Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I have been professor of silviculture / applied ecology at the department since 2005. My research field is production ecology, and my special interests are in understanding how trees capture resources and how they allocate them to form a spectrum of structures that appear so well adapted to the prevailing environment.
At the department I lead the Forest Modelling Research Group which develops theories and models of tree function, structure, and growth, and applies these to questions relevant to forest management under changing environmental conditions and alternative management objectives. The group is also part of the Centre of Excellence in Atmospheric Science.
My basic degree is in systems theory from Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University) and my PhD is in forestry. Before my current post, I worked in different research and teaching positions at the department, apart from some years abroad.
Keywords
- 4112 Forestry
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 1979 2019
Comparison of population-based algorithms for optimizing thinnings and rotation using a process-based growth model
Xue, H., Mäkelä-Carter, A. A., Vanclay, J., Valsta, L. T. & Cao, T., 26 Feb 2019, In : Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 34, 4, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Seedling emergence in uneven-aged Norway spruce stands in Finland
Kuusinen, N., Valkonen, S., Berninger, F. & Makela, A., 3 Apr 2019, In : Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 34, 3, p. 200-207 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Skenaarioanalyysi metsien kehitystä kuvaavien mallien ennusteiden yhtäläisyyksistä ja eroista
Kalliokoski, T., Heinonen, T., Holder, J., Lehtonen, A., Mäkelä, A., Minunno, F., Ollikainen, M., Packalen, T., Peltoniemi, M., Pukkala, T., Salminen, O., Schelhaas, M-J., Seppälä, J., Vauhkonen, J. & Kanninen, M., 2019, Suomen ilmastopaneeli. 88 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › Professional
Open Access
Decomposing sources of uncertainty in climate change projections of boreal forest primary production
Kalliokoski, T., Makela, A., Fronzek, S., Minunno, F. & Peltoniemi, M., 15 Nov 2018, In : Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 262, p. 192-205 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
New insights into the covariation of stomatal, mesophyll and hydraulic conductances from optimization models incorporating nonstomatal limitations to photosynthesis
Dewar, R., Mauranen, A., Makela, A., Holtta, T., Medlyn, B. & Vesala, T., Jan 2018, In : New Phytologist. 217, 2, p. 571-585 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects 1981 2021
Forestflux: Forest Carbon Flux and Storage Mapping Service
Mäkelä-Carter, A. A. & Minunno, F.
01/01/2019 → 31/01/2021
Project: Other project › Development
IBC-CARBON: Integrated Biodiversity Conservation and Carbon Sequestration in the Changing Environment
Mäkelä-Carter, A. A., Bäck, J. K. & Minunno, F.
01/01/2018 → 01/12/2020
Project: Research project
Physiological Branch-Points with Ecosystem Consequences: Isotopic Coupling of Carbon and Water in Boreal Forests
Mäkelä-Carter, A. A. & Schiestl-Aalto, P. P.
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
ViPS: Viikki Plant Science Centre
Elomaa, P. R., Aphalo, P. J., Asiegbu, F. O., Bäck, J. K., Berninger, F. A., Brosche, M. J., Fagerstedt, K. V., Hänninen, H. J. P., Heinonsalo, E. J., Helariutta, Y. E., Himanen, K. I. H., Hölttä, T. S., Hytönen, T. P., Hyvönen, J. T., Kangasjärvi, J. S., Kärkönen, A. K., Korpelainen, H. S., Laine, A., Mähönen, A. P., Mäkelä-Carter, A. A., Mäkinen, K. M., Ojala, A. K., Overmyer, K. L., Palonen, L. P., Palva, E. T., Pihlatie, M. K., Pirhonen, M. U., Porcar Castell, J. A., Pumpanen, J. S., Rikkinen, J. K., Robson, T. M., Salojärvi, J. T., Schulman, A. H., Stoddard, F. L., Teeri, T. H., Valkonen, J. P. T., Vesala, T. V., Wrzaczek, M. A. & Sims-Huopaniemi, K.
01/01/2015 → …
Project: Other project › _Research, Education, Research facilities, Teaching
ATM: Centre of Excellence in Atmospheric Science – From Molecular and Biological processes to The Global Climate
Kulmala, M. T., Vesala, T. V., Petäjä, T. T., Vehkamäki, H. T. K., Hämeri, K. J., Boy, M. H., Riekkola, M., Worsnop, D. R., Bäck, J. K., Pumpanen, J. S., Mäkelä-Carter, A. A., Moiseev, D., De Leeuw, G., von Zilitinkevich, S., Kerminen, V., Järvinen, H. J., Hartonen, K. M., Sipilä, M. J., Virtanen, A., Hakola, H., Pulliainen, J., Korhonen, H., Viisanen, Y., Öster, P., Laaksonen, A., Aalto, T., Romakkaniemi, S., Lihavainen, H. & Lintunen, A. M.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Prizes
IUFRO Scientific Achievement Award
Aino Annikki Mäkelä-Carter (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun I luokan ritarimerkki
Aino Annikki Mäkelä-Carter (Recipient), 6 Dec 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities 1991 2018
The role of old growth forests in carbon sequestration – do we know enough for scenario modelling?
Annikki Mäkelä (Invited speaker)2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Meeting: New Frontiers in Forecasting Forests
Annikki Mäkelä (Keynote speaker)26 Sep 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Expert Committee for the position as Professor/Associate Professor in forest ecology (Event)
Annikki Mäkelä (Board member)2018
Activity: Membership types › Assessment of candidates for academic posts
Opponent of doctoral dissertation of Laith Al Rahahleh
Annikki Mäkelä (Opponent)23 Nov 2018
Activity: Examination types › Opponent of doctoral dissertation
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Annikki Mäkelä (Visiting researcher)5 Feb 2018 → 9 Feb 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution