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    Conifer Breeding Co-operative

     Co-operative breeding of Sitka spruce to secure planting stock and advancement of the breeding programme.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Safety guidance for selecting small and mini scale harvesting and extraction machinery for forest harvesting (FR_TDJR131).
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Safety guidance for selecting small and mini scale harvesting and extraction machinery for forest harvesting (FR_TDJR131).
  • Research

    Red Squirrels United

     Red Squirrels United brings together partners from across the UK to deliver red squirrel conservation. As part of this effort, Forest Research is undertaking a public attitudinal survey to understand levels of awareness of squirrel conservation issues and attitudes towards management methods.
  • Publications

    ForestGALES
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The ForestGALES computer based decision support tool enables forest managers to estimate the probability of wind damage to any conifer stand in Britain.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Thinning control (2015)
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Field Guide provides guidance on the control of volume to be removed when marking a thinning and a guide to thinning yields. There are four sections: the first describes the yield class system and how yield class is assessed in a stand. The second covers thinning practice, including the type, intensity and cycle of […]
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    Merchantability of Noble fir, Norway spruce, western red cedar and western hemlock

     Quantification of volume and wood properties affecting timber production in four minor species in GB.
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    Characterisation and modelling of moisture movement in wood

     Building a multi-scale computational fluid dynamics model of moisture movement in wood.
  • Publications

    Controlling rhododendron through the use of herbicides

     To control Rhododendron spread, its eradication, usually by cutting and removal, is an accepted management practice. The regrowth of shoots on rhododendron stumps is however a common. Two papers explore different aspects of this problem.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Ecosystem services and forest management
    Lead Author: Louise Sing
    The ecosystem services concept helps describe the benefits which humans receive from nature and natural processes in a way that can influence policy and management decision making. The ability of trees, woodlands and forests to provide a wide range of ecosystem services is very much dependent on where they are located and how they are […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Forestry Facts & Figures 2015
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This booklet contains a summary of statistics about woodland and forestry.Please note – the printed version of this document is an A2 sheet folded to A6. The PDF of the document is set to print at A3 therefore some of the pages will appear upside down.
  • Publications

    Controlling rhododendron through the use of herbicides
    Lead Author: Ian Willoughby
    Problems associated with Rhododendron ponticum. Rhododendron ponticum is a highly invasive species affecting woodland in the UK. It is also a host to two particularly significant diseases affecting our woodlands – Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae. To control their spread, the eradication of rhododendron, usually by cutting and removal, is an accepted management practice. The […]
  • Research

    Woodland and Natural Flood Management

     Review of research, demonstration and monitoring projects, involving the implementation of woodland measures in the context of natural flood management, undertaken in the UK since 2000.