This volume Coniferous Forests is the last in the series Ecosystem of the World. Conifers
and coniferous forests are an important element around us and attract our interest. This …

Boreal flat bugs include a high proportion of species that are considered negatively affected
by forestry. Knowledge on the biology and habitat demands of individual species is …

Remaining deciduous forests in the Fennoscandian boreal landscape have high ecological
value, and are considered as key components of the forest landscape as well as remnants of …

The boreal forest biome characterizes the subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America.
Occupying latitudes from 45° to 55° N in the south and extending to 60° to 70° N in the north …

Selection of high priority sites for ecological restoration becomes essential with globally
decreasing forest cover following natural and anthropogenic disturbances. A disturbance …

Large and small scale changes of the world's ecosystems are continuously occurring as
responses to global change. In the northern boreal ecosystems this process has caused …

Stand age structures of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) were analysed on three sites
with different fire histories (lat est fire 1760, 1825 and 1941, respectively) in Quebec to …

La diversité des microhabitats dans la couverture morte a été étudiée dans de vieilles forêts
dominées par Pinus sylvestris L. situées dans deux régions à l'intérieur de la zone centrale …

This paper reviews some of the potential effects of plantations of the North American
lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) on landscapes in Sweden dominated by Scots pine (Pinus …

Background Fires have been an important natural disturbance and pervasive evolutionary
force in the boreal biome. Yet, fire suppression has made forest fires rare in the managed …