Satu
Ramula
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Areas of expertise
Biography
2020- University lecturer in plant ecology, University of Turku
2015-2020 Academy of Finland research fellow, University of Turku
2013-2015 Researcher, Novia University of Applied Sciences & Åbo Akademi University
2011-2013 Associate Senior Lecturer, Lund University
2009-2011 Researcher/University lecturer, Turku University
2007-2009 Postdoc, University of Queensland
2006 PhD, Stockholm University
Teaching
- Current courses:
- BIOL1007 Structure and function of plants
- BIOL4220 Biological data analysis: multivariate methods
- EKOL2110 Populations, communities, and ecosystems
- EKOL2111 Practical exercises in ecology
- EKOL2354 Identification of vascular plants in Finland
- EKOL2302 Terrestrial plant ecology, field course
- MAAN6154 Biogeography
Research
My research focuses on population ecology and invasive species. I am broadly interested in population-level ecological, evolutionary and methodological questions, including drivers of plant invasions, species interactions, and data quality issues. I often apply structured population models to understand spatial and temporal variation in wild populations, and to produce management recommendations.
I am a member of the science committee for the COMPADRE & COMADRE database (https://www.compadre-db.org) project to create an open-access database of matrix population models for both animals and plants from all over the world to facilitate its usage for scientific and teaching purposes. These databases are a repository of demographic data from (mostly) published literature. As the number of published matrix population models (MPMs) grows, so do the opportunities to ask exciting questions about plant and animal demography, ecology, and evolution at a global and cross-taxonomic scale. The underlying motivation behind COMPADRE and COMADRE is to facilitate this research by collecting, digitising, and archiving MPMs at a central repository in a standardised format.
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JecNUpoAAAAJ&hl=en