Search results for: forests and soil

Managing the harvesting operation

Site investigation, remediation, contaminated land, brownfield land, restoration, woodland

Sitka spruce is the major conifer species in British upland forests and is predominantly managed as even-aged, single-species plantations with rotation lengths of less than 50 years using a “patch clear-felling” system. Evidence on the impact of clear-felling on the carbon, water and energy balances of plantation forestry is sparse...

A list of all literature available (updated to December 2015) about Dothistroma in alphabetical order (D-F)

Canker-inducing pathogens kill the inner, living bark of trees resulting in poorer growth or mortality of affected individuals which limits their contribution to climate change mitigation.

Land reclamation and urban greening

Stump treatment against Heterobasidion annosum

A list of all literature available (updated to December 2015) about Dothistroma in alphabetical order (M-Z)

There are many potential sources of biomass fuel in the UK. Various studies have attempted to assess the potential size of each resource

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

Horse chestnut trees in Britain, their uses and related species.