Essays about: "stand treatments"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 71 essays containing the words stand treatments.
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1. Can precommercial thinning be used to create more diversity after planting spruce?
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : Mixed forests will harbour other ecosystem services than a planted coniferous monoculture. This study used early results from a long-term experiment to examine if different precommercial thinning treatments can be used to increase diversity in planted stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies) mixed with high densities of natural regeneration of birch (Betula spp. READ MORE
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2. Analys av föda för vitryggig hackspett och rödlistade vedlevande skalbaggar : utvärdering av tre olika behandlingar
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Den vitryggiga hackspetten har sedan 1950-talet blivit en sällsynt art i det svenska landskapet. Nedgången beror främst på det moderna skogsbruket där barrskog till stor del har ersatt blandbestånd och gammal lövskog. READ MORE
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3. Comparison of Gap-Cutting and Clear-cutting Management and Their Ecosystem Services : a Simulation Study
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : Forests as a natural ecosystem provide many functions and services that contribute to livelihood. Moreover, to provide multifaceted services, the forest management strategy employed is vital in establishing desired ecosystem services. READ MORE
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4. 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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5. Beware of your neighbour : the effects of intraspecific interactions and CO2-level on the plant growth of two Barley cultivars
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection BiologyAbstract : Plants have evolved several ways to sense what is going on around them. They can detect possible competitors by picking up on airborne Volatile Compounds emitted from neighbouring plants. The cues can induce growth responses that enhances the competitive ability of the receiver. READ MORE