Department of Forest Ecology

Raija Laiho

Contact information

Forest Sciences Building, Viikki Campus (Latokartanonkaari 7),
Room 318, 3rd floor.
Tel. +358 9 191-58139
Fax +358 9- 91 58100
E-mail: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi

Education

Ph.D. (Forestry) 1997,
Docent (Ecology of Peatland Forests) 2000,
University of Helsinki, Finland

Position

Docent, academy research fellow

Research area

Ecology of forested wetlands (peatlands): especially organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling and vegetation dynamics.
Effect of forest drainage and management on the ecology of peatlands.
Role of coarse woody debris in the nutrient cycling of forest ecosystems.

On-going projects

Decomposition and C dynamics in peat soils under transient hydrology: What happens inside the Black box?

Other activities

Peatland Ecology Group
Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Associate Researcher, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Unit

Publications

Publications 2008 (pdf)