Essays about: "forest damage assessments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words forest damage assessments.

  1. 1. Damage Assessment of the 2022 Tongatapu Tsunami : With Remote Sensing

    University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

    Author : Milton Larsson; [2022]
    Keywords : remote sensing; land cover classification; Sentinel-1; Sentinel-2; change detection; change vector analysis;

    Abstract : The Island of Tongatapu, Tonga, was struck by a tsunami on January 15, 2022. Internet was cut off from the island, which made remote sensing a valuable tool for the assessment of damages. Through land cover classification, change vector analysis and log-ratio image differencing, damages caused by the tsunami were assessed remotely in this thesis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Arbetsgivares syn på nyutbildade maskinförares yrkeskunnande

    University essay from SLU/Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology (from 131204)

    Author : Ludvig Strandberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Intervjuer; lärandemål; maskinförare; kompetensområden;

    Abstract : I Sverige finns idag 18 gymnasieskolor som erbjuder en utbildning för de som vill bli skogsmaskinförare. Utbildningarna regleras av skolverkets gemensamma lärandemål som syftar till att utveckla elevens förmåga att framföra och underhålla skogsmaskiner, hantera virke och utföra skogsvårdsåtgärder. READ MORE

  4. 3. Performance of susceptible and tolerant juvenile Fraxinus excelsior infected by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the invasive pathogen causing ash dieback

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Axelina Jonsson; [2017]
    Keywords : ash dieback; Fraxinus excelsior; Hymenoscyphus fraxineus; disease tolerance; heritability;

    Abstract : European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), a tree species with both economic and ecological importance, has experienced a steady population decline in Europe since the early 1990’s due to ash dieback, caused by the pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. In 2001, the first observations of ash dieback were made in Sweden and by 2010, ash had become a red-listed species. READ MORE

  5. 4. En analys av befintliga och alternativa gallringsmallar för tall i norra Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Pär Wilhelmsson; [2016]
    Keywords : gallring; nuvärde; beslutsstöd; Heureka; binär logistisk regression;

    Abstract : Olika beslutsstöd för gallring, så kallade gallringsmallar, har sammanställts av Skogsstyrelsen (1984) och Skogforsk (INGVAR). Denna studie består av tre delar. I den första delstudien jämförs fyra olika alternativ till stöd för beslut om gallring med Heureka. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ash decline in Jönköping and Östergötland conunties : current status and future prospects for Fraxinus excelsior

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

    Author : Sara Strandberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Fraxinus excelsior; Ash decline; invetory; common ash; ash dieback; Hymenoscyphus fraxineus; Ulmus glabra;

    Abstract : Fraxinus excelsior has great ecological, cultural and a somewhat economical importance in Sweden despite its low abundance. The future of common ash is however seriously threatened by the ascomycete fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus rapidly spreading across Europe and currently affecting ash throughout Sweden. READ MORE