Essays about: "fire ecology"

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  1. 1. Effect of stand age on soil respiration in managed vs unmanaged Scots pine stands

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

    Author : Richard Engholm; [2024]
    Keywords : chronosequence; soil respiration; total respiration; autotrophic respiration; heterotrophic respiration; forestry;

    Abstract : How the forests in Sweden and around the world have been, and are still today, managed is a hot debate. The rotation forestry that is commonly used in Sweden has been the focus of debate regarding whether it is a sustainable management method, and whether it should be changed. READ MORE

  3. 2. Beetle Diversity – Land Sparing or Land Sharing? : the effects of timber extraction and restoration method on saproxylic beetle assemblages in mature managed pine forests

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

    Author : Ella Amnéus; Sebastian Hjelström; [2023]
    Keywords : Saproxylic Beetles; Ecological Restoration; Deadwood; Biodiversity; Boreal Forest; Fire Ecology; Land-sparing; Land-sharing; Conservation Management;

    Abstract : The impoverishment of saproxylic beetle communities is a growing concern for management of boreal forest biodiversity. Past research has found active restoration methods, such as creating deadwood and conducting prescribed burnings, to have a short-term positive effect on the species richness and compositional diversity of saproxylic beetle assemblages. READ MORE

  4. 3. Differences and similarities in stand characteristics after prescribed burning and wildfire : implications for conservation of forest biodiversity

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Hannah Sophie Jakob; [2023]
    Keywords : coarse woody debris; conservation; biodiversity; boreal forest; Daldinia loculata; Fennoscandia; prescribed burning; regeneration; wildfire; woodpecker;

    Abstract : 1. Wildfires are a natural disturbance in the boreal forests of Fennoscandia and have shaped and formed forests in the past, resulting in very heterogeneous forests containing large amounts of dead and living trees in various age classes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Quantity and quality of oaks (Quercus) as suitable habitats for the longhorn beetle species Plagionotus detritus : An inventory study in Stockholm and Uppsala County, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Ida Widegren; [2023]
    Keywords : Plagionotus detritus; P. detritus; Cerambycidae; Cerambycinae; longhorn beetle; insects; habitat; oak; Quercus; conservation; ecology; endangered; threatened;

    Abstract : The longhorn beetle Plagionotus detritus is associated with newly dead oak wood and is declining throughout its distribution range. In Sweden, P.detritus has displayed one of the most dramatic reductions in distribution recorded for insect species and is near regional extinction. READ MORE

  6. 5. Influence of forest mires on wildfire : a landscape analysis of the 2014 Västmanland forest fire

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

    Author : Andreas Souropetsis; [2022]
    Keywords : Forest fire; Mires fuel composition; Aerial photo interpretation;

    Abstract : Forest fire is a major natural disturbance that influence forest ecosystem structure and composition at both the stand and landscape level. In boreal Fennoscandia fire frequency has been very low over the last c.150 years due to effective fire suppression, although occasionally high-intensity fires escape initial attack and grow big. READ MORE