Huitu, Otso

Ph.D., Researcher

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Expertise

• vole damage in forestry and its prevention
• population ecology
• predator-prey interactions
• plant-herbivore interactions
• small mammals

Research Projects

Current

• Climate change and vole dynamics
  
• Control of vertebrate damages in forestry
  
• Individual health and dynamics of natural populations
  
• Rodent research
  

Former

• Impact of climate change on forest damage by mammals
  
• Quality chain of forest regeneration from seed production to early tending
  
• Rodent cycles, damage and diseases
  

Contacts

Keywords: animal ecology, plant shelters, population cycles, population ecology, rodents, shrews, small mammals, vole damage in forestry, vole repellents, voles