Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, in the University of Edinburgh and University of Helsinki Partnership Programme on Forests, and TreeDLab.
My focus is on remote sensing of boreal forests to improve our understanding of forest structure and related ecological and microclimatological processes. In my PhD I use terrestrial laser scanning and temperature and moisture measurements in combination with microclimate modelling to study how forest management affects microclimates in Northern forests. The future aim is to model how climate change and forest management together affect future microclimates in the boreal region.
Fields of Science
- 1171 Geosciences
- Remote sensing
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Patterns of tropical forest understory temperatures
Ismaeel, A., Tai, A. P. K., Santos, E. G., Maraia, H., Aalto, I., Altman, J., Doležal, J., Lembrechts, J. J., Camargo, J. L., Aalto, J., Sam, K., Avelino do Nascimento, L. C., Kopecký, M., Svátek, M., Nunes, M. H., Matula, R., Plichta, R., Abera, T. & Maeda, E. E., 23 Jan 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 10 p., 549.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The role of vegetation structural diversity in regulating the microclimate of human-modified tropical ecosystems
Terschanski, J. S., Nunes, M., Starck, I. J., Pellikka, P., Wekesa, C. & Maeda, E., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 360, 121128, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Quantifying the impact of management on the three-dimensional structure of boreal forests
Aalto, I., Aalto, J., Hancock, S., Valkonen, S. & Maeda, E. E., 1 May 2023, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 535, 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Strong influence of trees outside forest in regulating microclimate of intensively modified Afromontane landscapes
Aalto, I. J., Maeda, E. E., Heiskanen, J., Aalto, E. K. & Pellikka, P. K. E., 8 Sept 2022, In: Biogeosciences. 19, 17, p. 4227-4247 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Applying open GIS data to study wetland forests and ditches in Finland
Ruikkala, T., Aalto, I. J., Peltoniemi, M., Salmivaara, A., Tuominen, S. & Muukkonen, P., Dec 2019, GIS applications in teaching and research. Kujala, S. & Muukkonen, P. (eds.). Helsinki: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Vol. C17. p. 41-52 (Department of Geosciences and Geography C; no. C17).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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What are you going to do when they come for you? - Finding microclimate refugia in Amazonian fragmented landscapes (MARLEI)
Maeda, E. (Project manager) & Starck, I. J. (Participant)
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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The influence of forest management on microclimatic heterogeneity - implications for ecosystem resilience
Maeda, E. (Principal Investigator), Aalto, J. (Co-Principal Investigator), Hancock, S. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Starck, I. J. (Participant)
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2024
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Taita Research Station MSc Thesis Award 2021
Aalto, I. J. (Recipient) & Vuorinne, I. (Recipient), 2 Jun 2021
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (Journal)
Aalto, I. J. (Reviewer)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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MSc thesis supervision of Aleksi Auvinen
Aalto, I. J. (Supervisor) & Maeda, E. (Supervisor)
25 Sept 2023 → …Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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Effects of forest management on stand structural variability and microclimate
Aalto, I. J. (Speaker)
Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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IBFRA Conference 2023
Aalto, I. J. (Attendee)
Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Forest Ecology and Management (Journal)
Aalto, I. J. (Reviewer)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press/Media
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Media coverage: Paikkatieto- ja kaukokartoitusmenetelmille ihan uusi aluevaltaus – osoittavat, kuinka norsut ja apinat piinaavat pientiloja Taitavuorilla Keniassa
Pellikka, P., Munyao, M., Kuronen, T., Siljander, M., Aalto, I. J., Abera, T., Maeda, E. & Autio, A.
28/02/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media