Abstract In Swedish Lappland, large national parks and nature reserves include forests with
exceptional biodiversity values. While they are located in the ancient cultural landscapes of …

In addition to providing key ecological functions, large old trees are a part of a social realm
and as such provide numerous social‐cultural benefits to people. However, their social and …

Despite rapid advances in development of the ecosystem services (ES) concept, challenges
remain for its use in decision making. Cultural ES (CES) have proven particularly difficult to …

Bark of Norway spruce and Scots pine trees contain large amounts of condensed tannins.
Tannins extracted with hot water could be used in different applications as they possess …

Northern boreal forest reserves that display no signs of modern forest exploitation are often
regarded as pristine and are frequently used as ecological reference areas for conservation …

Culturally modified trees, or CMTs, are a phenomenon of forest-dwelling peoples worldwide,
from North America to Scandinavia, to Turkey, to Australia. Living trees from which materials …

In this review I describe and discuss the technical issues of identification of archaeological
wood remains from archaeological excavations and the types of data that can emerge from …

This paper is a review of the actual gathering and use of wild edible plants in the 18th and
19th centuries, with a brief concluding discussion on the present day use of wild plants as …

Logging and modern forest management reduced the frequency of key features of old-
growth forest, especially old, dying and dead trees in the Scandinavian boreal forest during …

Analysis of dental calculus is increasingly important in archaeology, although the focus has
hitherto been on dietary reconstruction. Non-edible material has, however, recently been …