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D-Index
42
Citations
9499
World Ranking
5467
National Ranking
79

Overview

Martin Forsius is affiliated with the Finnish Environment Institute in Finland and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses on several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, General Health Professions, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their main research topics include forest management and policy, soil and water nutrient dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, forest ecology and management, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, as well as hydrology and watershed management studies.

Forsius has contributed multiple papers spanning from 2020 to 2024. Among their recent publications are:

  • "Assessing critical load exceedances and ecosystem impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen and sulphur deposition at unmanaged forested catchments in Europe" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Developing a spatially explicit modelling and evaluation framework for integrated carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation: Application in southern Finland" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment

Additionally, Forsius has collaborated with several frequent co-authors including Maria Holmberg, Annikki Mäkelä, Francesco Minunno, Virpi Junttila, and Mikko Peltoniemi, indicating an active engagement in multidisciplinary and collaborative research efforts.

They have published extensively in multiple scientific venues, especially AMBIO, where they have contributed eight publications. Other frequently published venues include Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Science of The Total Environment, and ARPHA Conference Abstracts.

Martin Forsius also has a presence in book publications, with a noted contribution to TemaNord, specifically the book titled Policy Brief: Nitrogen budgets and the link to carbon sequestration in the Nordic forests published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Dissolved organic carbon trends resulting from changes in atmospheric deposition chemistry.

    Donald T. Monteith;John L. Stoddard;Christopher D. Evans;Heleen A. de Wit

  • Regional trends in aquatic recovery from acidification in North America and Europe

    J. L. Stoddard;D. S. Jeffries;A. Lükewille;T. A. Clair

  • Nitrogen input together with ecosystem nitrogen enrichment predict nitrate leaching from European forests

    Jannette MacDonald;Nancy Dise;Egbert Matzner;Martin Armbruster

  • Linking ecosystem processes and ecosystem services

    Bojie Fu;Shuai Wang;Changhong Su;Martin Forsius

  • Acid rain and air pollution: 50 years of progress in environmental science and policy

    Peringe Grennfelt;Anna Engleryd;Martin Forsius;Øystein Hov

  • The urgency of Arctic change

    James E Overland;Edward Dunlea;Jason E. Box;Robert Corell

  • Genesis, goals and achievements of Long-Term Ecological Research at the global scale: A critical review of ILTER and future directions.

    M. Mirtl;M. Mirtl;E. T. Borer;I. Djukic;M. Forsius

  • Evaluation of organic horizon C:N ratio as an indicator of nitrate leaching in conifer forests across Europe

    Nancy Dise;Egbert Matzner;M. Forsius

  • Increasing trends of total organic carbon concentrations in small forest lakes in Finland from 1987 to 2003.

    Jussi Vuorenmaa;Martin Forsius;Jaakko Mannio

  • Forest floor vegetation response to nitrogen deposition in Europe

    Thomas Dirnböck;Ulf Grandin;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Burkhardt Beudert

  • How Essential Biodiversity Variables and remote sensing can help national biodiversity monitoring

    Petteri Vihervaara;Ari-Pekka Auvinen;Laura Mononen;Markus Törmä

  • Recovery of Acidified European Surface Waters

    Richard F. Wright;Thorjørn Larssen;Lluis Camarero;Bernard J. Cosby

  • Towards A Long-Term Integrated Monitoring Programme In Europe: Network Design in Theory and Practice

    T. W. Parr;M. Ferretti;I. C. Simpson;M. Forsius

  • A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe: Methods, case studies and policy analysis - phase 1

    J. Maes;L.C. Braat;K. Jax;M. Hutchins

  • Towards Harmonizing Leaf Litter Decomposition Studies Using Standard Tea Bags—A Field Study and Model Application

    Markus Didion;Anna Repo;Jari Liski;Martin Forsius

  • ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING Exceedance of Critical Loads for Lakes in Finland, Norway, and Sweden: Reduction Requirements for Acidifying Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition

    Maximilian Posch;Juha Kämäri;Martin Forsius;Arne Henriksen

  • How many fish populations in Finland are affected by acid precipitation

    Martti Rask;Jaakko Mannio;Martin Forsius;Maximilian Posch

  • Long-term changes (1990-2015) in the atmospheric deposition and runoff water chemistry of sulphate, inorganic nitrogen and acidity for forested catchments in Europe in relation to changes in emissions and hydrometeorological conditions.

    Jussi Vuorenmaa;Algirdas Augustaitis;Burkhard Beudert;Witold Bochenek

  • Modelling the effect of climate change on recovery of acidified freshwaters : Relative sensitivity of individual processes in the MAGIC model

    R. F. Wright;J. Aherne;Kevin Bishop;Lluís Camarero

  • An application of artificial neural networks to carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in three boreal streams and impacts of climate change

    Maria Holmberg;Martin Forsius;Michael Starr;Markus Huttunen

  • Impacts of forest biomass removal on soil nutrient status under climate change: a catchment-based modelling study for Finland

    Julian Aherne;Maximilian Posch;Martin Forsius;Aleksi Lehtonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Maximilian Posch
Maximilian Posch International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Julian Aherne
Julian Aherne Trent University
Mike Starr
Mike Starr University of Helsinki
Richard F. Wright
Richard F. Wright Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Pirkko Kortelainen
Pirkko Kortelainen Finnish Environment Institute
Filip Moldan
Filip Moldan Czech Academy of Sciences
Thomas Dirnböck
Thomas Dirnböck Environment Agency
Lauri Arvola
Lauri Arvola University of Helsinki
Chris D. Evans
Chris D. Evans UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Alan Jenkins
Alan Jenkins UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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