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 Collaboration for Research, Innovation and Education 01.10.2021 - -
Peat&Trees - Peatland and Soil Ecology Research Group 02.02.2012 -
Projects
Publications
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Detecting Subtle Change in Species and Trait Composition and Quantifying Its Uncertainty in a Boreal Peatland
Korrensalo, Aino; Kettunen, Juho; Mehtätalo, Lauri; Vanhatalo, Jarno; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina, 2025, Journal of vegetation science, 36, 2, e70025. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Drivers on Carbon Accumulation Vary Along the Hydrological Gradient of a Subarctic Patterned Peatland
Zhang, Hui; Piilo, Sanna; Aquino-Lopez, Marco A; Guo, Zhengtang; Zhao, Yan; Laine, Anna M; Korrensalo, Aino; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Valiranta, Minna, 2025, Journal of geophysical research : biogeosciences, 130, 5, e2024JG008677. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
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, 54, 5, 850-868. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Influence of human-forest relationships on perceived happiness in Finland
Santhi, Syamili Manoj; Takala, Tuomo; Korrensalo, Aino; Lovric, Natasa; Tikkanen, Jukka; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina, 2025, People and nature, 7, 11, 3017-3035. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Microbial and bryospheric photosynthesis of boreal peatlands have peatland‐type‐specific responses to long‐term drying
Kuuri‐Riutta, Olivia; Le Geay, Marie; Jassey, Vincent EJ; Barel, Janna M; Laine, Anna M; Ylänne, Henni; Tuittila, Eeva‐Stiina, 2025, New phytologist, 248, 3, 1336-1350. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Microbial photosynthesis mitigates carbon loss from northern peatlands under warming
Hamard, Samuel; Planchenault, Sophie; Walcker, Romain; Sytiuk, Anna; Le Geay, Marie; Kuttim, Martin; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Petchey, Owen L; Robroek, Bjorn J M; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Barret, Maialen; Cereghino, Regis; Delarue, Frederic; Ferriol, Jessica; Lafont Rapnouil, Tristan; Leflaive, Josephine; Le Roux, Gael; Jassey, Vincent E J, 2025, Nature climate change, 15, 436-443. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Restoration induced long-term vegetation change in oligotrophic peatlands
Kumpulainen, Nina; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Tolvanen, Anne; Tarvainen, Oili; Ylänne, Henni; Laine, Anna M, 2025, Journal of applied ecology, [Epub ahead of print 6 Oct 2025], 1-14. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Seasonality in Diffusive Methane Emissions Differs Between Bog Microforms
Jentzsch, Katharina; Männistö, Elisa; Marushchak, Maija E; Rettelbach, Tabea; Golde, Lion; Korrensalo, Aino; Hashemi, Joshua; van Delden, Lona; Tuittila, Eeva‐Stiina; Knoblauch, Christian; Treat, Claire C, 2025, Global change biology, 31, 7, 1-21. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Uncovering diversity and abundance patterns of CO2-fixing microorganisms in peatlands
Le Geay, Marie; Mayers, Kyle; Sytiuk, Anna; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Küttim, Martin; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Lauga, Béatrice; Jassey, Vincent E. J., 2025, npj biodiversity, 4, 1, 30. 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, 178648. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research



