Since WWII, forest management in Fennoscandia has primarily been based on even-aged
stand management, clear cut harvesting and thinning from below. As an alternative, uneven …

Forest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides
insights in how models are constructed. Giving suggestions for future developments, and …

In Europe, two commercially important treelike birch species occur naturally: silver birch
(Betula pendula Roth) and downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.). Both species have a wide …

Key message This analysis of the tools and methods currently in use for reporting woody
biomass availability in 21 European countries has shown that most countries use, or are …

Forests play a crucial role in the transition towards a bioeconomy by providing biomass to
substitute for fossil-based materials and energy. However, a policy-policy conflict exists …

Various national policies guide forest use, but often with competing policy objectives leading
to divergent management paradigms. Incoherent policies may negatively impact the …

Earlier research has suggested that the diversification of silvicultural strategies is a cost-
efficient tool to ensure multifunctionality in production forests. This study compared the …

The boreal biome, representing approximately one‐third of remaining global forests,
provides a number of crucial ecosystem services. A particular challenge in forest …

This paper demonstrates the applicability of small footprint, high sampling density airborne
laser scanners for boreal forest change detection, ie the estimation of forest growth and …

The transition of the ecosystem service framework from academic discourse into practical
land use management and policy guidance is in the making. Planners and decision makers …