🏆 Conclusion
Dr. Maria Vladimirovna Medvedeva is a highly deserving candidate for the Best Researcher Award due to her exceptional contributions in forest soil science. Her strong publication record, leadership, and expertise in environmental monitoring make her a top contender. Expanding her interdisciplinary reach and enhancing policy engagement could further solidify her global research impact.
Publication
Medvedeva, M., & Raevsky, B. (2025). The influence of juniper on the soil properties of pine stands in the taiga zone of the European North. Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16020365
Medvedeva, M., & Ananyev, V. (2023). The influence of logging equipment on the content, stock, and stratification coefficient of elements of the mineral nutrition of plants in the soils of the taiga zone of Karelia. Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071424
Bakhmet, O. N., & Medvedeva, M. V. (2022). Decomposition of coniferous litterfall in soils forming under artificial pine stands in Eastern Fennoscandia. Contemporary Problems of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425522070034
Dubrovina, I. A., Moshkina, E. V., Tuyunen, A. V., Genikova, N. V., Karpechko, A. Y., & Medvedeva, M. V. (2022). Dynamics of soil properties and ecosystem carbon stocks for different types of land use (Middle Taiga of Karelia). Eurasian Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229322090046
Karpechko, A. Y., Moshkina, E. V., Medvedeva, M. V., & Tuyunen, A. V. (2022). Patterns in the spatial distribution of fine roots in Pinus sylvestris L. (Using the example of a mid-taiga cowberry-type pine forest). Contemporary Problems of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425522020032
Bakhmet, O. N., & Medvedeva, M. V. (2022). Pine needles litter decomposition in soils of the Eastern Fennoscandia’s pine plantations. Russian Journal of Forest Science. https://doi.org/10.31857/S0024114822030032
Bakhmet, O. N., Medvedeva, M. V., Moshkina, Y. V., Tkachenko, Y. N., Mamay, A. V., Novikov, S. G., Moshnikov, S. A., Timofeeva, V. V., & Karpechko, A. Yu. (2022). Spatial variability of podzol properties depending on the plant microgroups on the example of the cowberry pine forests. Russian Journal of Forest Science. https://doi.org/10.31857/S002411482105003X
Moshkina, Y. V., Bakhmet, O. N., Medvedeva, M. V., Karpechko, A. Yu., & Mamay, A. V. (2022). Spatio-temporal dynamics of soils’ biological activity in the phytogenous field of Scots pine in Karelia Republic’s middle taiga. Russian Journal of Forest Science. https://doi.org/10.31857/S0024114822040076
Ananyev, V. A., Timofeeva, V., Kryshen’, A., Pekkoev, A., Kostina, E., Ruokolainen, A. V., Moshnikov, S. A., Medvedeva, M., Polevoi, A. V., & Humala, A. E. (2022). Fire severity controls successional pathways in a fire-affected spruce forest in Eastern Fennoscandia. Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111775
Medvedeva, M., & Bakhmet, O. N. (2022). Changes in the microbiological properties of soils along the gradient of the altitude zone of Mount Kivaka in Eastern Fennoscandia, Russia. Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13060849
Bakhmet, O. N., Medvedeva, M. V., Raevsky, B. V., Novikov, S. G., & Shelekhova, T. S. (2021). Characteristics of soils and the soil cover in the Kostomuksha State Nature Reserve, Russia. Nature Conservation Research. https://doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2021.004
Novikov, S. G., Medvedeva, M. V., & Bakhmet, O. N. (2021). Environmental assessment of the state of urban soils in Petrozavodsk, Russia. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/862/1/012105