Nuorteva, Heikki

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

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Expertise

• forest ecology and health
• tree diseases and nutrient status
• foliar analysis
• forest damage
• consequences of defoliation
• whole tree physiology

Research Projects

Current

• Forest damage diagnostic service
  
• Survival abilities of Scots pine in areas infested by mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)
  

Former

• Aetiology and epidemiology of forest diseases
  
• Biology and control of Heterobasidion spp.
  
• Geographical information systems and multi-objective decision support methods for multiple use forestry
  
• New possibilities in controlling Heterobasidion root rot
  
• Shoot and foliage diseases
  
• The assessment and control of risks caused by forest pest insects in a changing environment
  

Contacts

Keywords: defoliation, diseases, forest ecology, forest entomology, forest health, forest pathology, nutrient dynamics, pruning, silviculture