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Jānis Donis
Position:
Researcher
Grade:
Mg.silv.
Phone number:
26513375
E-mail:
Activity:
Forest ecology and silviculture
Active projects:
Remote sensing based system for forest risk factor monitoring (Forest Risk)
Finished projects:
Developing a model of no clear-fells in forest management (2007)
Developing a model of no clear-fells in forest management (2008)
Developing a method to assess the impact of forest fires on tree vitality
Improvement of the growth models
Developing models for sustainable and economically feasible utilization and prediction of the availability of forest resources in Latvia
Developing forecast models for sustainable and economically feasible utilization of Latvia’s forest resources
Estimating the forest growth and yield using the re-inventoried data of forest statistical inventory
Analysing forest management efficiency in a system of selection cuttings
Evaluating the resistance of forest stands against the winds of extreme speed to work out a support system for decision-making
Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital
Interpolation of the sample plot data for forest statistical inventory by using satellite images
Evaluating the potential of private forests for the Latvia’s woodworking industry in 2011–2015
Growth of pine and the yield of seeds in long-term trials
The technologies for cultivating deciduous in forest and non-forest lands to meet the demand for forest raw materials
FUTUREforest – Woodlands for Climate Change
Analysing the efficiency and prime costs of tending and agrotechical treatment of young stands
Proposals for increasing the value and management efficiency of Latvian forest resources in the long term and support for the strategic environmental impact assessment of forest management
Developing innovative methods and the related software for estimating and assessing forest resources using as the basis the data of Latvian forest statistic inventory
Assessment of greenhouse gas emission and CO2 sequestration in old forest stands
Commercial thinning as a tool for the increase of the productivity and quality of silver birch plantations
Developing innovative forest cultivation technologies for strengthening the efficiency and competitiveness of forestry production
Management potential of even-aged spruce stands in fertile forest ecosystems
Methods for planning and quality control of the measures for improvement of forest growth
Development of decision support tool for prognosis of storm damages in forest stands on peat soils
Monitoring and control of root rot in conifer forests
Impact of forest management on ecosystem services from forests and related ecosystems
Reduction of wind storm damage risk in private forest management
Evaluation of forest ecosystem services in Latvia
Birch and aspen stand management decision support tool for reduction of wind damages
Long-term changes in Latvia's forest resources under the influence of the European green deal
Forest management challenges under increased recreational pressure in the time of COVID-19 crisis
Proposals for preparation of research data set for analysis of the impact of historical forest cover, landscape and forest management on forest habitat diversity
ORCID id
:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3365-0566
Latest publications
Bāders E., Romāns E., Desaine I., Krišāns O., Seipulis A., Donis J., Jansons Ā. 2022. An Integration of Linear Model and ‘Random Forest’ Techniques for Prediction of Norway Spruce Vitality: A Case Study of the Hemiboreal Forest, Latvia. Remote Sensing, 14(9), 2122;
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092122
Saklaurs M., Lībiete Z., Donis J., Kitenberga M., Elferts D., Jūrmalis E., Jansons Ā. 2022. Provision of ecosystem services in riparian hemiboreal forest fixed-width buffers. Forests, 13(6), 928;
https://doi.org/10.3390/f13060928
Gschwantner T., Alberdi I., Bauwens S., Bender S., Borota D., Bosela M., Bouriaud O., Breidenbach J., Donis J., Fischer C., Gasparini P., Heffernan L., Hervé J.-C., Kolozs L., Korhonen K.T., Koutsias N., Kovácsevics P., Kučera M., Kulbokas G., Kuliešis A., Lanz A., Lejeune P., Lind T., Marin G., Morneau F., Nord-Larsen T., Nunes L., Pantić D., Redmond J., Rego F.C., Riedel T., Šebeň V., Sims A., Skudnik M., Tomterh S.M. 2022. Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation. Forest Ecology and Management 505, 119868;
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119868
Rieksts-Riekstins R., Jansons A., Jaunslaviete I., Desaine I., Donis J. 2021. Effect of summer storm on value of birch stands in hemiboreal forests. In: Proceedings of 21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM, 16-22 August 2021. Albena, SGEM, Vol. 21(3.1), p. 457-463;
https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2021/3.1/s14.74
Šņepsts G., Donis J., Kaupe D., Laiviņš M. 2021. Deciduous Broad-Leaved Species (Quercus Robur, Tilia Cordata, Acer Platanoides and Ulmus Laevis) Forest Stand Productivity in Latvia. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences, 75(4), 239-247;
https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2021-0036
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