Salo, Kauko

Lic. Phil., Researcher

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Expertise

• multiple use of forests
• wild berries and mushrooms
• forest fire ecology

Research Projects

Current

• Geographical information systems and multi-objective decision support methods for multiple use forestry
  
• MULTI EFFORT (Multiple eco-friendly forest use: Restoring Traditions)
  
• Phenology and crop forecasts of forest plants in changing climate
  
• STARTREE - Multipurpose trees and non-wood forest products a challenge and opportunity
  

Former

• Coordination of the research program: Biodiversity in the forest ecosystem
  
• Effect of forest management on insect and microbe diversity
  
• Effects of restoration on the development of trees, vegetation and macrofungi in former managed forests
  
• Establishment of plant phenological monitoring network and forecast system of berry and mushroom yield
  
• Fire and its use in boreal forest ecosystems
  
• Fire as a tool in managing forest succession
  
• LIFE to KOLI- Restoration of the forests and meadows in the National Park
  
• Natural forests: structure, dynamics and biodiversity as compared with managed forests
  
• Non-timber forest products
  
• The effects of reproduction dynamics on the genetic diversity in the forest trees
  
• Timing of phenological events in changing climate - research on trees and their seeds, yields of wild berries and mushrooms
  
• Usage of peat cutover areas for wood production
  

Contacts

Keywords: berries, forestfires, multiple use of forest, mushrooms