Biomass Production Research Group
Presentation
Part of the School of Forest Sciences, the Research Group of Biomass Production studies sustainable approaches to produce biomass for the growing bioeconomy. Intensive forestry and plantations have the potential to deliver large amounts of biomass as well as additional ecosystem services related to soil, water and biodiversity. At the same time, there are rising problems derived from the intensive exploitation of biomass resources. Risks, whether biotic (pests and diseases), abiotic (fire, wind or erosion) or social (forest conflicts) affect and disrupt the production of biomass; governance and wood valorisation are tools that can be integrated in risk management strategies to address these threats.
The group is integrated in several international research networks and counts with researchers with a wide array of backgrounds, from forest modelling to wood valorization.
Featuring latest research
Peris-Llopis, M., Vastaranta, M., Saarinen, N., González-Olabarria, J. R., García-Gonzalo, J., & Mola-Yudego, B. (2024). Post-fire vegetation dynamics and location as main drivers of fire recurrence in Mediterranean forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 568, 122126.[PDF][RG]
Peris-Llopis, M., Mola-Yudego, B., Berninger, F., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., Gonzalez-Olabarria JR. Impact of species composition on fire-induced stand damage in Spanish forests. Sci Rep 14, 8594 (2024). [PDF][RG]
Mola-Yudego, B., Dimitriou, I., Gagnon, B., Schweinle, J., & Kulišić, B. (2024). Priorities for the sustainability criteria of biomass supply chains for energy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, 140075. [PDF][RG]
Barbero-López, A., López-Gómez, Y. M., Carrasco, J., Jokinen, N., Lappalainen, R., Akkanen, J., Mola-Yudego & Haapala, A. (2024). Characterization and antifungal properties against wood decaying fungi of hydrothermal liquefaction liquids from spent mushroom substrate and tomato residues. Biomass and Bioenergy, 181, 107035.[PDF][RG]
Chen, L., Keski‐Saari, S., Kontunen‐Soppela, S., Zhu, X., Zhou, X., Hänninen, H., … & Berninger, F. (2023). Immediate and carry‐over effects of late‐spring frost and growing season drought on forest gross primary productivity capacity in the Northern Hemisphere. Global Change Biology.[PDF][RG]