Essays about: "boreal forest food web"

Found 2 essays containing the words boreal forest food web.

1. 1. Constructing a food web from inventory data in a boreal forest-dominated national park in south-eastern Sweden

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Philip Kjellström; [2023]
   Keywords : ecological network; food web; boreal forest food web; national park food web; interspecific competition; swedish forest; construction food web;

   Abstract : A food web was constructed for a boreal-forest dominated national park in south-eastern Sweden, called Tyresta national park and its surrounding nature reserve. Due to increasing threats to mammalian species and their critical role in the food web mammals were used as the outset of the food web, and from there branching out to taxa trophically interacting with mammals directly and indirectly. READ MORE

3. 2. Forest harvest effects on mercury in European perch

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

   Author : Jaclyn Martin; [2014]
   Keywords : mercury; forestry; fish; lake;

   Abstract : Previous studies done on water chemistry found that clear-cutting forests increases methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations. In recent years, few studies have been conducted on what effect forestry operations have on mercury (Hg) concentrations in biota, more specifically on fish. READ MORE