Essays about: "tree conservation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 143 essays containing the words tree conservation.

  1. 11. 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. 12. Dynamisk vegetationsbyggnad i en folkparksmiljö : ett gestaltningsförslag för Folkets park i Lomma

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Annie Kouns; [2023]
    Keywords : dynamisk vegetationsbyggnad; dynamisk växtgestaltning; artrik; strukturrik; diversitet; kulturhistorisk; historiska arvet; Folkets park;

    Abstract : Folkets hus och parker är en del av svensk parkhistoria. Parkerna var tillägnade arbetarklassen under 1900-talet och de skapade möjligheter för sociala möten, kultur och nöjen. Det här arbetet fokuserar på Lomma Folkets park, som ursprungligen var en levande park med växtlighet och mänsklig aktivitet. READ MORE

  4. 13. The impact of forest management methods on the ectomycorrhizal community and implications for forest productivity in needleleaf forests

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Oskar Göransson; [2023]
    Keywords : Ectomycorrhiza; forestry; clearcutting; continuous cover forestry; biodiversity; forest productivity; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM) form symbiotic relationships with trees by connecting to the roots, procuring soil nutrients in exchange for carbohydrates, and are an important contributor to plant growth. The forestry practice of clearcutting can be detrimental to the ECM community by removing its source of energy and creating unfavorable soil conditions, acutely reducing ECM diversity. READ MORE

  5. 14. Inventory of Taxus walliciana and Swertia chirayita : as a part of the The SLU/KU Greenhouse-project for biodiversity and social justice in Nepal

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

    Author : Johanne Linstad; [2023]
    Keywords : Biodiversity; medical plants; nature conservation; sustainability; social justice;

    Abstract : To prevent loss of biological diversity and medical plant resources in Nepal, The Swedish University of Agriculture (SLU) and Kathmandu University (KU) have started a project with the combined aim of nature conservation and social justice where endangered medical plants have been harvested from naturally growing populations in order to cultivate them in greenhouses to help them recover in their natural habitat. The purpose of my study was to see if the project was fulfilling the intended aim, or not. READ MORE

  6. 15. 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