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Tara Rajaniemi

faculty

Tara Rajaniemi, PhD

Professor

Biology

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-999-8223

Science & Engineering 333

Education

2001University of MichiganPhD
1995Florida State UniversityBA

Teaching

  • Plant Biology
  • Community Ecology
  • Experimental Design and Analysis

Programs

Courses

The diversity, cellular biology, anatomy and morphology, physiology, and ecology of plants. In the laboratory, the major groups of plants will be studied, and students will use hypothesis-testing and experimentation to examine concepts in plant physiology and ecology.

An advanced research project in an advanced student's field of general interest conducted under the supervision of an appropriate staff member, in the form of independent research leading to the solution of a problem. (Hours will be arranged)

Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Terms and hours to be arranged.

Research

Research interests

  • Root growth responses to competition
  • Effects of species interactions on community structure
  • Plant species distributions on coastal dunes

Select publications

See curriculum vitae for more publications

  • Rajaniemi, T.K., and Barrett, D.T. (2018).
    Germination responses to abiotic stress shape species distributions on coastal dunes
    Plant Ecology, 219, 1271-1282.
  • Rajaniemi, T.K., Goldberg, D.E., Turkington, R., and Dyer, A.R. (2012).
    Local filters limit species diversity, but species pools determine composition
    Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 14, 373-380.
  • Rajaniemi, T.K. (2011).
    Competition for patchy soil resources reduces community evenness
    Oecologia, 165, 169-174.
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