Metla Project 3168

Rodent cycles, damage and diseases

Duration: 2000-2007 Keywords: density variations of rodents, diseases and parasites spread by rodents, forest damage by rodents
Research project group: Distinct projects 1 - Structure and function of forest ecosystems

Objectives

Research topics:

Population fluctuations of small mammals

National inventory of microtine fluctuations and predicting the damage risk areas
Long-term studies on voles and lemmings at Kilpisjärvi and Pallasjärvi: monitoring and experiments
Geographic variation in vole dynamics and its causes

Parasites and diseases of small mammals

Parasites and their dynamics in small mammals in Fennoscandia
Accumulation of heavy metals, PCB´s and OCP´s in small mammals around Kola smelters and at Pallastunturi (Barents-Interreg project)
Evolution and phylogeny of helminths in holarctic small rodents(Finnish Academy -project)
Hantaviruses in Europe
The plague of Central Asia - an epidemiological study focusing on space-time dynamics(contractor in a Kopernikus-project)

Forest damages by rodents

Plant shelters and repellents
The direct and delayed effects of vole damage
Why do voles eat bark

Project leader: Henttonen, Heikki
The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Unit, PL 18, FI-01301 VANTAA, FINLAND
Phone: +358 29 532 2430
E-mail: heikki.henttonen@metla.fi

Other researchers: Hardman, Lotta, VA (2003-08), Haukisalmi, Voitto (2003), Huitu, Otso, SU (2006-07), Laakkonen, Juha (2003-04), Niemimaa, Jukka, VA (2003-08), Varis, Saila (2003), Voutilainen, Piia-Liina, VA (2003-07)

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