Ilvesniemi, Hannu

D.Sc. (For.), Professor

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Expertise

• soil hydrology
• soil chemistry
• forestry and environmental quality
• ecosystem nutrient cycles
• forest regeneration

Research Projects

Current

• Ash and nitrogen fertilization as a compensatory measure in the connection of slash/whole-tree harvest
  
• Effects of alternative stand management on wood production and profitability
  
• ForestEnergy2020
  
• FuBio Joint Research II
  
• Greenhouse gases estimation and reporting
  
• Knowledge based data services -improving the life cycle and accessibility of environmental data provided for public interest
  
• The ecological constraints of sustaineable use of forest bioenergy and the feasibility of the present sustaineability criteria used in forestry
  
• The effect of soil preparation and fertilisation on forest soil and tree stand
  
• Wood and other biomasses as a raw material for ethanol, hemicellulose and platform chemical production
  

Former

• Autumn, winter and spring in forests
  
• BioSoil, Soil, Level I, Part I
  
• BioSoil, Soil, Level I, Part II
  
• Bioenergy from forests -research program co-ordination
  
• Bioenergy from logging residues - effects on soil and tree stand
  
• Forest policy for non-industrial private forestry in Finland
  
• Future Biorefinery B
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Modelling forest carbon cycles
  
• Nutrient dynamics and management of forested mineral soils
  
• The effects of climate change on the distribution ranges and the structure of forest vegetation in Finland
  
• The soil-atmosphere processes and nitrogen cycle and its influence on the European greenhouse gas balance
  

Contacts

Keywords: ecosystem nutrient cycles, forest regeneration, forestry and environmental quality, soil chemistry, soil hydrology