Mäkitalo, Kari

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

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Expertise

• forest regeneration
• forest soil science

Research Projects

Current

• Alien species and spruce pathogens
  
• Forest growth in a changing environment
  
• Natural regeneration of forests
  
• The effect of soil preparation and fertilisation on forest soil and tree stand
  

Former

• Artificial regeneration
  
• Classification of forest soils in northern Finland
  
• Early growt of native tree species on northern Finnish tills
  
• Forest regeneration in the special conditions of northern Finland
  
• Management of old-growth spruce forests in Finnish Lapland
  
• Models for simulation and decision support based on ecological processes in forest regeneration
  
• The alternatives of the forest regeneration methods and their ecological and social sustainability in Northern Finland
  
• The natural regeneration of the forest
  

Contacts

Keywords: forest regeneration, site preparation, soil moisture