Juha Saarinen

Personal profile

Curriculum vitae

Mammal ecomorphology and osteology, fossil recognition and Pleistocene mammal faunas

Description of research and teaching

Mammal ecomorphology and osteology, fossil recognition, Pleistocene mammal faunas

Fields of Science

1171 Geosciences
117 Geography, Environmental sciences
Paleontology and Paleoecology
Neogene mammal communities
paleoecology
body size
mesowear
Pleistocene

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Publications 2009 2019

18 Article
1 Letter
1 Digital or Visual Products
1 Doctoral Thesis
1 More
- 1 Master's thesis

A Humboldtian approach to life and climate of the geological past: Estimating palaeotemperature from dental traits of mammalian communities

Oksanen, O., Zliobaite, I., Saarinen, J., Lawing, A. M. & Fortelius, M., Aug 2019, In : Journal of Biogeography. 46, 8, p. 1760-1776 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Dental ecometrics of tropical Africa: linking vegetation types and communities of large plant-eating mammals

Zliobaite, I., Tang, H., Saarinen, J., Fortelius, M., Rinne, J. & Rannikko, J. C., Mar 2018, In : Evolutionary Ecology Research. 19, 2, p. 127-147 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

The phylogenetic signal in tooth wear: What does it mean?

DeSantis, L., Fortelius, M., Grine, F., Janis, C., Kaiser, T., Merceros, G., Purnell, M., Schulz‐Kornas, E., Saarinen, J., Teaford, M., Ungar, P. & Zliobaite, I., Nov 2018, In : Ecology and Evolution. 8, 22, p. 11359-11362 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

File

Mammal body size evolution in North America and Europe over 20 Myr: similar trends generated by different processes

Huang, S., Eronen, J. T., Janis, C. M., Saarinen, J. J., Silvestro, D. & Fritz, S. A., 22 Feb 2017, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences. 284, 1849, 9 p., 20162361.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

Tooth wear and diets of extant and fossil xenarthrans (Mammalia, Xenarthra): Applying a new mesowear approach

Saarinen, J. & Karme, A., 6 Apr 2017, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 476, p. 42-54 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Projects 2018 2021

1 Active

Behavioural and morphological adaptation to environmental change: the example of African Neogene to Quaternary Proboscidea

Saarinen, J.

01/09/2018 → 31/08/2021

Project: Research project

Prizes

Best PhD thesis in Geosciences, years 2015-2016

Juha Saarinen (Recipient), 16 Mar 2017

Prize: Prizes and awards

Activities 2008 2018

18 Academic visit to other institution
15 Peer review of manuscripts
5 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
3 Public Talks
4 More

National Museums of Kenya & Turkana Basin Institute

Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)

5 Mar 2018 → 24 Mar 2018

Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution

Body mass estimates in NOW database – introducing new data, sources and estimation methods

Juha Saarinen (Speaker)

9 Oct 2018

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Journal)

Juha Saarinen (Reviewer)

24 Aug 2018 → 24 Sep 2018

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts

Natural History Museum

Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)

24 May 2018 → 2 Jun 2018

Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution