Alenius, Virpi

M.Sc. (Biometry), Researcher, Customer Manager, Rovaniemi

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Expertise

• biometrics
• statistical methods
• customer manager

Research Projects

Current

• Natural regeneration of forests
  

Former

• Effects of tree stand and climate on the water balance of drained peatland forests
  
• Forest regeneration and afforestation on peatlands
  
• Forest regeneration in the special conditions of northern Finland
  
• Growth and yield of peatland stands
  
• Growth, yield, and stand dynamics on drained peatlands
  
• Hydrological nutrient losses and methods of water quality protection on peatlands drained for forestry purposes
  
• Impacts of cuttings on stand and site nutrition, tree growth, and stand dynamics on drained peatlands
  
• Influences of decreasing forest resource utilization and forest improvement in Ostrobothnia
  
• Methods, models and goals of multi-objective forest planning
  
• Models, planning and decision support for multi-functional forestry
  
• Peat nutrient regime and sustainable wood production on peatlands
  
• Planning and economics of multiple-use forestry
  
• Prediction of stand development
  
• Protection of forest biodiversity in multi-objective forest planning
  
• Stand increment in some forest areas in Finland
  
• The alternatives of the forest regeneration methods and their ecological and social sustainability in Northern Finland
  
• The value of biodiversity in Finnish forests
  
• Use and management of wilderness areas
  

Contacts

Keywords: biometry, customer relations, statistical methods and modeling