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

Keywords

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 2018

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

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

Dental mesowear reflects local vegetation and niche separation in Pleistocene proboscideans from Britain

Saarinen, J. & Lister, A. M., Oct 2016, In : Journal of Quaternary Science. 31, 7, p. 799–808 10 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

Natural History Museum

Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)

15 Oct 2018 → 29 Oct 2018

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

Royal Society Open Science (Journal)

Juha Saarinen (Reviewer)

24 Sep 2018 → 9 Oct 2018

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

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

Palaeontologia Electronica (Journal)

Juha Saarinen (Reviewer)

18 Apr 2018 → 9 May 2018

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