Lars Östlund
Publikationer
Publications Lars Östlund - 2025
International refereed journal articles; published and in press
Östlund, L, Fernandez, M, Caceres, M & Eriksson, E (2025) Timber colonialism in the periphery – timber frontiers and Indigenous peoples land use in northern Scandinavia and southern Patagonia in the late 19th and early 20th century. Journal of Historical Geography, in press.
Gil-Muñoz, F; Ranade, S; Hayatgheibi, H; Niemi, J; Östlund, L ; Garcia-Gil, M R. (2025) Implications of breeding for growth on drought tolerance in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) – insights from metabolomics and high-throughput plant architecture analysis. Evolutionary Applications, in press.
Lidberg, W., Westphal, F., Brax, C., Sandström, C., & Östlund, L. (2024). Detection of Hunting Pits using Airborne Laser Scanning and Deep Learning. Journal of field archaeology, 1-11.
Bergman, I., Zackrisson, O. & Östlund, L. (2025) X-marked trees – carriers of indigenous Sámi traditions. Antiquity, 1-14.
Fassl, M., Aakala, T., & Östlund, L. (2024). Elevation‐dependent tree growth response to climate in a natural Scots pine/downy birch forest in northern Sweden. Plant‐Environment Interactions, 5(2), e10140.
Klaminder, J., Fassl, M., Baudet, M., Östlund, L., Linderholm, J., & Zale, R. (2023). Landscape of ice and fire–uniquely well-preserved Scots pine trunks reveal forest fires near the retreating Weichselian ice margin. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 1-9.
Fassl, M., Linder, P., & Östlund, L. (2024). 100 years of change in an old-growth Scots pine forest in Hamra National Park: insights from permanent plots established in central Sweden in 1922. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 1-4.
Bassett, K. R., Östlund, L., Gundale, M. J., Fridman, J., & Jämtgård, S. (2023). Forest inventory tree core archive reveals changes in boreal wood traits over seven decades. Science of the Total Environment, 900, 165795.
Munoz, F. G., Hayatgheibi, H., Niemi, J., Östlund, L., & Garcia-Gil, M. R. (2023). Breeding for growth has resulted in increased tolerance to drought at the cost of genetic diversity in Scots pine. bioRxiv, 2023-09.
Hauenschild, L., Zegers, G. & Östlund, L. (2023) Protección y gestión holística de bosques de Nothofagus en la Península de Brunswick, Chile. Revista Iberoamericana Ambiente & Sustentabilidad Vol. 6, 2023
Bergman, I., & Östlund, L. (2022). A Sacred Tree in the Boreal forest: A Narrative about a Sámi Shaman, her Tree, and the Forest Landscape. Human Ecology, 1-11.
Baudet, M., & Östlund, L. (2022). Collecting Cores to Age Hollow Trees: A Research Note on Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris). Tree-Ring Research, 78(2), 150-155.
Laudon, H., Lidberg, W., Sponseller, R., Hasselquist, E. M., Westphal, F., Östlund, L., ... & Ågren, A. (2022). Emerging technology can guide ecosystem restoration for future water security. Authorea Preprints.
Cogos, C., Östlund, L. and Roturier, S. (2021) "Negotiating (with) Fire: Contemporary Fire Domestication in Swedish Sápmi," Journal of Ethnobiology 41(4), 499-516, https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-41.4.499
Östlund, L., Laestander, S., Aurell, G., & Hörnberg, G. (2022). The war on deciduous forest: Large-scale herbicide treatment in the Swedish boreal forest 1948 to 1984. Ambio, 51(5), 1352-1366.
Östlund, L., & Norstedt, G. (2022). Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves – Present shortcomings and future possibilities. Forest Ecology and Management, 502, 119726.
Cogos, S., Östlund, L., & Roturier, S. (2021). Fire Management in The Boreal Forest of Swedish Sápmi: Prescribed Burning and Consideration of Sami Reindeer Herding during 1920 –1970. Environmental Management, 68(3), 295-309.
Lundmark, H., Östlund, L. & Josefsson, T. (2021) Continuity forest or second-generation forest? Historic aerial photos provide evidence of early clear-cutting in northern Sweden. Silva Fennica 55:1.
Östlund, L., Bergman, I., Sandström, C., & Brännström, M. (2020). The legal application of ethnoecology: The Girjas Sami Village versus the Swedish State. In: Plants, People, and Places: The Roles of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology in Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights in Canada and Beyond, 188-202.
Östlund, L., Zegers, G., Benjamin Cáceres Murrie, B., Fernández, M., Carracedo-Recasens, R., Josefsson, T., Prieto, A. & Roturier, S. (2020) Culturally modified trees and forest structure at a Kawésqar ancient settlement at Río Batchelor, western Patagonia. Human Ecology, XX: 1-13.
Baudet, M., T. Josefsson, and L. Östlund, 2020. New insights into estimating the age of old Scots pine from increment cores with stem rot. Dendrochronologia 64:125782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125782.
Cogos, S., Roturier, S., & Östlund, L. (2020). The origins of prescribed burning in Scandinavian forestry: the seminal role of Joel Wretlind in the management of fire-dependent forests. European Journal of Forest Research, 139(3), 393-406.
Östlund, L., Öbom, A., Löfdahl, A., & Rautio, A. M. (2020). Women in forestry in the early twentieth century–new opportunities for young women to work and gain their freedom in a traditional agrarian society. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 1-14.
Baudet, M., Josefsson, T., & Östlund, L. (2020). New insights into estimating the age of old Scots pine from increment cores with stem rot. Dendrochronologia, 64: 125782.
Törnlund, E & Östlund, L (2020) L'économie et l'écologie du flottage du bois en Suède, 1850-1980: in Jarrige, F. (ed) L’histoire des rivières en Europe et leur fonction de transport. Université de Borgogne, France. [Book chapter, in press]
M. Bürgi, M., Cevasco, R., Demeter, L., Fescenko, A., Gabellieri, N., Marull, L., Östlund, L., Šantrůčková, M & Wohlgemuth, T. Where do we come from? Cultural heritage in forests and forest management. in Krumm F., Schuck A. and Rigling A. (eds) (2020). How to balance forestry and biodiversity conservation – A view across Europe. European Forest Institute (EFI); Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmendorf. [Peer reviewed book chapter – author names in alphabetical order]
Zegers, G., Fernandez, M., Caceres, B., Prieto, B., Carracedo, R. & Östlund, L. (2020) Reporte del hallazgo de árboles culturalmente modificados en bosques costeros de Nothofagus betuliodes (Mirb.) Oerst 1971 (Nothofagace) por pueblos cañoneros de la Patagonia Austral y Tierra del Fuego. Revista Antropologías del Sur 7(13):245-253
Axelsson-Linkowski, W., Fjellström, A. M., Sandström, C., Westin, A., Östlund, L., & Moen, J. (2020). Shifting Strategies between Generations in Sami Reindeer Husbandry: the Challenges of Maintaining Traditions while Adapting to a Changing Context. Human Ecology, 1-10.
Norstedt, G, Axelsson, A-L, Laudon, H & Östlund, L. (2019) Detecting Cultural Remains in Boreal Forests in Sweden Using Airborne Laser Scanning Data of Different Resolutions. Journal of Field Archaeology 45(1):16-28.
Zegers, G, Arellano, E & Östlund, L (2019). Using forest historical information to target landscape ecological restoration in Southwestern Patagonia. Ambio 1-4.
Cogos, S., Östlund, L., & Roturier, S. (2019). Forest Fire and Indigenous Sami Land Use: Place Names, Fire Dynamics, and Ecosystem Change in Northern Scandinavia. Human Ecology, 1-14.
Hörnberg, G., Josefsson, T., DeLuca, T. H., Higuera, P. E., Liedgren, L., Östlund, L., & Bergman, I. (2018) Anthropogenic use of fire led to degraded scots pine-lichen forest in northern Sweden. Anthropocene, 24, 14-29.
Norstedt, G., Rautio, A-M. & Östlund, L (2017) Fencing the forest: early use of barrier fences in Sami reindeer husbandry. Rangifer, 37, (1), 2017: 69-92. Doi: 10.7557/2.37.1.4222
Axelsson Linkowski, W., Kvarnström, M., Westin, A., Moen, J. & Östlund, L. (2017) Wolf and bear depredation on livestock in northern Sweden 1827–2014: combining history, ecology and interviews. LAND, 6, 63.
Liedgren, L., Hörnberg, G., Magnusson, T., & Östlund, L. (2017). Heat impact and soil colors beneath hearths in northern Sweden. Journal of Archaeological Science, 79, 62-72,
Lundmark, H., Josefsson, T., Östlund, L. (2017). The introduction of modern forest management and clear-cutting in Sweden: Ridö State Forest 1832–2014. European Journal of Forest Research; 1-17,
Buergi, M., Östlund, L., & Mladenoff, D. (2017) Legacy Effects of Human Land Use: Ecosystems as time-lagged systems. Ecosystems, 20:94-103
Rautio, A-M., Axelsson-Linkowski, W & Östlund, L. (2016) “They followed the power of the plant”: Historical Sami harvest and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of Angelica Archangelica in northern Fennoscandia. Journal of Ethnobiology, 36(3): 615–634.
Norstedt, G & Östlund L. (2016) Fishing vs reindeer herding: The Relation between Subsistence Patterns and Settlement Patterns among the Forest Sami. Arctic Anthropology, 53(1): 22-36.
Simonsson, P., Östlund, L. & Gustafsson, L. (2016) Conservation values of certified-driven voluntary forest set-asides. Forest Ecology and Management, 375, 249-258.
Rautio, A-M, Josefsson, T., Axelsson, A-L. & Östlund, L. (2016) People and pines 1555–1910: integrating ecology, history and archaeology to assess long-term resource use in northern Fennoscandia. Landscape Ecology. 31(2), 337-349
Östlund L, Hörnberg, G, Liedgren, L, DeLuca , T, Zackrisson, O., Josefsson, T. (2015) Intensive land use in the Swedish mountains between AD 800 and 1200 led to deforestation and ecosystem transformation with long-lasting effects. Ambio, 44:508–520
Garcia Gil. R, Floran, V, Östlund, L Mullin, T-J. Andersson Gull, B (2015) Genetic diversity and inbreeding in natural and managed populations of Scots pine. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 11: 28
Hörnberg, G., Josefsson, T., Liedgren, L., Bergman, I. & Östlund (2015) Indications of shifting cultivation west of the Lapland border: multifaceted land use in northernmost Sweden since AD 800. Holocene, 25(6) 989-1001.
Bergman, I, Zackrisson, O & Östlund, L (2014) Travelling in the boreal forest: routes of communication in pre-industrial northern Sweden. Fennoscandia Archaeologica, XXXI:45-60.
Simonsson, P, Gustafsson, L & Östlund, L (2014) Retention forestry in Sweden: driving forces, debate and implementation 1968-2003, Scand J For Res, 30 (2) 154-173
Norstedt, G, Axelsson, A-L & Östlund, L. (2014) Exploring Pre-Colonial Resource Control of Individual Sami Households. Arctic, 67(2) 223-237
Rautio, A-M., Josefsson, T, Östlund, L (2014) Sami Mobility Patterns and Resource Utilization: Harvesting Inner-Bark in northern Sweden. Human Ecology, 42 (1):137-147
Freschet, G., Östlund, L., Kichenin, E, Wardle, D. (2014) Aboveground and belowground legacies of native Sami land-use on boreal forest in northern Sweden 100 y after abandonment. Ecology, 95(4):963-977
Rautio, A-M., Norstedt, G. and Östlund, L. (2013) Nutritional content of Scots pine inner bark in northern Fennoscandia: analyzing its role in the traditional Sami diet. Economic botany. 67(4)
Lundmark, H., Josefsson, T. & Östlund, L. (2013) The history of clear-cutting in northern Sweden – driving forces and myths in boreal silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management 307:112-122
Östlund, L., Liedgren, L, Josefsson, T. (2013) Surviving the Winter in Northern Forests: an Experimental Study of Fuelwood Consumption and Living Space in a Sami Tent Hut. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 45 (3): 372–382
Björklund, J., Gunnarson, B., Krusic, P., Grudd, H., Josefsson, T., Östlund, L. and Linderholm, H (2013) Advances towards improved low-frequency tree-ring reconstructions, using an updated Pinus sylvestris L. MXD network from the Scandinavian Mountains. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 113 (3-4):697-710
Gunnarson B.E., Josefsson T., Linderholm H.W., Östlund L. (2012) Can legacies of past human forest use bias modern tree-ring climate reconstructions? Climate Research 53: 63-76
Rautio, A-M., Östlund, L. (2012) Starvation Strings and the Public Good: An Investigation into the Development of a Swedish Bike Trail Network in the Early Twentieth Century. Journal of Transportation History, 33:42-63
Josefsson, T, Sutherland, E., Arno, S. & Östlund, L. (2012) Ancient Bark-peeled Trees in the Bitterroot Mountains, Montana: Legacies of Native Land Use and Implications for Their Protection. Natural Areas Journal, 32: 54-64.
Kivinen, S., Berg A., Moen, J., Östlund, L. and Olofsson. (2012) Forest fragmentation and landscape transformation in a reindeer husbandry area in Sweden. Environmental management, 49: 295-304.
Liedgren, L & Östlund, L (2011) Heat, smoke and fuel consumption in a high-mountain stállo-hut, northern Sweden - Experimental burning of fresh birch wood during winter. Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 903-912
Berg, A., Josefsson, T & Östlund, L. (2011) Cutting of lichen trees - a survival strategy used before the 20th century in northern Sweden. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 20: 125-133
Berg, A. Gunnarson, B & Östlund, L. (2011) "At this point, the lichens in the trees are their only means of survival": A history of tree cutting for winter reindeer fodder by Sami people in northern Sweden, Environmental History 17 (2011): 265-289.
Östlund, L & Roturier, S. (2011) Forestry historical studies in the province of Västerbotten, Sweden: A review of Tirén (1937). Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 26: 91-99
Olofsson, J, Moen, J & Östlund, L. (2010) Effects of reindeer on boreal forest floor vegetation: do grazing cause vegetation state transitions? Basic and applied ecology, 11 (2010) 550–557.
Josefsson, T., Olsson, J. & Östlund, L. 2010. Linking forest history and conservation efforts: effects of logging on forest structure and diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi. Biological Conservation 143:1803-1811.
Josefsson, T., Gunnarson, B., Liedgren, L.G., Bergman, I. & Östlund, L. 2010. Historical human influence on forest composition and structure in boreal Fennoscandia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40:872-884.
Josefsson, T., Bergman, I., Östlund, L. 2010. Quantifying Sami settlement and movement patterns in Northern Sweden 1700 – 1900. Arctic 63(2): 141-153.
Josefsson, T., Hörnberg, G. & Östlund, L. 2009. Long-term human impact and vegetation changes in a boreal forest reserve: implications for the use of protected areas as ecological references. Ecosystems 12:1017-1036.
Hellberg, E., Josefsson, T. & Östlund, L. 2009. The transformation of a Norway spruce dominated landscape since pre-industrial times in northern Sweden: the influence of modern forest management on forest structure. Silva Fennica 43(5): 783-797.
Östlund, L., Ahlberg, L., Zackrisson, O., Bergman, I. & Arno, S. (2009) Bark-peeling, food stress and tree spirits - the use of pine inner bark for food in Scandinavia and North America. Journal of Ethnobiology, 29(1): 94-112.
Bergman, I., Liedgren, L., Östlund, L. & Zackrisson, O. (2008) Kinship and settlements: Sami residence patterns in the Fennoscandian alpine areas AD 1000. Arctic Anthropology, 45 (1) 97-110.
Berg, A., Östlund, L., Moen, J. & Olofsson, J. (2008) A century of logging and forestry in a reindeer herding area in northern Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management, 256 (5): 1009-1020.
Arno, S., Östlund, L., Keane, B (2008) Ancient Ponderosa Pines as Living Artifacts of Cultural Practices and Ecological Processes, Montana, the Magazine of Western History, 58 (1) : 55-60
Bergman, I., Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O. & Liedgren, L. (2008) Värro mourra – the landscape significance of Sami sacred wooden objects and sacrificial altars. Journal of Ethnohistory, 55 (1)1-28
Andersson, R, Östlund, L. & Kempe, G. (2008) Inventory strategies for assessing culturally modified trees in boreal Sweden. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38 (3) 462-469.
Bergman, I., Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O. & Liedgren, L. (2007) Ancient trails connecting economies in the sub-arctic parts of Fennoscandia. Antiquity 81: 397-408.
Liedgren, L. Bergman, I., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O., Hellberg, E., Östlund, L and DeLuca, T. (2007) Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric hearths in alpine northern Sweden: problems and possibilities. Journal of Archaeological Science. 34:8 1276-1288.
Törnlund, E. & Östlund, L. (2006) Large trees, the flow of water and the timing of industrialisation – timber floating in Sweden 1850-1980. The Journal of Transportation History 27(1):48-70.
Josefsson, T., Hellberg, E. & Östlund, L. (2005) Influence of habitat history on the distribution of Usnea longissima in boreal Scandinavia, a methodological case study. The Lichenologist, 37(6):555-567.
Östlund, L., Keane, B., Arno, S. & Andersson, R. (2005) Culturally scarred trees in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana USA – Interpreting Native American historical land use in a wilderness area. Natural Areas Journal, 25(4) 315-325.
Ericsson, T.S., Berglund, H. & Östlund, L. (2005) History and biodiversity of woodland key habitats in south boreal Sweden. Biological Conservation 122:289-303.
Andersson, R., Östlund, L. & Lundqvist, R. (2005) Carved trees in grazed forests in boreal Sweden - analysis of remaining trees, interpretation of past land-use and implications for conservation. Vegetation history and Archaeobotany, 14:149-158.
Andersson, R., Östlund L., Törnlund, E. (2005) The very last European landscape to be colonized: native people, settlement processes and land use changes in the far north of Sweden 1850-1930. Environment & History, 11:293-318.
Östlund, L.,Bergman, I. & Zackrisson, O. (2004) Trees for food - a 3000 year record of subarctic plant use. Antiquity 78:278-286.
Bergman, I., Östlund, L. & Zackrisson, O. (2004) The use of plants as regular food sources in ancient boreal and subarctic economies – a case study based on the Sami use of Scots pine inner bark in northern Fennoscandia. Arctic Anthropology 41 (1):1-13
Andersson, R. & Östlund, L (2004) Spatial patterns, density changes and management implications for old trees in the boreal landscape of northern Sweden. Biological Conservation 118:443-453
Nordlind, E. & Östlund, L. (2003) Retrospective comparative analysis as a tool for ecological restoration - a case study in a Swedish boreal forest. Forestry, 76 (2):243-251.
Östlund, L. Ericsson, S., Zackrisson, O. & Andersson, R. (2003) Traces of past Saami forest use – an ecological study of culturally modified trees and earlier land-use within a boreal forest reserve. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 18:78-89.
Ericsson, S., Östlund, L. & Andersson, R. (2003) Destroying a path to the past, culturally modified trees along Allmunvägen, N Sweden. Silva Fennica, 37 (2): 283-298.
Hellberg, E., Hörnberg, G., Östlund, L. & Zackrisson, O. (2003) Vegetation dynamics and disturbance history in tree old-growth deciduous forests in boreal Sweden. Journal of Vegetation Science, 14(2): 267-276.
Törnlund, E. & Östlund, L. (2002) The Floating of Timber in Northern Sweden: Construction of Waterways and Transformation of Rivers. Environment and History 8(1):85-106
Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O. & Hörnberg, G. (2002) Trees on the border between nature and culture – Culturally modified trees in boreal Scandinavia. Environmental History 7(1):48-68.
Axelsson, A-L., Östlund, L. & Hellberg, E. (2002) Changing deciduous tree distributions in a Swedish boreal landscape, 1820-1999 – Implications for restoration strategies. Landscape Ecology 17 (5): 403-418.
Axelsson, A-L, & Östlund, L. (2001) Retrospective gap analysis in a Swedish boreal forest landscape using historical data. Forest Ecology and Management 147: 109-122
Zackrisson, O., Östlund, L., Korhonen, O., & Bergman, I. (2000) Ancient use of Scots pine innerbark by Saami in N. Sweden related to cultural and ecological factors. Journal of vegetation history and archaeobotany 9:99-109
Ericsson, S., Östlund, L. & Axelsson, A-L. (2000) A forest of grazing and logging: Deforestation and reforestation history in a central boreal Swedish landscape. New Forests:19(3):227-240
Hörnberg, G., Östlund, L. &, Zackrisson, O. (1999) The genesis of two Picea-Cladina forests in northern Sweden. Journal of Ecology 87:800-814.
Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O. & Strotz, H. (1998) Potash Production in Northern Sweden: History and ecological effects of a pre-industrial forest exploitation. Environment and History 4:345-58.
Linder, P. & Östlund, L. (1998) Structural changes in three mid-boreal Swedish forest landscapes, 1885-1996. Biological Conservation 85:9-19
Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O. and Axelsson, A.-L. (1997). The history and transformation of a Scandinavian boreal forest landscape since the 19th century. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 1198-1206.
Östlund, L. (1995). Logging the virgin forest of northern Sweden in the early 19th century. Forest History and Conservation, 39(4):160-171.
Östlund, L. & Lindersson H. (1995) A dendroecological study of the exploitation and transformation of a boreal forest stand. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 10:56-64.
Niklasson, M., Zackrisson, O., & Östlund, L. (1994). A 250-year dendroecological reconstruction of Saami use of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) innerbark around Lake Sädvajaure, N. Sweden. Journal of vegetation history and archaeobotany, 3:183-190.
National (Swedish) refereed journal articles
Liedgren, L, Östlund, L & Josefsson, T (2009) Samisk byggnadskultur: timrade kåtor och exemplet Bläckajaur. Arkeologi i Norr 11:115-143.
Sandberg, L & Östlund, L (2004) Bondedagböcker som källa för kunskap om skogsarbete - en skogshistorisk analys av tre bondedagböcker från norra Sverige. Saga och Sed 2004:145-175.
Andersson, L. & Östlund, L. (2002) Kulturspår i urskogen – träd med kulturspår i och utanför ett norrländskt naturreservat. Svensk Botanisk Tidsskrift 96(1): 53-62.
Linder, P. & Östlund, L. (1992) Förändringar i norra Sveriges skogar 1870-1991. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 86: 199-215.
International books, book sections
Josefssson & Östlund (2011) Increased production and depletion: the impact of forestry on northern Sweden’s forest landscape In Antonsson & Jansson (eds) Farming and forestry in Sweden since 1900 – geographical and historical studies. SNA, Stockholm.
Östlund, L & Bergman, I. (2008) Cultural landscapes in northern forests – time, space and affiliation to the lands. In Marinai, V (ed) paesaggio e sistanibilità studi e progetti. Edizione ETS, Pisa.
Östlund, L. & Bergman, I. (2006) Cultural landscapes in northern forests –
time, space and affiliation to the land. In Agnoletti, M. (ed) Conservation of cultural landscapes. pp 30-41. CAB International, Wallingford.
Elisabeth Johann, Mauro Agnoletti, Anna-Lena Axelsson, Matthias Bürgi, Lars Östlund, Xavier Rochel, Uwe Ernst Schmidt, Anton Schuler, Jens Peter Skovsgaard, Verena Winiwarter, (2004): History of Secondary Norway Spruce in Europe. In: Heinrich Spiecker, Jörg Hansen, Emil Klimo, Jens Peter Skovsgaard, Huber Sterba, Konstantin von Teuffel (eds.) Norway Spruce Conversion – Options and Consequences. European Forest Institute Research Report 18. Brill Leiden-Boston, pp 25- 62. (ISSN 1238 8785; ISBN 90 04 13728 9).
Östlund, L. (2004) Fire, death and disorder in the forest - 150 years of change in critical ecological structures and processes in boreal Scandinavia. In: Honnay.O., Bossuyt, B., Verheyen, K., Hermy. M. Forest Biodiversity: Lessons from History for Conservation. CAB International, UK (2004).
Östlund, L. (1998) Landscape change and biodiversity crisis: A Forest history of boreal Sweden. In A. Sandberg & S. Sörlin (eds). Sustainability - the Challenge. People, Power and the Environment. Black Rose Books, Toronto.
Östlund, L. & Zackrisson, O. (2000) The history of the boreal forest in Sweden - and the sources to prove it ! In: Agnoletti, M. & Andersson (ed). Methods and Approaches in Forest History, CABI International, London
National books, book sections
Fridman, J. & Östlund, L. (2023) En riksskogstaxering föds. SLU, Umeå
Gustafson, I & Östlund, L. (2020) Kockor – Skogsbrukets glömda hjältar. SLU & Skogsmuseet i Lycksele. Umeå, Sweden.
Backström, B & Östlund, L. En bruksskogs historia - Finspångs bruk 1650-1900. SLU/Future Forests 250pp.
Josefssson & Östlund 2011 Produktionsökning och utarmning – skogsbrukets inverkan på skogslandskapet i norra Sverige I. Antonsson & Jansson (red) Jordbruk och skogsbruk i Sverige sedan år 1900 – studier av de areella näringarnas geografi och historia. SNA, Stockholm
Östlund, L. (2005) Pottasketillverkning i Sverige och dess påverkan på skogsekosystemen. I Pettersson, Svanberg, Tunon (eds) Människan och Floran. Wahlström & Widstrand. Stockholm.
Törnlund, E. & Östlund, L. (2000) (ed) Flottning – vattendragen, arbetet och berättelserna. Nordiska museets förlag. Stockholm.
Östlund, L. & Bergvall, J. (1999) Flottningens framväxt och inverkan på vattendragen. In: Näslund, I. (ed) Fiske, skogsbruk och vattendrag – nyttjande i ett uthålligt perspektiv. p 145-160. Fiskeriverket, Kälarne.
Östlund, L., Ekman, P. & Näslund, I. (1999) Skogsbruk längs Öravattsbäcken. In: Näslund, I. (ed) Fiske, skogsbruk och vattendrag – nyttjande i ett uthålligt perspektiv. p 161-170. Fiskeriverket, Kälarne.
Östlund, L. (1999) “...skeppsvirke aldrig kan tryta från Jemtlands rika skogar” Jämten 2000:50-54 .
Östlund, L. (1999) Skogshistoria i Halland, Bergslagen och norra Norrland – jämförelser och tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv. pp 151-158. In: Pettersson, R. (ed) Skogshistorisk forskning i Europa och Nordamerika. Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien. Stockholm.
Östlund, L. (1999) När skogen började falla. In: Näslund, I. (ed) Fiske, skogsbruk och vattendrag – nyttjande i ett uthålligt perspektiv. p 67-86. Fiskeriverket, Kälarne.
Östlund, L., (ed). (1997). Människan och skogen - från naturskog till kulturskog. Stockholm, Nordiska museet.
Zackrisson, O. and Östlund, L. (1997). Dagens skogshistoriska forskning och dess framtida mål. In: Östlund, L. (ed) Människan och skogen - från naturskog till kulturskog. Nordiska museet, Stockholm.
Östlund, L. and Ekman, P. (1997). Skogshistoria - ett möte mellan olika vetenskapliga discipliner. In: Östlund, L. (ed) Människan och skogen - från naturskog till kulturskog. Nordiska museet, Stockholm.
Östlund, L. (1995) Pottaskebränning som utmarksnäring i norra Sverige. In: Liljewall, B. Tjära, barkbröd och vildhonung - utmarkens människor och mångsidiga resurser. Skrifter om skogs- och lantbrukshistoria nr 9. Nordiska museet. Stockholm.
Mattson, L. & Östlund, L. (1992) Människan och skogen- en tillbakablick In: Elmberg, J. et al. Vår skog - vägvalet p. 10-38. Arlöv.
Conference proceedings
Östlund, L. (2002) The forest history of boreal Scandinavia – from natural forest to managed forest. News of forest history. 31, 27-31. (Presented at the Joint meeting of the American Society of Environmental History and the Forest History Society; Making Environmental History relevant in the 21st century, Durham, NC March 28 – April 1, 2001)
Östlund, L & Zackrisson, O. (1994) The North Swedish Forest History - an ecological perspective. Joint boreal forestry session: American foresters/Canadian institute of Forestry, Anchorage, Alaska 18-22/9 1994.
Östlund, L. (1994) Past and present forestry i Scandinavia - Impact on nature conservation and biodiversity. In: Taiga rescue network 2nd annual international conference on boreal forests Edmonton, Canada 23-29/8 1994.
Zackrisson, O. & Östlund, L. (1992) Historiskt källmaterial i naturvetenskaplig forskning. I: Björklund, J. & Östlund, L. (eds) Norrländsk skogshistoria. Kungl. skogs och Lantbruksakademien rapport nr 64. Stockholm.
Björklund, J. & Östlund, L. (ed) (1992) Norrländsk skogshistoria. Människan, skogen och industrin. Kungl. Skogs och Lantbruksakademien. Rapport nr 64. Stockholm.
Östlund, L. (1992) Förändringar i det boreala skogslandskapet - virkesförrådets utveckling 1850-1991. I: Björklund, J. & Östlund, L. (eds) Norrländsk skogshistoria. Kungl. skogs och Lantbruksakademien rapport nr 64. Stockholm.
Björklund, J. & Östlund, L. (1991) Peasant exploitation of virgin forest for the market. Early 19th century Sweden. In: Brandl, H. (ed)"Geschichte der Kleinprivatwaldwirtschaft", Proceedings from IUFRO conference in Freiburg, Germany 2/9-5/9 1991.
Popular science, reports, non-refereed journals etc
Josefsson, T & Östlund, L (2010) Urskogen finns inte mer – leve naturskogen!. Forskning och Framsteg (okt 2010).
Östlund, L, Bergman, I. & Zackrisson. O. (2007) Träd som föda – samiskt skogsutnyttjande och kulturspår i träd under 3000 år. Forskning & Framsteg 5:52-55.
Östlund, L. & Ericsson S. 2000. Kulturspår i träd – heliga träd, skjutträd och gränsträd. Skogseko.
Ericsson, S. & Östlund, L. 2000. Nyckelbiotoper – innehåller både kulturhistoria och naturvärden. Skogseko.
Axelsson, A-L. & Östlund, L. 1997. Skogen förr och nu - landskapsekologi i ett historiskt perspektiv. Skogsfakta 7:1997.
Östlund, L. (1996) Skogshistoriska analyser som grund för landskapsekologisk planering i skogsbruket. Skogseko. 1996:1.
Östlund, L. (1993) Döda träd i skogen - en viktig resurs. Kulturminnesvård 6/93.
Östlund, L. (1992) Skogsexploatering i mellersta Norrland under början av 1800-talet. Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien. Rapport nr 58.
Zackrisson, O. & Östlund, L. (1991) Branden formade skogslandskapets mosaik. Skog & Forskning nr 4.