Newcastle University

Research Interests

- Environmental impacts of agriculture
- Climate/ecosystems interactions
- Carbon and water cycles and climate change
- Plant ecology and ecophysiology
- Plant biophysics
- Systems modelling
- Remote sensing and image analysis
- Life Cycle Assessment

Projects

• Assessing the environmental consequences of husbandry changes in UK poultry systems through a Life Cycle Analysis (PoultryLCA)
  Project Leader(s): Professor Ilias Kyriazakis
• Improving the efficiency and environmental impact of UK turkey meat production systems
  Project Leader(s): Professor Ilias Kyriazakis (Newcastle University) and Mr Jeremy Hall (Bernard Matthews)

• Kyriazakis I, Williams AG, Waller A, Leinonen I. Evaluating possibilities to reduce the Global Warming Potential of poultry products through the inclusion of European protein sources in broiler and layer diets. In: BSAS/WPSA Annual Conference. 2012, Nottingham, UK. In Press.
• Leinonen I, Williams AG, Wiseman J, Guy J, Kyriazakis I. Predicting the environmental impacts of chicken systems in the UK through a Life Cycle Assessment: broiler production systems. Poultry Science 2012, 91(1), 8-25.
• Leinonen I, Williams AG, Wiseman J, Guy J, Kyriazakis I. Predicting the environmental impacts of chicken systems in the UK through a Life Cycle Assessment: egg production systems. Poultry Science 2012, 91(1), 26-40.
• Symeou V, Leinonen I, Edwards SE, Kyriazakis I. Prediction of digestible phosphorus and calcium retention and requirements for different pig genotypes. In: BSAS Annual Conference. 2012, Nottingham, UK.
• Leinonen I, Williams AG, Waller A, Kyriazakis I. Quantifying the effect of agricultural co-products inclusion in broiler and layer diets on Global Warming Potential of poultry products. In: BSAS/WPSA Annual Conference. 2012, Nottingham, UK. In Press.
• Grant OM, Davies MJ, James CM, Johnson AW, Leinonen I, Simpson DW. Thermal imaging and carbon isotope composition indicate variation amongst strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) cultivars in stomatal conductance and water use efficiency. Environmental and Experimental Botany 2012, 76, 7-15.
• Leinonen I, Williams AG, Wiseman J, Guy J, Kyriazakis I. Quantifying the environmental impacts of UK broiler production systems through a Life Cycle Assessment. In: BSAS/WPSA Annual Conference. 2011, Nottingham, UK.
• Leinonen I, Williams AG, Wiseman J, Guy J, Kyriazakis I. Quantifying the environmental impacts of UK egg production systems through a Life Cycle Assessment. In: BSAS/WPSA Annual Conference. 2011, Nottingham, UK.
• Chaerle L, Lenk S, Leinonen I, Jones HG, Van Der Straeten D, Buschmann C. Multi-sensor plant imaging: Towards the development of a stress-catalogue. Biotechnology Journal 2009, 4(8), 1152-1167.
• Guilioni L, Jones HG, Leinonen I, Lhomme JP. On the relationships between stomatal resistance and leaf temperatures in thermography. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2008, 148(11), 1908-1912.
• Chaerle L, Leinonen I, Jones HG, Van Der Straeten D. Automatic plant leaf temperature monitoring for stress detection. In: World Conference of Stress. 2007, Budapest, Hungary.
• Chaerle L, Leinonen I, Jones HG, Van Der Straeten D. Monitoring and screening plant populations with combined thermal and chlorophyll fluorescence imaging. Journal of Experimental Botany 2007, 58(4), 773-784.
• Jones H, Leinonen I, Theobold J, Tagliavia C, Loveys B, Grant O. Dynamic thermal imaging for estimating leaf and boundary layer conductances. In: SEB Main Meeting. 2006, Canterbury, England.
• Leinonen I, Grant OM, Tagliavia CPP, Chaves MM, Jones HG. Estimating stomatal conductance with thermal imagery. Plant, Cell and Environment 2006, 29(8), 1508-1518.
• Chaerle L, Hagenbeek D, Leinonen I, Jones HG, VanDerStraeten D. Monitoring and screening plant populations with thermal and chlorophyll fluorescence imaging. In: SEB Main Meeting. 2006, Canterbury, England.
• Repo T, Leinonen I, Wang KY, Hänninen H. Relation between photosynthetic capacity and cold hardiness in Scots pine. Physiologia Plantarum 2006, 126(2), 224-231.
• Leinonen I, Chaerle L, Tagliavia CPP, VanDerStraeten D, Jones HG. Towards automated analysis of thermal images. In: SEB Main Meeting. 2006, Canterbury, England.
• Grant OM, Leinonen I, Tronina L, Jones HG, Chaves MM. Thermal imaging of stomatal closure in grapevine: implications for improving yield and reducing water consumption. In: Interdrought II. 2005, Rome, Italy.
• Leinonen I, Jones HG, Grant OM, Tronina L, Chaves MM, Tagliavia CPP. Uncertainty analysis of infrared imagery-based stomatal conductance estimation. In: SEB Main Meeting. 2005, Barcelona, Spain.
• Leinonen I, Jones HG. Combining thermal and visible imagery for estimating canopy temperature and identifying plant stress. Journal of Experimental Botany 2004, 55(401), 1423-1431.
• Repo T, Leinonen I, Ryyppö A, Finér L. The effect of soil temperature on the bud phenology, chlorophyll fluorescence, carbohydrate content and cold hardiness of Norway spruce seedlings. Physiologia Plantarum 2004, 121(1), 93-100.
• Jones HG, Leinonen I. Thermal imaging for the study of plant water relations. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 2003, 59(3), 205-217.
• Leinonen I, Hänninen H. Adaptation of the timing of bud burst of Norway spruce to temperate and boreal climates. Silva Fennica 2002, 36(3), 695-701.
• Leinonen I, Kramer K. Applications of phenological models to predict the future carbon sequestration potential of boreal forests. Climatic Change 2002, 55(1-2), 99-113.
• Kramer K, Leinonen I, Bartelink HH, Berbigier P, Borghetti M, Bernhofer C, Cienciala E, Dolman AJ, Froer O, Gracia CA, Granier A, Grünwald T, Hari P, Jans W, Kellomäki S, Loustau D, Magnani F, Markkanen T, Matteucci G, Mohren GMJ, Moors E, Nissinen A, Peltola H, Sabaté S, Sanchez A, Sontag M, Valentini R, Vesala T. Evaluation of six process-based forest growth models using eddy-covariance measurements of CO2 and H2O fluxes at six forest sites in Europe. Global Change Biology 2002, 8(3), 213-230.
• Leinonen I. Ilmastonmuutoksen vaikutukset metsiin [Effects of Climatic Change on Forests]. Ilmansuojelu 2002, 3, 28-30.
• Leinonen I, Hänninen H. Kuusen silmunpuhkeamisen sopeutuminen lauhkeaan ja boreaaliseen ilmastoon. Metsätieteen Aikakauskirja 2002, 4, 659.
• Leinonen I, Luo Y. Quantifying the long-term carbon dynamics of forest ecosystems. In: 87th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2002, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
• Lahti M, Aphalo PJ, Finér L, Lehto T, Leinonen I, Mannerkoski H, Ryyppö A. Soil temperature, gas exchange and nitrogen status of 5-year-old Norway spruce seedlings. Tree Physiology 2002, 22(18), 1311–1316.
• Leinonen I, Sabaté S, Kramer K. Uncertainties in the predictions of the effects of climate change on the growth of European forests. In: Forest research: a challenge for an integrated European approach. 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Partanen J, Leinonen I, Repo T. Effect of accumulated duration of the light period on bud burst in Norway spruce (Picea abies) of varying ages. Silva Fennica 2001, 35(1), 111-117.
• Kramer K, Leinonen I, Nabuurs GJ. Increase in the growing stock of Europe’s forests forecasted as a result of climate change. EFI News 2001, 2(01), 20.
• Finér L, Aphalo P, Kettunen U, Leinonen I, Mannerkoski H, Öhman J, Repo T, Ryyppö A. The Joensuu dasotrons: a new facility for studying shoot, root and soil processes. Plant and Soil 2001, 231(1), 137-149.
• Partanen J, Leinonen I, Repo T. Valotuntien kertymän vaikutus kuusen silmujen puhkeamiseen. Metsätieteen aikakauskirja 2001, 1, 90-91.
• Hänninen H, Beuker E, Johnsen O, Leinonen I, Murray M, Sheppard L, Skroppa T. Impacts of climate change on cold hardiness. In: Colombo, S., Bigras, F, ed. Conifer Cold Hardiness. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Springer, 2000, pp.305-333.
• Greer DH, Leinonen I, Repo T. Modelling cold hardiness development and loss. In: Colombo, S., Bigras, F, ed. Conifer Cold Hardiness. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Springer, 2000, pp.437-460.
• Leinonen I, Kramer K. Phenology as a key factor in determining the carbon sequestration potential of boreal forests under climate change. In: The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget. 2000, Edmonton, Canada.
• Kramer K, Leinonen I, Hänninen H. Realism in phenological models for the annual cycle of trees: Important for climate change impact assessments!. In: Progress in Phenology Monitoring, Data Analysis, and Global Change Impacts. 2000, Freising, Germany.
• Hänninen H, Kramer K, Leinonen I. Recovery of photosynthesis of boreal conifers during spring: A comparison of two models. In: The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget. 2000, Edmonton, Canada.
• Kramer K, Leinonen I, Loustau D. The importance of phenology for the evaluation of impacts of climate change on growth of boreal, temperate and Mediterranean forest ecosystems: an overview. International Journal of Biometeorology 2000, 44(2), 67-75.
• Leinonen I. Effects of climate change on European forests. In: Opas-Hänninen L.L., Kouki, J, ed. From Joensuu to the World. Joensuu, Finland: University of Joensuu, 1999, pp.72-81.
• Leinonen I. Ilmaston lämmetessä pakkaskestävyys heikkenee. Metsälehti 1999, 6(99), 14.
• Leinonen I. Effects of climate and genotypic differentiation on frost damage of Scots pine. In: IUFRO conference on Wind and Other Abiotic Risks to Forests. 1998, Joensuu, Finland.
• Leinonen I, Kellomäki S. Effects of climatic warming on frost damage of Scots pine: a modelling approach. In: Impacts of Glogal Change on Tree Physiology and Forest Ecosystems. 1998, Wageningen, Netherlands: Springer.
• Leinonen I, Repo T, Hänninen H. Changing environmental effects on frost hardiness of Scots pine during dehardening. Annals of Botany 1997, 79(2), 133-138.
• Leinonen I. A simulation model for the annual frost hardiness and freeze damage of Scots pine. Annals of Botany 1996, 78(6), 687-693.
• Leinonen I. Dependence of dormancy release on temperature in different origins of Pinus sylvestris and Betula pendula seedlings. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 1996, 11(1), 122-128.
• Beuker E, Hari P, Holopainen J, Holopainen T, Hypen H, Hänninen H, Karjalainen T, Kellomäki S, Juurola E, Koski V, Laine K, Leinonen I, Liski J, Neuvonen S, Niemelä P, Nissinen A, Peltola H, Repo T, Talkkari A, Wang KY, Westman CJ. Metsät. In: Kuusisto, E., Kauppi, L., Heikinheimo, P, ed. Ilmastonmuutos ja Suomi. Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki University Press, 1996, pp.71-106.
• Kramer K, Friend AD, Leinonen I. Modelling comparison to evaluate the importance of phenology for the effects of climate change on growth of mixed-species temperate-zone deciduous forests. Climate Research 1996, 7, 31-41.
• Hänninen H, Leinonen I, Repo T, Kellomäki S. Overwintering and productivity of Scots pine in changing climate. Silva Fennica 1996, 30(2-3), 229-237.
• Leinonen I, Repo T, Hänninen H. Testing of frost hardiness models for Pinus sylvestris in natural conditions and in elevated temperature. Silva Fennica 1996, 30(2-3), 159-168.
• Leinonen I, Repo T, Hänninen H. The change in the environmental response of frost hardiness of Scots pine during dehardening. In: Fifth International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar. 1996, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
• Kellomäki S, Hänninen H, Repo T, Karjalainen T, Laitinen K, Leinonen I. Vuonna 2100 uusi uljas metsä?. Tiede 2000 1996, 1(96), 34-39.
• Leinonen I, Repo T, Hänninen H, Burr KE. A second order dynamic model for the frost hardiness of trees. Annals of Botany 1995, 76(1), 89-95.
• Hänninen H, Leinonen I, Repo T, Kellomäki S. Overwintering and productivity of Scots pine in changing climate. In: IBFRA conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Boreal Forest Ecosystems. 1995, Joensuu, Finland.
• Leinonen I, Repo T, Hänninen H. Testing of frost hardiness models for Pinus sylvestris in natural conditions and in elevated temperature. In: IBFRA conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Boreal Forest Ecosystems. 1995, Joensuu, Finland.
• Leinonen I, Repo T, Hänninen H, Burr KE. Modelling frost hardiness of trees. In: V. Symposium on Cold Hardiness in Animals and Plants. 1994, Arnhem, Netherlands.