Concerns about climate change and the desire to develop a domestic, renewable energy
source are increasing the interest in forest biomass extraction, especially in the form of …

Effective forest governance measures are crucial to ensure sustainable management of
forests, but so far there has been little specific focus in boreal and northern temperate forests …

Forest ecosystems deliver multiple goods and services and, traditionally, forest owners tend
to have a high interest in goods in the form of merchantable wood. As a consequence, forest …

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of whole-tree harvesting (WTH) on the
growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) as …

The use of biomass from forest harvesting residues or stumps for bioenergy has been
increasing in the northern European region in the last decade. The present analysis is a …

Harvesting whole-tree biomass for biofuel combustion intensifies removal of nutrients from
the ecosystem. This can be partly amended by applying ash from the combustion back to the …

The contribution of forest biomass to Canada's energy production is small but growing. As
the forest bioenergy industry in Canada expands, there is growing interest in more …

Increased demand for forest-derived biomass has resulted in changes in harvest intensities
in Finland. Conventional stem-only harvest (SOH) has to some extent been replaced with …

The practice of harvesting forest residues is rapidly increasing due to rising demand for
renewable energy. However, major concerns have been raised about the sustainability of …

Nitrogen (N) is typically the growth-limiting factor in boreal forest ecosystems. Therefore,
knowledge on forest N stocks and fluxes is crucial in order to predict and evaluate the effects …