Merilä, Päivi

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

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Expertise

• tree nutrition
• forest health
• soil ecology and soil microbiology

Research Projects

Current

• Boreal forest mosses as indicators of nitrogen deposition
  
• Hydro- and biogeochemical consequences after whole-tree harvesting in drained peatland forests
  
• Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems
  

Former

• Action IM1 Selection of core plots for intensive monitoring 2009 - 2011
  
• Action M7 Project management by associated beneficiaries 2009 - 2011
  
• Action M8 National dissemination of information 2009 - 2011
  
• Forest vegetation and litterfall as environmental indicator
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Mire diversity and function - successional change during primary paludification
  
• Pools and fluxes of carbon on mineral soils and peatlands
  
• Sustainable forest management in the coastal areas of Ostrobothnia
  
• The Lapland Forest Damage Project
  
• The effects of stemwood and wholetree harvesting in drained peatlands on leaching of nutrients and heavy metals to water courses and nutrient sufficiency for sustainable treeproduction
  
• The vitality of forests in western Finland
  
• Vitality of forests
  

Contacts

Keywords: air pollutants, air pollution, forest health, forest litter, forest stands, forest trees, nutrient relations, soil ecology, soil microbiology, succession