Essays about: "Soil Ecology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 257 essays containing the words Soil Ecology.

  1. 1. Riparian plant biodiversity and community composition of ditches and straightened streams : identifying key environmental drivers in a boreal forest setting

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Rasmus Staaf; [2024]
    Keywords : artificial waterways; riparian zone; novel ecosystems; ; forestry; ditch network maintenance; species richness; hill-diversity; drainage ditches; coarse woody debris; ditch cleaning; ecology;

    Abstract : Modified ecosystems are typically seen as degraded and having no ecological value. In many cases, the modification of the ecosystem was done more than 100 years ago and may have had time to recover and become a refugia for species that were once more common in the landscape. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effect of stand age on soil respiration in managed vs unmanaged Scots pine stands

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Richard Engholm; [2024]
    Keywords : chronosequence; soil respiration; total respiration; autotrophic respiration; heterotrophic respiration; forestry;

    Abstract : How the forests in Sweden and around the world have been, and are still today, managed is a hot debate. The rotation forestry that is commonly used in Sweden has been the focus of debate regarding whether it is a sustainable management method, and whether it should be changed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Plant-soil feedbacks in boreal tree species

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Kailey Tentis; [2023]
    Keywords : plant-soil feedback; plant economic spectrum; biotic feedback; abiotic feedback; sterilization-inoculation experiment; conspecifics and heterospecifics;

    Abstract : Plant-soil feedback (PSF) is important for understanding how plants influence the composition and abundance of soil biota and nutrients and how this affects plant growth. The plant economic spectrum (PES) also plays a role. READ MORE

  5. 4. Forest fertilization does not cause any long-term effects on tree growth or vegetation composition

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Yixian Chen; [2023]
    Keywords : density; ground vegetation; height; stem radial growth; legacy nitrogen effect; soil total N and C N ratio; tree;

    Abstract : Forest fertilization is considered one of the most effective management options to improve forest productivity. In Fennoscandia, nitrogen (N) fertilization has been practiced for over 50 years and is normally added in the form of granules of NH4NO3 at least 15 years prior to the final harvest. READ MORE

  6. 5. En hållbart intensifierad slåttervall med vitklöver : en litteratursammanställning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Johanna Forss; [2023]
    Keywords : etablering; kväve; skördesystem; Trifolium repens; vall; vitklöver;

    Abstract : Fördelarna med att inkludera vall i växtföljden är många, till exempel kolinlagring, markförbättrande egenskaper och ogräsbekämpning. Intresset för odling av vall ökar när det finns fler avsättningsmöjligheter och ses som ett medel för att uppnå en hållbar intensifiering av odlingssystemet. READ MORE