Vesa Nivala

Senior Specialist
  • Phone number +358295324468
  • Email address vesa.nivala@luke.fi
  • Address Ounasjoentie 6 96200 ROVANIEMI

Does abundant wild prey decrease the risk of wolf damages in sheep farms in Finland?

Refereed scientific publications
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2025

Cost-efficient forest management for safeguarding Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) habitats in Central Finland

Refereed scientific publications
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2023

Wolf attacks on hunting dogs are negatively related to prey abundance in Finland: an analysis at the wolf territory level

Refereed scientific publications
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2023

Ain’t Nothing like Family—Female Brown Bears Share Their Home Range with Relatives

Refereed scientific publications
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2022

Inadvertent shooting of brown bear cubs in Finland: what can managers do to reduce it?

Refereed scientific publications
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2021

Has the sex-specific structure of Finland's brown bear population changed during 21 years?

Refereed scientific publications
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2020

Data on recreational activities, respondents’ values, land use preferences, protection level and biodiversity in nature-based tourism areas in Finland

Refereed scientific publications
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2020

The relationship between people's activities and values with the protection level and biodiversity

Refereed scientific publications
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2020

Modelling the effect of habitat composition and roads on the occurrence and number of moose damage at multiple scales

Refereed scientific publications
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2019

From forest bathing to green roofs - Guide for productised environments in summer and wellness tourism

Other publications
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2018

Tourism resort users' participation in planning: Testing the public participation geographic information system method in Levi, Finnish Lapland

Refereed scientific publications
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2018

Regional balance of forest chip supply and demand in Finland in 2030

Refereed scientific publications
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2018

Use of Zonation framework in identifying and locating high biodiversity habitats in NATNET project

Other publications
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2017

Assessment of Feedstock Supply for Kokkola Biorefinery. Report of Phase II

Other publications
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2017

The effect of human-modified landscape structure on forest grouse broods in two landscape types

Refereed scientific publications
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2017

Assessment of Feedstock Supply for Kokkola Biorefinery. Report of Phase I

Other publications
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2017

A method for assessing ecological values to reconcile multiple land use needs

Refereed scientific publications
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2016

Effects of bedrock and surficial deposit composition on moose damage in young forest stands in Finnish Lapland

Refereed scientific publications
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2016

Wolf visitations close to human residences in Finland: The role of age, residence density, and time of day

Refereed scientific publications
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2016

Producing a sensitivity assessment method for visual forest landscapes

Refereed scientific publications
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2015