analysis. 

• Pereira, C. C.; Novais, S.; Barbosa, M.; Negreiros, D.; Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Roslin, T.; Marquis, R.; Marino, N.; Novotny, V.; Orivel, J.; Sui, S.; Aires, G.; Antoniazzi, R.; Dáttilo, W.; Breviglieri, C.; Busse, A.; Gibb, H.; Izzo, T.; Kadlec, T.; Kemp, V.; ... Viljur, M.-L.; Koricheva, J.; Fernandes, G. W.; Romero, G. Q.; Cornelissen, T. (2022). Subtle structures with not‐so‐subtle functions: A data set of arthropod constructs and their host plants. Ecology, 103(4), e3639. DOI: 1002/ecy.3639.
• Romero, G. Q.; Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Roslin, T.; Marquis, R. J.; Marino, N. A. C.; Novotny, V.; Cornelissen, T.; Orivel, J.; Sui, S.; Aires, G.; Antoniazzi, R.; Dáttilo, W.; Breviglieri, C. P. B.; Busse, A.; Gibb, H.; Izzo, T. J.; Kadlec, T.; Kemp, V.; Kersch-Becker, M.; Knapp, M. ... Viljur, M.-L.; Koricheva, J. (2022). Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: A global experiment. Global Change Biology, 28(11), 3694−3710. DOI: 1111/gcb.16150.
• Viljur, M.-L.; Abella, S. R.; Adámek, M.; Alencar, J. B. R.; Barber, N. A.; Beudert, B.; Burkle, L. A.; Cagnolo, L.; Campos, B. R.; Chao, A.; Chergui, B.; Choi, C.-Y.; Cleary, D. F. R.; Davis, T. S.; Dechnik-Vázquez, Y. A.; Downing, W. M.; Fuentes-Ramirez, A.; Gandhi, K. J. K.; Gehring, C.; Georgiev, K. B. ... Thorn, S. (2022). The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis. Biological Reviews, 97(5), 1930-1947. DOI: 1111/brv.12876.
• Motivans Švara, E.; Ştefan, V.; Sossai, E.; Feldmann, R.; Aguilon, D. J.; Bontsutsnaja, A.; E-Vojtkó, A.; Kilian, I. C.; Lang, P.; Mõtlep, M.; Prangel, E.; Viljur, M.-L.; Knight, T. M.; Neuenkamp, L. (2021). Effects of different types of low-intensity management on plant-pollinator interactions in Estonian grasslands. Ecology and Evolution, 11(23), 16909−16926. DOI: 1002/ece3.8325.
• Viljur, M.-L.; Tiitsaar, A.; Gimbutas, M.; Kaasik, A.; Valdma, D.; Õunap, E.; Tammaru, T.; Teder, T. (2020). Conserving woodland butterflies in managed forests: Both local and landscape factors matter. Forest Ecology and Management, 462, 118002. DOI: 1016/j.foreco.2020.118002.
• Viljur, M.-L.; Relve, A.; Gimbutas, M.; Kaasik, A.; Teder, T. (2019). Dispersal of open-habitat butterflies in managed forest landscapes: Are colonisers special? Journal of Insect Conservation, 23, 259-267. DOI: 1007/s10841-018-0112-6.
• Viljur, M.-L.; Teder, T. (2018). Disperse or die: Colonisation of transient open habitats in production forests is only weakly dispersal-limited in butterflies. Biological Conservation, 218, 32-40. DOI: 1016/j.biocon.2017.12.006.
• Viljur, M.-L.; Teder, T. (2016). Butterflies take advantage of contemporary forestry: Clear-cuts as temporary grasslands. Forest Ecology and Management, 376, 118-125. DOI: 1016/j.foreco.2016.06.002.