Silvan, Niko

D.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Researcher

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Expertise

• mire and peatland ecosystem functioning
• biomasses of peatlands
• dynamics of greenhouse gases
• detrimental effects on watercourses

Research Projects

Current

• Bioenergy production on cut-over peat soils and on drained, low-productive peatland forests; cultivation of peatland mosses (Sphagnum, Polytrichum), and Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) - peatsoil moss joint cultivation
  
• Impact of climate change on C and N transformations in organic soils
  
• New method to reduce the environmental impacts of energy peat production
  

Former

• Pools and fluxes of carbon on mineral soils and peatlands
  

Contacts

Keywords: biomass, detrimental effects on watercourses, greenhouse gases, mire and peatland studies