Nevalainen, Seppo

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

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Expertise

• forest vitality
• fungal diseases

Research Projects

Current

• Biology and control of Heterobasidion spp.
  
• Climate change induced drought effects on forest growth and vulnerability (Climforisk)
  
• Control of vertebrate damages in forestry
  
• Forest damage diagnostic service
  
• Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems
  
• National Forest Inventory 10
  

Former

• Action IM1 Selection of core plots for intensive monitoring 2009 - 2011
  
• Action L2 Large scale representative monitoring 2009 - 2011
  
• Aetiology and epidemiology of forest diseases
  
• Diversifying hardwood utilisation
  
• Ecological Monitoring of Karelian Forests
  
• Effects of restoration on the development of trees, vegetation and macrofungi in former managed forests
  
• Evaluation of future risks of alien species and old pathogens on new hosts
  
• Factors for the wood and timber quality of Scots pine
  
• Forest vitality
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Maintenance of nutrient status on mineral soils
  
• Monitoring of forest resources
  
• Natural usability of Finnish wood species in buildings
  
• New wood product solutions and their competitiveness
  
• Quality, measurement and procurement of wood raw materials in specializing timber utilization
  
• Raw material potentials, properties, suitability and competitiveness of Scots pine and Norway spruce in wood product industries
  
• Stand treatment grounds. The compilation of study results.
  
• Vitality of forests
  

Contacts

Keywords: forest vitality, fungal diseases