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Faculty of Forest Sciences (S)

The Faculty of Forest Sciences has 13 departments and units, over 500 employees, approximately 700 students, and nearly 200 research students. Most of the departments and the faculty management are based in Umeå.


There are 395 pages tagged with S Faculty:

Dissertation Petter Öhrn

Carbon castles vs. beetle-fungus armies: phenology of the spruce bark beetle and Norway spruce resistance in times of climate change charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Petter Öhrn defends his thesis "

Valuable tree planting can help preserve natural forests in Borneo

By planting indigenous trees into logged forests, Borneo can have valuable timber production without rainforest losses. This is one of the findings in a study where SLU-researchers calculated the

Let's talk science! Rewetting peatlands – does it benefit the climate?

Let's talk science! Rewetting peatlands – does it benefit the climate? annika.mossing@slu.se THE SEMINAR IS IN ENGLISH. The rewetting of peatlands have in recent time become an issue for societal

Gersey Vargas

gersey.vargas.rivera@slu.se Gersey Vargas is a PhD researcher that is addressing questions related to the impact of horse grazing on grassland restoration through its insect and plant communities.

Let's talk science! Why do we have the same amount of forest damage despite fewer moose?

annika.mossing@slu.se Moose cause most browsing damage on forests in Sweden. Despite reducing moose densities by 30-40 % during the last decade, damage levels remain at the same level. Why is this?

Mateusz Grzeszkiewicz

mateusz.grzeszkiewicz@slu.se PhD student working with forest growth modeling for Continuous Cover Forestry. I am a first-year PhD student in the Department of Forest Resource Management (SRH). My

Daniel Stjärna

daniel.stjarna@slu.se Communications officer for the department of forest ecology and management. Host of SLU podcast "Skogen & Människan", produced for the Forest faculty at SLU in Umeå. I'm in

Ancient pine trees tell unexpected tale of ice and fire

Forest fires were more prevalent in the early post glacial forests in northern Sweden than previously anticipated. In unearthing three pines which had been buried for almost 10 000 years in

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

Let's talk science! Getting out of the trenches - A new understanding of the forest debate

annika.mossing@slu.se Klara Härgestam, PhD student in rhetorical science research at Örebro University, talks about her research on the forest debate and people's different relationships to the

UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists 2024

UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists 2024 anne.honsel@slu.se Scientific symposium organised by Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) Presentations by six invited postdoctoral candidates 9:

Orolig värld

It is with sadness that we take note of a worsening conflict situation in both Ukraine and the Middle East. War is devastating, and our thoughts go out to those affected. SLU as a university adheres

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