Saarinen, Markku

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

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Expertise

• forest regeneration on drained peatlands
• peatland forestry

Research Projects

Current

• Direct seeding methods and forest tree seed production
  
• Natural regeneration of forests
  
• Uneven-aged forest management
  

Former

• Artificial regeneration
  
• Coordination of the Research programme of the ecologically and economically sustainable forestry on peatlands
  
• Ditch network maintenance -need and technology
  
• Ecological bases on forest regeneration
  
• Effects of ditch network maintenance on the development of peatland stands
  
• Forest regeneration and afforestation on peatlands
  
• Leader
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Models for simulation and decision support based on ecological processes in forest regeneration
  
• Natural forests: structure, dynamics and biodiversity as compared with managed forests
  
• Nutrient amounts and nutrient dynamics in drained peatland
  
• Nutrient status and effects of fertilisation in tree stands growing on drained mires
  
• Peat nutrient regime and sustainable wood production on peatlands
  
• Regeneration of peatland forests
  
• Regeneration of peatland stands - a preliminary study
  
• The ecological base and predictability of natural seedling establishment
  
• The natural regeneration of the forest
  

Contacts

Keywords: development of natural forests, drained peat soils, forest regeneration, nutrient relations, regeneration, woodland regeneration