Tara Rajaniemi, PhD
Professor
Biology
Contact
508-999-8223
508-999-8196
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Violette Research 205A
Education
2001 | University of Michigan | PhD |
1995 | Florida State University | BA |
Teaching
- Plant Biology
- Community Ecology
- Experimental Design and Analysis
Teaching
Programs
Programs
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.