There are five naturally occurring Sorbus species on the island of Bornholm: mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia L.), Swedish service tree (S. hybrida L.), Swedish whitebeam (S. intermedia (Ehrh.) Pers.), rock whitebeam (S. rupicola (Syme) Hedl.) and wild service tree (S. torminalis (L.) Crantz). The...

In Denmark, a system for forestry locality mapping has existed since the beginning of the 1990s. The purpose of this mapping is to describe and delimit cultivation units so that they can be included in the planning of the forest's structure, stability, production and intangible applications. The...

The purpose of this project was to analyse, document and illustrate the different considerations of private owners of forest relative to those of the authorities. It is recognised that the objective of the owners will be to maximize income, while that of the authorities will be the maximum yield of ...

This book debates the claimed advantages of dogmatic nature near forestry (NNF). The conclusion is that many of the stated advantages are not generally valid. Many problems arise from the fact that Danish description of NNF was strongly influenced by the theoretical dogmatism of German NNF -...

This, the first Danish textbook published specifically on the new approach to forestry (near-natural forestry), is a collection of papers by subject specialists; each of the 14 chapters is complete in itself and can be read independently of the others to provide specific information. The aspects...

The original idea of establishing near-natural forest in Denmark was a reaction to the over-production problem in the late 1980s, when it was necessary to find other uses for agricultural land that was not needed for crops. More recently, however, forest creation has wider implications, such as use ...

Unlike the relatively predictable production characteristics and outcome of monoculture forests, the potential of near-natural forests is much harder to determine, and makes planning of operations in stands of uneven aged trees more difficult. Details are presented of examples of planning in two...

The principles of conventional forestry, as practised in Denmark for many years, are compared with those of the more recent near-natural methods. Points of comparison include monocultures or mixed forest; clear-cutting or continuous felling; same age or mixed age trees; foreign or native trees;...

A broad definition and the historical background of biodiversity in the context of a forest situation in Denmark is presented. The complex interactions of tree species, plant and animal life and the presence in older and fallen trees of an even wider range of living organisms, as well as the...