10.2.2025

Monthly Publications, February 2025

“Monthly Publications” is a monthly summary by the School of Forest Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland, featuring scientific articles published during the month. This summary aims to make the latest research in forest sciences more accessible to practitioners, such as companies, policymakers, and forest owners, to enable more effective practical application of research findings. Researchers from the School of Forest Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland are highlighted in bold.

  • Jääskeläinen, J., Junttila, S., O’Sullivan, H., Cheng, Y., Horion, S. & Vastaranta, M. 2025. Quantifying the drivers of tree mortality: A case study from urban recreational boreal forest. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 128672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128672

  •  Junttila, S., Yrttimaa, T., Blomqvist, M., Paljakka, T., Pelto-Arvo, M., & Vastaranta, M. 2025. Influence of bark beetle infestation on stem diameter dynamics. Trees, Forests and People, 100777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100777

  • Kunnas, J. (2025), ”Suomen metsien moninaiset aikaperspektiiviit menneisyydestä tulevaisuuteen,” ss. 82–95 teoksessa Paaskoski, Leena; Roiko-Jokela, Heikki; Rikala , Marko (toim.) Vuosilusto 15: Metsien aika. Suomen Metsämuseo Lusto; Metsähistorian Seura. https://lusto.fi/wp- content/uploads/2025/01/Vuosilusto15.pdf

  • Puliti, S., Lines, E., Müllerová, J., Frey, J., Schindler, Z., Straker, A., Allen, M.J., Winiwarter, L., Rehush, N., Hristova, H., Murray, B., Calders, K., Terryn, L., Coops, N., Höfle, B., Krůček, M., Krokm, G., Král, K., Luck, L., Levick, S.R., Missarov, A., Mokroš, M., Owen, H., Stereńczak, K., Pitkänen, T.P., Puletti, N., Saarinen, N., Hopkinson, C., Torresan, C., Tomelleri, E., Weiser, H., Junttila, S., and Astrup, R. 2024. Benchmarking tree species classification from proximally-sensed laser scanning data: introducing the FOR-species20K dataset. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Accepted manuscript.

  • Roth E-M., Sietiö O-M., Valkonen S., Tuittila E-S., Helmisaari H-S., Karhu K. 2025. Uneven-aged and even-aged forest management shape the soil fungal community composition in a boreal Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst) forest. Accepted to be published in Science of the Total Environment in January 2025.

  • Senf, C., Esquivel Muelbert, A., Pugh, T., Anderegg, W., Anderson-Teixeira, K., Arellano, G., Beloiu Schwenke, M., Bentz, B., Boehmer, H. J., Bond- Lamberty, B., Bordin, K., Boson De Castro-Faria, A., Brearley, F., Bussotti, F., Cailleret, M., Camarero, J. J., Chirici, G., Costa, F., Dalagnol, R., Davi, H., Davies, S., Delzon, S., Dhakal, B. P., Ferretti, M., Ferreira de Lima, R. A., Fontaine, J., Garbarino, M., de Gasper, A. L., Gessler, A., Gilbert, G., Godlee, J., Gonçalves, F., Govaere, L., Gutierrez, A., Gómez Cardozo, E., Hammond, W., Hartmann, H., Hobi, M., Holz, A., Homeier, J., Hovenden, M., Huang, C. Y., Hérault, B., Jackson, T., Jucker, T., Jump, A., Junttila, S., Kattenborn, T., Klipel, J., Kotowska, M., Král, K., La Porta, N., Lopez- Toledo Leonel, L., López Camacho, R., Maeda, E., Mallol Díaz, J., Martínez-Vilalta, J., McDowell, N., Moonlight, P., Mori, A., Muda, M. A., Mund, J. P., Muscarella, R., Méndez Toribio, M., Müller, S., Nagel, T., Neagu, S., Nock, C., O’Brien, M., Peñuelas, J., Perry, G., Phillips, O., Posada, J., Rodrigues, R., Roman, A., Rousseau, G. X., Ruehr, N., Ruiz-Benito, P., Ruthrof, K., Salas-Eljatib, C., Sanders, T., Scarton Bergamin, R., Scharnweber, T., Schelhaas, M. J., Schuldt, B., Schwarz, S., Seidl, R., Shorohova, E., Silva, A. C., Sioen, G., Socha, J., Stereńczak, K., Stillhard, J., Stojanović, D. B., Suvanto, S., Svoboda, M., Sánchez-Pinillos, M., Tanentzap, A. J., Taylor, A. R., Turini Farah, F., Vacchiano, G., van der Maaten, E., Van Der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Vibrans, A. C., Vilagrosa, A., Vilanova, E., Waser, L. T., Wiser, S., Yu, K., Zavala, M., Zimermann Oliveira, L., & Zuleta, D. 2024. Towards a global understanding of tree mortality. New Phytologist. Accepted manuscript.

  • Tienaho, N., Wittke, S., Yrttimaa, T., Kivimäki, A., Puttonen, E., Saarinen, N. and Vastaranta, M., 2025. Examining low-intensity surface fires in boreal forests using sentinel-2 time series and bitemporal terrestrial laser scanning. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, pp.1-12.