Reported finished projects in 2004

The links in this page lead to Metla's Annual Report 2004.

Databanks, computations and models in the forest environment

	10th national forest inventory
	Integrated forestry planning method based on simulation and optimisation
	Preconditions and opportunities for scots pine harvested in thinnings
	Additional markets for wood products in Germany
	Growth, yield and stand dynamics on drained peatlands
	Timber production possibilities on Finnish peatlands
	The management of the permanent field experiment on drained peatlands
	Forest inventories of greenhouse gases and the carbon sink
	The forest carbon sink and economic costs of implementation of the Kyoto protocol
	A model of the effects of forestry on water courses
	Sustainable development of thse Pechora region in a changing environment
	Geospatial modelling of the effect of climate change on vegetation
	Forest organisations are testing the MOTTI software
	Customer-oriented logistics and e-business of chopped firewood
	Short term variation of tree growth
	Methods for monitoring forest regeneration results
	Models, planning and decision supprt in accomodating different forms of forest use

 

Forest ecosystems and forest use

	Boron deficiency causes growth disturbance in spruce forests
	The ecological base and predictability of natural seedling establishment
	Improvement of direct seeding and site preparation
	Effect of soil temperature on the water transport and carbon and nitrogen allocation in forest trees
	Aspen pathology
	Regeneration of birch stands in drained peatlands of Ostrobothnia
	The effects of reproduction dynamics on the genetic diversity of forest trees
	Application of biotechnology for genetic research and gene conservation of forest trees
	Silver birch climatic adaptation and geographical variation of growth
	Afforestation of cut-away peatlands and peat fields
	Carbon pools in afforested fields
	Competition by ground vegetation in afforested fields
	Summer planting of container seedlings
	Participatory planning in state and privately owned forests
	Policy instruments for forest-based public goods
	Impact of forestry and environmental change on the diversity of boreal vegetation since 1950
	Harmful impacts of biodegradable oils on forest machines and environment
	Development of peatland harvesting
	Maintenance of sustainable nutrient status in peatland stands
	Factors affecting release of nitrogen from peat and the effect of nitrogen on tree growth
	Quality of timber from drained peatlands
	Impacts of cuttings on stand and site nutrition, tree growth and stand dynamics on drained peatlands
	Effect of final cutting on the water, carbon and nutritient stores and fluxes in boreal forest on mineral soil
	Damage caused by cervid species on forest use and methods to control the damage