11.8.2025

Monthly Publications, August 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.

  •  Calders,K.,Herold,M.,Adams,J.,Armston,J.,Brede,B.,Cherlet,W.,Cooper,Z.T.,Dayal,K.,DeFrenne,P.,Levick,S.R., Meir, P., Origo, N., Senf, C., Soenens, L., Terryn, L., Van den Broeck, W.A.J., Vastaranta, M., Verbeeck, H., Villard, L. & Disney, M. 2025. Realistic virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 227, pp.501–507. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.06.031.

  • Cimdins, R., Yrttimaa, T., Hyyppä, J., Vastaranta, M. and Kankare, V. 2025. Capturing trends in forest structural complexity development using laser scanning techniques. Trees, Forests and People, p.100954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100954

  • Huuskonen, S., Karjalainen, J., Poikela, A., Venäläinen, P., Riekki, K., Helo, P., Kauranen, P., Tilli, A. and Kärhä, K. 2025. Greenhouse gas emissions, energy and cost-efficiencies associated with liquefied biogas-powered heavy-duty timber trucks in industrial roundwood transportation. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 521, 2025, 146215, ISSN 0959-6526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146215

  •  Kamula,T.,Yrttimaa,T.,Erkkilä,A.,Liikonen,L.and Vastaranta,M.2025. Benefits of using multi-returnterrestrial laser scanning for tree characterization in southern boreal forests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 329, p.114921.

  •  Klingenfuß S, John M, Halla T, Loch TK, Mack P, Meyers B, Mikoleit R, Peltola T (2025) Workshop: Stories of the Understory. Research Ideas and Outcomes 11: e164067. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e164067

  • Laine,Jaana;Halla,Tuulikki;Karhunkorva,Reetta,2025.Aika yksilöllisissä metsäsuhteissa.Teoksessa:Paaskoski,Leena; Roiko-Jokela, Heikki; Rikala, Marko (toim.) Metsien aika, Vuosilusto, 15, 10-23

  • Maeda, E., Brede, B., Calders, K., Disney, M., Herold, M., Lines, E.R., Nunes, M., Raumonen, P., Saarinen, N., Starck, I. and Su, Y. 2025. Expanding Forest Research with Terrestrial LiDAR Technology. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.120312

  •  Maltamo,M.,Packalen,P.,Laukkanen,L.andKorhonenL.2025.The transferability and cross-use of airborne laser scanning based leaf off and leaf on biomass models. European Journal of Remote Sensing.

  • Manna, D., Chowdhury, R., Kuittinen, S., Pappinen, A., Debnath, B., Pati, S., Saha, I., De, S., Hassan, M.K. 2025. Environmental sustainability assessment of mustard straw torrefaction: Insights from thermo-kinetics, product distribution analysis, product characterization and life cycle assessment. Biomass and Bioenergy
    201:108110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.108110

  •  Mauno,T.,Pelli,P.,Bengston,D.N.,Pykäläinen,J.&Hujala,T.2025. Interactive Horizon Scanning of the Forest Bioeconomy With a Nested Business Environment Framework. Futures & Foresight Science, 7: e70015. https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.70015

  • Pohjala, J., Kankare, V., Hyyppä, J. & Kärhä, K. 2025. Effects of a Mobile LiDAR-Based Thinning Density Assistant (TDA) System on Harvester Operator Performance. European Journal of Forest Research, Accepted/In print. DOI:10.1007/s10342-025-01808-y

  • Sagar, A., Kärhä, K., Järvelin, K., & Ghabcheloo, R. 2025. Evaluation of Simulation Framework for Detecting the Quality of Forest Tree Stems. Forests 16(6), 1023. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16061023

  •  Siiskonen,H.,Tikkanen,J.andPykäläinen,J.2025.PolicyintegrationandcoherenceofEUandFinnishforestpolicy. Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 178, September 2025, 103586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103586

  • Silva, J. C. K., Soliani, R. D., Ferreira-Júnior, G. C., Lovrić, N., & Lobão, M. S. P. 2025. Can a digital platform framework advance the bioeconomy and the sustainabilty in the Amazon?: literature review. Gestão & Produção, 32, e14724. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9649-2025v32e14724