Soil and biomass chemical composition and analysis.

Active projects

LIFE PeatCarbon – Peatland restoration for greenhouse gas emission reduction and carbon sequestration in the Baltic Sea region
InBestSoil – Monetary valuation of soil ecosystem services and creation of initiatives to invest in soil health: setting a framework for the inclusion of soil health in business and in the policy making
Forest fertilization impact monitoring
ALFAwetlands – Wetland restoration for the future
All research

Latest publications

Rancāne S., Lazdiņš A., Petaja G., Purviņa D., Zute S., Jansone I., Damškalne M., Putniece G. 2025. Agronomy Research, 23(Spec. Issue I), 180-194
Carbon and nitrogen accumulation by agricultural crop residue under three cropping systems
DOI: 10.15159/AR.25.025
Fritze H., Jauhiainen J., Bārdule A., Butlers A., Čiuldienė D., Kamil-Sardar M., Kull A., Laiho R., Lazdiņš A., Samariks V., Schindler T., Soosaar K., Vigricas E., Peltoniemi K. 2025. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 203, 109747
Soil trenching – are microbial communities alike in experimental peatland plots measuring total and heterotrophic respiration?
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109747
Petaja G., Elferts D., Bārdule A., Zvaigzne Z.A., Purviņa D., Skranda I. 2025. Environments, 12(2), 47
Short-Term Ground Vegetation Responses to Fertilization in Latvian Forests: Effects on Species Richness and Diversity
DOI: 10.3390/environments12020047
All publications

Employees

Arta Bārdule
Aldis Butlers
Andis Lazdiņš
Edgars Muižnieks
Dana Purviņa
Sandra Šalkovska
Jeļena Stola