Essays about: "herbaceous vegetation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words herbaceous vegetation.
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1. Managing diversity : the forest development types as a framework for management within mixed forest systems
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : The demand for both biodiversity and recreational forests is increasing. Management methods under the umbrella term Close-to-Nature management, which aims to incorporate natural successional patterns and disturbances, is considered preferable to traditional forest management methods in terms of both recreational and ecological values (Wimberly et al. READ MORE
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2. Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery Monitoring using MODIS Time Series: A Case Study in California
University essay from KTH/GeoinformatikAbstract : Human-caused forest fires have increased in magnitude and frequency, affecting global vegetation and requiring a re-evaluation of fire regimes. Changing fire regimes have led to reduced burned areas in fire- dependent ecosystems and increased areas in fire-independent ecosystems, resulting in changes in land cover and posing a threat to native plant communities. READ MORE
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3. Tree growth and field vegetation in forest edge zones on a property in southeast Sweden
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT)Abstract : Summary In the 1990s a new way of thinking about forestry started. One of the effects of the changing silvicultural practices was that the size of clearcuts became smaller. As the felling areas were reduced in size, the areas where young and older forest meet grew, with this also the occurrence of edge zones increased. READ MORE
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4. Stångebroparken : gestaltning av en rekreativ stadspark på Stångebrofältet i Linköping med landskapsplanteringar och långsiktig förvaltning
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Examensarbetets frö sattes utifrån vårt intresse att gestalta i samklang med växters naturliga beteenden och dynamik. Vi har noterat hur sårbar vegetation kan vara i urbana miljöer och engagerades därför till att gestalta med robusta planteringar som tål klimatförändringar och bidrar med biologisk mångfald. READ MORE
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5. Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands : a design proposal in Bromma
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Today many of us spend a big part of our lives in the grey hardscape that dominates our urban environments. There is research pointing towards the health benefits gained from nature as well as the ecological values that vegetation brings to our cities. READ MORE