The ability of trees, woodlands and forests to reduce downstream flooding is increasingly recognised and valued by society, driving a demand for assessments of this important ecosystem service. This study updates a previous evaluation (Broadmeadow et al., 2018) with improved estimates for the volume of flood water potentially removed by woodland or retained by its […]
The report of Forest Research for the year ending March 1959. The report includes:
Introduction
Summary of the year’s work
Part i Reports of work carried out by Forestry Commission research staff
-Forest tree seed investigations
-Nursery investigations
-Silvicultural investigations in the forest: (a) south and central England and Wales (b) Scotland and northern England
-Provenance studies
-Poplars and elms
-Forest ecology
-Forest soils
-Forest genetics
-Forest […]
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
19902000200520102015
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 30293359350036143781
Source: Forestry […]
The management of forests and woodlands requires an effective road network to provide access for the machinery required to plant and harvest trees and extract timber and wood products. Roads are also used by visitors for access and activities such as cycling and mountain biking. Forest roads and bridges must be constructed so that they […]
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 […]
The report of Forest Research for the year ending March 1952. The report includes:
Introduction
Summary of the year’s work
Part i: work carried out by Forestry Commission staff
– Forest tree seed investigations
– Experimental work in nurseries
– Work on problems of afforestation in Scotland and northern England
– The 1945 broom and pine nursing experiments at Coldharbour, Wareham forest, […]
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 carbon 1
2 366
2 533
2 […]
The ecological benefits of wildflower meadows for incorporation into urban greenspace, including links to case studies with examples of wildflower meadows for biodiversity
The investigation was initiated by the Forestry Commission as part of the programme of research into the afforestation of heathlands. The object of the investigation was to study the root development of coniferous forest crops on upland heaths to determine: (i) The relationships existing between the development of the root systems, the soils, and the […]
Broadleaved trees and shrubs are frequently scarce in upland forests in Britain, and national policy is to increase the proportion of broadleaves because of their value as wildlife habitat. Birches (Betula pubescens Ehrh. and Betula pendula Roth.) are between them adapted to succeed on a wide range of soils and are the commonest native trees […]
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