
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Deputy Head of School
Professor
School of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
[email protected] | +358 50 442 4299
I have strong background in plant and ecosystem ecology linking vegetation and microbial diversity and processes to soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions. My major research questions are related to the peatland ecosystems, how they adapt and feedback to global change (climate change, changing management, restoration). I am also interested how the ongoing change in humans’ relationship to nature is impacting ecosystems and how it feeds back to humans.
I received my PhD in University of Helsinki (UH) in 2000. After a postdoc in Canada in McMaster University and Univerité Laval I continued working as a postdoc and Academy Research Fellow in UH. On August 2011 I moved to University of Eastern Finland (UEF), first to work as a university researcher in Forest Ecology and on February 2012 I started as a professor of Forest Soil Science.
Research groups
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Sustainable Forest Bioeconomy: American-Finnish C… 01.10.2021 -
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Peat&Trees - Peatland and Soil Ecology Resear… 02.02.2012 -
Projects
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Biosphere laboratory of Eastern Finland 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
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METNET - Methane and soil - tree networks: Adding dimensions to greenhouse-gas studies Finished 01.09.2019 - 31.07.2023
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Forest Happiness 02.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
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Trees Near Us Finished 31.12.2023 - 31.12.2023
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ReindeerPaths - Towards mechanistic understanding of reindeer impacts on wetland carbon balance Finished 01.09.2020 - 31.05.2024
Publications
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Green companions: Affordances of human–tree relationships
Vainio, Kaisa Kristiina; Takala, Tuomo; Limpens, Juul; Lummaa, Karoliina; Korrensalo, Aino; Räsänen, Aleksi; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2025. Ambio. [Published: 27 January 2025]: 1-19 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Uneven-aged and even-aged forest management shape the soil fungal community composition in a boreal Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst) forest
Roth, Eva-Maria; Sietiö, Outi-Maaria; Valkonen, Sauli; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Helmisaari, Heljä-Sisko; Karhu, Kristiina. 2025. Science of the total environment. 965: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
A deepened water table increases the vulnerability of peat mosses to periodic drought
Kokkonen, Nicola; Laine, Anna M.; Korrensalo, Aino; Nijp, Jelmer; Limpens, Juul; Mehtätalo, Lauri; Männistö, Elisa; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2024. Journal of ecology. 112: 1210-1224 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
CH4 transport in wetland plants under controlled environmental conditions - separating the impacts of phenology from environmental variables
Ge, Mengyu; Korrensalo, Aino; Putkinen, Anuliina; Laiho, Raija; Kohl, Lukas; Pihlatie, Mari; Lohila, Annalea; Mäkiranta, Päivi; Siljanen, Henri; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Wang, Jinsong; Koskinen, Markku. 2024. Plant and soil. [Epub ahead of print 01 June 2024]: 1-21 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems
See, Craig R.; Virkkala, Anna Maria; Natali, Susan M.; Rogers, Brendan M.; Mauritz, Marguerite; Biasi, Christina; Bokhorst, Stef; Boike, Julia; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Celis, Gerardo; Chae, Namyi; Christensen, Torben R.; Murner, Sara June; Dengel, Sigrid; Dolman, Han; Edgar, Colin W.; Elberling, Bo; Emmerton, Craig A.; Euskirchen, Eugénie S.; Göckede, Mathias; Grelle, Achim; Heffernan, Liam; Helbig, Manuel; Holl, David; Humphreys, Elyn; Iwata, Hiroki; Järveoja, Järvi; Kobayashi, Hideki; Kochend. 2024. Nature climate change. 14: 853-862 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Do you have a tree friend?-Human-tree relationships in Finland
Vainio, Kaisa; Korrensalo, Aino; Takala, Tuomo; Räsänen, Aleksi; Lummaa, Karoliina; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2024. People and nature. 6: 646-659 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Effects of nitrogen fertilization on the ground vegetation cover and soil chemical properties in Scots pine and Norway spruce stands
Jetsonen, Johanna; Laurén, Annamari; Peltola, Heli; Muhonen, Olli; Nevalainen, Juha; Ikonen, Veli-Pekka; Kilpeläinen, Antti; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Männistö, Elisa; Kokkonen, Nicola; Palviainen, Marjo. 2024. Silva fennica. 58: . 23058 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Impact of severe drought on biogenic volatile organic compounds emissions from Sphagnum mosses in boreal peatlands
Männistö, Elisa; Ylänne, Henni; Kokkonen, Nicola; Korrensalo, Aino; Laine, Anna M; Yli-Pirilä, Pasi; Keinänen, Markku; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina. 2024. Science of the total environment. 951: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Recent hummock establishment in the margin of a subarctic fen, Finnish Lapland
Kuuri-Riutta, Olivia; Pilkama, Elmiina; Salminen-Paatero, Susanna; Vögeli, Camille; Mitchell, Edward A D; Lohila, Annalea; Tuittila, Eeva Stiina; Väliranta, Minna. 2024. Boreas. 53: 282-295 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Shoulder season controls on methane emissions from a boreal peatland
Jentzsch, Katharina; Mannisto, Elisa; Marushchak, Maija E; Korrensalo, Aino; van Delden, Lona; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Knoblauch, Christian; Treat, Claire C. 2024. Biogeosciences. 21: 3761-3788 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research