Essays about: "Sitka"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the word Sitka.

  1. 6. Hur en ökad marktemperatur påverkar fotosyntes och markrespiration i en boreal skog

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Hanna André; Agnes Bondesson; [2014]
    Keywords : klimatförändringar; växthuseffekten; boreal skog; fotosyntes; markrespiration; koldioxid; marktemperatur;

    Abstract : During the year of 2008, a powerful earthquake hit the southern part of Iceland, which changed the geothermal conditions in the area around the city of Hveragerdi. Elevated soil temperatures in a nearby forest plantation have contributed to a unique opportunity for researchers to study how an increased soil temperature affects the boreal forest ecosystem, something that partly can be connected to the climate changes which are happening today. READ MORE

  3. 7. Orders of Geo-Kinetic Manifestation in Ivan Doig´s The Sea Runners

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Erika Liste; [2013]
    Keywords : Ivan Doig; The Sea Runners; Pacific Northwest; phenomenology; landscape; movement; space; embedding; gyration; place; cartography; New Archangel; Sitka; Astoria; paddling;

    Abstract : This phenomenological study presents a map of spatial forces in Ivan Doig’s The Sea Runners. The investigation calls attention to forms of space-experience that come across as a sense of embeddedness in environment. READ MORE

  4. 8. Sitkagranens potentiella merproduktion jämfört med vanlig gran i Hallands län

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Emil Bengtsson; Rasmus Nilsson; [2012]
    Keywords : produktionsjämförelse; Picea sitchensis; Picea abies; Halland;

    Abstract : Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) is not considered to be a native species to Swedish forests. It´s origin is the pacific coast of Northern America, an area that is dominated by a coastal climate which makes it likely to believe that it would be well suited for growing in the south-west of Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 9. Överlevnad, tillväxt och skador i planteringar av sitkagran (Picea sitchensis) efter stormen Gudrun

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Erik Kristensen; [2011]
    Keywords : sitka ; gran; frost; svamp; skötsel;

    Abstract : Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr) is just like Norway spruce (Picea abies) a species in thegenus picea. The natural range of Sitka spruce is a narrow strip along the west coast of North America. Itis the most coastal of all picea species, and very dependent on the mild and humid climate along thepacific coast. READ MORE

  6. 10. Comparison of yield of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) in Skorradalur, West Iceland

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Valdimar Reynisson; [2011]
    Keywords : Iceland; Sitka spruce; Norway spruce; volume yield; mean annual increment;

    Abstract : Iceland has suffered from massive deforestation since the Vikings settled on the island in 874. Thewoodland cover has gone from 25-30% to 1 %. Since the beginning of the 20th century, effort hasbeen made to regain the forest. In these afforestation efforts many tree species have been used bothindigenous and exotic. READ MORE