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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:
Tool for assessment of carbon turnover and greenhouse gas fluxes in broadleaved tree stands with consideration of internal stem decay
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
Development and testing of a natural and human-friendly repellent for the protection of coniferous seedlings against damages caused by dendrophagous insects
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
Birch and aspen stand management decision support tool for reduction of wind damages
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
Technologies for efficient transfer of genetic gain in plant production and forestry
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
Šņepsts G., Krišāns O., Matisons R., Seipulis A., Jansons Ā. 2022. Cervid Bark-Stripping Is an Explicit Amplifier of Storm Legacy Effects in Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) Stands. Forests, 13(11), 1947;
https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111947
Jansone D., Matisons R., Jansons Ā., Jaunslaviete I. 2022. Meteorological conditions have a complex effect on the tree-ring width of horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum in a forest plantation in Latvia. Dendrochronologia, 77, N126031;
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.126031
Matisons R., Jansone D., Elferts D., Schneck V., Kowalczyk J., Wojda T., Jansons Ā. 2022. Silver birch shows nonlinear responses to moisture availability and temperature in the eastern Baltic Sea region. Dendrochronologia, 76, 126003;
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.126003
Aldea J., Ruiz-Peinado R., del Río M., Pretzsch H., Heym M., Brazaitis G.,Jansons A., Metslaid M., Barbeito I.,Bielak K.,Hylen G., Holm S.-O., Nothdurft A., Sitko R., Löf M. 2022. Timing and duration of drought modulate tree growth response in pure and mixed stands of Scots pine and Norway spruce. Journal of Ecology, 2022;
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13978
Donis J., Zdors L., Šnepsts G., Treimane A., Kitenberga M., Jansons A. 2022. Trees as a Legacy of Forest Fires in Scots-Pine-Dominated Stands: Case Study in Latvia. Environ. Sci. Proc., 17, 20;
https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022017020
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