Mäkinen, Harri

Ph.D., Researcher

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Expertise

• wood quality
• growth variation
• growth and yield

Research Projects

Current

• Coordination of Forest Cluster Research Projects
  
• Effect of forest management on wood properties
  
• Effects of alternative stand management on wood production and profitability
  
• Forest growth in a changing environment
  
• Multi-scale modelling of tree growth, forest ecosystems, and their environmental control
  
• Prediction of stand dynamics and development of MOTTI software
  
• Uneven-aged forest management
  
• Wood production potential, forest management and harvesting in changing environment
  

Former

• Causes and consequences of increasing growth of Finnish forests
  
• Control of wood properties by the means of forest tree breeding and silviculture
  
• Coordination of Research and Development Programme on Forest Resource Information System and Forest Planning
  
• Decision support system for stand management
  
• Diameter growth dynamics during growing season and annual growth variation
  
• Effect of environmental factors and genotype on formation and properties of tracheids
  
• Forest management for improved wood quality
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Management and harvesting of Norway spruce stands in changing climate
  
• Natural forests: structure, dynamics and biodiversity as compared with managed forests
  
• Prediction and simulation of stand dynamics
  
• Prediction of stand development
  
• Short term variation of tree growth
  
• Stand structure, copetition dynamics and site productivity in growth models
  
• The effect of the intensity of forest production on wood properties and wood quality
  
• The influence of environmental factors on tree growth
  
• Thinnings in forest management
  
• Wood material from differently managed forests: properties, measurement and modelling
  

Contacts

Keywords: growth and yield, growth variation, wood quality