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  1. Cutaway Peatland Fertilisation With Wood Ash Leads to More Than a Tenfold Increase in Plant Biomass Accumulation

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, August 2025, Wiley

    Dagnija Lazdina

  2. Improving scots pine regeneration on stagnating sites through soil preparation

    Article • May 2025, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  3. Impact of Soil Preparation Method and Stock Type on Root Architecture of Scots Pine, Norway Spruce, Silver Birch and Black Alder

    Article • Forests, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  4. Elemental Composition and Isotope Ratio in Pine Needles: The Impact of Arginine Phosphate-Containing Fertilizer Application in Pine-Planting Sites

    Article • November 2023, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  5. Long-Term Effect of Wood Ash and Wastewater Sludge Fertilization on Tree Growth in Short-Rotation Forest Plantations on Abandoned Agricultural Land: A Case Study

    Article • Sustainability, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  6. Remote-Sensed Tree Crown Diameter as a Predictor of Stem Diameter and Above-Ground Biomass in Betula pendula Roth and Populus tremuloides Michx. × Populus tremula L. Plantations

    Article • Land, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  7. Changes in Organic Carbon Stock in Soil and Whole Tree Biomass in Afforested Areas in Latvia

    Article • Plants, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  8. Review of different types of fertilizers for willow plantations

    Article • May 2023, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  9. Impact of Wood Ash and Sewage Sludge on Elemental Content in Hybrid Alder Clone

    Article • Sustainability, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  10. Soil-to-Atmosphere GHG Fluxes in Hemiboreal Deciduous Tree and Willow Coppice Based Agroforestry Systems with Mineral Soil

    Article • Land, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  11. Soil Fertility Improvement with Mixtures of Wood Ash and Biogas Digestates Enhances Leaf Photosynthesis and Extends the Growth Period for Deciduous Trees

    Article • Plants, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  12. Suitability of Fast-Growing Tree Species (Salix spp., Populus spp., Alnus spp.) for the Establishment of Economic Agroforestry Zones for Biomass Energy in the Baltic Sea Region

    Article • Sustainability, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Mudrite Daugaviete, Dagnija Lazdina

  13. Fruit properties of sweet cherry (Prunus Avium L.) Suited for wood production

    Article • November 2022, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Mudrite Daugaviete, Dagnija Lazdina

  14. Suitability of Fast Growing Tree Species (<em>Salix</em> spp., <em>Populus</em> spp., <em>Alnus</em> spp.) For Establishment of Economic Agroforestry Zones for Biomass Producing in Baltic Sea Region

    Article • October 2022, MDPI AG

    Mudrite Daugaviete, Dagnija Lazdina

  15. Overview of Suitability of Fast Growing Tree Species (Salix spp., Populus spp., Alnus spp.) for Establishment of Economic Agroforestry Zones for Biomass Producing in Baltic Sea Region Climatic Conditions

    Article • October 2022, MDPI AG

    Mudrite Daugaviete, Dagnija Lazdina

  16. Biomass dry matter yield of willow and Miscanthus in low‐input cropping on heavy clay soils in Ukraine

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, September 2022, Wiley

    Dagnija Lazdina

  17. Circulation of plant nutrients in bioenergy production

    Article • May 2022, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  18. Yield Performance of Woody Crops on Marginal Agricultural Land in Latvia, Spain and Ukraine

    Article • Agronomy, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  19. Wood-Ash Fertiliser and Distance from Drainage Ditch Affect the Succession and Biodiversity of Vascular Plant Species in Tree Plantings on Marginal Organic Soil

    Article • Agronomy, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  20. Winter frost damage and its link to early growth and survival in a poplar clone collection

    Article • December 2021, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  21. Highly comparable metabarcoding results from MGI-Tech and Illumina sequencing platforms

    Article • PeerJ, September 2021, PeerJ

    Dagnija Lazdina

  22. Salix alba Clone Wilting Response to Heat Stress

    Article • Agronomy, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  23. Trapezoidal drainage bucket and mpvs mounding device productivity and mound quality comparison

    Article • May 2021, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  24. Effect of High Concentrations of Wood Ash on Soil Properties and Development of Young Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) and Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

    Article • Sustainability, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina

  25. Correction to: Effect of soil preparation method on root development of P. sylvestris and P. abies saplings in commercial forest stands

    Article • New Forests, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dagnija Lazdina

  26. Variation of major elements and heavy metals occurrence in hybrid aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx. × P. tremula L.) tree rings in marginal land

    Article • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, February 2020, Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)

    Dagnija Lazdina

  27. Mežaudžu un meža ekosistēmas atjaunošanas pētījumi Latvijā

    Article • Akadēmiskā Dzīve, December 2019, University of Latvia

    Dagnija Lazdina

  28. Ātraudzīgo koku stādījumu izvērtējums, izmantojot AHP metodi

    Article • Akadēmiskā Dzīve, December 2019, University of Latvia

    Dagnija Lazdina

  29. Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass Production

    Article • Energies, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Dagnija Lazdina, Dr Ana Luisa Fernando

  30. Evaluation of forest tree planting machine effectiveness

    Article • May 2019, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  31. Impact of biomass harvesting on nitrogen concentration in the soil solution in hemiboreal woody ecosystems

    Article • Silva Fennica, January 2019, Finnish Society of Forest Science

    Dagnija Lazdina

  32. orest regeneration quality – factors affecting first year survival of planted trees

    Article • December 2018, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  33. Effect of soil preparation method on root development of P. sylvestris and P. abies saplings in commercial forest stands

    Article • New Forests, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dagnija Lazdina

  34. Initial evaluation of impact of evenness of spreading wood ash in forest on additional radial increment

    Article • May 2018, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  35. Knowledge gaps about mixed forests: What do European forest managers want to know and what answers can science provide?

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dagnija Lazdina

  36. Macronutrient leaching in a fertilized juvenile hybrid aspen ( Populus tremula L. × P. tremuloides Michx.) plantation cultivated in an agroforestry system in Latvia

    Article • Hydrology Research, September 2017, IWA Publishing

    Arta Bardule, Dagnija Lazdina

  37. Technological process of sewage sludge de-watering by impulse method and assesment of options to use dried material

    Article • May 2017, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dagnija Lazdina

  38. Genetic analysis of Latvian Salix alba L. and hybrid populations using nuclear and chloroplast DNA markers

    Article • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, April 2017, Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)

    Dagnija Lazdina

  39. Chemical composition and fiber properties of fast-growing species in Latvia and its potential for forest bioindustry

    Article • Forestry Studies / Metsanduslikud Uurimused, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Dagnija Lazdina

  40. In Vitro Biocompatibility of Si Alloyed Multi-Principal Element Carbide Coatings

    Article • PLOS One, August 2016, PLOS

    Dagnija Lazdina

  41. Influence of spot mounding on height growth and tending of Norway spruce: case study in Latvia

    Article • Forestry Studies / Metsanduslikud Uurimused, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Dagnija Lazdina

  42. Effect of climatic factors on tree-ring width of Populus hybrids in Latvia

    Article • Silva Fennica, January 2016, Finnish Society of Forest Science

    Dagnija Lazdina

  43. Increased forest biomass production in the Nordic and Baltic countries – a review on current and future opportunities

    Article • Silva Fennica, January 2016, Finnish Society of Forest Science

    Dagnija Lazdina

  44. The ectomycorrhizal community of conifer stands on peat soils 12 years after fertilization with wood ash

    Article • Mycorrhiza, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dagnija Lazdina

  45. GIS based agricultural land availability assessment for the establishment of short rotation woody crops in Latvia

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dagnija Lazdina

  46. On Evaluation of Shoulder Roundness by Use of Single Camera Photogrammetry

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dagnija Lazdina