Tuija Maliniemi

PhD
Academy Research Fellow

Geography
Faculty of Science

I am a physical geographer and plant community ecologist working as an Academy Research Fellow at the Geography Research Unit. My research examines long‑term biodiversity change in northern environments, with a particular focus on boreal forests, mountain birch forests, and tundra ecosystems. I aim to understand how climate change, land use change, and abiotic diversity (geodiversity) shape biodiversity and vegetation dynamics and what consequences these changes have for ecosystems.

In my current project, I explore less studied and unknown dimensions of high‑latitude biodiversity change and investigate how links between biodiversity and geodiversity can support biodiversity research and conservation.

Research interests

  • Long-term vegetation changes
  • High-latitude plant communities
  • Link between biodiversity and geodiversity

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Contact information

E-mail

tuija.maliniemi@oulu.fi

Postal address

P.O.Box 8000, FI-90014 University of Oulu, Finland

Keywords

Natural Sciences, Environment diversity of species and organisms herbivory identification of species plant ecology Geosciences geography geoinformation systems (gis) Northern environment, environmental change climate change ecology of changes in climate and environment geodiversity global change research of the Northern and Arctic regions

Projects

Unexplored long-term patterns and drivers of biodiversity change