Essays about: "prescribed burning"
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1. Beetle Diversity – Land Sparing or Land Sharing? : the effects of timber extraction and restoration method on saproxylic beetle assemblages in mature managed pine forests
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : The impoverishment of saproxylic beetle communities is a growing concern for management of boreal forest biodiversity. Past research has found active restoration methods, such as creating deadwood and conducting prescribed burnings, to have a short-term positive effect on the species richness and compositional diversity of saproxylic beetle assemblages. READ MORE
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2. Differences and similarities in stand characteristics after prescribed burning and wildfire : implications for conservation of forest biodiversity
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : 1. Wildfires are a natural disturbance in the boreal forests of Fennoscandia and have shaped and formed forests in the past, resulting in very heterogeneous forests containing large amounts of dead and living trees in various age classes. READ MORE
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3. 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 CentreAbstract : 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
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4. Mosippans (Pulsatilla vernalis L.) reaktion på brandstörning : en populationsstudie på en av Sveriges rikaste mosippslokaler
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Spring Pasque Flower, Pulsatilla vernalis (L.) Mill, is a perennial plant which grows in open and sandy pine forests. It is considered sensitive to competition and in need of repeated disturbances. In Sweden P. READ MORE
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5. The wood-inhabiting fungal community on standing dead birches : a comparison of ring-barked and naturally dead trees
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildningAbstract : Dead wood is an important part of forest ecosystems, especially since so many organisms depend on it for nutrients or as substrate for breeding or foraging. Since forestry intensified in northern Europe during the mid 1900s, the amount of dead wood in Fennoscandian forests has drastically decreased. READ MORE
