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Comparing soil inventory with modelling : Carbon balance in central European forest soils varies among forest types

2018

Forest soils represent a large carbon pool and already small changes in this pool may have an important effect on the global carbon cycle. To predict the future development of the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool, well-validated models are needed. We applied the litter and soil carbon model Yasso15 to 1838 plots of the German national forest soil inventory (NFSI) for the period between 1985 and 2014 to enables a direct comparison to the NFSI measurements. In addition, to provide data for the German Greenhouse Gas Inventory, we simulated the development of SOC with Yasso15 applying a climate projection based on the RCP8.5 scenario. The initial model-calculated SOC stocks were adjusted to the m…

Intergenerational fitness effects of the early life environment in a wild rodent

2019

The early life environment can have profound, long‐lasting effects on an individual's fitness. For example, early life quality might (a) positively associate with fitness (a silver spoon effect), (b) stimulate a predictive adaptive response (by adjusting the phenotype to the quality of the environment to maximize fitness) or (c) be obscured by subsequent plasticity. Potentially, the effects of the early life environment can persist beyond one generation, though the intergenerational plasticity on fitness traits of a subsequent generation is unclear. To study both intra‐ and intergenerational effects of the early life environment, we exposed a first generation of bank voles to two early life…

Early life of fathers affects offspring fitness in a wild rodent

2019

Intergenerational fitness effects on offspring due to the early life of the parent are well studied from the standpoint of the maternal environment, but intergenerational effects owing to the paternal early life environment are often overlooked. Nonetheless, recent laboratory studies in mammals and ecologically relevant studies in invertebrates predict that paternal effects can have a major impact on the offspring's phenotype. These non‐genetic, environment‐dependent paternal effects provide a mechanism for fathers to transmit environmental information to their offspring, and could allow rapid adaptation. We used the bank vole Myodes glareolus, a wild rodent species with no paternal care, t…

Using uncertain preferential information from stakeholders to assess the acceptability of alternative forest management plans

2017

In forest management planning, participatory planning processes are often encouraged as a means to acquire relevant information and to enhance the stakeholders' acceptability of alternative plans. This requires the aggregation of the stakeholders' preferences that can be done in a wide variety of manners. The aggregation process strives to reduce the information into a single set of preferences that simplifies the information and allows for the use of discrete decision support tools. Depending on how the preferences are aggregated, a wide range of plan rankings can emerge. Although this range of ranking complicates the issue of plan selection, it does highlight the uncertainty involved in a…

Susien paikat : ihminen ja susi 1900-luvun Suomessa

2020

Viime vuosisadan aikana susien esiintymisessä ja asemassa tapahtui suuria muutoksia. Syntyi monenlaisia käsityksiä susien käyttäytymisestä ja sijoittumisesta. Tässä kirjassa paneudutaan susien paikkoihin 1900-luvun Suomessa. Paikoilla tarkoitetaan sekä susiyksilöiden fyysistä sijaintia että sijaintiin liittyviä mielikuvia. Lähdesmäen tutkimus antaa uutta tietoa susien liikkumisesta maassamme ja sen rajojen yli. Se kertoo susien suhteesta ihmisen ja saaliseläinten elinpiireihin. Teos avaa ja purkaa käsityksiä, jotka liittyvät suden sijoittumiseen, maata halkovaan susirajaan, suteen erämaalajina sekä häirikkösusiin. Monet tarkastelluista mielikuvista syntyivät vasta 1900-luvulla. Ne vaikuttiv…

Management diversification increases habitat availability for multiple biodiversity indicator species in production forests

2022

Context Forest biodiversity is closely linked to habitat heterogeneity, while forestry actions often cause habitat homogenization. Alternative approaches to even-aged management were developed to restore habitat heterogeneity at the stand level, but how their application could promote habitat diversity at landscape scale remains uncertain. Objectives We tested the potential benefit of diversifying management regimes to increase landscape-level heterogeneity. We hypothesize that different styles of forest management would create a diverse mosaic of forest habitats that would in turn benefit species with various habitat requirements. Methods Forest stands were simulated under business-as-usua…

Brief an Garlieb H. Merkel

1797

Ms. 930a, Nr. 5, Bl. 11r-14v Recke, Charlotte Elisabeth (Elisa) Constantia v. der. Brief an Garlieb H. Merkel, Pyrmont (?), d[en] 8. May 1797 Autora rokraksts / Autograph, vācu un franču val. / Deutsch und Französisch [8] lpp. / S. Attēlu numuri / Bildnummern: 930a-005-1 – 930a-005-8 Der Brief von Elisabeth von der Recke wurde wahrscheinlich in Pyrmont verfasst. Die Autorin bezieht sich auf einen Brief Merkels, auf den sie antwortet. Sie äußert ihre grundsätzliche Zustimmung zur Idee einer Befreiung der Bauern in Liv- und Kurland und kann als Besitzerin zweier Güter, die ihr von der Kaiserin Katharina II. übereignet wurden, als Adressatin von Merkels Forderungen, die er in „Die Letten“ form…

Syklinen synkronia - sovellus metsämyyrien lisääntymiseen

2007

Fotogrammetrisen 3D-latvusmallin ja hyperspektriaineiston käyttö aluetason puustotulkinnassa

2017

Seloste artikkelista Tuominen S., Balazs A., Honkavaara E., Polonen I., Saari H., Hakala T., Viljanen N. (2017). Hyperspectral UAV-imagery and photogrammetric canopy height model in estimating forest stand variables. Silva Fennica vol. 51 no. 5 article id 7721. https://doi. org/10.14214/sf.7721

Coupling high-resolution satellite imagery with ALS-based canopy height model and digital elevation model in object-based boreal forest habitat type …

2014

We developed a classification workflow for boreal forest habitat type mapping. In object-based image analysis framework, Fractal Net Evolution Approach segmentation was combined with random forest classification. High-resolution WorldView-2 imagery was coupled with ALS based canopy height model and digital terrain model. We calculated several features (e.g. spectral, textural and topographic) per image object from the used datasets. We tested different feature set alternatives; a classification accuracy of 78.0 % was obtained when all features were used. The highest classification accuracy (79.1 %) was obtained when the amount of features was reduced from the initial 328 to the 100 most imp…