...defend themselves against beetle attack. Collaboration to understand Ips typographus on Sitka To investigate the resistance of live Sitka spruce trees to Ips typographus, an important new collaboration has been...
...woodland resilience, which aims to increase the mixture of tree species and structural diversity in woodlands through change to management activities. The purpose is to make woodlands more resilient to...
...stem wood (a measure of wood from the stem alone, excluding branches) by 2050. This would contain around 820 tonnes of carbon (3,009 tonnes of CO2). Compared to 10ha of...
...beech woodland with potential to produce hardwood timber. Crown copyright Now is a good time for landowners, farmers, agents and foresters to plant trees. The government target is to increase...
...committed to carbon reduction, biodiversity enhancement and ecological recovery. The overall aim is to support the government’s tree-planting targets and to help tackle climate change. The programme also explores new...
...populations and allows species to adapt to environmental changes. Butterflies use rides as flight paths, while mammals follow these natural highways to find food, mates and new territories. Over the...
...send the leaf spiralling towards the ground. Without leaves, trees can enter dormancy to dramatically conserve their energy. They retain moisture within their woody tissues to prevent dehydration, whilst their...
...in the future – helps landowners and managers to implement the most effective tree protection measures. Mammal damage to trees and biodiversity Studies show that well-managed woodlands increase biodiversity value,...
...of winter, unable to tell one tree apart from the other without their leaves. I decided I wanted to develop my knowledge and enrolled on a course by a local...
...adapted to colonise bare ground. Both birch species are highly effective pioneer trees, often among the first to establish on cleared or disturbed land owing to their tolerance of nutrient-poor...
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