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Ecology and Evolution
Finland
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
70
Citations
13685
World Ranking
1391
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Timo Pukkala is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland and specializes in environmental and forest sciences. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on the dynamics and management of forest ecosystems.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields related to their work cover:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Insect Science
  • Mechanics of Materials

Main research topics addressed in Pukkala's publications include:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Forestry Research
  • Forest Ecosystems
  • Annals of Forest Science
  • Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Recent papers authored by or involving Pukkala demonstrate a breadth of inquiry in forest and environmental research, including:

  • "Impact of structural changes in wood-using industries on net carbon emissions in Finland," 2020, Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • "Does expanding wood use in construction and textile markets contribute to climate change mitigation?", 2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "At what carbon price forest cutting should stop," 2020, Journal of Forestry Research
  • "Multi-objective forestry increases the production of ecosystem services," 2020, Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research
  • "Self-learning growth simulator for modelling forest stand dynamics in changing conditions," 2021, Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research

Pukkala has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notable among them:

  • Xingji Jin
  • Fengri Li
  • Klaus von Gadow
  • Juan Gabriél Álvarez-González
  • Yusen Sun

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book literature, including publication with Springer Nature (Netherlands). One such book is "Sustaining Forest Ecosystems," published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests?

    Christopher P.O. Reyer;Stephen Bathgate;Kristina Blennow;Jose G. Borges

  • A fire probability model for forest stands in Catalonia (north-east Spain)

    José Ramón González;Marc Palahí;Antoni Trasobares;Timo Pukkala

  • Eucalyptus globulus in Ethiopian forestry

    Veli Pohjonen;Timo Pukkala

  • Growth and yield models for uneven-sized forest stands in Finland.

    Timo Pukkala;Erkki Lähde;Olavi Laiho

  • A heuristic optimization method for forest planning and decision making

    Timo Pukkala;Jyrki Kangas

  • Competition indices and the prediction of radial growth in Scots pine.

    Timo Pukkala;Taneli Kolström

  • Optimal management of uneven-aged Norway spruce stands

    Olli Tahvonen;Timo Pukkala;Olavi Laiho;Erkki Lähde

  • Prediction models of landscape preferences at the forest stand level

    Harri Silvennoinen;Juha Alho;Osmo Kolehmainen;Timo Pukkala

  • Which type of forest management provides most ecosystem services

    Timo Pukkala

  • Multi-objective forest planning

    Timo Pukkala

  • Continuous cover forestry

    Timo Pukkala;Klaus von Gadow

  • Factors related to seedling growth in a boreal Scots pine stand: a spatial analysis of a vegetation-soil system

    Timo Kuuluvainen;Timo J. Hokkanen;Erkki Järvinen;Timo Pukkala

  • Effect of crown shape and tree distribution on the spatial distribution of shade

    Timo Kuuluvainen;Timo Pukkala

  • Species Interactions in the Dynamics of Even- and Uneven-Aged Boreal Forests

    Timo Pukkala;Erkki Lähde;Olavi Laiho

  • Prediction of the amenity of a tree stand

    Timo Pukkala;Seppo Kellomäki;Eija Mustonen

  • Optimising the management of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands in Spain based on individual-tree models

    Marc Palahí;Timo Pukkala

  • Immediate effect of thinning on the yield of Lactarius group deliciosus in Pinus pinaster forests in Northeastern Spain

    J.A. Bonet;S. de-Miguel;J. Martínez de Aragón;T. Pukkala

  • Effect of increased wood harvesting and utilization on required greenhouse gas displacement factors of wood-based products and fuels.

    Jyri Seppälä;Tero Heinonen;Timo Pukkala;Antti Kilpeläinen;Antti Kilpeläinen

  • Optimizing the structure and management of uneven-sized stands of Finland

    Timo Pukkala;Erkki Lähde;Olavi Laiho

  • Examining the performance of six heuristic optimisation techniques in different forest planning problems

    Timo Pukkala;Mikko Kurttila

  • A multifunctional comparison of even-aged and uneven-aged forest management in a boreal region

    Timo Pukkala;Erkki Lähde;Olavi Laiho;Kauko Salo

  • Sustainable Forest Management

    Klaus von Gadow;Timo Pukkala;Margarida Tomé

Frequent Co-Authors

Heli Peltola
Heli Peltola University of Eastern Finland
Seppo Kellomäki
Seppo Kellomäki University of Eastern Finland
Timo Kuuluvainen
Timo Kuuluvainen University of Helsinki
Blas Mola-Yudego
Blas Mola-Yudego University of Eastern Finland
Margarida Tomé
Margarida Tomé University of Lisbon
Jan Stenlid
Jan Stenlid Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo
Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya
Ari Venäläinen
Ari Venäläinen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Matti Maltamo
Matti Maltamo University of Eastern Finland
Mart-Jan Schelhaas
Mart-Jan Schelhaas Wageningen University & Research

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