Essays about: "wood decay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words wood decay.

  1. 1. Fungal pigmentation responses to microclimatic variables in isolated forest patches in Northern Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Karl Soler Kinnerbäck; [2023]
    Keywords : fungal ecology; mycology; functional traits; communities; pigmentation; CIELAB; lightness; microclimate; polypores;

    Abstract : Investigating functional traits is an important tool for understanding fungal communities, yet ecological functions of fungal pigmentation remain poorly investigated. Recent studies support the thermal-melanism hypothesis for fungal color lightness in relation to macroclimate, but it remains unclear if microclimate also affects fungal pigmentation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Minskande senvuxenhet på produktiv skogsmark i Norrland : implikationer för vedlevande organismer och betydelsen av myr- och bergimpediment

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Tyr Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Slow-grown trees; growth rate; ring width; pinus sylvestris; picea abies; low-productive forests; mires; rocky outcrops; swedish NFI;

    Abstract : Senvuxen ved är ett viktigt substrat för vissa vedlevande organismer på grund av en långsam nedbrytning och låg konkurrens. Tillväxtförhöjande åtgärder inom skogsbruk, liksom ökande temperaturer, kan ha orsakat en minskning av senvuxen ved under den senare halvan av 1900-talet. READ MORE

  4. 3. Spruce associated Porodaedalea species distribution in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Monica Guilera Recoder; [2022]
    Keywords : Fungi; Genetics; Porodaedalea;

    Abstract : Wood-inhabiting fungi have very important roles in the ecosystem in the degradation of dead wood by acting respectively as parasites and saprotrophs in boreal forests. Porodaedalea chrysoloma is a wood-decay parasite poroid fungi that is considered a key species in the old growth boreal forests. Due to forestry its habitat is declining. READ MORE

  5. 4. Tree stump manipulation - An experimental method to accelerate decomposition in tree stumps to compensate for the shortfall in dead wood substrate

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Thomas Leonard Reneman; [2021-11-29]
    Keywords : stumps; dead wood; extraction; biodiversity; natural disturbances; mimicking; manipulation;

    Abstract : Current forestry exploits put a lot of strain on the global ecosystem that all life on earth depends on. Boreal natural dynamic forest environments are turned into sterile clear-cut areas. Forestry exploits also affect the biodiversity by extracting substantial amounts of dead wood substrate. READ MORE

  6. 5. Using sniffer dogs for non-invasive detection of Heterobasidion root rot from scent stimuli derived from Norway spruce trees

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Natalia Karolina Wysocka; [2021]
    Keywords : Detection dogs; sniffer dogs; Norway spruce; Heterobasidion spp.; decay; root rot;

    Abstract : The fungi of Heterobasidion spp. are known to cause root and butt rot disease, and are responsible for major economic losses to forestry sector in Sweden. The fungal infection in Norway spruce (Piecea abies(L.)Karst. READ MORE