Dr. Stefan Holm

Function

Software engineer

Forest Resources and Management

Sustainable Forestry

Contact

stefan.holm(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 22 63+41 44 739 22 63

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi GL B 07

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

MainWood

Options for the use of wood in construction will be investigated, developed and tested as a contribution to a functioning circular economy and the Swiss bioeconomy. The aim is to identify the most important leverage points in the value chain to increase the use of wood in construction and to develop ecologically optimal scenarios for the use of wood in Switzerland.

HeProMo (2021-2024)

With the help of the timber harvesting productivity models (HeProMo), the productivity and costs for different timber logging processes can be pre-calculated on the basis of some important input variables.

Virtual Forest

In this project, realistic digital twins of existing forests are created. By connecting these with forest growth simulators, long-term effects of different forest management strategies and climate scenarios can be explored visually.

Nutrient Sustainability in Swiss Wood Extraction

The project aims to determine the nutrient balance of various Swiss sites by means of comprehensive soil analyses and to develop nutrient balances aiming to maintain and promote soil fertility and biodiversity.

JuWaPfl - IT-basierte Modelle für Produktivität und Kosten von Bestandesbegründung und Jungwaldpflege

Modelle zur Schätzung von Leistung und Kosten für Arbeiten der Bestandesbegründung und der Jungwaldpflege

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Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Bont, L.G.; Fraefel, M.; Frutig, F.; Holm, S.; Ginzler, C.; Fischer, C., 2022: Improving forest management by implementing best suitable timber harvesting methods. Journal of Environmental Management, 302: 114099 (18 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114099

Holm, S.; Frutig, F.; Lemm, R.; Thees, O.; Schweier, J., 2020: HeProMo: a decision support tool to estimate wood harvesting productivities. PLoS One, 15, 12: e0244289 (19 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244289

Lemm, R.; Blattert, C.; Holm, S.; Bont, L.; Thees, O., 2020: Improving economic management decisions in forestry with the SorSim assortment model. Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 41, 1: 71-83. doi: 10.5552/crojfe.2020.586

Holm, S.; Thees, O.; Lemm, R.; Olschewski, R.; Hilty, L.M., 2018: An agent-based model of wood markets: scenario analysis. Forest Policy and Economics, 95: 26-36. doi: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.07.005

Holm, S.; Hilty, L.M.; Lemm, R.; Thees, O., 2018: Empirical validation of an agent-based model of wood markets in Switzerland. PLoS One, 13, 1: e0190605 (24 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190605

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Further scientific publications

Schweier, J.; Zimmermann, S.; Thrippleton, T.; Holm, S.; Stadelmann, G.; Kurz, D.; Frutig, F., 2020: Nutrient sustainability in Swiss wood extraction.

Holm, S., 2018: An agent-based model of wood markets in Switzerland. Dissertation, University of Zurich. 128 p.

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