Essays about: "tree hollows"
Found 5 essays containing the words tree hollows.
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1. Boxes with artificial habitats support saproxylic beetles in green areas near and within cities
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : The highest terrestrial biodiversity in Sweden is connected to old grown deciduous trees with tree trunk hollows and dead wood, such as oak and maple. A reduction of deciduous forest and old grown trees from anthropological activities has left many habitats wanting in size and fragmented. READ MORE
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2. Conservation of saproxylic beetles in a wooded pasture in northern Scania
University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologiAbstract : The area of wooded pasture in Europe has decreased drastically over the last centuries due to abandoned management. Herrevadskloster is a newly formed nature reserve in northern Scania with an unusually long continuity of being an open, grazed woodland containing large old trees. READ MORE
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3. Medium-term population development and responses to habitat conditions of a beetle, Osmoderma eremita, inhabiting hollow trees
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : Old oaks play an important role in the southern Swedish landscape by maintaining available habitats for many saproxylic species, several of which today are on the international Red List of threatened species. Old oaks can develop important habitats, such as hollows with wood mould, which is the habitat for the European hermit beetle (Osmoderma eremita). READ MORE
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4. Boxing for biodiversity: a long-term follow up of an artificial dead wood environment
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakultetenAbstract : Today many saproxylic species are threatened because of habitat decline in Europe. Hollow trees represent a great part of the habitats that saproxylic species use. Since hollows takes a long time to develop, management actions are needed to prevent the extinction of saproxylic species. READ MORE
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5. Heritage oaks in a changing landscape : managing biodiversity in southern Sweden
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : In Sweden the landscape has been subject to pronounced changes over the past hundred years. In south Sweden, heritage oaks (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea) of large dimensions are scattered in the landscape as remnants of a former land-use. READ MORE