Pekka Kaitaniemi

Research Coordinator, Hyytiälän metsäasema
Forest Ecology and Management

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5162-242X

Phone+358294120742, +358505762929
Emailpekka.j.kaitaniemi@helsinki.fi

Hyytiäläntie 124
00014
Finland

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Curriculum vitae

POSTDOCTORAL FULL-TIME POSITIONS:

2016- Research Coordinator, Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station, University of Helsinki.
2002-2016 Administrator, Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station, University of Helsinki.
2002-2007 Research Fellow, Academy of Finland.
1999-2002 Senior Research Scientist, Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku.
1998 Senior Assistant, Section of Ecology, Dept. Biol., University of Turku.
1998 Researcher, Section of Ecology, Dept. Biol., University of Turku.
1997-1998 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Pest Management and CSIRO Entomology, Brisbane, Australia.

Note: CV is incomplete

Education/Academic qualification

D. Phil., University of Turku

External positions

Docent (Adj. Prof.), University of Turku

2000 → …

Fields of Science

4112 Forestry
boreal trees
mixed stands
computational ecology
models

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

Publications 1992 2018

47 Article
5 Conference contribution
2 Chapter

A study of crown development mechanisms using a shoot-based tree model and segmented terrestrial laser scanning data

Sievänen, R., Raumonen, P., Perttunen, J., Nikinmaa, E. H. & Kaitaniemi, P. J., 1 Sep 2018, In : Annals of Botany. 122, 3, p. 423-434 12 p.

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

Computational analysis of the effects of light gradients and neighbouring species on foliar nitrogen

Kaitaniemi, P., Lintunen, A., Sievänen, R. & Perttunen, J., Nov 2018, In : Ecological Informatics. 48, p. 171–177 7 p.

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

Open Access

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Analysing species-specific light transmission and related crown characteristics of Pinus sylvestris and Betula pendula using a shoot-level 3D model

Lintunen, A., Kaitaniemi, P., Perttunen, J. & Sievänen, R., 2013, In : Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 43, 10, p. 929-938 10 p.

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

Between- and within-tree shading in mixed stands: shoot-level simulation

Lintunen, A., Kaitaniemi, P., Perttunen, J. & Sievänen, R., 2013, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Functional-Structural Plant Models: Saariselkä, Finland, 9 - 14 June 2013. Finnish Society of Forest Science, p. 263 1 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Testing a radiation transmission model for stands consisting of individual 3D Scots pine and silver birch trees

Kaitaniemi, P., Sievänen, R., Lintunen, A. & Perttunen, J., 2013, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Functional-Structural Plant Models: Saariselkä, Finland, 9 - 14 June 2013. Finnish Society of Forest Science, p. 291 1 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Activities 2002 2019

54 Peer review of manuscripts
8 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
3 Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
1 Editor of research journal
1 More
- 1 Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis