Essays about: "oak decline"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words oak decline.

  1. 1. Relations between tree and habitat characteristics and the epiphytic lichen flora on oak : a case study from Lövön, Bohuslän

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Julia Siegel; [2023]
    Keywords : Epiphytic lichens; Tree characteristics; Habitat characteristics; Oak; Biodiversity; Natural values; Light availability;

    Abstract : Oak-rich forests and wooded pastures harbor diverse and distinct epiphytic lichen flora with many rare and threatened species. As these habitats have been subject to a substantial decline and degradation over the past centuries, oak woodlands have progressively come into focus for preservation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effects of fuel and weather conditions on forest fire behaviour in Southern Sweden in oak dominated forests

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Olga Teresa Wepryk; [2023]
    Keywords : forest fire; forest fuel; fire weather; ignition experiments; prescribed burning;

    Abstract : Fire activity is influenced by weather and climate, fuels, ignition agents, and human activities. Fire suppression policy in Sweden resulted in a gradual decrease in the annually burnt areas, changes in fuel loads and a decline in species diversity. READ MORE

  4. 3. Recent expansion of the endangered beetle Plagionotus detritus in the greater Stockholm area

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Elin Lönnberg; [2023]
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    Abstract : Biodiversity is declining worldwide, and the biggest reason for this is habitat destruction. In Sweden one third of all the red listed species belongs in broadleaved deciduous forests. The  most common reason for the endangerment of these species is the destruction of the deciduous forest. READ MORE

  5. 4. Changes in the oak (Quercus robur) population in Dalby Söderskog national park 2011–2020 : stem size distribution, spatial distributions, vitality and mortality

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Johan Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : forest reserve; national park; long-term study; oak; oak regeneration; Quercus robur;

    Abstract : A recent oak (Quercus robur) decline has been noticed and studied in Europe during the last few decades. This decline in combination with failure in natural regeneration could threaten not only oak populations, but also oak-associated species. READ MORE

  6. 5. Fungal endophyte communities in declining and vital oak (Quercus robur L.) trees

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Baiba Matule; [2018]
    Keywords : endophytic fungi diversity; forest microbiome; morphological identification of fungi; Quercus robur L.; plant-endophyte interaction;

    Abstract : The role of microbiome in tree health is receiving increasing interest in forest pathology research. This study focuses on the abundance and diversity of fungal endophytes in pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) differentiating in vitality. READ MORE