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Eeva-Stiina Tuittila

Eeva-Stiina Tuittila

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
15782
World Ranking
1459
National Ranking
17

Overview

Eeva-Stiina Tuittila is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research primarily spans environmental science with a focus on peatlands and wetlands ecology.

Tuittila's work covers several key fields and subfields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Their research topics reflect a specialized interest in areas such as:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Fire Effects on Ecosystems
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Tuittila has published extensively in specific academic venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Biogeosciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Notable recent publications illustrate the scope of their research interests and collaborations. These include:

  • Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • FLUXNET-CH 4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Identifying dominant environmental predictors of freshwater wetland methane fluxes across diurnal to seasonal time scales, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Methods for determining emission factors for the use of peat and peatlands - flux measurements and modelling, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Effect of the 2018 European drought on methane and carbon dioxide exchange of northern mire ecosystems, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors contributing to Tuittila's research include:

  • Mats B. Nilsson
  • Aino Korrensalo
  • Annalea Lohila
  • Ivan Mammarella
  • Matthias Peichl

Best Publications

  • A Database and Synthesis of Northern Peatland Soil Properties and Holocene Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation

    Julie Loisel;Zicheng Yu;David W. Beilman;Philip Camill

  • A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Agnieszka Kotowska;Jill Bubier;Nancy B. Dise

  • Peatlands in the Earth's 21st century climate system

    Steve Frolking;Julie Talbot;Miriam C. Jones;Claire C. Treat

  • The resilience and functional role of moss in boreal and arctic ecosystems.

    Merritt R Turetsky;B Bond-Lamberty;E Euskirchen;Julie Talbot;Julie Talbot

  • Climate-related changes in peatland carbon accumulation during the last millennium

    D. J. Charman;D. W. Beilman;M. Blaauw;R. K. Booth

  • Annual cycle of methane emission from a boreal fen measured by the eddy covariance technique

    Janne Rinne;Terhi Riutta;Mari Pihlatie;Mika Aurela

  • Status and restoration of peatlands in northern Europe

    H. Vasander;E.-S. Tuittila;E. Lode;L. Lundin

  • A new model of Holocene peatland net primary production, decomposition, water balance, and peat accumulation

    Steve Frolking;Nigel T Roulet;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila;Jill L. Bubier

  • Greenhouse gas emission factors associated with rewetting of organic soils

    D. Wilson;D. Blain;J. Couwenberg;C.D. Evans

  • Restored cut-away peatland as a sink for atmospheric CO2.

    Eeva-Stiina Tuittila;Veli-Matti Komulainen;Harri Vasander;Jukka Laine

  • Response of vegetation and net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange at different peatland microforms following water table drawdown

    M Strack;J. M Waddington;L Rochefort;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila

  • Effect of water table drawdown on northern peatland methane dynamics: Implications for climate change

    M. Strack;J. M. Waddington;E.-S. Tuittila;E.-S. Tuittila;E.-S. Tuittila

  • Methane dynamics of a restored cut‐away peatland

    Eeva‐Stiina Tuittila;Veli‐Matti Komulainen;Harri Vasander;Hannu Nykänen

  • A new European testate amoebae transfer function for palaeohydrological reconstruction on ombrotrophic peatlands

    Dan J. Charman;Antony Blundell;Jukka Alm;Sue Bartlett

  • Restoration of drained peatlands in southern Finland: initial effects on vegetation change and CO2 balance

    Veli‐Matti Komulainen;Eeva‐Stiina Tuittila;Harri Vasander;Jukka Laine

  • Methanotrophy induces nitrogen fixation during peatland development

    Tuula Larmola;Sanna M. Leppänen;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila;Maija Aarva

  • The role of Sphagnum mosses in the methane cycling of a boreal mire

    Tuula Larmola;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila;Marja Tiirola;Hannu Nykänen

  • High-resolution reconstruction of wetness dynamics in a southern boreal raised bog, Finland, during the late Holocene: a quantitative approach

    Minna Väliranta;Atte Korhola;Heikki Seppä;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila

  • Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate

    Manuel Helbig;Manuel Helbig;James Michael Waddington;Pavel Alekseychik;Brian D. Amiro

  • Sensitivity of CO2 Exchange of Fen Ecosystem Components to Water Level Variation

    Terhi Riutta;Jukka Laine;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila

  • CO2 exchange of a sedge fen in southern Finland—the impact of a drought period

    Mika Aurela;Terhi Riutta;Tuomas Laurila;Juha-Pekka Tuovinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Mika Aurela
Mika Aurela Finnish Meteorological Institute
Jukka Laine
Jukka Laine Natural Resources Institute Finland
Ivan Mammarella
Ivan Mammarella University of Helsinki
Janne Rinne
Janne Rinne Lund University
Annalea Lohila
Annalea Lohila Finnish Meteorological Institute
Harri Vasander
Harri Vasander University of Helsinki
Sari Juutinen
Sari Juutinen University of Helsinki
Hannu Fritze
Hannu Fritze Natural Resources Institute Finland
Minna Väliranta
Minna Väliranta University of Helsinki

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