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 Historical documents …

To evaluate which qualities of dead wood have the highest conservational value for
invertebrates, substrate requirements were recorded for all 542 saproxylic (wood-living) red …

Swedish forestry is among the most technically developed in the world; a large part of all
forest is used for commercial forestry, which has had a large impact on the structure and …

In Fennoscandia, use of the natural forest as a reference for restoration and management of
forest biodiversity has been widely accepted. However, limited understanding of the …

Natural swamp forests are extremely rare in Sweden because of extensive drainage and
logging activities. This study reports a total of 517 species (148 vascular plants, 131 mosses …

Habitats of saproxylic species (species that are dependent on decaying wood) have been
greatly changed during the last few decades. Due to intensive forest management, volume …

Summary 1 In northern Scandinavia there are indications of a long‐term decline in the
abundance of the three dominant vole species, Clethrionomys glareolus, Clethrionomys …

As compared to natural forests, managed boreal forests are younger, more homogeneous in
terms of tree age and species composition, and consist of smaller fragments. Here we …

In a broad sense, one that includes foresters, nature conservation organizations and the
informed public in Sweden, it is common knowledge that the era of clear-cutting in northern …

'Biodiversity'has become a popular term in conservation biology. We review the history of the
term. It has several historical origins from ecology, genetics and evolutionary biology. The …