Publications
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2003
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Petter NilsenAbstract
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Kjell Andreassen Stein TomterAbstract
Distance-independent individual tree growth models based on about 30,000 observations from the National Forest Inventory and the Norwegian Forest Research Institute have been developed for the main tree species in Norway.The models predict 5-year basal area increment over bark for trees larger than 5cm at breast height. Potential input variables were of four types: size of the tree, competition indices, site conditions, and stand variables including species, mixtures and layers. The squared correlation coefficient (R2) varied from 0.26 to 0.55.The accuracy of the models was tested by comparing the individual tree models with Norwegian diameter increment models. The accuracy is similar, but individual tree models forecast diameter distributions directly. The inclusion of species mixture and layer as variables increases the reliability of the models in mixed and in uneven-aged stands
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Øystein Johnsen Carl Gunnar Fossdal Rüdiger Baumann Jørgen A. Mølmann Ola Gram Dæhlen David ClaphamAbstract
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Øystein JohnsenAbstract
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Bernt-Håvard ØyenAbstract
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Kjersti Holt HanssenAbstract
The objective was to study the influence of vegetation cover, humus depth, microrelief and distance to seed tree edge on natural regeneration of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in five small clear-cuts on bilberry woodland in southeastern Norway. The impact of the vegetation was considered at tree different scales: at the growing point, in the nearest dm2 around the seedlings and at a 1m2 scale.Most of the regeneration (95%) developed in 1996, after a rich seed year in 1995. The microhabitat was of crucial importance to seedling establishment. Litter, Sphagnum spp. and Polytrichum commune were good substrates for establishment, while areas dominated by Deschampsia flexuosa, Dicranum spp. and Pleurozium schreberi had very few seedlings.Seedling survival after five growing seasons was slightly better in litter than in Sphagnum and other mosses, but the differences were not statistically significant. Increasing humus depth had a positive influence on regeneration, probably due to shallow soils at the sites.Even though depressions covered only 4.9% of the ground, 24.1% of the seedlings occurred here. Survival was, however, lower in depressions than in the other microrelief classes. Distance to the seed tree edge had a significant influence on establishment, with more seedlings establishing close to the edge.
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M. Persson J. Lönnquist Bo Långström Halvor Solheim M. Kyto Anna-Karin Borg-KarlsonAbstract
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Living organisms in ecosystems are conceptualized as autonomous agents with a spectrum for their behavior. Ecosystems are described here as interacting multi-agent systems. Implementing such a system is a challenge for current hardware and software technology both technically and conceptually, in particular if one of the agents is human, either virtually within the system or as external participant and user (real human).Interfering with and manipulating the system occurs at arbitrary times during simulation, with a collection of choices to do that, rendering the details of the particular simulation fundamentally unpredictable.As a result, we have an open interactive system with tight feedback loops, for which new computer models (beyond the Universal Turing Machine) are required. We discuss some of the theoretical concepts for the appropriate software technology and shortly present one example of such a system, a forest simulator used by forest administrators.
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Kari M. Laine Oddvar Skre Frans-Emil WielgolaskiAbstract
HIBECO-prosjektet har fokusert på naturleg og menneskeleg påverknad på bjørke-økosystemet, og på å utforma ulike skjøtsel-scenarier og skogutvikling for å sikra vidare bærekraftig bruk av bjørkeskogen. Dette er oppnådd ved å ta i bruk ulike faglege disiplinar som kombinerer produktivitet, beiting og sosio-økonomiske forhold. Det var ein markert skilnad mellom proveniensar i frostherdighet og vekst. Insektskader på grunn av Epirrita autumnata var sterkt avhengig av vintertemperatur og av vekstformen hos bjørka. Samanliknande studier viste kraftig reduksjon i lavdekket på Finnmarksvidda sidan 1960-talet, og auke i arealet av Cornus suecica og mose, på grunn av overbeiting av reinsdyr og endra klima. Tradisjonell bruk av bjørk er blitt undersøkt ved ei omfattande spørjeundersøking. Det er blitt utvikla ein dynamisk modell for å få kunnskap om dei langsiktige konsekvensane av endra klima og arealbruk innan seks forsøksområde på 100 x 100 km i Nord-Skandinavia og Island.