Five commercial tree species comprise nearly 80% of the forest standing stock volume in
Western Europe. Nowadays, there is a strong need to consider a wider diversity of tree …

Undulations in weather patterns have caused climate shifts of increased frequency and
duration around the world. The need for additional research and model data on this pressing …

Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not
fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant …

Sweden aims to increase the proportion of renewable energy sources, ultimately to be able
to phase out fossil fuels. To achieve this, new energy sources need to be explored. In this …

Short-rotation forestry on former agricultural soils is a novel silvicultural system for producing
woody biomass and mitigating climate change through CO 2 uptake. However, tree …

Varved lake sediments provide an invaluable archive of natural and human-induced
environmental changes. We present results of sedimentological, geochemical and pollen …

Forest stand biomass or carbon storage in the biomass may be estimated by conversion of
the trees volume since roughly 50% of tree biomass is carbon. There is a need to find …

The first silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) plantations aimed at short-rotation forestry (SRF)
management were established in Estonia in 1999 on former arable land, as experimental …

This study aimed to assess the impact of afforestation of post-arable soils on changes in
their potential to provide ecosystem services. An additional aim of the study was to assess …

Questions How did past land use and conifer plantation affect understorey plant
communities? What plant traits explain understorey vegetation response to agricultural past …