The tradition to blaze trees to mark trails and boundaries is very old in northern Scandinavia.
The disappearance of culturally modified trees (ie trees with trail blazes) and changes in …

Culturally modified trees (CMTs) provide unique insights into traditional knowledge and
uses of the forest ecosystems. In close relation to pre-industrial livestock herding in central …

The vegetation history has been examined by pollen, microscopic and macroscopic
charcoal analyses in the vicinity of two alpine Stállo settlement sites and one forested …

Degree: Skogl. Dr. DegreeYear: 1993 Institute: Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (Sweden)
Publisher: Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden. This thesis is focused …

Throughout history, people around the world have scarred, shaped, and used living trees for
cultural purposes. Because trees can live for centuries,“culturally modified trees”(CMTs) that …

Detailed spatial changes in foreststructure in a central Swedish landscape were
examinedusing geographic information system techniques. First, the influence of grazing …

A new national park, Fulufjället, was established in 2002 in Dalarna, central Sweden. The
main intention is to preserve distinctive and pristine alpine tundra and adjacent mountain …

Modern forestry, which mainly consists of clear-cutting, is one of the most important factors
influencing today's boreal forests. In Sweden, the breaking point for modern forestry is …

We investigated the transformation of a large (135 000 ha) forest landscape in boreal
Sweden from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. Historical documents …

Almost all the boreal forests in the Scandinavian peninsula have been influenced by human
societies, and, therefore, natural, original forests are very rare. In this article, the interaction …