16.9.2025

Monthly Publications, September 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

  • Chambers, P., Laato, S., Yoshida, H., Yrttimaa, T., Liimatainen, K., Uhlgren, V.-V., Hamari, J., Hujala, T., Vastaranta, M. & Nummenmaa, T., 2025. Gamified augmented reality for data collection in urban forests. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 129036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129036

  • Cimdins, R., Yrttimaa, T., Vastaranta, M. & Kankare, V., (2025) Assessing forest structural complexity: insights from alternative laser scanning approaches. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, in press.

  • Hassan, M.K., Pesonen, J., Mohsin, M., Villa, A., Tuomikoski, S., Pappinen, A. & Kuittinen, S. 2025. Characterization of sewage sludge-based organomineral fertilizers and evaluation of their effectiveness on growth and productivity of spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Journal of Materials Cycle and Waste Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-025-02347-9

  • Halušková, L., Nousiainen, D., Hujala, T., Pezdevšek Malovrh, S., Uhan, Z., Machoň; M., Jarský, V., Burns, S-L., & Šálka, J. 2025. Navigating the international forest policy labyrinth: Domestic drivers of participation in the UNFF from Czechia, Finland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Forest Policy and Economics Volume 178, September 2025, 103596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103596

  • Jentzsch, K., Männistö, E., Marushchak, M. E., Rettelbach, T., Golde, L., Korrensalo, A., Hashemi, J., van Delden, L., Tuittila, E.-S., Knoblauch, C. & Treat, C.C. 2025. Seasonality in diffusive methane emissions differs between bog microforms. Global Change Biology. 31(7), e70372. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70372

  • Juola, J., Rautiainen, M., Peltola, H., Launiainen, S. & Hovi, A. 2025. Nitrogen fertilization has a small but detectable effect on the spectral properties of needles in Norway spruce. Forest Ecology and Management, in print.

  • Kafle B., Kankare V., Kaartinen H., Väätäinen K., Hyyti H., Faitli T., Hyyppä J., Kukko A. & Kärhä K. (2025). Assessing the consistency of low vegetation characteristics estimated using harvester, handheld, and drone light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems. Silva Fennica vol. 59 no. 2 article id 25013. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.25013

  • Kuuri-Riutta O., Jassey V., Le Geay M., Barel J., Laine A., Ylänne H. & Tuittila E-S. Microbial and bryospheric photosynthesis of boreal peatlands have peatland‐type‐specific responses to long‐term drying. New Phytologist. First published: 02 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70519

  • Le Geay M., Mayers kK, Sytiuk A., Dorrepaal E., Küttim M., Lamentowicz M., Tuittila E-S., Béatrice L. & Jassey VEJ. 2025. Uncovering diversity and abundance patterns of CO2-fixing microorganisms in peatlands. NPJ Biodiversity 4:30 (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44185-025-00099-1204.

  •  Mazziotta, A., Eyvindson, K., Cours, J., Duflot, R., Repo, A., Selkimäki, M., Takala, T., Triviño, M. & Mönkkönen M. (2025). Assessing the impact of private forest owner preferences on the supply of ecosystem services. Journal of Environmental Management 391, 126482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126482

  • Papamatthaiakis, N., Barbero-López, A., Eronen, E. et al. Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Coffee Silverskin and Spent Coffee Grounds: Bioenergy and Biochemical Potential. Bioenerg. Res. 18, 65 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-025-10867-3

  • Pesonen, J., Jeskanen, J., Kangas, M., Prinz, R., Ovaskainen, H., Kauranen, P. & Kärhä, K. 2025. Idle times of forest machine and truck fleets in Finnish logging and timber-hauling enterprises. European Journal of Forest Research, In print.

  • Pikkarainen, L., Luoranen, J., Ruokonen, S., & Peltola, H. 2025. Early field performance of sand-coated (Conniflex®) and insecticide-treated Norway spruce seedlings planted on spot mounds and undisturbed soil with and without the addition of arginine phosphate (ArGrow®Granulat) nutrition. Canadian Journal of Forest Research http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2025-0075

  • Ying Q., Poulter B., Watts JD., Arndt KA., Virkkala A-M., Bruhwiler L., Oh Y., Rogers BM., Natali SM., Sullivan H., Armstrong A., Ward EJ., Schiferl LD., Elder CD., Peltola O., Bartsch A., Desai AR., Euskirchen E., Göckede M., Lehner B., Nilsson MB., Peichl M., Sonnentag O., Tuittila E-S., Sachs T., Kalhori A., Ueyama M. & Zhang Z. 2025. WetCH4: a machine-learning-based upscaling of methane fluxes of northern wetlands during 2016– 2022. Earth System Science Data 17: 2507–2534, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2507-2025.

  • Zhang H., Piilo S., Aquino-López MA., Guo Z., Zhao Y., Laine AM, Korrensalo A., Tuittila E-S. & Väliranta M. 2025. Drivers on carbon accumulation vary along the hydrological gradient of a subarctic patterned peatland. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 130, e2024JG008677. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008677