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368 Search Results for forests and soil

  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Woodland mosses
    Lead Author: H. Watson
    In present-day afforestation much attention is devoted to the wild plants as indicating soil and climatic conditions, but within recent times the ordinary mosses have been proved to be just as important. In the following notes an effort will be made, first to give a life history of a moss, secondly to indicate, as far […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Managing deadwood in forests and woodlands
    Lead Author: Jonathan W Humphrey
    Deadwood is a vital component of a properly functioning forest ecosystem. It plays an important role in sustaining biodiversity and in delivering ecosystem services such as soil formation and nutrient cycling. In the UK up to a fifth of woodland species depend on dead or dying trees for all or part of their life cycle […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Forest carbon stock

     Forest carbon stock is the amount of carbon that has been sequestered from the atmosphere and is now stored within the forest ecosystem, mainly within living biomass and soil, and to a lesser extent also in dead wood and litter.  The total carbon stock stored within UK forests is estimated to have increased between 1990 and […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Report on Forest Research for the year ending March 1950
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The report of Forest Research for the year ending March 1950. The report includes:IntroductionSummary of the year’s workPart 1: Work carried out by Forestry Commission staff:Forest tree seed investigationsExperimental work in the nurseryNursery extension experiments at Radnor forestExperiments in planting on upland heathsPlantations on peatlandsDerelict woodland investigationsProvenance studiesSpacing of oak in plantationsSpacing experiments in conifersStudies […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Studies of certain Scottish moorlands in relation to tree growth
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This bulletin is an account of investigations conducted during a number of years by Dr. G. K. Fraser, of the Department of Forestry, Aberdeen University, into the establishment of timber crops on peat soils in Scotland and particularly under west coast conditions as illustrated at Inverliever on Loch Awe. The investigations recorded in this bulletin […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.35)
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This thirty-fifth Journal includes information on: Royal Forestry Society—summer meeting […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2018 – UK Forests and Climate Change

     Introduction Forests can help mitigate climate change by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They do this by absorbing carbon dioxide, using the carbon to produce sugars for tree growth and releasing the oxygen back into the air. As trees grow, they store carbon in their leaves, twigs and trunk, and in the […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Wildflower meadow habitats

     The ecological benefits of wildflower meadows for incorporation into urban greenspace, including links to case studies with examples of wildflower meadows for biodiversity
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    2017 – Forest carbon stock

     The total carbon in UK forests is estimated to have increased between 1990 and 2015 (Table 4.1). The carbon in forest soils accounts for most (around 75%) of total forest carbon. Table 4.1 Forest carbon stock   1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent Carbon in above-ground biomass 360 471 527 583 639 Carbon in below-ground biomass 129 170 190 210 230 Carbon in dead wood 9 10 10 10 10 Carbon in litter  165 175 179 182 187 Soil carbon1 2366 2533 2594 2629 2715 Total forest carbon  3029 3359 3500 3614 3781 Source: Forestry […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2016 – UK Forests and Climate Change

     Introduction Forests can help mitigate climate change by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They do this by absorbing carbon dioxide, using the carbon to produce sugars for tree growth and releasing the oxygen back into the air. As trees grow, they store carbon in their leaves, twigs and trunk, and in the […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2017 – UK Forests and Climate Change

     Introduction Forests can help mitigate climate change by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They do this by absorbing carbon dioxide, using the carbon to produce sugars for tree growth and releasing the oxygen back into the air. As trees grow, they store carbon in their leaves, twigs and trunk, and in the […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Report on Forest Research 1970

     Report on Forest Research for the year ending 31 March 1970