description: For decades the wood shortage in Central Europe was addressed by regenerating and tending highly productive Norway spruce forests, but the endeavor has also devastated the forest and degraded the soil. The research project reported here, started in 2001, explores how to convert those cultivated forests into near-natural and often mixed forests. The research analyzes the ecological, economic, technical, and social impact of the forests compared to mixed stands of broad-leaves or broadleaf-conifer mixtures. It also examines the conversion process, compares results achieved by the project partners and the generalization of those results to the European level, and considers how to minimize the impact of the conversion itself. No index is provided. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Norway Spruce Conversion: Options and Consequences
titlecomplete: Norway Spruce Conversion: Options and Consequences (Eurpoean Forest Institute Reseach Report, 18)
publisher: Brill Academic Pub