Kukkola, Mikko

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

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Expertise

• permanent experiments
• forest fertilisation
• whole-tree harvesting

Research Projects

Current

• Ash and nitrogen fertilization as a compensatory measure in the connection of slash/whole-tree harvest
  
• Knowledge based data services -improving the life cycle and accessibility of environmental data provided for public interest
  
• LifeData - Knowledge based data services - improving the life cycle and accessibility of environmental data provided for public interest
  
• 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
  

Former

• Bioenergy from logging residues - effects on soil and tree stand
  
• Developing and supporting experimental activities
  
• Fertility and management of forest soils
  
• Forest damage diagnostic service
  
• Forest vitality fertilization
  
• Growth and profitability losses in Scots pine stands resulted from insect defoliation and its consideration in forest taxation
  
• Imbalanced Forest Nutrition - Vitality Measures
  
• Intensive wood production, effect of logging residues, site preparation and method of artificial regeneration on tree stand development and soil properties
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Maintenance of nutrient status on mineral soils
  
• Nitrogen tolerance of forest ecosystems
  
• Nutrient dynamics and management of forested mineral soils
  
• Recovery of logging residue for energy as part of forest management
  
• Removal of nutrients with biomass in Norway spruce stans
  
• Stand structure, copetition dynamics and site productivity in growth models
  
• Wood for energy -a contribution to the development of sustainable forest management
  

Contacts

Keywords: forest fertilisation, nutrient content, permanent sample plot experiments, production, stand, whole-tree harvesting, yield