Publications
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2005
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Vegard Gundersen Lars Helge Frivold B.B. Jørgensen J. Falck Bernt-Håvard ØyenAbstract
A postal questionnaire survey about the forest situation and management in urban woodland was carried out around the three largest urban agglomerations in each of the five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Twenty estate managements responded, giving a respondent rate of 54%. Our material from 13 cities includes 108,888ha productive forests, representing approximately 13% of all urban woodland areas in the Nordic region. The tree species composition in the urban woodland areas largely reflected the typical tree species distribution in the respective vegetation zones. It is expected that the percentage of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus spp. in the nemoral zone, and boreal hardwoods will increase in the future. The proportion of young and middle-aged forests is high in all urban woodlands, despite the focus on old forests in urban woodland management policy and research since the 1970s. Current silvicultural systems belonging to even-aged forestry prevail in most cities. However, the use of clear-cutting has decreased over the last 30 years. A conservative felling policy makes it likely that the proportion of old stands will increase. Various restrictions on forest management are briefly discussed. Reasons for changes in silvicultural practices differ from city to city, but recreation and conservation are most commonly reported.
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Toril Drabløs Eldhuset Holger Lange Nicholas Clarke Per Otto Flæte Erlend Ystrøm Haartveit Gro Wollebæk O. Janne KjønaasAbstract
Root and needle litter are the most important sources of organic carbon in forest soils. Their decomposition is thus important for the long-term storage of C in, and release of CO2 from, the soil. Different components in the organic matter will decompose with different speeds. NIRS (Near InfraRed Spectroscopy) is a relatively simple and promising way of analysing the composition of organic matter, but its use in forest soil and litter studies has been limited up to now. We will present preliminary results from litter decomposition studies in two forest ecosystems: Picea abies stands (30 and 120 years old) from Nordmoen, Norway, and uneven-aged P. abies stands with a mean age of 90 years and under different N treatments at Gårdsjön, Sweden. ags with litter collected from the stands have been buried in the soil for different time periods and have been analysed using a CHN-analyzer and NIRS. Two aspects will be discussed: a) model calibration and validation for C and N concentrations, and b) assessment of decomposability using NIRS.
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Rosario Mosello Monica Amoriello Tiziana Amoriello Silvia Arisci Andrea Carcano Nicholas Clarke John Derome Kirsti Derome Nils Konig Gabriele Tartari Erwin UlrichAbstract
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Magne SætersdalAbstract
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Petter Snilsberg Ola Nordal Carl Amundsen Ketil Haarstad Thomas Hartnik Trond Mæhlum Torsten KällqvistAbstract
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Tove M. Østensvik Emmanuel Cuchet Kaj Bo Veiersted Tore Vik Petter Nilsen J. Lamiscarre Maryse Bigot Jan Johansson Hanse Caisa Carlzon Jørgen WinkelAbstract
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Tore VikAbstract
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