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Overview

Juha Tuomi is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland. Their research focuses on various aspects of agricultural and biological sciences, with specific attention to the interaction between plants and fungi.

Their recent publication includes the paper titled "Dark septate endophytes: mutualism from by-products?" published in 2021 in Trends in Plant Science. This paper has been cited 83 times. The research explores the interactions between plants and dark septate endophytes, a type of fungal symbiont, examining the nature of mutualistic relationships arising from by-products.

The main fields of study in which Juha Tuomi contributes are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The scientist's work also spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Cell Biology
  • Plant Science

Areas of research focus involve:

  • Plant and fungal interactions
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Juha Tuomi has collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Anna Liisa Ruotsalainen
  • Miia Kauppinen
  • Piippa R. Wäli
  • Kari Saikkonen
  • Marjo Helander

They have published in scientific venues such as:

  • Trends in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Alternative Concepts of Reproductive Effort, Costs of Reproduction, and Selection in Life-History Evolution

    Juha Tuomi;Tuomo Hakala;Erkki Haukioja

  • Nutrient stress: an explanation for plant anti-herbivore responses to defoliation

    Juha Tuomi;Pekka Niemelä;Erkki Haukioja;Seija Sirén

  • Genetic structure and gene flow in a metapopulation of an endangered plant species, Silene tatarica.

    N. Tero;J. Aspi;P. Siikamäki;A. Jäkäläniemi

  • Optimization of cryptic coloration in heterogeneous habitats

    Sami Merilaita;Juha Tuomi;Veijo Jormalainen

  • INDUCTION OF OVERCOMPENSATION IN THE FIELD GENTIAN, GENTIANELLA CAMPESTRIS

    Tommy Lennartsson;Patric Nilsson;Juha Tuomi

  • Defensive Responses of Trees in Relation to Their Carbon/Nutrient Balance

    Juha Tuomi;Pekka Niemelä;F. Stuart ChapinIII;John P. Bryant

  • Evidence for an evolutionary history of overcompensation in the grassland biennial Gentianella campestris (Gentianaceae).

    Tommy Lennartsson;Juha Tuomi;Patric Nilsson

  • Plant Compensatory Responses: Bud Dormancy as an Adaptation to Herbivory

    Juha Tuomi;Patric Nilsson;Marten Astrom

  • A TEST OF MUTUAL AID IN COMMON MYCORRHIZAL NETWORKS: ESTABLISHED VEGETATION NEGATES BENEFIT IN SEEDLINGS

    Minna-Maarit Kytöviita;Mauritz Vestberg;J. Tuomi

  • Associational effects of plant defences in relation to within- and between-patch food choice by a mammalian herbivore: neighbour contrast susceptibility and defence

    Ulrika Alm Bergvall;Pasi Rautio;Kari Kesti;Juha Tuomi

  • Evolution of heterospecific attraction: using other species as cues in habitat selection

    Mikko Mönkkönen;Roger Härdling;Jukka T. Forsman;Juha Tuomi

  • Use of sheep grazing in the restoration of semi-natural meadows in northern Finland

    Kalle Hellström;Ari-Pekka Huhta;Pasi Rautio;Juha Tuomi

  • Restorative mowing on an abandoned semi-natural meadow: short-term and predicted long-term effects

    Ari‐Pekka Huhta;Pasi Rautio;Juha Tuomi;Kari Laine

  • What are the units of selection in modular organisms

    Juha Tuomi;Timo Vuorisalo

  • Grazing tolerance of Gentianella amarella and other monocarpic herbs: why is tolerance highest at low damage levels?

    Ari-Pekka Huhta;Kalle Hellström;Pasi Rautio;Juha Tuomi

  • Reindeer grazing and soil microbial processes in two suboceanic and two subcontinental tundra heaths

    Sari Stark;Rauni Strömmer;Juha Tuomi

  • Induced accumulation of foliage phenols in mountain birch: branch response to defoliation?

    J. Tuomi;P. Niemela;M. Rousi;S. Siren

  • Defoliation and mycorrhizal symbiosis: a functional balance between carbon sources and below-ground sinks

    K. Saikkonen;U. Ahonen-Jonnarth;A.M. Markkola;M. Helander

  • The Panglossian paradigm and delayed inducible accumulation of foliar phenolics in mountain birch

    Juha Tuomi;Pekka Niemelä;Seija Sirén

  • Mammalian reproductive strategies: A generalized relation of litter size to body size.

    Juha Tuomi

  • Tolerance of Gentianella campestris in relation to damage intensity: an interplay between apical dominance and herbivory

    Ari-Pekka Huhta;Tommy Lennartsson;Juha Tuomi;Pasi Rautio

Frequent Co-Authors

Pasi Rautio
Pasi Rautio Finnish Forest Research Institute
Pekka Niemelä
Pekka Niemelä University of Turku
Kari Laine
Kari Laine University of Oulu
Olof Leimar
Olof Leimar Stockholm University
Erkki Haukioja
Erkki Haukioja University of Turku
Minna-Maarit Kytöviita
Minna-Maarit Kytöviita University of Jyväskylä
Veijo Jormalainen
Veijo Jormalainen University of Turku
Elizabeth E. Crone
Elizabeth E. Crone Tufts University
Sami Merilaita
Sami Merilaita University of Turku
Kari Saikkonen
Kari Saikkonen University of Turku

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