Helena Wirta

0000-0002-4667-2166

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Associate professor at Department of Ecology and Environmental Science

KBC-Fysiologihuset, Linnaeus väg 6, Umeå, A3 44 21 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

I study ecological communities, focusing on how and why plant-insect-microbe communities change and identifying the players in the foodwebs by DNA based methods.

Flower-visitor and pollen-load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles

Oikos, John Wiley & Sons 2024, (4)

Cirtwill, Alyssa R.; Wirta, Helena; Kaartinen, Riikka; et al.

Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation

Communications Earth & Environment, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 5, (1)

Parisy, Bastien; Schmidt, Niels M.; Cirtwill, Alyssa R.; et al.

Distinct communities and differing dispersal routes in bacteria and fungi of honey bees, honey, and flowers

Microbial Ecology, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 87, (1)

Tiusanen, Mikko; Becker-Scarpitta, Antoine; Wirta, Helena

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Terrestrial ecology