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.
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:
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