Forest science
Skogsvetenskap är läran om skogen, skogens utnyttjande och skogsråvarans förädling. Skogsvetenskap är således en tillämpad vetenskap med inslag av bland annat botanik, ekologi, geovetenskap, teknik och ekonomi. Här ingår ämnena skogsinventering, skogsplanering, skogsskötsel, skogsproduktion, skogsföryngring, skogshushållning, skogsgenetik, skogsmykologi, skogspatologi, skogsteknologi och skogshistoria.
Department of Ecology
How can we manage forests and land without threating biodiversity and ruining ecosystem services? These divergent goals require a broad understanding of ecological interactions in nature.
Webinar: Transition for more broadleaves in Swedish forests
stina.johannesson@slu.se An increase in broadleaves in Swedish forests requires a transition in policy and institutions, organizations, businesses and practice. This is due to a favoring of spruce
Wind damages expected to increase in a warmer climate
In spite of elks, spruce beetles and pathogenic fungi, wind is probably the largest cause of economic loss for European forestry. A number of reports in recent years investigates how the risk of wind
Forest Social
What does the forest mean to us, to society and to our culture? The forest is a part of society, but society is also a part of the forest. What questions do we need to ask to better understand this
To save plants motivated her to do her PhD in forest regeneration
The choice of the planting position can determine if a tree seedling survives or not. Bodil Häggström always cared about the fate of seedlings which motivated her to investigate in her PhD the effect
Forest Damage - Monitoring and enviromental assessment
The next PhD student course on “Monitoring and environmental assessment” will start in March. The objective of the course is to provide the students with a basic understanding of environmental
Naturech - measurements
The main goal of the project is to evaluate whether and how different VR nature environments can affect people's well-being and health. Since nature affects people's emotions, mood, physiological
Urban Forests: Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza
Urban Forests webinar: Biocities and Urban Forestscapes urbanfutures@slu.se Welcome to a new webinar in the open Urban Forests series, arranged by SLU Urban Futures and Future Forests. Together
Urban Forests - Survey your moves
Urban Forests: Survey your moves – with focus on urban green spaces urbanfutures@slu.se How important are urban forests for physical activity and human health? What can we learn from dog owners?
Natureach - Steering committee
The Project Steering Committee includes representatives from the various collaborating organizations. The steering group meets approximately every six months and receives updates on the progress of
VR-Environments
TEST EDITION VR-GLASSES Now the specially designed Natureach app (video player for the VR-glasses) is available in the project!! The app is designed so that the the hand controls are not required,
Projects
Larger projects that SLU Risk assessment of plant pests works with. Assessing the confidence in pest freedom gained in the past pine wood nematode surveys Quarantine pests are surveyed with the aim