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Factors that affect the chemical composition of wood ash, implications of recycling wood ash and biological response to wood ash application

Outline of issues relating to wet woodland and floodplain forestry establishment on sites with archaeological potential

The report of Forest Research for the year ending March 1952. The report includes: Introduction Summary of the year’s work Part i: work carried out by Forestry Commission staff – Forest tree seed investigations – Experimental work in nurseries – Work on problems of afforestation in Scotland and northern England...

Project investigating mycorrhizal fungal communities in areas of natural colonisation, and making links with wider ecosystem biodiversity.

Broadleaved trees and shrubs are frequently scarce in upland forests in Britain, and national policy is to increase the proportion of broadleaves because of their value as wildlife habitat. Birches (Betula pubescens Ehrh. and Betula pendula Roth.) are between them adapted to succeed on a wide range of soils and...

If you have questions relating to laboratory analysis, including soil and tree samples, then please read the following frequently asked questions, which will help direct you to the relevant resource.

The investigation was initiated by the Forestry Commission as part of the programme of research into the afforestation of heathlands. The object of the investigation was to study the root development of coniferous forest crops on upland heaths to determine: (i) The relationships existing between the development of the root...

Land reclamation and urban greening

The ecological benefits of wildflower meadows for incorporation into urban greenspace, including links to case studies with examples of wildflower meadows for biodiversity

Milder and wetter winters, followed by increased spring rainfall, are likely to enhance the survival and infection potential of many tree pathogens. Hotter, drier summers leading to drought stress in trees will also increase their susceptibility to disease and expand the distribution range of some pathogens. The increased incidence and...