Essays about: "woodpeckers"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word woodpeckers.
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1. Analys av föda för vitryggig hackspett och rödlistade vedlevande skalbaggar : utvärdering av tre olika behandlingar
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Den vitryggiga hackspetten har sedan 1950-talet blivit en sällsynt art i det svenska landskapet. Nedgången beror främst på det moderna skogsbruket där barrskog till stor del har ersatt blandbestånd och gammal lövskog. READ MORE
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2. Differences and similarities in stand characteristics after prescribed burning and wildfire : implications for conservation of forest biodiversity
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : 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
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3. The wood-inhabiting fungal community on standing dead birches : a comparison of ring-barked and naturally dead trees
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildningAbstract : Dead wood is an important part of forest ecosystems, especially since so many organisms depend on it for nutrients or as substrate for breeding or foraging. Since forestry intensified in northern Europe during the mid 1900s, the amount of dead wood in Fennoscandian forests has drastically decreased. READ MORE
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4. 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 geovetenskapAbstract : 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
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5. Longhorn beetles in lesser spotted woodpecker habitat : a pheromone-based inventory of longhorn beetles in southern Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection BiologyAbstract : The understanding of species’ ecology and their trophic interactions, are crucial in the work of conservation. A population decline in a predatory species may be a result of a decline in their food source, a trophic level down. READ MORE