Repola, Jaakko

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

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Expertise

• properties of wood
• biomass models

Research Projects

Current

• Effects of alternative stand management on wood production and profitability
  
• Prediction of stand dynamics and development of MOTTI software
  

Former

• Bioenergy from Laplands stands
  
• Coordination of the Research programme of the ecologically and economically sustainable forestry on peatlands
  
• Decision support system for stand management
  
• Effects of tree stand and climate on the water balance of drained peatland forests
  
• Forest regeneration and afforestation on peatlands
  
• Growth, yield, and stand dynamics on drained peatlands
  
• Hydrological nutrient losses and methods of water quality protection on peatlands drained for forestry purposes
  
• Maintenance of nutrient status on mineral soils
  
• Management of uneven-aged Norway spruce and Scots pine stands
  
• Models for simulation and decision support based on ecological processes in forest regeneration
  
• Natural forests: structure, dynamics and biodiversity as compared with managed forests
  
• Nutrient status and effects of fertilisation in tree stands growing on drained mires
  
• Prediction and simulation of stand dynamics
  
• Prediction of stand development
  
• Prediction of stand development
  
• Regeneration of peatland forests
  
• Stand structure, copetition dynamics and site productivity in growth models
  
• Succession of virgin forest stands
  
• Sustainable multiple use of forests in northern Lapland
  
• The effect of the intensity of forest production on wood properties and wood quality
  

Contacts

Keywords: wood characteristics