The boreal forest is a broad, circumpolar mixture of cool coniferous and deciduous tree
species which covers over 14.7 million kM2, or 11%, of the earth's terrestrial surface (Figure …

Emulation silviculture is the use of silvicultural techniques that try to imitate natural
disturbances such as wildfire. Emulation silviculture is becoming increasingly popular in …

Large regions of the world are regularly burnt either deliberately or naturally. However,
despite the widespread occurrence of such fire-prone ecosystems, and considerable body of …

For about three decades, there have been many predictions of the potential ecological
response in boreal regions to the currently warmer conditions. In essence, a widespread …

Fire strongly influences carbon cycling and storage in boreal forests. In the near‐term, if
global warming occurs, the frequency and intensity of fires in boreal forests are likely to …

This paper focuses on the effects of extensive forest management on soil productivity, its
capacity to produce plants. Forest productivity, the summation of the productivities of the …

Fossil charcoal, fossil pollen, sedimentological and geochemical analyses of lake sediments
have been used previously to reconstruct a history of local fires and resulting vegetation …

Long‐term forest productivity decline in boreal forests has been extensively studied in the
last decades, yet its causes are still unclear. Soil conditions associated with soil organic …

This NCC publication is one of two which describes the nature conservation interest and
importance of the Flow Country, in Caithness and Sutherland, northern Scotland. This area …

The long‐term relationship between major climatic change, vegetation change, and soil
development is complex and poorly understood. In northeastern Hungary, for example …