Publications
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2000
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Svein Ole Borgen Per Ove RøkholtAbstract
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Peder GjerdrumAbstract
Manuskriptet beskriver en metode og et eksempel for å beregne kostnader ved trelasttørking, presentert for Cost E15 Workshop
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Per Otto Flæte Olav Albert Høibø Frode Fjærtoft Tom-Nils NilsenAbstract
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Relationships between crown density and growth of Norway spruce stands are presented, after removal of the effects of major natural influences. On 569 monitoring plots comprising 40 000 trees, crown density has been annually assessed during 1991 to 1996.Stand growth was determined from measurements of diameter and height in 1991 and in 1996. Various models explaining mean crown density and annual growth of the stands as a function of natural factors, like age and site index, were compared.The influence of the natural factors were then removed by recalculating crown density to residual values from one preferred model, and by recalculating growth to relative values given in percent of model predictions.Crown density and its residuals were positively correlated to growth. These relationships were weak in terms of their ability to explain variation (low R2). However, the various relationships consistently indicated that roughly 1% change in crown density corresponded to 1% change in growth. This relationship also included common spatial variation over Norway: a large part of southeast Norway had unexplained low crown density and unexplained low growth.Some other, smaller regional consistencies were found as well. The study supports the use of crown density assessments, and further it encourages the use of growth data in the search for major stress factors responsible for present forest condition.
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Knut FinstadAbstract
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Erik Christiansen Alan A. Berryman Vincent R. Franceschi Trygve Krekling Paal Krokene Nina Elisabeth Nagy Halvor SolheimAbstract
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A rapid and sensitive method was developed to discriminate between Seiridium cardinale and Seiridium cupressi, the fungi causing severe cankers on common cypress in the Mediterranean area. The method amplified sequence variants in the ITS2 region of ribosomal DNA using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, to reveal single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) between the two species. The greatest separation pattern was obtained with a gel matrix containing 7-10% formamide and 3-5% glycerol under optimized running conditions, which were found to be 30-40 V at 4-5 degrees C for 4-8 h. Sequence homology among isolates within each of the two species caused no mobility shifts, with all isolates displaying the same migration pattern. A few base differences between S. cardinale and S. cupressi caused markedly different migration patterns, allowing differentiation of the two pathogens. Differences between these fungi at the genetic level are consistent with known data on morphological, physiological and pathogenic characteristics. SSCP analysis constitutes a rapid and easy-to-perform method by which to recognize and distinguish closely related organisms, and has considerable potential for use in diagnosis and taxonomy.
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Anne Moxnes Jervell Svein Ole BorgenAbstract
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The beetle fauna of 299 sporocarps of the bracket fungus Fomitopsis pinicola in a 200 ha spruce forest in southeastern Norway was investigated in relation to sporocarp, tree and forest variables. The sporocarps contained 36 species of beetles, of which six species are on the Norwegian Red List. Of 12,373 individual beetles collected, 91 % were Cis glabratus. Plots of species accumulation curves suggested that there may be more than 60 beetle species present in F. pinicola in the area, but that probably all the specialist Ciidae were found. The major factor influencing beetle diversity turned out to be the level of dead wood at and in the vicinity of the sampling site, with a higher number of species per unit volume of sporocarps in areas with high levels of dead wood. There were also significantly more red-listed species in those areas. Analysing the species occurrence with stepwise logistic regression, we show preferential habitat selection of the six most abundant species of Ciidae. Conservation of beetles associated with bracket fungi using amount of dead wood as a surrogate measurement is discussed.
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Jenny Fäldt Halvor Solheim Bo Långström Anna-Karin Borg-KarlsonAbstract
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