The doctoral thesis focuses on the influence of long-term local weather variation on Scots pine growth on a temporal and spatial scale. Dendrochronological methods were used to determine the most influential climatic factors ...

Every year a considerable amount of gross domestic product in several countries is lost due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Thus, one of the goals of ergonomics is to prevent WMSDs. A body of knowledge ...

Boreal forest, being a widely distributed vegetation type as well being a substantial part of the global carbon (C) cycle, must be addressed to understand the consequences of climate change. Forest ecosystems are part of ...

The aims of the thesis are to analyse how the innovation is included in the Estonian forest policy documents, to describe and analyse the main policy driven innovations in Estonian forestry governance, management of ...

Water-related changes are currently receiving the most focus in the context of climate change around the world. The changing climate conditions have already redistributed water resources, including the hydropower potential ...

The thesis is designed to establish and assess different approaches of competition measurement, incorporated with various competitor selection methods, focusing on silver birch in Estonia. The effect of competition and ...

Generally, invasive pathogens settle first exotic host species and later the native ones. Invasive conifer pathogens Lecanosticta acicola and Diplodia sapinea were first documented in northern Europe on exotic hosts and ...

During the recent decades, a novel land-use system called “short-rotation plantation forestry” has steadily expanded from southern regions to northern Europe. This tendency is mainly driven by the increasing demand for ...

Forest management and planning requires up-to-date data, which commonly is acquired using field experts and ground measurements. Nowadays, more and more of data about forest stands is measured using remotely sensing methods. ...

Due to the increase of the energy production mainly from non–renewable energy sources, there is a need for alternative sources of energy. Second–generation biofuel production, using lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock, ...