Essays about: "forest protection"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 208 essays containing the words forest protection.

  1. 36. Change in surface area of semi-natural grassland in the Osby municipality, Scania and potential consequences for plant diversity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Katharina Borgström-Lohde; [2021]
    Keywords : Land use change; Semi-natural grasslands; Biodiversity; Scania; Historical land use; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : During the past, land use has changed and still is. It has been recognized that land use changes affect biodiversity all over the world. In Sweden semi-natural grasslands are a habitat with high biodiversity. The topic of this thesis is how land use change has affected the habitat of semi-natural grasslands in the area around Osby, Scania. READ MORE

  3. 37. Population structure of Puccinia graminis, the cause of stem rust on wheat, barley, and rye in Sweden

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

    Author : Clara Kjellström; [2021]
    Keywords : plant pathology; plant disease; crop protection; fungi; P; graminis f.sp. tritci; P. graminis f.sp. secale; P. graminis f.sp. hordei;

    Abstract : Rust fungi belong to the phylum Basidiomycetes, order Uredinales cause damage on almost all plants, including cereal crops. Some of the species within the genus Puccinia causes rust disease on cereal crops. One example of a disease from this genus is Puccinia graminis, which historically has caused severe damage in cereal crop production. READ MORE

  4. 38. Evaluation of estate level forest management strategies in terms of ecosystem services and biodiversity aspects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Jon Gant; [2021]
    Keywords : Forest management; Ecosystem services; EQOs; LPJ-GUESS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Ecosystem services from forests provide society with a multitude of benefits. However, current research shows that in Swedish forests aspects of ecosystem services have a status ranging from “moderate” to “inadequate”. READ MORE

  5. 39. Efficiency of chemical and mechanical plant protection on sites without mechanical site preparation in Scania

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Gustav Nylander; [2021]
    Keywords : pesticide; mechanical protection; Pine Weevil; Hylobius abietis; Black spruce beetle; Hylastes conicularius; Strophosoma capitatum; No mechanical site preparation; Norway spruce; Picea abies; Regeneration; Seedlings; Hylonox; Imprid Skog; Forester; Woodcoat; wax;

    Abstract : An important part of the regeneration after clearcutting is to have a high growth and a high level of survival of the planted seedlings. A big threat to the seedlings is the pine weevil (Hylobius abietis), but the black spruce beetle (Hylastes conicularius) can cause some serious damage too, as well as Strophosoma capitatumn. READ MORE

  6. 40. “Looking for the trees in the forest“ An attempt to finding the best segmentation-based methodology to discriminate deciduous trees in the Dubbarp area, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Mihai Patrascu; [2021]
    Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; segmentation analysis; tree crown recognition; eCognition; Scania; Geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Finding a solution to automatically identify tree crowns in has been a well discussed topic in the academic community. Different ideas have been put to practice, with researches mainly targeting coniferous forests. In a global context, papers concerning deciduous trees are rare and their results differ in relation to their respective study zone. READ MORE