Essays about: "Astrid Bygge"

Found 2 essays containing the words Astrid Bygge.

1. 1. Can precommercial thinning be used to create more diversity after planting spruce?

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Astrid Bygge; [2024]
   Keywords : Forestry; pre-commercial; stand structure; heterogeneity; silviculture; mixed forests; monoculture; Picea abies; Betula spp.;

   Abstract : Mixed forests will harbour other ecosystem services than a planted coniferous monoculture. This study used early results from a long-term experiment to examine if different precommercial thinning treatments can be used to increase diversity in planted stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies) mixed with high densities of natural regeneration of birch (Betula spp. READ MORE

3. 2. Closer-to-nature forestry : Mapping the views of some stakeholders to the new EU Forest Strategy

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

   Author : Astrid Bygge; [2022]
   Keywords : Closer-to-nature silviculture; Forest management methods; Stakeholder preferences; Policy instruments; Forest governance;

   Abstract : The European Commission adopted the European (EU) Forest Strategy in 2021, where forests and forest management practises such as closer-to-nature forestry (CNF) are identified as a key in solving the two crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. This interview study analyses the attitudes of different forest stakeholders towards CNF and their preferred regulation method of it. READ MORE