The core areas of the department is biological and genetic diversity, forest tree breeding, and climatic adaptation and regeneration of forest
Important subjects and tasks are:
Biological diversity in forest – knowledge about species and their genetic structure and dynamics, which is needed for developing conservation strategies
Research and advice relating to woodland key habitat inventories (MiS), an important part of the environmental certification of forestry
Distribution ecology – understand impact of invasive species, fragmentation of habitats and the effects of climate change on biodiversity
Forest history – natural and human impacts on forests over the history and their implications for present and future forests
Forest tree breeding – improve climatic adaptation, growth and quality, and conserve the genetic variation of the forest trees
Genetic resources of forest trees – improve knowledge about genetic structure and apply this in conservation and management of the forest
Molecular ecology – use molecular and genomic tools to study evolutionary processes and adaptations
Epigenetics – understand the role of epigenetics in the climatic adaptation of forest trees, and the environmental cues needed for switching the regulation on and off
Regeneration – understand mechanisms for germination, survival and growth of forest trees
Plant production – improve knowledge about commercial production of forest plants, and about production of Christmas trees and greenery
Flowering spruce. Photo: Arne Steffenrem / NIBIO
Contacts
Tor Myking
Head of Department/Head of Research
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Division of Forest and Forest Resources
