Siipilehto, Jouni

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

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Expertise

• growth and yield
• stand structure
• growth models
• alternative weed control methods

Research Projects

Current

• Prediction of stand dynamics and development of MOTTI software
  
• The ecological constraints of sustaineable use of forest bioenergy and the feasibility of the present sustaineability criteria used in forestry
  
• The effect of soil preparation and fertilisation on forest soil and tree stand
  
• Uneven-aged forest management
  

Former

• Decision support system for stand management
  
• Development of peatland harvesting
  
• Effect of structural complexity on growth and yield of forest stands
  
• Field afforestation in EU-Finland
  
• Natural forests: structure, dynamics and biodiversity as compared with managed forests
  
• 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
  
• The prediction of the tree growth and quality in Betula pendula and Betula pubescens stands
  

Contacts

Keywords: growth, modelling, structure of forest stands