Sökning: "woody vegetation"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 18 avhandlingar innehållade orden woody vegetation.
11. Promoting natural regeneration of oak by manipulating disturbance
Sammanfattning : Oak regeneration is thought to be promoted by natural disturbance and past management practices that create semi-open conditions, such as periodic livestock grazing and lowintensity fire. The overall goal of this thesis was to examine whether disturbance factors can promote natural oak regeneration. LÄS MER
12. Forest edge development : management and design of forest edges in infrastructure and urban environments
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates design guidelines and management systems for the development of stationary forest edges with a graded profile in infrastructure and urban environments. The spatial restriction for the edge to move forward caused by human land use counteracts the natural dynamics and development patterns of graded forest edges. LÄS MER
13. Effects of landscape patterns on small mammal abundance
Sammanfattning : Several studies indicate a long-term decline in the numbers of voles in northern Fennoscandia. Altered land use and forest management practices have been proposed as possible causes of the decline. LÄS MER
14. Adaptation and Constraint in the Plant Reproductive Phase
Sammanfattning : Conservatism is a central theme of organismic evolution. Related species share characteristics due to their common ancestry. Some concern have been raised among evolutionary biologists, whether such conservatism is an expression of natural selection or of a constrained ability to adapt. LÄS MER
15. Land Use, Freshwater Flows and Ecosystem Services in an Era of Global Change
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse interactions between freshwater flows, terrestrial ecosystems and human well-being. Freshwater management and policy has mainly focused on the liquid water part (surface and ground water run off) of the hydrological cycle including aquatic ecosystems. LÄS MER