Essays about: "salix"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 essays containing the word salix.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Hur påverkas rönn, asp, sälg och ek av olika betestryck? : – en studie av säsongsmässig variation

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Gunnar Hedin; [2023]
    Keywords : rönn; sorbus; asp; populus; sälg; salix; ek; quercus; hjortvilt; cervidae; betning;

    Abstract : I Sverige är skogsbruket en stark näring och bedrivs på över 80 % av landets skogsmark. Skogsbruket är mycket produktionsinriktat varför miljömål likställts med produktionsmålen i 1993 års skogsvårdslag. READ MORE

  4. 3. The secret life of moose : patterns of foraging and behaviour based on video collars

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : cecilia Åström; [2022]
    Keywords : moose; alces alces; foraging; video footage; herbivory; browsing;

    Abstract : To understand how moose forage in the wild, we have to study them without disturbing them then. Video cameras placed on moose are a novel method to study wild individuals without being intrusive. I analyzed video footage from four moose collars, filmed up to nine times a day and filmed from 4 to 11 months, for maximum of 4,5 minutes a day. READ MORE

  5. 4. The potential for Binding PFAS Using Biochar and Phytoremediation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Josefin Alice Maria Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Physical geography; ecosystem analysis; PFAS; Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances; remediation; phytoremediation; biochar; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : PFAS is a group of long-lasting chemicals with multiple known toxicological effects which has been found everywhere in nature. One of the possible source points of PFAS is via landfill through leachate leaving the area. It is therefore important to investigate and implementing remediation techniques to reduce the contamination risk. READ MORE

  6. 5. Factors influencing the white-backed woodpeckers' (Dendrocopos leucotos) choice of feeding trees in the Umeå region

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Elias Rankka; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Saving the white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) from extinction in Sweden has been an ongoing struggle for decades. Despite this, there have been remarkably few studies on the species ecology in Sweden, especially in the north. READ MORE