Vanha-Majamaa, Ilkka

M.Sc., Researcher

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Expertise

• forest and mire vegetation
• fire ecology
• forest management and vegetation dynamics
• forest regeneration
• urban forests
• restoration
• biodiversity

Research Projects

Current

• MULTI EFFORT (Multiple eco-friendly forest use: Restoring Traditions)
  
• Resilience of forest structures, species and processes after disturbances and restoration
  

Former

• Diversity of forest and mire vegetation
  
• Fire and its use in boreal forest ecosystems
  
• Fire management and fire use strategies
  
• Forest management and biodiversity
  
• Impact of forestry and environmental change on the diversity of boreal vegetation since 1950
  
• Impacts of different forest regeneration alternatives on biodiversity
  
• Methods, models and goals of multi-objective forest planning
  
• Participatory planning in state and private owned forests
  
• Practical restoration and evaluation of the methods
  
• Recovery of boreal forest ecosystem from long-term heavy-metal pollution
  
• Regeneration of spruce forests and vegetation diversity
  
• Resilience and stability in developing tools for sustainable forest management and restoration
  
• The ecological base and predictability of natural seedling establishment
  
• The effect of air pollutants on the function of forest ecosystem
  

Contacts

Keywords: diversity, fire ecology, forest and peatland vegetation, regeneration