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Āris Jansons
Position:
Senior Researcher
Grade:
Dr.silv.
Phone number:
29109529
E-mail:
Activity:
Forest tree breeding and climate change
Active projects:
Birch and aspen stand management decision support tool for reduction of wind damages
Development of a decision support tool integrating information from old-growth semi-natural forest for more comprehensive estimates of carbon balance
Decision support tool for increased forest productivity via efficient climate adjusted transfer of genetic gain
Technologies for efficient transfer of genetic gain in plant production and forestry
Support to the LSFRI Silava for international collaboration projects in research and innovation
Finished projects:
Thirty-year programme of the state stock company "Latvijas valsts meži" for the breeding of commercially valuable tree species (Scots pine, Norway spruce, common birch) and aspen
Development of decision support tool for prognosis of storm damages in forest stands on peat soils
Forest management risks: prognosis and minimization
FUTUREforest – Woodlands for Climate Change
Methods for efficient practical application tree breeding results and adaptation tests for deciduous trees
Importance of genetic factors on formation of forest stands with high adaptability and qualitative wood properties
Adapting forest management to climate changes
Mixed species forest management. Lowering risk, increasins resilience (REFORM)
Assessment of greenhouse gas emission and CO2 sequestration in old forest stands
Reduction of wind storm damage risk in private forest management
New biological agents and means of their application for protection of conifer saplings against damage by cervids and dendrophagous insects
Potential of the Latvian forestry to react to expected climate changes in Europe and increase the value of wood as the raw material for industry
Research on increasing the forest productivity, quality, and genetic diversity
Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital
Tree breeding research for major commercially valuable tree species for regenerating highly productive and genetically diverse stands
Potential for maintaining and improving the productivity, resistance, and genetic diversity of conifers under global climatic changes
The Baltic Sea Region Bioenergy Promotion Project
Measures to increase resilience of Norway spruce forests against impact of climatic changes
Keeping up and enhancing the resistance, genetic diversity, and propagation ability of coniferous against the background of global climate change
Plasticity of development and xylogenesis of the native and introduced tree species under changing climate
Adaptive capacity of forest trees and possibilities to improve it
Management potential of even-aged spruce stands in fertile forest ecosystems
Developing the methods of plantation cultivation of fast-growing forest crops and evaluating the suitability of their wood for pelletizing
ORCID id:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7981-4346
Latest publications
Matisons R., Jansone D., Bāders E., Dubra S., Zeltiņš P., Schneck V., Jansons Ā. 2021. Weather–Growth Responses Show Differing Adaptability of Scots Pine Provenances in the South-Eastern Parts of Baltic Sea Region. Forests, 12(12), 1641;
https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121641
Jansone D., Diena L., Rieksts-Riekstiņš R., Jansons Ā. 2021. Stem Quality of European Beech in Latvia and Its Effect on Tree and Stand Monetary Value. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences, 75(4), 292-298;
https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2021-0042
Matisons R., Schneck V., Jansone D., Bāders E., Dubra S., Zeltiņš P., Jansons Ā. 2021. South-Eastern Baltic Provenances of Scots Pine Show Heritable Weather-Growth Relationships. Forests, 12(8), 1101;
https://doi.org/10.3390/f12081101
Fernandez-Anez N., Krasovskiy A., Müller M., …, Jansons A., Kitenberga M. et al. 2021. Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives. Air, Soil and Water Research, 14, 1-19;
https://doi.org/10.1177/11786221211028185
Šēnhofa S., Šņepsts G., Bičkovskis K., Jaunslaviete I., Liepa L., Straupe I., Jansons Ā. 2021. Availability and Structure of Coarse Woody Debris in Hemiboreal Mature to Old-Growth Aspen Stands and Its Implications for Forest Carbon Pool. Forests, 12(7), 901;
https://doi.org/10.3390/f12070901
Bārdule A., Butlers A., Lazdiņš A., Līcīte I., Zvirbulis U., Putniņš R., Jansons A., Adamovičs A., Razma Ģ. 2021. Evaluation of Soil Organic Layers Thickness and Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Hemiboreal Forests in Latvia. Forests, 12(7), 840;
https://doi.org/10.3390/f12070840
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