Forests and other biomass resources
- Introduction to biomass resources
- Trees, forest and forest ecosystems
- Global forest resources
- Structure and properties of wood and woody biomass
- Forest inventory and planning
- Management of forest ecosystems
- Forest production in ecological context
- Regeneration through natural seeding
- Regeneration through planting
- Genetic improvement of trees for forest plantations
- Management of growing and developing forest over time
- Spacing and thinning affecting availability of resources
- Thinning regimes and rules
- Management of sequestrate carbon and adaptation to climate change
- Management for improving timber quality
- Management of nutrient resources and site fertility
- Management of abiotic risks
- Management of biotic risks
- Characteristics of pest outbreaks
- Resistance mechanism of trees against herbivores and pathogens
- Induced defence
- Models explaining variation in chemical defence between plants
- Biological control in pest management
- Effects of forest management and structure on forest pests
- Climate change and forest damaged related to pests and herbivory
- Management of forests for sequetration carbon in carbon mitigating warming
- Carbon stocks in trees and soil
- Carbon balance in managed forests
- Carbon retentation in forest ecosystems and forest-based prodcution
- *Mitigating radiative forcing in forestry and forest-based production
- *Mitigating radiative forcing in management
- * Radiative forcing related to carbon in ecosystem
- * Impacts of replacing fossil fuels and fossil materials on radiative forcing
- Management for adaptation to climate change
- Timber procurement
- Timber assortments
- Harvest and timber transport
- Harvesting woody biomass for energy
- Opening forest areas for logging by consturcting roads
- Storing timber
- Organising and planning harvesting operations
- Harvesting in industrial plantations
- Damage to timber
- Environmental impacts of timber harvesting
- Timber trade
- Timber measurement
- Wood markets and cost of wood
- Global forest related policies and governance
Management of nutrient resources and site fertility The management of nutrient resources and site fertility refers to measures designed to maintain and/or increase the availability of nutrients in order to sustain the long-term productivity of forestland. Management occurs at the local level, where the nutrient cycle can be controlled through proper choice of tree species
Authors & references
Author:
Seppo Kellomäki, Pekka Niemelä, Heli Peltola, Veikko Koski and Pertti Pulkkinen
References:
- Mälkönen, E. 1972. Näkökohtia metsämaan muokkauksesta. Summary: Some aspects concerning cultivation of forest soil. Folia Forestalia 137: 1–11.
- Miina, J. 1996. Management of Scotch pine stands on drained peatland: a model approach. University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry. Research Notes 43: 1–29.
- Viro, P.J. 1970. Prescribed burning in forestry. Communicationes Instituti Forestalis Fenniae 67(7): 1–49.
- Fagerström, T., and Lohm, V. 1977. Growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Mechanisms of response to nitrogen. Oecologia (Berl.) 26: 305–315.
- Gustavsen, H.G., and Lipas, E. 1975. Lannoituksella saatavan kasvunlisäyksen riippuvuus annetusta typpimäärästä. Summary: Effect of nitrogen dosage on fertilizer response. Folia Forestalia 246: 1–20.
- Möller, G., and Rytterstedt, P. 1974. Gödslingseffektens varaktighet och förlopp hos tall och gran. Föreningen Skogsträdsförädling Institute för Skogsförbättring. Årsbok 1974.
- Kimmins, J. P., and Scoullar, K. A. 1984. Forcyte-10. A user’s manual. University of British Columbia. p. 112.
- Kimmins, J. P. 1987. Forest Ecology. New York. Macmillan Publishing Company. 531 p.
- Kellomäki, S. 1991. Metsänhoito. University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry. Silva Carelia 8: 1–501. Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy. Jyväskylä.
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