Umeå

Trees increasingly taller, study shows

Forests are growing faster and trees are getting taller. In a recently published edition of Fakta Skog, researchers explain why. Trees are getting taller. A 50-year-old pine or spruce is, on average,

UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar with Alisdair Fernie

UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar with Alisdair Fernie anne.honsel@slu.se Scientific seminar organised by Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) Speaker: Alisdair Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant

Climate Conversation for SLU employees and students

How can we produce food throughout Sweden in the shadow of climate change? futurefood@slu.se We welcome researchers, other staff and students at SLU to this internal webinar within SLU's series of

Northern forests’ role in security, stability and sustainability

henrik.j.persson@slu.se This hybrid seminar brings together researchers to discuss from different perspectives how forests and security issues are linked, and to lay foundations for future

Dissertation Arnis Jurevics

Slash and stump harvest – effects on site C and N, and productivity of the subsequent forest stand charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Arnis Jurevics defends his thesis "Slash and stump harvest – effects on

Dissertation Artis Becs

Biomass thinning in strips as an alternative to conventional selective thinning in biomass-dense forests charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Artis Becs defends his thesis "Biomass thinning in strips as an

Dissertation Arvid Lindh

Multi-functional trait-based species selection for regenerating tropical rainforests charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Arvid Lindh defends his thesis "Multi-functional trait-based species selection for

SILVA/IUFRO Div. 3 PhD student conference

SILVA/IUFRO Div. 3 PhD student conference dimitris.athanassiadis@slu.se SLU’s research school, SILVA, in co-operation with IUFRO Division 3 organised an international PhD student conference in

Focus on Forests: Interdisciplinary Workshop for Early Career Researchers

henrik.j.persson@slu.se Workshop on interdisciplinary research projects with a focus on forest and the forest sector, specially designed for early-career researchers. Major funding bodies are

Author Ulrika Lagerlöf visits Umeå

bib-webbredaktionen@slu.se ”Hjortronmyren” (The Cloudberry bog) is the first part in the series ”Timmerfolk” (Timber people), a suite of novels about the magnificent Swedish forest and the conflicts

Sewing circle in Umeå

bib-webbredaktionen@slu.se Would you like to take a break, chat, have a coffee and do needlework? Welcome to join our sewing circle in the library. Photo: Margarida Afonso. At our sewing circle we

Sewing circle in Umeå

bib-webbredaktionen@slu.se Would you like to take a break, chat, have a coffee and do needlework? Welcome to join our sewing circle in the library. Photo: Margarida Afonso. At our sewing circle we