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  1. 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 Management

    Author : Emma Mattsson; Lena Ostermann; [2023]
    Keywords : Vitryggig hackspett; vedlevande skalbaggar; paraplyart; rödlista; biologisk mångfald; död ved; restaurering;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 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 grundutbildning

    Author : Samuel Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : Wood-inhabiting fungi; ring-barking; community ecology;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 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 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

  6. 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 Biology

    Author : Patrik Jonas Krister Celander; [2020]
    Keywords : Longhorn beetle; Cerambycidae; Lesser spotted woodpecker; Dryobates minor; Dendrocopos minor; Pheromone; Conservation;

    Abstract : 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