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2. Using Adapted and Productive European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Provenances as Future Solutions for Sustainable Forest Management in Romania.
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Besliu, Emanuel, Curtu, Alexandru Lucian, Apostol, Ecaterina Nicoleta, and Budeanu, Marius
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EUROPEAN beech ,FOREST management ,SUSTAINABILITY ,PHENOTYPIC plasticity ,FOREST microclimatology - Abstract
In the near future, it is predicted that the natural distribution range of forest tree species will be reshaped due to the rapid changes in climate conditions. The assisted migration of species in favorable environmental conditions, as future solutions for sustainable forest management, could be supported by genetic tests. This study aims to evaluate the adaptive potential of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and the opportunities for applying assisted migration practices in the Carpathian region of Romania. Growth and stability performances, as well as phenotypic plasticity of 31 international beech provenances, were assessed in two common garden experiments located in optimum growing conditions and at the eastern margin of the beech distribution range, respectively. For all analyses, trees height, breast height diameter, and survival were determined. Survival and growth traits were higher by 6–8% in the ecological optimum for beech. The highest mean plasticity was obtained by three provenances from France and one from Denmark. Three provenances performed better in both trials. Increasing the management sustainability of beech forests in a changing climate might be possible by using assisted migration practices, which include the promotion of the highest adapted and productive provenances only in the provenance region where they performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. The forest Gribskov, Denmark: lessons from the past qualify contemporary conservation, restoration and forest management.
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Overballe-Petersen, Mette, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Buttenschøn, Rita, and Bradshaw, Richard
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FORESTS & forestry ,FOREST conservation ,FOREST restoration ,FOREST management ,ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature ,ECOSYSTEM services - Abstract
Knowledge of forest history is crucial for understanding the processes, structures, functions and current status of forest ecosystems. An enhanced understanding of the long history of disturbance factors affecting forest development and thereby the present state of the forest is particularly valuable when working with forest management, conservation and restoration. Integrating the legacies of past disturbances-natural as well as anthropogenic-into conservation and management strategies is likely to favour natural values and ecosystem services. A case-study in Gribskov, Denmark, using palaeoecological data and historical source materials explores the lessons learned from the past and leads to the suggestion of a conceptual model of how information from the past can increase understanding of long-term ecological processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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4. Four decades of post-agricultural forest development have caused major redistributions of soil phosphorus fractions.
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Schrijver, An, Vesterdal, Lars, Hansen, Karin, Frenne, Pieter, Augusto, Laurent, Achat, David, Staelens, Jeroen, Baeten, Lander, Keersmaeker, Luc, Neve, Stefaan, and Verheyen, Kris
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HUMUS ,PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of phosphorus ,FOREST management ,PLANT fertilization ,AGRICULTURAL landscape management - Abstract
Fertilisation of agricultural land causes an accumulation of nutrients in the top soil layer, among which phosphorus (P) is particularly persistent. Changing land use from farmland to forest affects soil properties, but changes in P pools have rarely been studied despite their importance to forest ecosystem development. Here, we describe the redistributions of the P pools in a four-decadal chronosequence of post-agricultural common oak ( Quercus robur L.) forests in Belgium and Denmark. The aim was to assess whether forest age causes a repartitioning of P throughout the various soil P pools (labile P, slowly cycling P and occluded P); in particular, we addressed the time-related alterations in the inorganic versus organic P fractions. In less than 40 years of oak forest development, significant redistributions have occurred between different P fractions. While both the labile and the slowly cycling inorganic P fractions significantly decreased with forest age, the organic fractions significantly increased. The labile P pool (inorganic + organic), which is considered to be the pool of P most likely to contribute to plant-available P, significantly decreased with forest age (from >20 to <10% of total P), except in the 0-5 cm of topsoil, where labile P remained persistently high. The shift from inorganic to organic P and the shifts between the different inorganic P fractions are driven by biological processes and also by physicochemical changes related to forest development. It is concluded that the organic labile P fraction, which is readily mineralisable, should be taken into account when studying the bioavailable P pool in forest ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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5. Approaches to classifying and restoring degraded tropical forests for the anticipated REDD+ climate change mitigation mechanism.
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Sasaki, N., Asner, G. P., Knorr, W., Durst, P. B., Priyadi, H. R., and Putz, F. E.
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CLIMATE change mitigation ,FOREST degradation ,FOREST management ,CARBON dioxide mitigation ,FOREST restoration - Abstract
Inclusion of improved forest management as a way to enhance carbon sinks in the Copenhagen Accord of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (December 2009) suggests that forest restoration will play a role in global climate change mitigation under the post-Kyoto agreement. Although discussions about restoration strategies often pertain solely to severely degraded tropical forests and invoke only the enrichment planting option, different approaches to restoration are needed to counter the full range of degrees of degradation. We propose approaches for restoration of forests that range from being slightly to severely degraded. Our methods start with ceasing the causes of degradation and letting forests regenerate on their own, progress through active management of natural regeneration in degraded areas to accelerate tree regeneration and growth, and finally include the stage of degradation at which re-planting is necessary. We argue that when the appropriate techniques are employed, forest restoration is cost-effective relative to conventional planting, provides abundant social and ecological co-benefits, and results in the sequestration of substantial amounts of carbon. For forest restoration efforts to succeed, a supportive post-Kyoto agreement is needed as well as appropriate national policies, institutional arrangements, and local participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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6. News and Views.
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FOREST management ,WORLD news briefs ,DECISION support systems ,TRANSGENIC plants ,BARK beetles - Abstract
The article offers world news briefs related to forest management. The Finnish MELA system, a decision support tool that analyzes wood production under various management regimes, was continuously developed by a team led by Professor Tuula Nuutinen at Metla. The EFI has issued a statement that supports the research on genetically modified trees. The Danish research center Forest & Landscape stated that the propagation of bark beetles which damaged spruce trees in Denmark is under control.
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- 2007
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7. Distribution of biomass and carbon in even-aged stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.):A case study on spacing and thinning effects in northern Denmark.
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Skovsgaard, Jens Peter, Stupak, Inge, and Vesterdal, Lars
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FOREST management ,NORWAY spruce ,SPRUCE ,BIOMASS ,CARBON ,FOREST thinning ,FORESTS & forestry ,ECOLOGY - Abstract
The main objective of this case study was to explore the possible influence of forest management on the levels and distribution of biomass and carbon (C) in even-aged stands of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] in Denmark. Data originated from a long-term thinning experiment and an adjacent spacing experiment at stand ages of 58 and 41 years, respectively. Biomass of 16 trees from different thinning and spacing treatments was measured or partly estimated, and soils were sampled for determination of C stocks. All trees in each plot were measured for stem diameter and some for total height, to allow for scaling-up results to stand-level estimates. For trees of similar size, foliage biomass tended to be higher in the spacing experiment, which was located on slightly more fertile land. Foliage biomass increased with increasing thinning grade, but the effect could not be separated from that of tree size. At stand level, foliage biomass tended to increase with increasing spacing as well as with increasing thinning grade. For branchwood, stems and roots (including below-ground stump), the biomass increased with increasing tree size and stand volume at tree and stand level, respectively, but no differences between stands, spacings or thinning grades were observed, apart from that expressed by tree size or stand volume. At stand level, C stocks of all biomass compartments decreased with increasing thinning grade, while the distribution between compartments was hardly influenced. The ratio between above-ground and stem biomass was about 1.21 at stand level, while the ratio between below- and above-ground biomass was about 0.17. Thinning influenced the C stock of the forest floor and mineral soil oppositely, resulting in no effect of thinning on total soil C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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8. Long-term succession in a Danish temperate deciduous forest.
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Bradshaw, Richard H. W., Wolf, Annett, and Møller, Peter Friis
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FOREST management ,RECLAMATION of land ,ECOSYSTEM management ,FOREST conservation ,FOREST rangers - Abstract
Forest successional trajectories covering the last 2000 yr from a mixed deciduous forest in Denmark show a gradual shift in dominance fromTilia cordatatoFagus sylvaticaand a recent increase in total forest basal area since direct management ceased in 1948. The successions are reconstructed by combining a fifty-year record of direct tree observations with local pollen diagrams from Draved Forest, Denmark. Five of the seven successions record a heathland phase of Viking Age dating from 830 AD. The anthropogenic influence is considerable throughout the period of study even though Draved contains some of the most pristine forest stands in Denmark. Anthropogenic influence including felling masks the underlying natural dynamics, with the least disturbed sites showing the smallest compositional change. Some effects of former management, such as loss ofTilia cordatadominance, are irreversible. Artificial disturbance, particularly drainage, has accelerated and amplified the shift towardsFagusdominance that would have occurred on a smaller scale and at a slower rate in the absence of human intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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9. The effects of information on Danish forest visitors' acceptance of various management actions.
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Jensen, F.S.
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FOREST management ,RECREATIONAL use of forests - Abstract
Examines the effects of information on Danish forest visitors' acceptance of various forest management actions. Arguments in favor of surveying the forest preferences of the general population; Ways of disseminating information to visitors; Visitors' preference for information that emphasizes positive rather than negative nature-interpretation activities.
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- 2000
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10. Enhancing public participation in state forest management: A user council survey.
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Boon, T.E. and Meilby, H.
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FOREST management ,FOREST reserves - Abstract
Examines to what extent the members of forest user councils in Denmark perceive that they have gained influence over the management of state forests and whether perceptions vary with organizational or district affiliation, occupation or gender. History of public participation in forestry; Level of satisfaction among members regarding the structure and procedure of user councils.
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- 2000
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11. Modelling impacts of atmospheric deposition, nutrient cycling and soil weathering on the sustainability of nine forest ecosystems
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Van der Salm, C., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., De Vries, W., and Olsson, M.
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ACID deposition ,FOREST management ,MODELING (Sculpture) ,SOIL acidification - Abstract
To assess the impact of acid deposition on the long-term sustainability of nine oak, pine and spruce stands on sandy to loamy sandy parent material in Sweden, Denmark and The Netherlands, a dynamic soil acidification model (ReSAM) was applied. Two deposition scenarios for the period 1990-2090 were used: a business as usual scenario (BAU) and a restrictive critical load scenario (CL). The BAU scenario leads to a strong decrease in both Al concentrations and pH in the topsoil of the Dutch and the Danish sites due to a decrease in the amount of amorphous Al compounds. The decline in pH leads to an enhanced release of base cations by silicate weathering. Despite the ongoing acidification, base saturation increases during the simulation period, due to both the increase in base cation weathering and an increased input from mineralization with the ageing of the tree stands. No change in Al concentration is predicted for northern Sweden as deposition levels are below critical loads. Soil chemistry at the recently replanted Swedish sites is dominated by changes in N cycling instead of by deposition. The CL scenario leads, especially after 2010, to a stronger decline in Al concentration compared with the BAU scenario, which is mainly caused by a reduction of the acid input. Up to 2010, a considerable acid input to the soil system is maintained as N supply is larger than the consumption of N by the trees. Despite the reduction of the deposition of S and N to critical loads, the readily available cation pools are still declining on the Danish and Dutch sites in 2090. It is concluded that deposition levels above critical loads lead to exhaustion of the pool of amorphous Al compounds and a decline in pH. Basesaturation does not decline due to an increase in mineralization with stand age and an increase in weathering rate due to the decline in pH. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999
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12. Testing a present value model of forest land
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Larsen, J. F. and Riis, J.
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METHODOLOGY ,ECONOMICS ,FOREST management - Abstract
The empirical validity of a simple present value model describing forest land prices according to economic fundamentals is examined. The implications of the model are derived and tested by use of time series econometric methods on Danish rent and price data in the period 1911- -92, A necessary condition of the model is rejected by the data, probably due to an under parameterization of the model. An extension of the model, including the omitted variable, is suggested and discussed theoretically. Key words: Cointegration, land rents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1997
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