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  • Tool and Resource

    Hylobius Management Support System (MSS)

    A decision support system to help foresters predict and reduce damage and costs due to large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis.

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    Hot-water treatment as a possible method for eradicating Chalara fraxinea (Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus) infection from ash fruits (Fraxinus excelsior L)

    Lead Author: Shelagh McCartan

    Treating ash seeds with hot water may kill Chalara infection Immersing ash seeds in 44 °C water for 5 hours may eradicate Chalara infection in ash seeds without significantly reducing the viability of the seeds. Forest Research scientists have published the results of this trial in Quarterly Journal of Forestry. Batches...

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    [Archive] Phytophthora disease of alder in Europe

    Lead Author: John Gibbs (Ed.)

    Alders play a vitally important role in Europe. Their diversity of characters not only enables them to establish as pioneers but in many cases also allows them to play a significant part in climax forests and make a major contribution to the ecology and stability of river banks. All four...

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    [Archive] Diseases and disorders of forest trees: a guide to identifying causes of ill health in woods and plantations

    Lead Author: S.C. Gregory

    Part I provides some useful guidelines by which managers and owners can investigate health problems in their trees through straightforward field observations. Part II is a key to the major problems of plantation trees. Part III describes the main features of some of the more common and most important diseases...

  • Tool and Resource

    Current research at Alice Holt Research Forest

    Examples of ongoing research

  • Publication

    The carbon balances of two contrasting forest stands growing in the UK

    Lead Author: M. Wilkinson

    This Research Note summarises recent research on the carbon balances of two forest stands: an upland Sitka spruce plantation in Harwood Forest in the northeast of England, and a lowland deciduous oak plantation in Alice Holt Forest in southeast England.

  • Publication

    Technical Development – Land Restoration

    Operational research into land restoration to forestry on derelict, brown-field and disturbed land.

  • Tool and Resource

    Forestry Statistics 2023

    The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forest Research were released on 28 September 2023 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Detailed statistics are published in the online publication Forestry Statistics 2023, with an extract in Forestry Facts & Figures 2023. They include UK...

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    Active engagement with trees, woods and forests: A review of the literature

    Lead Author: George Murrell

    Policymakers across Great Britain want to know how to encourage more people to get involved in volunteering activities such as tree planting, citizen science and community woodland management.  This review has investigated the motivations and barriers that are relevant to different groups of people when seeking to engage in volunteering...

  • Publication

    [Archive] Forest nursery practice (2ed)

    Lead Author: J.R. Aldhous

    This Bulletin, written by experts in their field, describes techniques involved in successful production of bare-rooted and cell- (small container-) grown stock of the tree species most widely planted in United Kingdom forestry. The subjects covered include: formation of new nurseries; maintenance of the fertility of existing nurseries; procurement of...

  • Tool and Resource

    Woodfuel production and supply

    Forests and woodlands are the most obvious sources of woodfuel. These pages give guidance on how to produce woodfuel from forest products and by-products.

  • Tool and Resource

    People and the archaeological resource

    Outline of the cultural value of woodland archaeology and links to the social research group