Siitonen, Juha

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

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Expertise

• forest entomology
• forest biodiversity
• natural forests

Research Projects

Current

• Forest damage diagnostic service
  
• Forest management in changing climate with multiple targets of timber production, carbon sequestration and maintenance of biodiversity
  
• Forest management regimes based on natural disturbance dynamics
  
• Geographical information systems and multi-objective decision support methods for multiple use forestry
  
• The coordination of the monitoring of the impacts of the METSO 2008-2016 Programme
  
• The monitoring of the impacts of the Forest Biodiversity Programme for SSouthern Finland (METSO 2008-2016)
  

Former

• Co-ordination of research programme
  
• Comparing the ecological effects of restoration and biodiversity-oriented management
  
• Coordination of the research program: Biodiversity in the forest ecosystem
  
• Effect of forest management on insect and microbe diversity
  
• Effect of stump harvesting on forest damage and saproxylic species
  
• Finnish fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae etc.) and log midges (Diptera:Porricondylinae): faunistics, habitat requirements and threat status
  
• Forest management and biodiversity
  
• Habitats of saproxylic beetles - a Nordic database
  
• Insect diversity and the risk of damage in the poorly managed forests
  
• Interlinkages between forest biodiversity and carbon sequestration
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Management alternatives for biodiversity conservation and their effects on stand-level profitability
  
• Methods, models and goals of multi-objective forest planning
  
• Natural forests: structure, dynamics and biodiversity as compared with managed forests
  
• Nature conservation and wilderness
  
• Policy instruments for safeguarding forest biodiversity
  
• Restoration of mires and forests in northern Finland
  
• Succession of virgin forest stands
  

Contacts

Keywords: forest biodiversity, insects, naturalforests